Library Book  

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Rating:
*****
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Time:7 hours
Level:16
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
  • Faction
  • Loot
  • Money
  • Spell
Faction Required:
Peace Keepers (Min: Amiable)
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Era:Original
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Thu Sep 21 20:42:38 2000
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Rarnan Lapice is located at -725, -85 outside the Temple of Divine Light in Erudin. Requires amiable faction to Peacekeepers to complete the final turn-in.

You say, 'Hail, Rarnan Lapice'

Rarnan Lapice says 'It is good to meet you, ______. To enter the Temple of Divine Light is to invite Quellious into your body and soul. Tranquility is our way and, as such, we do all we can to uphold it. Are you a [cleric of Quellious], or am I mistaken?'

You say, 'I am a cleric of Quellious.'

Rarnan Lapice says 'I have a small task for you then. Go to the city library and ask the librarian for the book 'The Testament of Vanear'. I shall require it for further studies. Do not return empty-handed or you shall know my rage.'

Illithi Nollith is located at -1075, -220 in the Erudin City Library in Erudin.

You say, 'Hail, Illithi Nollith'

Illithi Nollith says 'Shhhh... Greetings, ______. Welcome to the Library of Erudin. Please respect the other patrons and speak softly.'

You say, 'I need the Testament of Vanear.'

Illithi Nollith says 'Oh my!! You have not heard?! The Testament of Vanear was stolen from the library! It was checked out by a man named Moodoro. He is an Erudite, but I believe he was executed for some crime. Now the book is lost forever. You should speak with Tol Nicelot. He used to know Moodoro. Tol is most likely upstairs.'

Tol Nicelot is located at -1095, -240 on the top floor of the library in Erudin.

You say, 'Hail, Tol Nicelot'

Tol Nicelot says 'I have no time to waste with strangers!'

You say, 'Did you know Moodoro?'

Tol Nicelot says 'Yes, I knew Moodoro Finharn. He used to be a good friend until he started visiting Qeynos and indulging in human vices. He was executed for crimes against the state. Not even his sister [Nolusia] could get the charge dropped. There have been some who say he escaped execution and lives in Qeynos. That is insane babbling.'

Moodoro Finharn is located at +165, +325 outside Crows Pub & Casino in North Qeynos.

You say, 'Hail, Moodoro Finharn'

Moodoro Finharn says 'Greetings, fellow traveler! I gotta tell ya. I love this town. Especially Crow's. Although the crowd seems a bit shadier than other places of the sort.'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Moodoro Finharn says 'So you have heard that good old Moodoro has knowledge of the Testament of Vanear. I care little for that book. Of course I have it!! If you want it, I will sell it to you for two gold pieces.'

Give him 2 gold.

Moodoro Finharn says 'HA!! I hope you enjoy the book. It is missing pages 30 and 34. It is nothing more than garbage without them. A rogue ripped them from their bindings and sold them to [Ran].'

You receive a container called Testament of Vanear.

You say, 'Who is Ran?'

Moodoro Finharn says 'Ran Flamespinner is a librarian in Highpass Hold.'

Ran Flamespinner is located at -45, -345 in Highpass Keep.

You say, 'Hail, Ran Flamespinner'

Ran Flamespinner says 'I am very sorry to have to inform you that the library is off limits to strangers.'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Ran Flamespinner says 'So, you seek the page 30 I recently purchased from an Erudite named Moodoro? He also had page 34, but refused to sell it to me. If you seek page 34, you will first have to find Moodoro. I had page 30 for but a few days when a man swiped it from the library's shelves. I believe he wore the garb of a guard of Qeynos. He darted away so fast I did not have time to cast a single spell! I believe he is still in Highpass, I can feel it!!'

Dyllin Starsine is located at +10, +55 in Highpass Hold.

You say, 'Hail, Dyllin Starsine'

Dyllin Starsine says 'Hey!! I don't have any spare change, okay?!'

You say, 'What Testament of Vanear?'

Dyllin Starsine says 'So you heard Guard Dyllin has page 30 of the Testament of Vanear, eh?! Well, get lost!! Over my dead body will you get page 30!'

Your faction standing with Corrupt Qeynos Guards has been adjusted by -100.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 15.
Your faction standing with Kane Bayle has been adjusted by -15.
Your faction standing with Circle Of Unseen Hands has been adjusted by -10.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -15.
[You gain party experience!!
Dyllin Starsine's corpse says 'Fool! I was sent by the Commander of the Qeynos Guard. You will surely be punished... unggh!'
You have slain Dyllin Starsine!
You have looted a Page 30 of a Book..

Return to Moodoro Finharn.

You say, 'I want page 34.'

Moodoro Finharn says 'So, you know I have page 34. Pretty smart of me to tear the most important page out before someone else tried, eh? If you really want it, then sit down and deal in. Ante is 4 gold. I will give you one card. If it is a jester, then I will give you the page. Let's do it.'

Give him 4 gold and receive a card. You can receive one of several, but eventually you will get the Jester.

Moodoro Finharn says 'Well, what do you have?!!'

Give Moodoro the Jester.

Moodoro Finharn says 'Lucky you. We were hoping to really clean you out. Here you go. Take the page. Even together, the book is nothing more than fiction.'

Combine Page 30 of a Book and Page 34 of a Book in the Testament of Vanear container to craft a different Testament of Vanear. Return to Rarnan and give this to him.

Rarnan Lapice says 'I sent you after that book ages ago! What took you so long? I have already completed my studies. Luckily I found the original manuscript under my bedroll. I forgot I had kept it there. Take this as a token of my apology. Maybe it will aid you in your next book hunt. I know how cunning those books can be.'

Your faction standing with Peace Keepers has been adjusted by 50.
Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin has been adjusted by 12.
Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -12.
You gain experience!!
You receive 20 gold from Rarnan Lapice.
You receive 3 platinum from Rarnan Lapice.

You receive a spell scroll.
Submitted by: Aadon
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iksar shaman
# Dec 29 2001 at 7:37 PM Rating: Default
If anyone was wondering about my previos post I finally got the rest of the book. A druid was kind enough to cast wolf form on me. That turned out to be the trick. Tried the thing with cammo on and moodoro wouldn't talk to me. Then a guard harm touched me for 700 hit points. So don't think cammo will help you finish the quest. Wolf form is the way to go. I'm still the only iksar i've ever seen walking around with one of these. Hope this helps you guys out.

Matdowns 25th shaman on Xev
For those on Firiona Vie Server
# Dec 24 2001 at 1:27 PM Rating: Good
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As a 24th rank druid, I was concerned about the gods denying me the chance to loot the page from the thief, Dyllin. My fears were unfounded! And I now hold the testament proudly in my right hand.

May the Mother be praised for the good fortune of being in the Pass to assist in guiding someone from Freeport to the Keep. Once my task was done, I decided to check the smuggler camp for the corrupt Qeynos guard. To my surprise and delight, I found no campers and a smirking Dyllin standing under the tent.

Now I must be wary on my next trip to Qeynos. I am sure that word will reach the corrupt guards there of my deed.

Akida al`Takish
Provisional Leader of the Band of Dreamers
Easy as Pie
# Dec 23 2001 at 9:25 AM Rating: Default
Walking( well running actually with a sow from a lovely young druid girl) through HHP I decided to see if the bugger was up. Well what do you know, he was, so I rooted the gentleman, nuked him several times and hit him with my new centi warhammer I had bought earlier in the evening( very nice weapon in my humble opinion) and bang he's dead and the page is mine. Now to run to Qeynos and get the rest of the book. So not to bad all in all, nice for me, not so nice for all those that spent 6 hrs or so waiting, but sometimes its better to be lucky than good.


Khilean
24th Cleric of Tunare
Inny
RE: Easy as Pie
# Dec 24 2001 at 9:45 AM Rating: Default
Ok, let me tell you how to kill that Dyllin. I'll let the first part to yall.

Ok, when you are there at the camp, wait and med around until he walks around to the Pond. Make sure he is at the pond because that is the easiest way to kill him. Once he is there, you dont have to worry abou the 40+ Smuggler. Attack Dyllin and pull him out to the land near the Docks. By doing all this, you have assured yourself the safest way to kill that sucker. The HHp Citizens will NOT attack you. Killed him last night at around 10:25 Central on the Test server.

18th Level Druid
Winl

PS: Dyllin is a wuss
harmany
# Dec 18 2001 at 10:32 AM Rating: Default
all u got to do is harmony the red guy and the rest is a cake walk.

ez kill for a 20 druid
Iksar Shaman
# Dec 16 2001 at 6:46 PM Rating: Default
Ok, I have every piece but the page from Moodoro. I am an Iksar shaman and I had to get a druid to invis me to get me from all the bandits aggroing. When I tried to get the pages from Moodoro he just said something about cutting off my tongue, so I gave him 2 gold with the druid and he gave me the testament which is not no-drop. My question is if anyone knows wheter i can get him to not scowl at me if I get wolf form cast on me... or if there is and Item that is Iksar shaman attainable that will disguise me as a good race. Please post if you know.
Aggro in qeynos
# Dec 11 2001 at 12:20 PM Rating: Default
I get the page 30 from dylan Starshine, but when I tried to enter in qeynos the guards attacked an killed me. How in the hell could i get the next page?
RE: Aggro in qeynos
# Jan 10 2002 at 9:33 PM Rating: Decent
wolf form baby
nice and easy
# Dec 04 2001 at 6:11 PM Rating: Default
Did this with my lvl 16 druid, in about two hours! went straight to moodoro in qeynos, paid the dough for the book and the jester. Went straight to HH pass, the guy wasnt there, so grouped orcs for a hour, came back, roots, nuke. And just like that had my completed book. Would recomend this to anyone
Red Smuggler
# Dec 04 2001 at 10:38 AM Rating: Default
While waiting for Dyllan to pop, time the red smuggler as he walks around....he follows a set path. When Dyllan finnaly pops, wait for the red smuggler to round the corner and start down the hall. If you kill Dyllan quick enough the red guy won't bother you. Did this quest twice in one nite with a friend...first spawn occured 1 hour after we arrived, next spawn was 6.5 hours after that....long wait, but we each got the book.
Both times only a stray, green smuggler agroed us, not the big guy.
aggro
# Dec 04 2001 at 1:57 AM Rating: Default
to the person above who said the smugglers will not aggro if you only cast on starsine that is not true and believe me i found out the hard way! i just happned to be passing through decided i would see if he was up luckily yup he was! the second i rooted him i then had the red smuggler hitting one of many deaths! but Ive got the page now so im a happy little halfling druid now!
Woot ! Yes
# Dec 01 2001 at 4:52 PM Rating: Default
Killed Starshine @ 1515 hours EST Dec 1st
Used the short cut and lucked out, 2 gold got the cover, 4 gold got the jester card total time 1 minute. WOOT!!! Next step camp....
I bound myself by the 2 crates in the area. Waited an hour and there he poped. No smugglers around and did it with no gear, no twinks.
Root,DoT,nuke,nuke,nuke
page 30 was mine in under a 1 minute!
Great mini quest easy for a lvl 19+ should be doable by 16's
WOOT got it
# Nov 29 2001 at 2:32 PM Rating: Decent
ok this might bot be news to anyone but here goes. i did the stort cut like mentioned above, i went straight to moodoro and gave him the gd for the book then it took about ten tries to get the jester card. next went to hp and found the hidden campof smugglers, i went in under sup camo cause i wasn't sure if i'd get attack. note don't bother they won't attack you if your jusst sitting there. i sat and waited, waited, amd waited some more. was just about to give up when starshine pop'd. maybe this will help he pop'd about 130am cst. i've been tol he's a 6 hour spawn so you do the math it might save you from the boredom i went through :) con'd light blue at lvl 23. harm the other smugglers. then rooted and nuked. unfortinatly the root wore off and for some reason the other smugglers aggro'd. by the way starshiine pops under the tent by the fireplace. so i get kill. :( anyways i claim corpse and he's still up so i harm again then root and nuke this time i had no problems killing him. didn't even use half my mana up. looted and sat there with a BIG GRIN on my face for the next ten minutes or so. now i have the book. hope this helps. gogus furfoot... defender of the weak, beware the wraith of nature.
JESTER
# Nov 27 2001 at 8:28 AM Rating: Default
I gave Modoro about " plat and i got king queen and begger that s all ,i was trying to get the jester for this quest or at least a knight for another quest but nothing !!!
A better time to kill him...
# Nov 26 2001 at 3:39 PM Rating: Decent
Ok, i have a level 32 druid and i was realy lazy to do this quest but I finally did it . It was about 3am (Saturday-night, Sunday morning) and I started camping him. It hit like 6am and then i told myself that I couldnt stay up and logged off, went to bed. Everyone was telling it gonna be a long wait blah blah blah. Well, on a Monday morning around 10am my time when people are usually at work or at school I thought i may be in luck and find him there uncamped. To my surprise, he was! Hence, if your going to go and kill him make sure you camp him when it's a week day (around morning time) when not that many players are around. He conned bright green to me (no duh) and he was so easy to kill that I could've probably just killed him from meleeing. This quest was really worth doing. I usualy equip the book when I am in a group and just stand back, nuking/healing/rooting. If I solo hunt then I switch back to my charred gaurdian shield. Plus, since the book is so light u can carry it around even if you don't plan on having it equipped at the moment. If you're a druid and are high enough to take on Starshine then WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? I already regret not doing this quest earlier.

-Aeonn Reeves
[Cazic-Thule server]
30 and 34?
# Nov 15 2001 at 1:08 AM Rating: Default
I am a lvl 24 Shaman (Barb) and i have a problem. I have played the card game whith that drunk in Qeynos ang i got a Part of page 24 not 34 i have no clue why and that smuggler in HP droped part of page 23. Can someone please tell me what in the **** is going wrong? it wont let me combine the pages to make the book either! I am at a TOTAL lost and confused at this please give me a tell on Mithh Marr server my chars name is Epione and tell me why i am getting pages 24 and 23 not 30 and 24.
Got My Book Last Night
# Nov 13 2001 at 10:16 AM Rating: Decent
Went to kill Dylan yesterday afternoon. Camped of course. Asked for tell when he was dead. Timed it at 6.5 hrs. At 3 this morning got up and got on found him in camp and bingo +10 Wis +10 Mana. Easy quest for good drop. If you havent done it you should.
Got the Book
# Nov 10 2001 at 10:15 PM Rating: Default
YYYYYeeeeeeeessssss
# Nov 08 2001 at 7:52 PM Rating: Default
Obtained the book today :) a few tid bits the spawn took 7hrs 15 minutes if the kill time on the prior Starshine was given to me correctly his loc is pos49,pos131. He conned dark blue to me a 20th level druid. Easy kill..harmony(smugs around)..root..snare (resisted the first one) 4 careless lightnings and dead he didn't even move :) another note if the smugs arrgoe on you run up the cave to the left of his wooden lean to (tent thingy) jump the cliff and there are guards right there. Good luck all :)
RE: YYYYYeeeeeeeessssss
# Dec 16 2001 at 6:51 PM Rating: Default
The guards help out the smugglers if they are attacking you so that would be a bad idea. I guess you didn't actually try it.
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# Nov 08 2001 at 1:39 PM Rating: Default
Only a matter of time until VI nerfs this...I just started my 2nd char, a druid, whos madly twinked. I gotta lvl him up fast so I can do this quest before VI deletes it.
RE: .
# Nov 18 2001 at 9:58 AM Rating: Default
Hehe, Verant isnt going to delete this quest or nerf the book, God its been around for ages... I started playing about 6 months after release and the quest was in place then. Im suer if verant was goning to change anything about this quest they'd have done it LONG ago. Your secret is safe =) *wink.
Not to shabby
# Nov 05 2001 at 12:08 PM Rating: Default
I took the short cut as well by giveing the gp rather then the trip to erudin. At first I would try to stop by when ever I got a chance, but got up one morning around 7:30 a.m. and there he was.
Root, nuke and nuke again. Got the page and gated out before the others could agro on me.
I Owned Dyllin
# Nov 04 2001 at 8:08 AM Rating: Good
Quest was easy as hell. Took a few short cuts, gave Moodoro the 2 gp for the book container. gave him 4 gp for the card game, got jester, got pg 34. BUT now i had to go to highpass. I camped Dyllin for a couple hrs before going to bed, the next morning i logged in and Dyllin was right there. Root, dot, nuke, nuke. and hes dead. Got pg 30 and some letter. combined pg 30 in that container and got Testament of Vanear
Got him
# Nov 03 2001 at 12:38 PM Rating: Decent
I arrived at Dyllin's spawn site shortly after a shamy had kiled him and the spawn seemd to be just over 6hours. He was very easy for a 26th druid, he resisted snare on the first try but after that was cake. 1 creeping crud and 3 careless later he was dead. Only one problem i discoverd the hard way that im now KOS with the corrupt guards, guess I should have done the quenos part first LOL. Live and learn. The form of wolf WILL work!
Dyllin Starshine
# Nov 02 2001 at 8:45 PM Rating: Decent
I have a 29 enchanter and found it difficult not getting killed doing this quest. There is a nasty guard that stops by. First I bound myself in the zone. I got my pet out, doted, and gated, then logged on as my druid. The pet would take him out, if not the dot would have weakened him enough for the druid to kill it quickly.
Lucky me
# Oct 24 2001 at 5:11 PM Rating: Good
I don't know if this is considered a stratigy but since the spawn is so long this is what I did. I went and did the short cut asking the Erudite in Qeynos for the book and played his little game for the 1st page. Then I simply put the book away in the bank, and everytime I was in Highhold Pass I would stop by to see if Dyllan was there. All in all, I walked through there, saw him, killed him and now I'm a happy camper my camping time was null. One suggestion is to log on right after a patch. I'm sure that everything would be reset and then that would cut down on your waiting time. This item makes all the diffence in the world. Good luck everyone.

Fyful Laughinghammer
Shaman of 29 seasons
this guy
# Oct 22 2001 at 4:59 AM Rating: Default
ok, i losst my account (long story) so im gonna start a new druid and i was wondering is a untwinked 19 druid with really no equpitment good enough to bust him up? oh also when is the new UK server gonna be up???
thanks!
got it
# Oct 20 2001 at 1:51 PM Rating: Default
slow spawn someone needs shot over this one, the 2nd way work just fine, (given 2gp to moor). watch the guards killed me but i bound my self in the same are just incase that happened, i never get the lucky breaks, spell him , spell him hard, once you do melee combat with him the red sumggler will argo so, if you commit go for it hard. gg/ bte it took me roughtly 5 hrs to wait he spawn right where they say he does, and hes under the tent i was going to take a screen shot but forgot good luck, all this is up and runing don't let anyone talk you out of it.
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