Ghost of Mera  

You need a Tallow-marked Candle to use as the key, dropped by most of the mobs behind unlocked doors.

solo'd with a 70 monk, give her the sound capture jar and she will become attackable (but still not KoS), average hit was around 700, low of 250 and max of about 1290. was about a 2 minute fight, hope this helps.

Edit: oh yeah, and I was at about 10% hp when the fight was done, was a close call with a 8k unbuffed partially Anguish geared monk

Edited, Mar 31st 2007 3:26pm by Bethgin

ehh..... not sure, actually im 90% positive that im wrong.... but is it possible the quest was never completed? or it may have been part of a event that took place or something, and you had to use the echoing jar....

This is all I know about this quest. I have revisited it today trying to find out more. I have searched the Lucy and Magelo databases and interestingly enough there are unfound items before the sound capture jar, after is items that i cant figure out what they are for or where they come from.

Here is the quest text so far:
[Hail Merchant Tenra in Kelethin bards guild]
Merchant Tenra says 'Hello traveler. I hate to bother you while you are shopping, but have you seen a [young researcher]? She would be a wood elf, like me. She's younger than me, but she would look a lot like me. Have you seen her?'

[what young researcher]

Merchant Tenra says 'Well, she's my little sister, Mera. She is a student here at the guild. She isn't a singer, she just doesn't have the voice for it, poor dear. She studies sound. She has some interesting ideas about how to make music sound better. She had just received a device from a gnome that he claimed could capture sound. It was some crazy jar with a gear on the top or something. Well, Mera left here in a rush after receiving the jar from a courier and hasn't been heard from since. I have nothing to offer you as payment, but you look like a kind person and an adventurer. If you see her, please send her home.'

[Find Godbin in Steamfont ~ Ask him about Mera]

Godbin Strumharp says 'Mera? Sure, I know her. Bright girl. She left here a while ago with one of my new [sound capture jars]. She helped me design them. Bright girl. She ran off saying that she was going to find a great sound to capture in the jar. She was very excited. I hope she's safe. She said something about howling or something like that. I just didn't hear her properly. She's a very bright girl.'

[what sound capture jars]

Godbin Strumharp says 'The sound capture jar does exactly what it sounds like it does. If you use it properly, you can capture a sound in the jar for use later. I haven't worked out the details about how exactly you might use a sound, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. I have a few with me. They aren't part of my regular inventory, but I can sell you one if you need it for something. Seeing as you're a friend of Mera, I'll let you have it for cost, thirty platinum.'

[give him 30PP]

Godbin Strumharp says 'Here ya go. Good luck finding Mera.'

[Find Mera in Howling Stones]
[Hail her and get the following text]
Ghost of Mera says 'What? Oh, hello. You're . . . you're alive, aren't you. I'm dead, I think. Why can't I leave here? I need to be free so I can continue my [work]. Oh, but I'm dead, I can't.'

Ghost of Mera says 'My work . . . I was working with sound, I remember that. I remember hearing all of the wonderful noise that the stones make in the wind. I think I found the perfect sound, but then they killed me. A sacrifice, I think. That makes me sad. I do have one happiness, though. I know the perfect sound. I just wish I could have saved it so that others could hear it. If only they hadn't broken my jars.'

[Give her the jar you received from Godbin]
Ghost of Mera says 'Thank you!' Mera breaths into the jar. You hear nothing, but she seals the jar and says, 'Now all you must do is free my spirit! Do so and you may know the perfect sound of the wind and I will be free!'

[kill Mera ~ loot Echoing jar]
what a way to set her free :)

Got the ghost today, poped at the death of an undead oblation in north wing, blue con indif @65, didn't seem to depop, impossible to cast spells on it, pet wouldn't attack :/

New quest Npc up at the North wing boss door today
(Wed Sep 15) Post OoW patch
Looks like a necro's spec pet...was indifferent. Sorry no screen shot

[Wed Sep 15 07:37:12 2004] You say, 'Hail, Ghost of Mera'

Ghost of Mera says 'What? Oh, hello. You're . . . you're alive, aren't you. I'm dead, I think. Why can't I leave here? I need to be free so I can continue my [work]. Oh, but I'm dead, I can't.'

You say, 'what work?'

Ghost of Mera says 'My work . . . I was working with sound, I remember that. I remember hearing all of the wonderful noise that the stones make in the wind. I think I found the perfect sound, but then they killed me. A sacrifice, I think. That makes me sad. I do have one happiness, though. I know the perfect sound. I just wish I could have saved it so that others could hear it. If only they hadn't broken my jars.'

Couldn't get any other info outta it after trying various phrases.

Any ideas?

Konev of Zeb