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Rock of Rancor
Main story quest #79, level 28. 154th of 173 in play order.
Quest giver: Aideen, North Shroud (X 21.8, Y 26.7).
Steps
- Throw the
firesand stick at the rock. - Gather the
lightning-aspected crystals. - Deliver the lightning-aspected crystals to Aideen.
Journal
- Aideen has further knowledge of the mysterious deaths.
- Aideen tells you that all the victims thus far have been comely maidens. Rumors have arisen that, in death, their rancor has gone into a rock to the southwest, causing it to flash and moan. Hopeful for a clue, Aideen bids you use a firesand stick to blow off pieces of the rock, and then bring back the fragments for her to examine.
- You have used the firesand stick on the rock. Gather the lightning-aspected crystals that litter the area.
- You have gathered all of the lightning-aspected crystals. Return to Fallgourd Float and present them to Aideen.
- Aideen cannot hide her disappointment at your haul of lightning-aspected crystals. Unfortunately, your efforts did not serve to advance the investigation.
Hidden
Firesand Stick's item text says it is a mining tool, used to break boulders and clear cave-ins. That is why folk at Fallgourd, where Medrod
and Ivaurault
dig, have one at hand.Characters 3
Aideen has heard more about the deaths and still hopes to find a clue.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #152 Terror at Fallgourd: Hearing that you hunt the same masked man, Aideen eagerly offers to help you in any way possible.
- #153 Ziz Is So Ridiculous: Aideen explains that all victims had their faces torn apart, and some folk blame the ziz, a local beast. She doubts it but has you cull three. Finding no proof, she rules out the ziz and turns back to the masked man.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #152 Terror at Fallgourd: Medrod is sure he looked death in the face and wails in fear until you soothe him. Then he tells of a masked man in black with a winged eyeball fiend, near a woman's corpse. He offers to help you.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #152 Terror at Fallgourd: Ivaurault agrees to help your hunt for the masked man, mainly so that nobody has to suffer Medrod's hysteria again.
- #152 Terror at Fallgourd: Ivaurault agrees to help your hunt for the masked man, mainly so that nobody has to suffer Medrod's
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Aideen says all the victims were comely maidens, and jokes about it. She has you blast the Rock of Rancor, said to flash and moan with the victims' rage. The pieces are just lightning crystals, and she is disappointed.
Dialogue 8 lines
Accepting the quest
Aideen
There's something else I heard about the deaths. It appears all the victims have been comely maidens. I'd better watch myself, eh!? Heh heh heh!
Unseemly japes aside, there's a rumor been going around. There's some as whisper that, after each victim died, her rancor went into the great big rock southwest of here, causing it to flash and moan.
This bears investigating, I reckon. I'm going to give you a firesand stick to blow off a piece of that crag. The stick doesn't come with a fuse or anything, so you'll have to throw the thing. Once you've torn the rock a new one, bring back some of the fragments, and I'll give them a gander.
- DE Wir wollen ja nicht, dass du von einem Stein erschlagen wirst und in den schaurigen Klagereigen einstimmst. ‘We don't want you to be struck dead by a stone and join in the eerie round of wailing.’ English jokes the stick has no fuse so you must throw it; German jokes you might join the ghostly wailing.
Deliver the lightning-aspected crystals to Aideen.
Aideen
Most folk are too scared to go within a hundred yalms of the Rock of Rancor─aye, it has a name. But what's a few vengeful spirits to a dauntless adventurer like you, eh?
- DE Doch eine furchtlose Abenteurerin/ein furchtloser Abenteurer zog aus, das Rätsel des Schauerfelsens zu lösen! ‘But a fearless adventurer set out to solve the riddle of the Shudder Rock!’ English names it the Rock of Rancor; German calls it the Shudder Rock.
...Huh? Why, these are just your garden-variety crystals! 'Tis a bit hard to tell beneath all the dirt and grime, but they're definitely lightning-aspected.
I almost hate to say it, but that explains the flashing and moaning. Nothing to do with the masked stranger. Looks like I've gone and wasted both your time and a perfectly good firesand stick. Oh, well...
- JA 使い道がない偏属性クリスタルには買い手もつかないし、どうやら、骨折り損だったみたいだね……。 ‘Useless aspected crystals won't find any buyers, and it looks like it was all wasted effort.’ English laments wasting time and a good firesand stick; Japanese laments the useless crystals will find no buyers.