To Speak as a Dragon

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category

Hallmark

Journal Level

50 ^{(

Tier 6

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Journal Difficulty

Epic

Starting Zone

Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage ^more

How to Start

See below

part of: Prismatic Weapon Timeline
Preceded by: none	Followed by: Fire and Ice

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Prerequisites Edit

You must know Krombral , the Giants' language, in order to complete this quest.

Starting the Quest Edit

Approach the ravine in Lavastorm that leads to the entry to Maiden's Gulch and speak to Sebir the Historian ( -168, -10, -546 ) /waypoint -168, -10, -546 who tells you about the sage who needs to be rescued.
Enter Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage . (You must be minimum level 50 to bring your group into the zone.) The Entrance is at ( -194, -2, -351 ) /waypoint -193.76, -1.65, -351.19 . Click the door and choose the correct instance to enter.
Kill the Drakota Inquisitor and Vyr'drais the Vicious (51^^ Heroic) with 2 adds, and then hail The Sage of Ages on the platform behind him to start the quest.

Steps Edit

Once you've started the quest with the Sage, travel to the bottom of Solusek's Eye (sublevel 6, where translucent paths wind over the lava) and enter Nagafen's Lair . ( -202, -617, -198 ) /waypoint -202, -617, -198 .
- Hint: Check the Nagafen's Lair page for map walkthrough
- Hint: If you have slowfall, jump down the extremely deep hole around ( -100, -11, -16 ) /waypoint -100, -11, -16 . near the entrance of the zone. It will take you straight to the lowest level. Make sure you have the waypoint targeted as you can overshoot and die in the lava.
- Note: to get to Nagafen's Lair you will need to take a lift to the third floor ( -325, -595, 187 ) /waypoint -325, -595, 187 in the Giant Apartments. It may appear that you can only travel up to the second floor, so to get to the third floor open the door once you arrive at the second floor and hit the "up" option on the triangular button just inside the door. Then hustle back onto the lift since there is a short delay before the lift moves up to the third floor. There will be a one-way ledge at ( -103, -614, -292 ) /waypoint -103, -614, -292 followed by the Oratorium of Thyr . (This instance is not required for the quest, but must be completed unless you have the assistance of someone with access to the deserted version.)
- Hint: Target Lord Thyr then hit H to hail him. Defeat Lord Thyr and then use the door behind him. Then follow the path to the gong and click it to enter Nagafen's Lair.
Speak to Majordomo Inferinus who tells you that you need to learn the Elder Dragon language to be able to speak with Lord Nagafen.
Return to The Sage of Ages in Antonica on the top floor of the Tower of the Oracles ( -1030, 14, -618 ) /waypoint -1030, 14, -618 . If he disappears or is not there, leave and re-enter the tower again. He tells you that you need to find 26 translated runes of Elder Dragon to learn the language.
Gather the 26 runes: If this is your first character (on a given account) completing this quest, you must gather the 26 runes from their locations in the world, as listed below.
- If you have already completed this quest on at least one character, you can transfer the heirloom tablet of the runes from completing the quest (which can be re-purchased at the Shady Swashbuckler on the Nektulos docks) through the shared bank. Examining this tablet will satisfy this step.
Once you have all 26, speak to The Sage of Ages again in Antonica at ( -1030, 14, -618 ) /waypoint -1030, 14, -618 for your reward.

Locations of the runes Edit

The runes are scattered all over the Shattered Lands (the zones originally available when the game launched).

To see or close the full list of rune locations, click:

Karan Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Vee	Qeynos Capitol District	Concordium Tower	Take the yellow teleporter up and head to the bottom. The scroll is under the stairs on the left. ( 698, 82, 127 ) /waypoint 698, 82, 127
Aerr	Stormhold	Library	On a bookshelf across from the door on the opposite wall between tables, look for a book slightly out from the others. ( -127, -32, -140 ) /waypoint -127, -32, -140 (You get access by clicking on a grate in the floor at ( 5, -26, -121 ) /waypoint 5, -26, -121 on the second level down in Stormhold.)
Phar	The Thundering Steppes	Village of Thundermist	A bag behind the merchant's counter in the house with the ambassador. ( 609, 0, -86 ) /waypoint 609, 0, -86
Shi	Ruins of Varsoon	Tome of Life's room	The book with the blue spine on the east wall. ( 9, 4, 72 ) /waypoint 9, 4, 72 (on "Center" map)
Mir	Ruins of Varsoon	Workshop of the Enchanter	A scroll next to blue book. ( 256, -3, 133 ) /waypoint 256, -3, 133

Feerrott Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Gresh	The Feerrott	The Hidden Camp	Go inside the tent behind Merchant Murgina and look up. The scroll is standing on its end next to the center pole up top. ( -149, 14, 187 ) /waypoint -148.85, 13.72, 186.77
Draedan	The Feerrott	Golgoth Bridge	Under the west side, near the waterline. ( -342, -8, 490 ) /waypoint -342, -8, 490
Xak	The Feerrott	The Temple of Alliz	On the lower level, atop a table next to a vase. ( -329, -5, 849 ) /waypoint -329, -5, 849
Rakta	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	Room next to The Pool of Dread	Next to some small steps. ( -35, 0, 11 ) /waypoint -35, 0, 11
Trena	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	The Pool of Dread	Next to some small steps. ( 3, -2, 6 ) /waypoint 3, -2, 6
Trana	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	Ux Uval's room	Upon a table. ( 0, -12, -98 ) /waypoint 0, -12, -98

Everfrost Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Kyth	Permafrost	Main Level, Eastern side	On top of Alangria's table, at the back left corner. ( -149, 4, -452 ) /waypoint -149, 4, -452
Vak	Permafrost	Main Level, Western side	On top of the statue quest table. ( 160, 6, -432 ) /waypoint 160, 6, -432
Sissra	Permafrost	Basement level	Under a table in a rucksack at the forge. ( 115, -35, -181 ) /waypoint 115, -35, -181

D'Lere Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Fen	The City of Freeport	Academy of Arcane Science	In the upper level, the single book standing upright on the table near Savant Ka'im . ( 3, 7, -116 ) /waypoint 3, 7, -116 See notes below for good toons entering Freeport safely.
Dar	Fallen Gate	Little Neriak	On a table in the second house on the left. ( 168, 18, -84 ) /waypoint 168, 18, -84 )
Vul	Nektulos Forest	The Citadel of Gul'thex	In the rearmost right-hand tower (as you enter), a chest on the second floor under the stairs. ( 701, 10, -735 ) /waypoint 701, 10, -735

Instructions for getting good toons into Freeport safely for the Fen rune. There are four guards along the route, all level 45 Heroic, but invis worked on all of them.

1. From the Commonlands, head to the entrance of the Thieves Way just south of the main Freeport gate. ( -1245, -82, 121 ) /waypoint -1245, -82, 121

2. Enter the Thieves Way. The entrance to Freeport North is across the room. Find a click-able grate in the wall. All four portals to the different districts of Freeport are in this room, so make sure you enter North Freeport. ( -123, 1, 50 ) /waypoint -123, 1, 50

3. Enter North Freeport. Follow the wall away from the sewer entrance until you see a ramp going upward to your right. Take the ramp. A guard stands at the bottom of the ramp.

4. The Academy of Arcane Science is at the top of ramp. There are two guards at the door of the academy, but no other potential attackers.

5. Enter the academy, turn left, and take the left elevator to the upper balcony.

6. There is one last skeleton guard standing watch up here, but if you keep to the ledge, you can get to the book without aggro. If using invis, it will break when you click on the book.

7. Get your rune from the book (red book standing on edge on the table) and port out.

Enchanted Lands Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Kor	Runnyeye	In the room with quest fairy Dyrilisia.	Next to a banner, find a book under a plank. ( -72, 1, -95 ) /waypoint -72.22, 1, -94.82
Sev	Runnyeye	The Banker's room	On the second tier of structure next to the second ladder up, just under the torn curtain. ( 62, -11, -14 ) /waypoint 62, -11, -14
Tal	Rivervale	The House of Circles	A red book under the table. ( -834, -6, -108 ) /waypoint -834, -6, -108 Once you leave the house you will be attacked by six lvl 50 Deathfist marauders .
Gor	Rivervale	The mill past The Laughing Trout	An orange book on a shelf in the right-hand corner after entering the mill. ( -515, 0, -215 ) /waypoint -515, 0, -215

Lavastorm Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Nak	Solusek's Eye	Sublevel 6, the Glassworker's room	Outside of the Glassworkers's Room, On the floor to the right of the table. ( -256, -516, 94 ) /waypoint -256, -516, 94
Fyrm	Solusek's Eye	Sublevel 6, the Glassworker's room	The scroll on a table on the left side of room. ( -317, -516, 127 ) /waypoint -317, -516, 127 If you cannot reach it, stand behind the table and look for good angle - zoom out with the camera!

To get to the Glassworker's room, go to Sublevel 7 and go to the elevator at ( -313, -512, 186 ) /waypoint -313.09, -512.43, 186.38 and go up one level, and then exit.

The Obelisk of Lost Souls Edit

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Sissthra	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	The Aethenaeum of Shadows	On level 3, the scroll is near a candle. ( -429, 395, 243 ) /waypoint -429, 395, 243
Rett	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	Anchor Room	On level 3, next to a cabinet near the Medium of Cron. ( -435, 370, 331 ) /waypoint -435, 370, 331
Voth	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	Near the instrument of torture's room	On level 1, on a table. ( -48, 594, 286 ) /waypoint -48, 594, 286

Sissthra and Rett Runes: You use to have to complete the access quest Summoning the Creator in order to unlock the door leading to the lower levels, but no longer need to do so. When you're in the central chamber and the purple glowing exit is behind you, then the way forward is level 1, the way to the right is level 2.
Voth Rune: You will either have to complete the access quest Entrance into the Obelisk or use the Feerrott zone-in which puts you just inside the Obelisk.
- Note: You no longer need to complete any access quests once the zone is greyed out for your character. However, you will still need to kill the Labyrinth Shadow and the Keeper of Nihility to reach level 3.
The simplest entrance to the obelisk might be commonlands, take the griffin to Nektulos Station, and then head toward obelisk entrance, kill the shadowed men and you will see a purple glow, click it and you're in. If you're high level (perhaps on the swashie epic repercussions quest), you may want to pick up several quests, set your aa slider correctly and chrono to level 50 to grind out some xp while you're here, there is even an HQ to kill 100 nightbloods you can pick up in Rivervale (By Hook or by Crook).

Rewards Edit

The ability to speak Draconic
At least 15g 15s 54c
Access to a Deserted version of the Oratorium of Thyr.
Tablet of Draconic Runes

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