Whispers from the Crypt – A Project 1999 Event

[IzHaN80]

Is this quest worth it? I mean, what are the gifts/rewards?

[Fingurs]

Of course, not only that: Its really well done / fun.

Highly encourage it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[honloro]

an aged chronicler says 'Whispers carry more than fear. They carry memory.'

You say, 'Hail, an aged chronicler'

an aged chronicler The old man startles, blinking against the snow.
an aged chronicler says, 'Do you hear them? The whispers that slip beneath the wind? They are not the dead, no… they are one man’s grief, stretched across Norrath like a funeral shroud. Fenrial, he was once named — a priest who buried too many of his flock with his own hands. Silence broke him, and from his sorrow rose the [Mourner].'

You say, 'what mourner'

an aged chronicler says, 'His grief hardened into obsession. He feared the gods would let the dead be forgotten. So he swore none would fade, not while he yet wept. He turned relics of his loss into anchors of memory, binding his sorrow into the world itself.'

an aged chronicler says, 'If you wish to understand the Mourner, you must recover what he left behind. A locket, prayer beads, and a simple ring — three keepsakes of the ones he lost. They are scattered now, carried by the restless dead who answer his call.'

[Sirquestalot]

<deep breath>
Have you guys ever PLAYED Everquest before this? The note.... has anyone tried READING it? This ain't your momma's WoW easy mmo... .you're supposed to use your brain just a little bit sometimes, and not expect everything to be spelled out on the wiki for you.

Sadly, I have had to spend time going to work and have not been able to put enough time into the game yet to get all 3 of the trinket items, so I haven't had the chance to acquire the note and attempt to read it for myself. But if someone has the note and would like to enlighten the rest of us with what is says, that would be GREAT! Thanks.

(Yeah, the first paragraph of this should probably be in Rants and Flames, but ... well, yeah...)

[Ekco]

^this

first thing i'd do is cast identify on the items also to see if they put any info in there.

[Moll]

Originally Posted by Sirquestalot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But if someone has the note and would like to enlighten the rest of us with what is says, that would be GREAT! Thanks.

A Tattered and Worn Note

"They told me silence was mercy. They told me stillness was peace. But silence does not speak the names of the dead. Stillness does not remember their faces.

If the living forget, then let the dead rise. Let them whisper. Let the world hear their grief as I do.

When many carry the wound, none survive. When one carries it, the world remembers.

--The Mourner--"

[kus]

Seems like Corrupted Body Part is super ultra rare: I've killed perhaps 200 dark blue (exp-giving) mobs and seen not a single Corrupted Body Part drop. Nada. Zilch.

In those 200 kills I've seen several Prayer Beads, as well as 2 Lockets, but not a single Ring, either. I've killed over 400 greenies (no exp) to see if my luck might change, but seen nothing whatsoever drop from them. Not a single item of any kind.

Sad to say it, but pursuing seems like a colossal waste of time. At the current rate, it could take literally several months of playing 12+ hours a day before I might get 10 body parts. I'm not sure I have the stamina to forego sleep and up my play time to 20+ hours a day. :P

[Sirquestalot]

Thank you, Moll, seems the note is just flavor and no apparent information regarding further questing or the teased event toward the end of the week, but it's nice to see what it was.

And yeah, kus, I feel your pain. But the reward for 10 turn-ins of body parts is just entry into a raffle for a temporary title, so unless that's your thing, it's not that big a loss.

Interestingly (to me), I got a ring drop from a level 1 super duper green kill, so it seems body parts only drop from non-trivial but ... unless this is what they patched... the trinkets can drop from any mob in the world. (?) Maybe that's why you need 3 and have to travel to the end of the world to get the 2 body parts from the turn-in.

All told, it's nice to have an event, much thanks to the hosts, staff and volunteers who are dedicated to making p99 great. I know we don't say it enough, so ....
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! (infinity)

[Moppelchen]

Re quest rewards - here's what I've gotten so far on my bard (30 parts handed in):
4x wolf form illusion
3x antiweight potion
1x flawless diamond
5x ivu potion
3x invis potion
1x Black Marble
2x Crushed Flame Emerald
1x Diamond
1x Exquisite Silver Turquoise Ring (shitty bard ring)
4x skeleton illusion
1x some other illusion (skelly illusion blocked it)
2x imp illusion
1x Throat of the Sirent (shitty bard neck)
1x Blue Diamond

[Arcturius]

Do you hand in the ring, the locket and the necklace to the aged chronicler all at once or one at a time?