Hag Quest
(Weitergeleitet von The Witch's Apprentice)
Um diese Quest zu starten, sucht man Grizelda the Hag auf. Sie ist die NPC-Questgeberin, die in den Wäldern westlich von Britain, zwischen dem Brigand Camp und dem Grove of Love zu finden ist.
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Questlog
The Witch's Apprentice (Der Lehrling der Hexe)
The ancient, wrinkled hag looks up from her vile-smelling cauldron. Her single, unblinking eye attempts to focus in on you, but to little avail.
- "Eh? Who is it? Who's there? Come to trouble an old woman have you?
- I'll spit ye open and swallow yer guts! I'll turn ye into a pile o' goo, I will! Bah! As if I didn't have enough to worry about. As if I've not enough trouble as it is!
- Another of my blasted apprentices has gone missing! Foolish children, think they know everything. I should turn the lot of them into toads - if only they'd return with their task complete! But that's the trouble, innit? They never return!
- But you don't care, do you? I suppose you're another one of those meddlesome kids, come to ask me for something? Eh? Is that it? You want something from me, expect me to hand it over? I've enough troubles with ma apprentices, and that vile Imp, Zeefzorpul the Imp! Why, I bet it's him who's got the lot of them! And who knows what he's done? Vile little thing.
- If you expect me to help you with your silly little desires, you'll be doing something for me first, eh? I expect you to go seek out my apprentice. I sent him along the road west of here up towards Yew's graveyard, but he never came back. Find him, and bring him back, and I'll give you a little reward that I'm sure you'll find pleasant.
- But I tells ye to watch out for the Imp name've Zeefzorpul! He's a despicable little beast who likes to fool and fiddle with folk and generally make life miserable for everyone. If ye get him on your bad side, you're sure to end up ruing the day ye were born. As if you didn't already, with an ugly mug like that!
- Well, you little whelp? Going to help an old hag or not?"
- Akzeptiert nun die Quest mittels "I accept"-Knopf
Somewhat out of character for the vile old witch, she actually seems delighted that you've accepted her offer.
- "Ah! That's the spirit! You're not a useless bag of bones after all, are ye? Well then, best you get your hind quarters in gear and head towards the road! Remember, my young Apprentice could be anywhere along the road heading towards the Yew Graveyard, so be sure to run the whole course of it, and stay on track!
- And for Gashnak's sake, come back here when you've found something! And remember, I don't have all day! And watch out for the Imp Zeefzorpul! And don't return empty handed! And pack a warm sweater! And don't trample my lawn on the way out!
- What are you still doing here? Get to it! Shoo!"
Die Route des Lehrlings
Die Route muss nun von Grizelda bis zum Yew Cemetery abgeritten werden.
Jederzeit kann man auf den Lehrling treffen. Findet man ihn, sieht man auch ganz kurz den Imp Zeefzorpul auf der Bildfläche – und dann verschwindet er wieder, man kommt näher und erkennt den toten Lehrling...
- You inspect the charred and bloodied corpse, recognizing it from the Hag's description as the lost Apprentice you were tasked to bring back.
- It appears as if he has been scorched by fire and magic, and scratched at with vicious claws.
- You wonder if this horrific act is the work of the vile Imp Zeefzorpul of which the Hag spoke. You decide you'd best return to the Hag and report your findings.
Also zurück zu Grizelda und mit ihr sprechen und ihr das Schicksal des Lehrlings erklären!
Zeefzorpul aufspüren
Grizelda ist schockiert und will Zeefzorpul mit eurer Hilfe aufspüren:
The wrinkled old Hag looks up from her cauldron of boiling innards.
- "Bah! Back already? Can't you see I'm busy with my cooking? You wouldn't like to have a little taste of my delicious dragon gizzard soup, would you? Haw! I thought as much.
- Enough of this jibber-jabber then - what news of my Apprentice?
- What's that? You say that horrible little Imp Zeefzorpul was behind his disappearance!? What would Zeefzorpul want with my Apprentice? Probably just wants to make life more miserable for me than it already is.
- Wait! Bah! That must be it! Zeefzorpul must have found out that I sent my Apprentices out with various Magic Brew Recipes - lists of tasks and ingredients that needed completing.
- That despicable Zeefzorpul knows I need the list of ingredients I gave to that Apprentice. I've recipes to mix, stews to boil, magics to cast, and fortunes to meddle! I won't let that wretched felchscum spoil my day. You then, I need you to go find Zeefzorpul and get that scrap of parchment back!
- I'm not sure where he bides his time, but I'm sure if you go find his imp friends and rough them up, they'll squel on him in no time! They all know each other's secret hiding places. Go on! Shoo! Go slay a few Imps until they cough up their secrets! No mercy for those little nasties!"
Imps töten
Die magische Flöte und die Karte
Nun tötet man solange die grün-flügeligen Kreaturen bis eine Meldung auf dem Bildschirm erscheint:
- You have received a map and a magic flute.
Die Karte zeigt den Punkt, wo man nun Zeefzorpul the Imp finden kann, die Flöte benötigt man, um ihn am Zielort dann hervorzulocken. Diverse Orte können möglich sein, wo sich der diebische Kerl versteckt, die gesamte Liste findet ihr auf dieser Seite hier.
Zeefzorpul's Versteck
Hat man den richtigen Ort aufgespürt, kann man nun die Flöte spielen (doppelklicken). Ist man am richtigen Ort, erscheint Zeefzorpul der Imp sofort – es gelingt dem Abenteure zwar, ihm das gewünschte Stück Papier abzuluchsen (es gibt keinen Gegenstand dafür), aber das Flügelvieh kann am Ende trotzdem erneut flüchten.
- In a puff of smoke that smells of brimstone, the Imp Zeefzorpul appears.
- "Wuh-whut!? How did stupid hooman find mighty Zeefzorpul? This crazy many times! This crazy not possible! This big crazy with crazy on top! But it happening! How can it be true!?
- GAH! Even mighty Zeefzorpul can no resist that crazy music! Mighty Zeefzorpul do what you want! Have you stupid paper back! Mighty Zeefzorpul no want it any way. It dumb. It super dumb. Big dumb like stupid dumb tree with dum things on it! So stupid! So dumb that mighty Zeefzorpul not even care! You see me not caring? You better caus it certainly happening! Me not caring one bit!"
- The strange little Imp tosses the piece of parchment at you. Much to your surprise, howevery, he swoops down in a flash of flapping wings and steals the Magic Flute from your grasps.
- "Hah! So stupid like a hooman! Mighty Zeefzorpul has defeated stupid hooman, and is greatest ever Im pin world! You serious stupid, Mister hooman. Big stupid with stupid on top. Now you no can make trick on me again with crazy dance music! Mighty Zeefzorpul fly away to his other secret home where you never find him again!
- Me hope you get eated by a troll!"
- With that, the Imp Zeefzorpul disappears in another puff of fancid smoke.
Nun flitzt man zurück zu Grizelda und überbringt ihr die freudige Nachricht, dass ihr Rezept gerettet werden konnte.
Das Hexen Rezept
Die Hexe ist natürlich äusserst erfreut, und sucht aber natürlich ein weiteres Opfer, das ihr das Rezept besorgen kann – euch nämlich, geschätzter Abenteurer.
- The wart-covered witch looks up from pouring fetid scraps of meat into her cauldron.
- "You've dealt with that troublesome Imp Zeefzorpul? Good for you, little one! You're not as useless as you appear, even to a daft old wench such as myself!
- Now then, I see you've recovered my precious Magic Brew Recipe. I suppose you expect a reward? Well, you can go on expecting, and I can go on being ugly. What good is it to me that I have the list, if I don't have an apprentice to go gather the ingredients and perform the tasks themselves!
- If you want your precious little reward, you'll have to complete the task I gave to my precious Apprentice. Now away with you! Shoo! Shimmy! Skedattle! I've heads to boil and stews to spice! Don't you return until you've completed every item on that list!"
Das Rezept sind meist Tier-Teile die man besorgen muss, zB. Frog's Leg (Froschschenkel) oder Deer Heart's (Rehherzen). Es gibt aber auch spezielle Gegenstände, die man auf spezielle Art und Weise besorgen muss:
- Bones buried in hallowed ground (0/5) – Mit einer Schaufel auf Gräbern danach graben
- Captain Blackheart's Whiskey (0/1) – Nach Buccaneer's Den reisen und Captain Blackheart aufsuchen (ein Muss: das Tragen eines Tricorne Hat (klassischer Piratenhut) und das Trinken von mindestens fünf (!) Krügen Liquor
- Freshy Cut Red Mushroom (0/1) – Mit einem scharfen Gegenstand (Messer o.ä.) einen roten Pilz einsammeln (zB. am Mondtor Trinsic, in Dungeons, oder südlich vom Haus wo Grizelda wohnt, zu finden)
- Spirit Essence (0/5) – Entweder Ghouls, Spectres oder Wraiths töten
- Star Chart (0/1) – Mittels Spyglass den Himmel kartographieren, das funktioniert aber nur, wenn die ingame Zeit stimmt (ab 17 Uhr abends). Eine Uhr kann hier helfen
- Swamp Water (0/1) – (Mit einem leeren Krug Sumpfwasser aufsammeln
Hat man die jeweils drei Zutaten zum Rezept gefunden, kehrt man zur Hexe zurück.
Belohnung
Nun erhält man von Grizelda tatsächlich eine Belohnung!
- Einen kleinen Zuwachs in Sacrifice, der Tugend der Aufopferung
- Einen Beutel mit ein paar Dingen, wie zB.
- ca. 2'000 Goldstücke
- A Cauldron – einen Hexenkessel
- A Bottle of Magical Moonfire Bew – eine Flasche mit Hexengebräu
- eine Schatzkarte (zufälliges Level)
- Magier Reagenzien, je 30 Stück
- ein niederes, magisches Rüstungsteil
Grizelda ist glücklich, hat sie ihr komplettes Rezept, und der Abenteurer ist um eine Erfahrung reicher!
- The horrible wretch of a witch looks up from her vile experiments and focuses her one good eye on you.
- "Eh? What's that? You say you've gathered the ingredients for my delicious Magic Brew?
- Well, well, I don't know exactly what to say. I thought for sure you'd end up dead! Haw! Can't blame a lady for wishing, can you? Even if she is ab it old and wrinkled.
- Well, I promised you a reward for your efforts, and I never lie - leastways not to someone like you, after the great sacrifices you've made. You know, I could use a new Apprentice, in an offical capacity as it were. I couldn't convince you to stay around and help me out some more could I? There's always couldrons that need cleaning, dung that needs shoveling, newts eye that needs a proper chewing, and fires that need stoking.
- What's that? Not interested? Well, I suppose you have great things ahead of you and all that. Feh! Like a puckish little puke like you could ever make something of themsevles in this cold old world!
- Nevertheless, I'll give you your blasted reward, and you'd better be happy with it because it's all you're getting. Caused me enough trouble as it is. Here, take it, and be off with you! It'll be a pleasure to my eye if I never have to squint to see you again! And the stench!
- Smells like you washed this very morning! A great fancy folk you are, with your soaps and water! Think you're so great... why, I remember when we didn't even have soap, and water was made by tiny little fairies and cost a gold piece for a thimbleful... I could tell you some stories, I could...
- 'Your reward in hand, you decide to leave the old Hag to her mumblings before she realizes you're still around and puts you back to work.
