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Occavatra -> Beast (All Versions), The (4/15/2016 22:23:37)
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The Beast
Location: Swordhaven (Book 3) -> Up -> Circe -> Quests -> The Beast -> Start Quest!
Requirements: Completion of Unbound
Release Date: November 25th, 2022
Objective: The Beastmaster has caught you sneaking into the Rose Tower!
Objective completed: It's time to talk with the ArchMagus.
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(1) Beastmaster (1) - Boss
(1) Beastmaster (2) - Boss
(1) Beastmaster (3) - Boss
NPCs
Beastmaster
Jaania
Rewards
Runed Chains (I-X)
Dialogue
*As you regain consciousness, the Beastmaster bounds back and forth.*
<Character>: Ow... My head...
Beastmaster: ...
Beastmaster: You... You should not be here.
<Character>: Ugh... And who are you supposed to be?
<Character>: Those chains... So The Rose is making you guard their secrets, is that it?
*The Beastmaster scrapes its hooked hand against the inside wall of the Ivory Tower's basement.*
Beastmaster: I do as I want.
<Character>: ...Seems to me like you want a fight.
Beastmaster: You drew your weapon first.
Battle! - begins battle with Beastmaster (1).
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to Swordhaven (Book 3).
*After the battle, a sap-like substance drips from a wound on the Beastmaster's shoulder; it falls to the floor, and a sprout appears where it landed.*
Beastmaster: You have power, human. Why waste it here?
<Character>: The Rose is doing awful things! Look at you. You're chained up in a basement!
Beastmaster: I am here of my own will.
*You pause to contemplate the Beastmaster's illusion of choice.*
<Character>: And all the other creatures chained up here? What about them?
*The Beastmaster throws a barrel at you; you successfully avoid the attack.*
Beastmaster: You broke into my lair. You hurt those I care for. Not The Rose.
<Character>: I need to speak to Jaania! I'm going to stop the ones who captured you! You'll be free!
Beastmaster: You assume too much.
Battle! - begins battle with Beastmaster (2).
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to Swordhaven (Book 3).
*After the second battle, the Beastmaster beats its chest, while you drink a potion.*
Beastmaster: You.
Beastmaster: Your words and your convictions are misguided.
*The Beastmaster spits on the floor; mint-colored mushrooms sprout from where it landed.*
Beastmaster: The Rose saved me from servitude.
Beastmaster: These chains are for the protection of myself and others.
Beastmaster: All those I care for, I treat with the utmost respect and dignity. Yet you would say otherwise.
<Character>: Outside the tower... in the swamps and forests and mountains and beyond. General Akanthus is using similar chains to enslave and control.
*The Beastmaster pauses, unaware of this truth.*
Beastmaster: ...Enslave...?
<Character>: They're burning villages, capturing people, and worse! Lady Jaania needs to know!
*The Beastmaster hangs its head and mournfully groans.*
Beastmaster: The Rose saved me. Saved me and my charges. Why would they do such terrible things?
<Character>: I... I don't know. I'm hoping Jaania can help me find out.
*Overcome with grief, the Beastmaster falls to the ground.*
Beastmaster: ...
Beastmaster: An elf... he took my fist.
Beastmaster: A human... drew her blade across my flesh.
Beastmaster: When the elf Yalla arose, the elves "tamed" the lands. Took me and my kin as beasts of burden and war.
Beastmaster: The forest... the elementals... everything cried out in pain and I could not heal it.
<Character>: And now you're trapped inside a tower, shackled and away from the nature you love so much.
*Regaining its rage as you challenge its worldview, the Beastmaster twitches and groans with anger.*
Beastmaster: Your words bite at my soul. Let's see if your blades and magic do the same.
Battle! - begins battle with Beastmaster (3).
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to Swordhaven (Book 3).
*After the third battle, the Beastmaster appears closer to considering your worldview.*
Beastmaster: These exchanges have been a rare pleasure, human. You have given me many wounds to heal, and thoughts to ruminate on. However...
*All of a sudden, the air in the Ivory Tower's basement turns cold, and the sprout and mushrooms shrivel and die; an icy barrier appears between you and the Beastmaster as Jaania appears in the basement's doorway.*
Jaania: Hello again, <Character>. It has been a while, hasn't it?
Jaania: Come along. Join me in my study.
Jaania: I have much to share.
*Scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Other information
This quest was re-written with new dialogue, animations, a level 90 reward, and general fixes to retroactively fit with Sulen'Eska rewrites on November 25th, 2022; more information can be found in the November 25th, 2022 Design Notes.
Thanks to
Jay for entry information.
Caustic for updated dialogue information.
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