For the Love of a Lord

Quest: For the Love of a Lord Location: Thunderstone: Furniture's Fate Questgiver: Jenny Drabb Alignment score values: 0 for this quest.

Thunderstone: Furniture?s Fate In the Furniture's Fate, Jenny Drabb is seeking the help of a hunter to hunt down the legendary White Stag so that she can present it as a trophy to an unnamed lord with the intention of winning his love. Jenny will offer this quest as a favour in return for telling the PC who defaced their father?s grave. Taking the quest is optional.

Optional Clues to the Stag?s whereabouts Jenny?s original description of the stag?s location is ?somewhere in Hullack Forest?. Though the stag can be found without any clues, there are some additional ones along the way to help narrow the search. If the PC has access to Huntcrown?s house, he will tell them that the stag is more commonly spotted near Lake Wyvernwater. At Lake Wyvernwater itself, the fisherman in his hut will also tell the PC the stag can be found on the other side of the cleft behind his house. The fisherman will only offer this gossip on ?mythical beasts? if the PC has a drink to give him (ale, beer, spirits or Hultail Spirits ? the last of which will gain the PC a skillstone in return). By the exit to the adjacent Glade area are some tracks of a deer, offering the final clue the stag is close ? Kathryn (who can track) will make this clearer if she is in the party.

Lake Wyvernwater: Glade The stag itself is very fast. In order to bring the stag down without doing any damage to the hide, the PC must strike it in close combat, without dealing it 3 or more fire, acid or magic damage. Any ranged attack will damage the hide, and if the stag reaches the forest at the north end of the map before the PC can slay it, the quest is failed. Generally the use of a horse, sneaking or a haste spell is necessary to catch it.

Thunderstone: Furniture?s Fate Returning the hide to Jenny in an undamaged state will earn her gratitude. If the hide is damaged it is no use to her, and she will suggest selling it. In either case the PC earns the title ?Swift?. The PC can opt to sell the hide in either case without returning to Jenny.