Mountain Daughter
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| Official quest description: Years ago, a small tribe of people split off from the Fremennik in Rellekka and decided to inhabit the mountains to the east of town. There they lived as nomads for many years, but now the chieftain of the camp has lost his daughter and will not move on before she has been found.
Has she run away, has she been eaten by trolls, or is there something more sinister going on? Only you can find out. |
| Release date: 7 March 2005 |
| Start: Talk to Hamal the Chieftain in the Mountain Camp east of Rellekka. To get in, take the path north of the Golden Apple Tree and use a rope on the rock up there. |
| Difficulty: ***** |
| Length: Medium |
| Members only: Yes |
Requirements:
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Items needed:
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| Monsters to kill: The Kendal (level 70 man-bear)
Optional: Setting Relleka as the location of the Player Owned House and carrying teleport runes to house eliminates up to an hour of running back and forth; use of Fairy rings further decreases this as well. |
[edit] Walkthrough
[edit] Starting off
This quest begins in the mountain camp east of Rellekka. You can get there using an enchanted lyre (gained during Fremennik Trials), by walking north from Seers Village, by using the Fairy Ring code AJR, or, if your house is in Rellekka, you can teleport to your house.
At the beginning of the path, near the climbable rocks, you will encounter a guard who will not allow you to pass. Take the north-western path(right beside the blocked path on the left side) and use your rope on the boulder to slide down ahead of him. Go into the village, and speak to Hamal the Chieftain to begin the quest (ask why everyone is being so hostile to you). Eventually he will mention his daughter is missing and will allow you to search for her, although he flatly refuses to "employ outerlanders".
From now on you can enter the camp by crossing the rocks. Go south of Hamal's building and take some mud from the mud pond (you'll need to select "Dig-below Roots" in the mud pond). Then go north of Hamal's building and pick up a pole, not the broken pole by the lake (you can skip this step if you brought your own staff.) Then pick up the plank near the pole.
To the north will be a path that travels westward; Follow it until you find Ragnar. Talk to him to learn that the daughter's name is Asleif, he is her fiancée, and he is waiting patiently by the lake for her return.
Walk a short ways back along the path and use your mud on the tree, which enables you to climb it and reach the island. Use your pole or staff on the next rock, then use your plank with the flat stone. Listen to the pool. You will hear the "voice" of the spirit of the chieftain's daughter. She will tell you to find a food source for the camp and make peace with Rellekka. These two tasks can be done in any order.
[edit] Making peace with Rellekka
Talk to Hamal the Chieftain again. He will tell you that he sent a villager named Svidi down to Rellekka to make peace, but he hasn't come back yet. Go to the woods (you can climb over the main rockslide now though the guard will still be unhappy), locate and speak to Svidi (follow along the outside of the eastern fence of Rellekka, head north-east of Rellekka). You should find him wandering around in the woods outside the fence, east of the butter churn and north-west of the tree symbol on your minimap. He will tell you that he's afraid of the Fremenniks in Rellekka.
Go to Rellekka and talk to Brundt the Chieftain in the longhall. He will give the player a safety guarantee from the village promising not to hurt Svidi if you can retrieve a symbolic rock that the mountain camp stole from Rellekka long ago.
Return to the Mountain Camp and enter the tent south-west of Hamal the Chieftain. Though it's not necessary, you can talk to Hamal and he will flatly refuse to let you have the rock. In any case, use your pickaxe on the huge Ancient rock at the rear of the building south-west of Hamal's tent. You will get half a rock. Now that you've successfully tricked the people you're helping, take the rock back to Brundt the Chieftain, and he will give you the guarantee.
Give this to Svidi to make peace, then return to Hamal.
[edit] A new source of food
Back at the Mountain Camp, in the tent north of Hamal the Chieftain, you will find a villager named Jokul looking after his goats. He thinks the village could survive if the seed of a white pearl fruit were planted in the area. The fruit can be found on White Wolf Mountain just south the gnome glider. Put on your gloves, pick the fruit off the bushes, and eat it to get a seed (it will also heal 2 hps if you're not at full health). Give the White pearl seed to Hamal the Chieftain. He accepts your solution. One reasonably quick way back is to take the Gnome glider to the Gnome Stronghold then connect to Feldip Hills and then use the fairy rings there (code AKS), though you need to have done One Small Favour to use the Feldip Hills glider. A faster way would be to use the dueling ring to teleport to duel arena and run west till you see the gnome glider, use it to travel to Gnome Stronghold then use it again to White wolf mountain.
Note: You must talk to Jokul before being able to pick the fruit.
After you've done both tasks, go back to the pool and listen again. You need to make her father believe that she is really dead by showing him her corpse. She was dragged into a cave by a large carnivore. A convenient shortcut is to swim away by attempting to jump across the flat stones without using a plank. Once on the other side, follow the path east to a copse of dead trees. Cut the ones that block your path with a woodcutting axe until you reach a cave. You'll only need to cut 2 of the smaller trees to get through.
Inside, you'll find a strange person called The Kendal, as well as the lifeless body of Asleif. Tell the Kendal that you're no one special, and he will tell you that he is an important bear god. Tell him that you think he looks like a man dressed up in a bearsuit.
After you blow his cover, he'll admit to killing Asleif. Request her remains, and when he refuses, say you'll kill him yourself. He is level 70 (if you use protect from melee, he is very easy). Once he dies, the Bearhead mask will appear in your inventory. Grab the body of Asleif, which lies in the south-eastern corner of the pillar. For lower levels, it might be helpful to note that he is weaker to stab attacks.
Head back to Hamal the Chieftain, (you can walk around the lake), and show him the corpse. He will ask you to give her a proper burial with one of her possessions. Take five of the muddy rocks from around the camp, then go up the hill and talk to Ragnar. He will give you a necklace that he'd intended to give to her as a gift. Climb, pole and plank your way back to the small island and bury the corpse. (Note: When you click 'Bury' on the island, the character will immediately go to the designated location) Use the muddy rocks on the grave mound to finish the quest.
[edit] Reward
- 2 Quest Points
- 2,000
Experience
- 1,000
Experience
- Bearhead mask
[edit] Music
Music tracks unlocked:
- Cave of Beasts
Settlement
[edit] Trivia
- When you talk to Ragnar near the end of the quest to receive Asleif's necklace, you have the option of asking him if he's really been waiting all this time for her. He'll say that when you come to understand love, you'll understand him, and if you have completed Throne of Miscellenia, your character will say that he/she already has a marriage lined up.
- Asleif has been missing for fourteen years.
- The muddy rocks take 3 seconds to respawn.
- If you wear the bearhead mask when talking to the chieftain and say that Kendal is a fake God, you will say, "I'm even wearing his silly mask."
- The Kendal resembles, in both name and appearance, the monster Grendel from the famous Old English poem Beowulf.
- When you complete the quest, instead of playing the normal quest complete music it plays Asleif's singing.
- When you first talk to The Kendal he quotes the Cave of Wonders guardian from Aladdin: Who dares disturb my slumber?
- If you try to attack Kendal before talking to him he will say: "Do not attack me, puny mortal!"
- If you have already completed the Throne of Miscellania quest you character will refer to this when talking to Ragnar at the end of the quest.
- When you use the rope on the boulder getting to the quest area, it is a reference to Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. When Sam and Frodo are in the Emyn Muil they use a rope to climb down, and it "miraculously" comes loose.
| Main series |
1. The Fremennik Trials 2. Throne of Miscellania 3. Royal Trouble 4. The Fremennik Isles 5. Mountain Daughter 6. Olaf's Quest 7. Lunar Diplomacy 8. Dream Mentor |
| Related quests | |
