The King of Desire
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Act: 4
Dialla requires the Eye of Desire to activate the Rapture Device, but it is guarded by Daresso, King of Swords. Take it from him and deliver it to Dialla.
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| 1 | Dialla requires the Eye of Desire to activate the Rapture Device, but it is guarded by Daresso, King of Swords. Take it from him and deliver it to Dialla. Area: The Grand Arena NPC: How does a man who, by all accounts, has been dead for over a hundred years end up as a Nightmare monarch in the bowels of Highgate? Unlike Kaom, there is utterly no trace of his passing, and we have scouted every footstep of this mountain and its surrounds. There is no other entrance. No physical entrance. Deshret, and now this... Daresso. Yes, most disturbing. I know not why, but those three words frightened me more than any I have heard in my lifetime. Neither soil nor stone speak of Kaom's return. Now we know why. He became a monarch of Nightmare, like Voll before him. It seems the Beast has uses for those with a talent for conquest. Vanja: Are we talking about {the} Daresso? The Sword King? Petarus: Seems like it. But... how did he get in there? He left Oriath about a century and a half ago, hoping to find a cure for his lady, Merveil. He would have had to fight his way through the Maraketh, but... Oyun's never mentioned anything of the sort. Vanja: Maybe he didn't go in alive. Petarus: What do you mean? Vanja: We live in a land where the dead walk and {things} like Dialla live for centuries. Petarus: You think he died somewhere else and then the Beast got hold of him? Vanja: Could be. Petarus: Well, if the Beast can do that, then... what bloody good was Deshret's Seal? Vanja: Exactly. In life, Daresso was tortured by frustration and shame. In death, Nightmare has erased his past and forged a dream world in which Daresso would remain contented and loved. What if Nightmare could do that for all of us? Would we really wish to destroy it then? The power of Nightmare to manipulate the soul never ceases to impress me. That could be you one day, should you continue to follow this dark and winding path. A dark God of ancient sacrifice, a muse to the twisted and vile... the Beast, the Nightmare, the Darkness... names given to it by mortals that think with slugs bound in shells of bone. Yet, one man knew the Beast's true name, understood its impenetrable nature. Malachai. |
| 2 | Kill Daresso Dialla requires the Eye of Desire to activate the Rapture Device, but it is guarded by Daresso, King of Swords. Kill him and deliver the Eye to Dialla. Area: The Grand Arena |
| 3 | Take the Eye of Desire Dialla requires the Eye of Desire to activate the Rapture Device. Take it and deliver it to Dialla in the Mines. Area: The Grand Arena |
| 4 | Deliver the Eye of Desire to Dialla Dialla requires the Eye of Desire to activate the Rapture Device. Deliver it to her in the Mines. Area: The Crystal Veins NPC: In which case, you didn't kill Daresso because he was already dead. It's all a bit of a grey area, really. And completely beside the point. My Malachai did the crafting. Beautiful work. General Adus did the murdering. Equally beautiful work, in its own juicy way. My Malachai did the crafting. Beautiful work. General Adus did the murdering. Equally beautiful work, in its own juicy way. |
| 5 | Quest Complete - You have killed Daresso and delivered the Eye of Desire to Dialla. Once you have delivered both Eyes, she will reward you. NPC: My Malachai did the crafting. Beautiful work. General Adus did the murdering. Equally beautiful work, in its own juicy way. {"Have you ever been to the End of the World before, my King?" asked the Blackest Monkey. "No, I have not." realised the Monkey King. "There is my reason to go where you go, be where you be, my King," concluded the Blackest Monkey in a voice as warm and welcoming as death.} Do you know who wrote that, Not-a-Cockroach? Victario Nevalius, the People's Poet of Sarn. He was my friend... and I betrayed him. Took his love and burned it before his eyes. Now I am betrayed. My heart burned black by the one man I loved... Malachai. He's found a new heart, you see. A Beast's heart to cuddle up to, to keep him warm and safe at the End of the World. Today, I remind Malachai of his betrayal. Today, it is his turn to burn... Vanja: Daresso wasn't {actually} alive, Petarus. Petarus: Daresso must have thought he was alive. Vanja: True. Thinking and being... a bit of a blurred line here in Wraeclast. Petarus: Exactly. You set him free. |
| 6 | Quest Complete - You have killed Daresso and delivered the Eye of Desire to Dialla. Talk to her in town for a reward. Area: Highgate NPC: My Malachai did the crafting. Beautiful work. General Adus did the murdering. Equally beautiful work, in its own juicy way. {"Have you ever been to the End of the World before, my King?" asked the Blackest Monkey. "No, I have not." realised the Monkey King. "There is my reason to go where you go, be where you be, my King," concluded the Blackest Monkey in a voice as warm and welcoming as death.} Do you know who wrote that, Not-a-Cockroach? Victario Nevalius, the People's Poet of Sarn. He was my friend... and I betrayed him. Took his love and burned it before his eyes. Now I am betrayed. My heart burned black by the one man I loved... Malachai. He's found a new heart, you see. A Beast's heart to cuddle up to, to keep him warm and safe at the End of the World. Today, I remind Malachai of his betrayal. Today, it is his turn to burn... Curse-breaker, and now the Murderer of Legends. Great names hatch upon you like ticks on a rhoa. |
| 7 | Quest Complete Quest Complete - You have killed Daresso and delivered the Eye of Desire to Dialla. She has rewarded you. |