The Behemoth

[Sartredes]

<DIV>Other than the quest to find proof of his existance, there is no other info that I could find on this dragon whose bones now reside within the center of Nektulos.  Nektulos seems so unlike the natural habitat of most other dragons on Norrath.  Any thoughts on why he might of taken residence in the forest and what may have happened to him?  The death of a dragon seems a remarkable enough event that some record, verbal or written, of it should exist somewhere, especially since it happened in an area so close to the homelands of other intelligent races.</DIV>

[Mareth]

<div></div>In the quest you mention, is it not said that he was the guardian, or something like that, of Nektulos? Or somehow collaborating with the Teir'Dal?<div></div><p>Message Edited by LordSarig on <span class=date_text>05-16-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:04 PM</span>

[Sinect]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sartredes wrote:<BR> <DIV>Other than the quest to find proof of his existance, there is no other info that I could find on this dragon whose bones now reside within the center of Nektulos.  Nektulos seems so unlike the natural habitat of most other dragons on Norrath.  Any thoughts on why he might of taken residence in the forest and what may have happened to him?  The death of a dragon seems a remarkable enough event that some record, verbal or written, of it should exist somewhere, especially since it happened in an area so close to the homelands of other intelligent races.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You getting this from a quest? or stumble upon some remains?

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Actually, I would think that it would be very easy dragon remains to stay hidden like that for that long.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If Norrath was actually a 1:1 scale with the Planet Earth, the Island that Behemoth Pond is located on would be about the size of Rhode Island. The rest of the forest would be large enough to cover the entire New England states (waging a guess here...)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That much territory is easy for a single dragon to live and die in Nektulos without anyone ever finding out it ever existed...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The fact that only it's ribcage remains though, suggests to me that someone or something killed it, since there'd deffinitly be a huge dragon skull somewhere unless something carried it off.</DIV>

[WarShe]

<P>Was out there looking around earlier, its tail or most of it is also in tact.</P> <P>Looked as if not only was the head missing but so wwas the wings and the legs.</P> <P>The skeleton there would almost seem to be that of a giant fish, But ...  in that particular spot there are many downed and broken tree's, many stumps to.</P> <P>In the area out side of that the tree's are perfectly normal. </P> <P>I would have to guess and is only a <U>wild</U> guess, lesser dragons or drakota'smay have killed it and taken the wings and such as proof to who ever was behind the plot to kill it.</P> <P>With no wings, legs or head left behind even if some one tried to ressurect this thing it would be a waste of time.</P>

[Pyrrhon]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote: <div> The fact that only it's ribcage remains though, suggests to me that someone or something killed it, since there'd deffinitly be a huge dragon skull somewhere unless something carried it off.</div><hr></blockquote>That's good thinking.</div>

[Zabjade]

<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#66ff00 size=2>I'm pretty sure that that he was a giant( and a Giant among giants) not a dragon. It also fits the left over bones.</FONT>

[WarShe]

<P>Giants dont have tails, and I saw remains of a rather large tail.</P> <P>With out the tail would be hard to tell though considering the lack of other limbs.</P>

[Zabjade]

<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#66ff00 size=2>Tail, or lower spine? looks like when he died he was severed in two.</FONT>

[Vhalen]

What you see before you are remains the likes of which you have never seen. Very, very few Norrathians even know this creature once walked on Norrath. Now, what is it? And why are its remains resting in Nektulos Forest? So many events took place between the Age of Turmoil and the Age of Destiny. Many of these are not important to current events, but may be spoken of someday.

[Jal]

<blockquote><hr>Vhalen wrote:What you see before you are remains the likes of which you have never seen. Very, very few Norrathians even know this creature once walked on Norrath. Now, what is it? And why are its remains resting in Nektulos Forest? So many events took place between the Age of Turmoil and the Age of Destiny. Many of these are not important to current events, but may be spoken of someday.<hr></blockquote>Argh less of the cryptic!!

[TheFat]

Eh, I always got the impression that it was more like a dinosaur than anything. I know, I know. EQ2 is all about the dragons, not really dinos... but that's just what it reminded me of. That, along with the way the NPC talks about it and just it's name. The Behemoth.

[Akaran2]

<DIV>Didn't there use to be some big [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] 'thing' living in Lake Rathetear durring EQ1 (at least in Beta, before it was removed?) ? Always remembered rumors about it... could be the critter.</DIV>

[Decipio243]

Could be the Alizawar or whatever the exact name was from EQ1 took a road trip! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Mary the Prophetess]

<P><FONT color=#ffff00>"....the likes of which you have never seen."</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#ffff00></FONT> </P> <P>Hmmm, what remains <EM><STRONG>have</STRONG></EM> we seen?  </P> <P>We have seen dragon skeletons in EQ Live.  We have seen Sarnak skeletons in EQ Live.  We have seen undead dragons and Sarnak in EQ Live.  We have seen Drakota in EQ2.  Is there any other beast or creature of which we have knowledge of, either real or imagined, that could be remotely related to dragons or other reptilians?</P> <P>Also, on a side note, wasn't there also a very large dragon skeleton located in the Steamfont Mountains somewhere? </P>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Akaran2 wrote:<BR> <DIV>Didn't there use to be some big [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] 'thing' living in Lake Rathetear durring EQ1 (at least in Beta, before it was removed?) ? Always remembered rumors about it... could be the critter.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The Megalodon. It was a shark that was larger than 3 Hill Giants stacked on top of each other. It was removed due to pathing issues with the islands and stuff.

[Tarkin-Wretch]

if i remember correctly, the quest Nox'hil gives you describes The Behemoth as a guardian but i dont recall anything about it being a dragon.  strikes me as the remains of a dinosaur.  its been a long time since eq1 but i thought i remembered a beast in lake rathe that resembled a threshadon.  i could be confusing it with WoW though since they had them as well.  i dont recall it being a giant shark model but cusa may be right.  i hope it isnt a dino though.  i dont want dev's to get any dumb ideas and some future expansion to be ungoro crater.

[WarShe]

<P>The bottum of the rib cage seems to be what caused the large dent in the land scape that is the pond itsel.</P> <P>The Behemoth pond stops at the end of the ribcage in almost every direction.</P> <P>id have to assume the creature was thrown down to the ground really hard or crashed into the ground to create what is now a pond.</P> <P>As I posted above about the tree's in this area, there most likely was a destructive arial battle.</P> <P>Last I checked fish dont fly, but some thing that does fly could have carried some thing that didnt.</P> <P>Remains of the Behemoth most deffinatly have a tail and ribcage but not much else.</P> <P>Maybe would be easier to figure out if we knew who or what attacked it.</P><p>Message Edited by WarSheol on <span class=date_text>05-19-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:34 AM</span>

[KnightOfTheWo]

You know...I like mysteries like this. Maybe someday the Behemoth will come back to life and start terrorizing Norrath or at least some innocent adventurers in Nek Forest...<span>:smileyhappy:</span><div></div>

[WarShe]

<DIV>As I mentioned in a earlier post, What good would it do to bring this thing back to life?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Missing body parts = Head, legs, wings, arms?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All limbs but tail are gone.</DIV>

[TheFat]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <DIV>As I mentioned in a earlier post, What good would it do to bring this thing back to life?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Missing body parts = Head, legs, wings, arms?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All limbs but tail are gone.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Oooh... could be the premise for a nice world event quest. Some necromancer or somesuch contracts adventurers to find the missing remains. From there you have to begin following up leads, conducting investigations, and tracking down the people/creatures/factions that have made off with the missing bones. During the course of the investigation the nature of the behemoth and it's history becomes known. After all of the missing pieces are collected and returned to the pond the necromancer ressurects the fallen creature in an attempt to control it, which naturally fails, the newly ressurected monster then flees to some hidden location and, wa-la, a new raid zone "Lair of the Behemoth" becomes available.</DIV>

[Ktok]

<DIV>A large creature that could have crashed down from the sky that none of us have seen and few of us know about?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Well, that sounds like the the dragon hybrids that the old Iksar empire bred to use as mounts to fight the dragons in air to air combat. I know they have never been in game, and it's a pretty obscure bit of lore. Is it possible that one of these creatures lived through the Iksar / Ring of Scale war and found its final resting place in Nek Forest?</DIV><p>Message Edited by Ktok on <span class=date_text>05-19-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:40 AM</span>

[Cragger]

<div align="left">Well it certainly didn't have to 'crash' down to create that pond. Its been 500 years or so since it probably perished. Sediment buildup around the corpse during that time, compost from the corpse decay itself and being on/in a river easily explains the pond and isle itself.</div><div></div>

[Lonissa]

<div></div>Isn't there a dragon skeleton in the sea in the Commonlands as well?  I don't recall seeing any lore mentioning who or what it belonged to.<div></div>Edit: typos<p>Message Edited by Emaleth2000 on <span class=date_text>05-19-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:15 PM</span>

[Phylok]

<DIV>Yeah there is one under water in the ocean.</DIV>

[teddyboy4]

Just throwing this out there b/c of Vhalens comments, but what about that giant fish thing seen in some of the concept art when you zone? Maybe it could be that thing? I'm pretty sure nothing like that has been seen before.To be more specific I am speaking of the piece of concept art where there is a giant fish-thing whose eyes seem to emit light and it's tongue has what looks like suction cups and stuff on it and is in the shape of a leaf. I'm sure you've all seen it, maybe these bones are those things remains.

[Mary the Prophetess]

<P>Just tossing out other gargantuan skeletons I can recall:</P> <P>The bridge from Iceclad Ocean to the Eastern Wastes was a huge dragon skeleton, or at least it was constructed to look that way.</P>

[troodon]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Mary the Prophetess wrote:<BR> <P>The bridge from Iceclad Ocean to the Eastern Wastes was a huge dragon skeleton, or at least it was constructed to look that way.</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The Grete Spaign

[Panglic]

<DIV>There's another "Behemoth" in Zek, Tremblar. While i agree the skelly reamains are a lot bigger, it would be a possibility for the wurm in Nek to be way bigger ( since he was friends with Teir'Dal .. he would get awesome meals <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> ).</DIV>

[Deeply]

<DIV>The island is probably the river bed pushed up with the impact of that bulk hitting it at some force when it died.</DIV> <DIV>The pool probably formed out of where the belly / back was before it rotted away.</DIV> <DIV>Since its a fairly fast moving river that could have taken the skull away of its just under a few hundred tonnes of silt.</DIV> <DIV>No wings? well could have been a huge Wyrm,</DIV><p>Message Edited by Deeply on <span class=date_text>05-22-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:03 AM</span>

[Trepan]

<div><blockquote><hr>WarSheol wrote:<div>As I mentioned in a earlier post, What good would it do to bring this thing back to life?</div> <div> </div> <div>Missing body parts = Head, legs, wings, arms?</div> <div> </div> <div>All limbs but tail are gone.</div><hr></blockquote>You've obviously never seen....<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000B1OGE.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">All it had was a tail, and it nearly wiped out Manhattan  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[WarShe]

<P>Nope havent seen the movie, but I can tell by looking at the picture of it the creature clearly has a head and legs though.  :smileyhappy: </P>

[Trepan]

The tail grew them once they'd dug it up.    <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Faab]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> teddyboy420 wrote:<BR>Just throwing this out there b/c of Vhalens comments, but what about that giant fish thing seen in some of the concept art when you zone? Maybe it could be that thing? I'm pretty sure nothing like that has been seen before.<BR><BR>To be more specific I am speaking of the piece of concept art where there is a giant fish-thing whose eyes seem to emit light and it's tongue has what looks like suction cups and stuff on it and is in the shape of a leaf. I'm sure you've all seen it, maybe these bones are those things remains.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>That kind of reminds me of Coirnav, Avatar of water from EQI

[WarShe]

<P>I dont think Nektulos ever had enough water to support a creature that big. That river would have to be Much bigger for it to survive to get to that size.</P> <P>And, as we saw with the Great Divide dragons can shape the landscape drasticaly, so with that in mind id have to say it was a crash landing possibly a forced landing or thrown down with a strugle as the downed broken and dead tree's and tree stumps in that immidiate area.</P> <P>:smileyhappy:</P>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <P>I dont think Nektulos ever had enough water to support a creature that big. That river would have to be Much bigger for it to survive to get to that size.</P> <P>And, as we saw with the Great Divide dragons can shape the landscape drasticaly, so with that in mind id have to say it was a crash landing possibly a forced landing or thrown down with a strugle as the downed broken and dead tree's and tree stumps in that immidiate area.</P> <P>:smileyhappy:</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The Great Divide was created by Veeshan herself, so I think that's an exception...

[WarShe]

<P>Exactly my point. and no exception its the biggest proof that dragons can shape the landscape i've ever seen. </P> <P>Dragons can cause mountains to form so a pond is nothing to them. :smileyhappy:</P>

[IrishWonder]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <P>Exactly my point. and no exception its the biggest proof that dragons can shape the landscape i've ever seen. </P> <P>Dragons can cause mountains to form so a pond is nothing to them. :smileyhappy:</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> </P> <P>I think what Cusa means is that Veeshan was almost as big as Norrath (the entire planet) herself. It's more appropriate to say that the Great Divide is the biggest proof that Gods can shape the landscape... not Dragons. Now, yes, a dragon falling out of the sky would no doubt scar the land... but not close to the scale of the Great Divide. A crater the size of Behemoth Pond could be very likely in that situation.</P><p>Message Edited by IrishWonder on <span class=date_text>05-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:38 AM</span>

[Lyriel]

<P>Perhaps there are no parts missing... Perhaps instead it is the skeleton of a very, very large and distant relative of the flying snake (quetzalcoatl) variety? We see flying serpents, of lesser scale, in many zones (including Nek Forest). They have no legs or arms, and the wings are more like fins - which have no bones. Cartilaginous bits would surely have decayed over the time it took for that huge skeleton to settle as it has now. As for heads - they are fairly small relative to the rest of the beast, and could be either carried off as mentioned earlier or may still lie beneath the soil.</P> <P>My brain wants to say such things did once inhabit Xegony's realm in EQ1, as guardians, though my memories of things before the shattering have faded over time. I can't recall seeing the remains of any though.</P> <P>Just my 2cp worth of speculation :smileywink:</P> <P>Lyriel</P>

[Guronzor]

What about the huge skull and spine/tail in The Caves?Could it be the remains?<div></div>

[DreamerClou]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Guronzor wrote:<BR>What about the huge skull and spine/tail in The Caves?<BR>Could it be the remains?<BR><BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>There is also a nice and large skeleton of something big in the Upper Tunnels of Splitpaw of all places...

[Cusashorn]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> DreamerCloud9 wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Guronzor wrote:<BR>What about the huge skull and spine/tail in The Caves?<BR>Could it be the remains?<BR><BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>There is also a nice and large skeleton of something big in the Upper Tunnels of Splitpaw of all places...<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I don't think that's really related but yeah Splitpaw is it's own story altogether.</DIV>

[LordDerf]

Could the remains, from whatever creature, have been caught with a meteorite during the rending?  This would no doubt of killed it, and also possibly caused the island to form where the ribcage and tail now lay.  I also agree with a previous post about the river taking the other parts away.  The twisted bridges, and also the debris on the other bridges prove that it does get choppy there to say the least.I'm a lore newbie, but getting into it now.<div></div>

[WarShe]

<P>We may actualy find out all the things we wanted in the form of a new book rumored to be on Test server. </P> <DIV>"According to the Update notes"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"- A new book collection quest, "The Behemoth," has been added. Hints as to how this quest is started can be found on the forums-"</DIV>

[Sartredes]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <P>We may actualy find out all the things we wanted in the form of a new book rumored to be on Test server. </P> <DIV>"According to the Update notes"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"- A new book collection quest, "The Behemoth," has been added. Hints as to how this quest is started can be found on the forums-"</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Excellent! I'm looking forward to finding out more about this mysterious creature and the events surrounding its time on Norrath.  I really love that these lore-based quests are being added to the game.</DIV>

[ArrBa]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Faabio wrote:<div></div><blockquote><hr>teddyboy420 wrote:Just throwing this out there b/c of Vhalens comments, but what about that giant fish thing seen in some of the concept art when you zone? Maybe it could be that thing? I'm pretty sure nothing like that has been seen before.To be more specific I am speaking of the piece of concept art where there is a giant fish-thing whose eyes seem to emit light and it's tongue has what looks like suction cups and stuff on it and is in the shape of a leaf. I'm sure you've all seen it, maybe these bones are those things remains.<hr></blockquote>That kind of reminds me of Coirnav, Avatar of water from EQI<hr></blockquote>Umm...Coirnav isn't a fish per-say. He is/was an octopus/crab thing.<a href="http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=11095" target="_blank">See</a><div></div>

[Vhalen]

<DIV>The Behemoth is a creature of legend, a legend so ancient that it was lost to time. But there are scholars that began to research the existence of this creature and document their findings. One of these scholars is the great Professor Romiak Jusathorn, last benevolent head master of the Academy of Arcane Science. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recall an encounter I had once with a fellow guest diner. It seems we were both invited to dine with the great Professor Jusathorn within a tower he had erected in the wilds of his hometown. Here in the tower we discussed many topics, among them the true origin of the supposed Combine Spires and the differences between the kerra and the vah shir.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sometime after the endless cat man debate, Romiak stepped out for a short walk and we began to speak of extinct creatures of the ancient ages. That is when the fellow next to me, a scribe named Jeroel, told me he had in his possession the last copy of "The Lore of Fauna: The Behemoth," one of Romiak's many volumes within his prize winning series, "The Lore of Fauna." I asked to see this tome, but the drunkard refused. Luckily he was not only a glutton of wine, but also of cauldron blowfish and thicket crayfish, the very meal set before me. So, bartering away my final portions of the meal I was able to steal a glimpse of the rare book. It was a fairly good read and offered a bit of enlightenment on the creature Professor Romiak Jusathorn dubbed the behemoth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me tell you, sightings of this beast have been recorded, but most scoffed at by scholars. After discovering that the great professor himself believes the creature to have once existed, I concur.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From what I can tell you, the remains in Nektulos Forest came about around the Age of War. It was no natural occurrence.</DIV>

[irish]

Anyone find where to start this yet.Checked the behemoth and all over nektulos and nothing checked academy of arcane science and commonlands but cant find pages or a starter for the Behemoth book.

[IrishWonder]

<DIV>It looks like this is still only on the Test server. My guess is it will go live with Live Update #24, and it will probably be noted in the Update Notes at that time. It could be another obscure and hidden "History and Lore Forum Quest," but judging by the public acknowledgement on the Test server notes and here in the forums, I doubt it.</DIV>

[Koehianna]

Whatever it is, I highly doubt it's a water-bound creature.  It's far too large to have gone unnoticed in any water bodies in Nektulos.I think it might be some sort of dinosaur.  What other creatures of that size have we not seen in EQ?<div></div>

[Jaale]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vhalen wrote:<BR> <DIV>The Behemoth is a creature of legend, a legend so ancient that it was lost to time. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From what I can tell you, the remains in Nektulos Forest came about around the Age of War. It was no natural occurrence.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Who say's that is has to be something that we have seen before it might be a completely new creature.</P> <P>It might be a massive Giant or a huge lizard that managed to rival the Dragons for power, at the moment we don't know. (Though I wish we did. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> ) I'm hoping that we get to reserect it in some form. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P>

[Faithlight]

Seems it has gone live with today's update as a collection book quest and maybe more read the notes.

[Ozymundas]

Anyone found the book?  I'm searching, but I've not found it yet.

[Lonissa]

Ahh, Vhalen, you sir are the devil, so tricksy!  But I love it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><img src="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1121/jeroel8we.jpg"><div></div>

[ganng]

<DIV>Arrrgh where might a wandering lv 65 SK with nothing else to do find such a book?</DIV>

[RingleToo]

<P>I'm at work, so all I can do at the moment is research. Well, I suppose I could actually do <EM>work</EM>, but that just seems silly. </P> <P>I'll point out a couple of "clues" I found that may or may not indicate where the book is: </P> <P>Vhalen wrote  <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=lore&message.id=13112&query.id=9574#M13112" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=lore&message.id=13112&query.id=9574#M13112</A> </P> <P>"...I recall an encounter I had once with a fellow guest diner. It seems we were both invited to dine with the great <FONT color=#ffff66><STRONG>Professor Jusathorn within a tower he had erected in the wilds of his hometown</STRONG>...</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#ffff66>....</FONT>That is when the fellow next to me, a scribe named Jeroel, told me <FONT color=#ffff66><STRONG>he had in his possession the last copy of "The Lore of Fauna: The Behemoth,"</STRONG></FONT> one of Romiak's many volumes within his prize winning series, "The Lore of Fauna." ...bartering away my final portions of the meal I was able to steal a glimpse of the rare book..."<FONT color=#ffff66> </FONT></P> <P>And also found this:</P> <P><STRONG>The Tower of Zervonn: </STRONG> The Tower of Zarvonn was constructed near the latter half of the Age of Turmiol and was a mage sanctum built for the then Foci of the Arcane Scientists, Professor Romiak Justathorn.  Records told of two of these towers being build, but no fortune hunter, trotter or explorer has ever been able to locate the second.  If the Arcane Scientists know of its whereabouts, they are not talking.  For now the dilapidated tower has become a haven for mad mages and the evil they spawn.</P> <P>(BTW, Justathorn lived in Freeport and the tower is in the Commonlands)</P><p>Message Edited by RingleToo on <span class=date_text>06-14-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:05 PM</span>

[SageGaspar]

With the clues you have so far, you should be able to complete it. Just don't overthink it.<div></div>

[Ozymundas]

Brilliant!  Another great quest with an interesting read as the reward! Thanks Vhalen!

[shadowscale]

what, do i need to bring him food or something? i dont even know where he is. looked all over the tower and nothing new. even then im not a crafter so im stumped for the moment

[Vhalen]

This one is a just a bit of lore, a snack about the behemoth. Although not as long or as deep as the quest for the Everling idol, it does contain clues to the future. It is unfortunate that it was ever mentioned within the release notes. I was going to do the usual and simply inform a few lore keepers who then would pass it on in their own fashion, but it mistakenly made its way into the release notes. We'll try and not let that happen again.

[Rezikai]

<P>I payed off Blackguard for the info ...</P> <P> </P> <P>muahahahaha</P>

[l00t]

<P> </P><p>Message Edited by l00t on <span class=date_text>06-14-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:37 PM</span>

[irish]

Any more hints on how to start this.I am assuming you need the food in inventory but I still cant find him.

[Jaale]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> irish wrote:<BR> Any more hints on how to start this.I am assuming you need the food in inventory but I still cant find him.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I think it's hungry for information not a food type. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Indy_Mouse_9]

<div><blockquote><hr>Emaleth2000 wrote:Ahh, Vhalen, you sir are the devil, so tricksy!  But I love it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><img src="http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1121/jeroel8we.jpg"><div></div><hr></blockquote>ok I got here, thought I needed to go to the Tower of the Moon but the guy there won't tell me anything new. Guess I'll have to keep looking *sigh*</div>

[xOnaton1]

<div></div>Jeroel the famished is a skelleton walking around the Eternal Gorge. I happened to run into him today and thought, "That's strange, he wasn't here before, was he?" I'm not sure what you're supposed to bring him though.. I'll have to read through this again when I'm not so tired.Othesus - Dirge - Lucan DLereVaspar - Fury - Lucan DLere<div></div>

[Indy_Mouse_9]

<div></div>Hurrah! I got the discoveries on Splitpaw! (except for 2 of the pages - my bf insisted on getting a discovery as well)Now I'm a happy kitty *dances*I would like to add that if the other Lore or Fauna books or the other books by Romiak Jusathorn (especially the one on bioevolution) exsist somewhere, I would very much like to get my paws on those. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><p>Message Edited by Indy_Mouse_9 on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:49 PM</span>

[irish]

<DIV>See Jeroel but still no idea what to do to get him to talk.</DIV>

[Bbe]

<DIV>Read the earlier posts that talk about Jeroel, I think you'll figure it out. Heck if I did, anyone can! :smileyvery-happy:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Very cool quest, nice read too!</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Hmm. how do you start the quest? the guy won't tell me anything other than that he's hungry.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Cusashorn on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:04 AM</span>

[spacebear]

<div></div>There isn't actually a quest, per se.He's hungry, but by the looks of him eating won't do that much for his state of health.  Maybe just the sight of some of his favourite goodies will ease his pain....<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Yeah it might help if someone told me what one of those were...</DIV>

[Indy_Mouse_9]

Tsssk Cusa, I thought you'd be better at things like this <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />on page 2 of this post, Vhalen recalls a dinnerparty where he sat next to the poor famished soul...Maybe he remembered something that the man really liked <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Thax]

<P>The book's a good read.  I have to admit though, I'm disappointed at the generic "L&L" look of the placeable book.  The inventory icon is neat, so this was particularly disappointing to see the placed graphic.</P> <P>In keeping with what Vhalen requested last time, we should wait a tad on any more spoilers here I think.</P> <P>So how long do we have to wait for the Proffessor's other books? :smileyhappy:</P>

[xentavius]

<div></div>Cusa - The answer is right in front of you. Don't skim. I found myself skimming looking for obvious clues... it's obvious once you know what it is, but I missed it a couple times. I hope nobody posts ALL the answers here. I like what Cusa did with one of the everling doll locations. The part you are stuck on Cusa actually reminded me of figuring out the part you left out during that quest. Where that doll was located and this quest is another funny connection. Got the server discoveries on Unrest! 2 for 2 for the forum quests! I love lore!!! As for the Behemoth.... let's hope Norrath never sees one again <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div><p>Message Edited by xentavius on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>04:29 PM</span>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>Thax wrote:<div></div> <p>The book's a good read.  I have to admit though, I'm disappointed at the generic "L&L" look of the placeable book.  The inventory icon is neat, so this was particularly disappointing to see the placed graphic.</p> <p>In keeping with what Vhalen requested last time, we should wait a tad on any more spoilers here I think.</p> <p>So how long do we have to wait for the Proffessor's other books? :smileyhappy:</p><hr></blockquote>Honestly, I'd rather they keep the lore quests a bit on the quiet side without flashy graphics or great items. Part of it is just because I don't want to be competing with 60 other people for updates if there's a quest in which updates are competitive, part of me is the closet elitist that doesn't want to have guild chat buzzing with archaic lore because of a new electrified book they can get, and part of it is because I don't want to be trying to figure it out and have twenty spoiler threads and /ooc chat telling everyone how to do it <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I mean, hell, here's a new quest that people solved within hours and there's not even a full strategy guide on the forums. It's awesome ;p</div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Just tell me what it is, please.  I'm not in the mood for games.</DIV>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Just tell me what it is, please.  I'm not in the mood for games.</div><hr></blockquote>Cusa, the point of the lore posts is to get people to read the damned lore. Go back to Vhalen's post and read it. If you can't figure out what food you need to bring him you shouldn't be completing the quest.</div>

[xentavius]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>SageGaspar wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Just tell me what it is, please.  I'm not in the mood for games.</div><hr></blockquote>Cusa, the point of the lore posts is to get people to read the damned lore. Go back to Vhalen's post and read it. <b>If you can't figure out what food you need to bring</b> him you shouldn't be completing the quest.</div><hr></blockquote>Highlighted alone is a <font size="4"><b>HUGE</b></font> hint.... more than I would have given hehehe<div></div><p>Message Edited by xentavius on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:01 PM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV> </DIV> <DIV>*sigh*</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I politely ask for the flat-out spoiler and they choose to keep me confused.</DIV>

[Thax]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> SageGaspar wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Thax wrote:<BR> <P>The book's a good read.  I have to admit though, I'm disappointed at the generic "L&L" look of the placeable book.  The inventory icon is neat, so this was particularly disappointing to see the placed graphic.</P> <P>In keeping with what Vhalen requested last time, we should wait a tad on any more spoilers here I think.</P> <P>So how long do we have to wait for the Proffessor's other books? :smileyhappy:</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Honestly, I'd rather they keep the lore quests a bit on the quiet side without flashy graphics or great items. Part of it is just because I don't want to be competing with 60 other people for updates if there's a quest in which updates are competitive, part of me is the closet elitist that doesn't want to have guild chat buzzing with archaic lore because of a new electrified book they can get, and part of it is because I don't want to be trying to figure it out and have twenty spoiler threads and /ooc chat telling everyone how to do it <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR><BR>I mean, hell, here's a new quest that people solved within hours and there's not even a full strategy guide on the forums. It's awesome ;p<BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I'd have been happy with a big black book or something, just didn't want to add to my already humongous collection of similar looking books.

[Vhalen]

I will look into the graphic of the book and see what we can do. We may be seeing more of the Professor's prize winning series, The Lore of Fauna.

[xentavius]

<blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div> </div> <div>*sigh*</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I politely ask for the flat-out spoiler and they choose to keep me confused.</div><hr></blockquote>Check your PM's. I rather not give a spoiler out here... yet.<div></div>

[WarShe]

<DIV>General question ill try not to spoil so the wording may be a bit odd.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am up to the point of Finding things, are the "things" I need to find all in the same basic area or spread out much further?</DIV>

[Thax]

<P>Thanks Vhalen!  And thanks for putting the book together to begin with!<BR> </P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <DIV>General question ill try not to spoil so the wording may be a bit odd.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am up to the point of Finding things, are the "things" I need to find all in the same basic area or spread out much further?</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Choice 1.</P>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div> </div> <div>*sigh*</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>I politely ask for the flat-out spoiler and they choose to keep me confused.</div><hr></blockquote>You know what you need to do. Someone before explicitly told you the biggest clue (prior to me, which is the only reason I would've mentioned even that much <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />), and you replied that you didn't know a very specific detail. The very specific thing is itemized in the Vhalen post, which I told you.These quests are built for people that enjoy playing these types of games and solving puzzles. I am really opposed to just tossing out crazy spoilers to it, but in this case someone did literally hand you the solution (mob location, how to interact with them, the specifics of the interaction). I could copy and paste a couple posts from this thread on ogaming and people would be able to use it easily as a walkthrough for almost the entire quest, barring a little detail at the end.Nothing personal, but there's no one keeping you confused but you <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[WarShe]

Finaly got mine, cant wait to read it.

[Frexspar]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Thax wrote:<div></div> <p>Thanks Vhalen!  And thanks for putting the book together to begin with! </p> <blockquote> <hr> WarSheol wrote: <div>General question ill try not to spoil so the wording may be a bit odd.</div> <div> </div> <div>I am up to the point of Finding things, are the "things" I need to find all in the same basic area or spread out much further?</div> <hr> </blockquote> <p>Choice 1.</p><hr></blockquote><strike>It's been hours now and I cannot find one of these things. I have tons of all the other things, but not the one I need. Any words of wisdom here?</strike>Figures, I post this and a few mins later I find what I was looking for.Thanks anyway. Great quest! Keep 'em comin' plz. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><p>Message Edited by Deshave on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:09 PM</span>

[Salmastryon]

I had great fun figureing out the puzzle in this one. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Finally got free of people wantin ghelplong enough to do it.  Hoping that I can still do the everling one I've been purposely not reading that thread to avoid spoilers.At anyrate, this was really well done and especially liked the freeform quest style of it.<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>I guess it's my fault for not speaking up sooner.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Quite frankly: I don't care about the Behemoth. Unless it is intended to bring this creature back to Norrath, I could care less about it's existance. However, my oppinion may change when I finally get the quest started. Thats why I said I didn't want to play any games in regards to getting the whole thing started.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW: I don't fish in this game. It's a useless harvesting skill to a carpenter. It wouldn't have mattered how hard you pointed out the major hints that Vhalen pointed out, I wouldn't have seen it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks Xentavius.</DIV>

[hahn_ba]

<P>What a whiny brat who thinks he's entitled... sheesh. You act like you run these forums and people owe you something. Get over yourself. </P>

[Cusashorn]

Hey. All I politely asked for was the spoiler to start the quest. Nothing more. Then the drama started.

[IrishWonder]

<DIV>First of all, Cusa, you should be the FIRST person to acknowledge that there doesn't need to be a spoiler early on in these types of quests. You yourself held out on the spoiler to the first Lore quest for quite a few days until more people had time to complete it. What's good for the goose isn't good for the gander, eh? And it doesn't matter how much you care about the Behemoth... if no one cared about the Everlings, would you have posted a full-out spoiler to the first quest any earlier? I certainly hope the answer is "No." Saying you don't care about the quest or the lore behind it is somewhat disrespectful to those who were looking forward to this bit of lore, those who participated in the first quest (and even congratulated and thanked you for your effort in it), and Vhalen for taking the time to give us Lore junkies an appetizer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Secondly, the clue in Vhalen's post was absolutely blatant. I am a carpenter as well, and I have never fished a node in my EQ2 life, but as soon as I started the quest, I immediately knew what to do. I figured, of course, that it was a cooked dish... so I went to the broker in hopes that there'd be some for sale, and sure enough there were... though it was a rare harvestable.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lastly, there was no drama started by anyone other than yourself. When you asked for the flat out answer, instead you were given clues and hints, in a very polite manner, by a few people. Only when you refused to use them and kept demanding the straight answer did you start the drama.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is seriously not what I'd expect from the person who helped to start this new tradition of Lore and History forum quests.</DIV>

[i3ry]

Didn't you complain about someone posting spoilers in this forum before not too long ago?  :p<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> i3ry2k wrote:<BR>Didn't you complain about someone posting spoilers in this forum before not too long ago?  :p<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Thats what private messages are for.</P> <P> </P> <P>Again. Thanks Xentavious</P>

[SageGaspar]

At the risk of derailing this post onto the original topic: so, uh... the behemoth, huh. Anyone have any thoughts now that we know a bit more about it? Where is this place where the last behemoth is supposed to be kicking? Is it still alive?<div></div>

[IrishWonder]

<DIV>The way I understood it is that the bones in Nektulos are from that last Behemoth that the book talks about. In Vhalen's post, he said he dined with Jusathorn and first saw the book back in the Age of Turmoil. Vhalen also noted that the bones in the Nektulos were from a Behemoth that was killed during the Age of War, which is of course after the Age of Turmoil. So if there was one left at the time of writing that book during the Age of Turmoil, and then one was killed afterwards, during the Age of War, then those bones have to be it :smileywink: Meaning no more Behemoths are left :smileysad:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm wondering what force was powerful enough to slay that beast. I don't think the Rallosian Army marched through Nektulos Forest... they approached Freeport from the south, through the Desert of Ro. Certainly nothing that we've uncovered in Nektulos Forest thus far would have the power to stop a being like that. Hmmm.....</DIV>

[Jal]

<blockquote><hr>Indy_Mouse_9 wrote:<div></div>Hurrah! I got the discoveries on Splitpaw! <div></div><p>Message Edited by Indy_Mouse_9 on <span class=date_text>06-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:49 PM</span><hr></blockquote>Curses! I went looking everywhere round zarvonn yeserday but could find nothing and had limited time *Shakes fist*

[AgentAce]

Need a little help on this one. I found the binder and all that but, after 1.5 hours of searching I found all the pages except 6 and 7. Are they in a different area than the others? <div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> AgentAce wrote:<BR>Need a little help on this one. I found the binder and all that but, after 1.5 hours of searching I found all the pages except 6 and 7. Are they in a different area than the others?<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Hmm I had to go back into the Valley of Zarvon 3 times before I finally collected all the pages. Since they don't respawn, you just gotta exit and reenter again and again untill you find them.</DIV>

[Thax]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> AgentAce wrote:<BR>Need a little help on this one. I found the binder and all that but, after 1.5 hours of searching I found all the pages except 6 and 7. Are they in a different area than the others?<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Hmm I had to go back into the Valley of Zarvon 3 times before I finally collected all the pages. Since they don't respawn, you just gotta exit and reenter again and again untill you find them.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>They do, just not really fast.  I sat around harvesting while I waited for respawns.  It's faster to clear both towers and the valley by zoning back and forth if you're in a hurry though.<BR>

[AgentAce]

Found them! Thanks guys! What a great peice of lore! <div></div>

[iasmin]

<div></div><div></div>Bah, i must be the dumbest person in the world. I have food. The starving skelly eats it when I talk to him. And then apparently I become completely inept at finding anything. No binder, no book pages, no quest in my journal, nada. /em curses these quests.EDIT: Yah. Me stupid. Me be heap lore expert some day. Here i am searching the gorge. On the plus side, I got <strike>four</strike> nine rares out of it. Found <strike>the starter</strike> everything. Just took zoning out apparently since nothing spawned originally. <p>Message Edited by iasmin on <span class=date_text>06-16-2006</span> <span class=time_text>01:25 PM</span>

[Wilde_Night]

<DIV>Completed the quest in a little under an hour.  It was very fun!  I am looking forward to the next one.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[TheManInTheBox]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div> <blockquote> <hr> AgentAce wrote:Need a little help on this one. I found the binder and all that but, after 1.5 hours of searching I found all the pages except 6 and 7. Are they in a different area than the others? <div></div> <hr> </blockquote>Hmm I had to go back into the Valley of Zarvon 3 times before I finally collected all the pages. Since they don't respawn, you just gotta exit and reenter again and again untill you find them.</div><hr></blockquote><font face="Comic Sans MS">I got all my pages in the zone by waiting on respawns.. Are you sure you stuck around long enough? If you did wait around, perhaps there was a problem with the respawn on your server.. Highly unlikely but possible. Anyways, I enjoyed the quest. The book was a very interesting read. Keep these lore quests coming Vhalen! <span>:smileyhappy:</span></font></div>

[Ikky Yummy]

I'm no Lore Master, so I may be wrong here, but heres a few stray thoughts to think about....There already exists an intelligent large reptile that associates with higher intelligences. The lizards that can be found on the beach in Lavastorm don't pose much threat, but the guardian of the temple in Obelisk of Lost Souls is truely a gargantuine version of these creatures. At least we know they can get to a fairly sizeable... er... size.As for the lake it forms, since it is in the middle of a river, perhaps sediments and debris were deposited around the corpse of the beast as it rotted from the inside-out. A thick scaley hide would help keep the softer innards in, while letting the soil gather outside. As with all things, the hide would wash away as well, but not before the softer inside left a void, only to be filled with rain water, which would still have a distinct Behemoth flavor that a certain Tier'Dal with a brass haliberd rather enjoys...After fishing through all 5 pages of posts (Stopped completely reading posts after a tedious Page 3) I've noticed most people assume The Behemoth is either a reptile or other scaley creature. After doing a quick image search for Behemoth (Google is your friend) I've found that there are more than just scaley kind commonly associated with Behemoth. This may NOT be a fish/dragon/wyrm, but rather some other creature of lore. Don't limit your thinking to just reptiles. =)I may be over-thinking it, but theres a little food for thought.<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> TheManInTheBox wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I got all my pages in the zone by waiting on respawns.. Are you sure you stuck around long enough? <BR>If you did wait around, perhaps there was a problem with the respawn on your server.. Highly unlikely but possible. <BR><BR>Anyways, I enjoyed the quest. The book was a very interesting read. Keep these lore quests coming Vhalen! <SPAN>:smileyhappy:</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It was just a lot faster to zone in and zone out, instead of wait for the respawns.

[TheManInTheBox]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div><hr size="2" width="100%">Hmm I had to go back into the Valley of Zarvon 3 times before I finally collected all the pages. Since they don't respawn, you just gotta exit and reenter again and again untill you find them. <blockquote> <hr> TheManInTheBox wrote: <div><font face="Comic Sans MS">I got all my pages in the zone by waiting on respawns.. Are you sure you stuck around long enough? If you did wait around, perhaps there was a problem with the respawn on your server.. Highly unlikely but possible. Anyways, I enjoyed the quest. The book was a very interesting read. Keep these lore quests coming Vhalen! <span>:smileyhappy:</span></font></div> <hr> </blockquote>It was just a lot faster to zone in and zone out, instead of wait for the respawns.<hr></blockquote>Thats just silly! <span>:smileytongue:</span></div>

[The-Fourm-Pirate]

<DIV>I'm having problems finding the binder, i've found and fed the skelly but there is no binder in the tower.</DIV>

[kyth]

    remember, the tower is in 2 places....<div></div>

[kyth]

    Finished this quick quest after i took my own advice and found the 11-14pages.  The Behemoth reminds me of acreature from DnD for the life of me i can not remember the name of them.  They would walk from coast to coast eating everything.  They were mostly immune to magic and would decimate everything in their paths.     I am going to take a guess and say that behemoths will be a good thing.  Perhaps guilds will have to do a huge quest and get a pet behemoth to kill Kerafyrm!  Now that would be entertaining. not sure if it is Vhalen who writes these lore books but i really love them.  The lore books in PoKnowledge were one of my favorite parts of eq1.  I believe I have read them all a few times.      Please put in more of these type of lore quests.  The book collection quests are a pain to complete.  This was quick, and the read was great.  Thank you!<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>It's too bad that I won't be able to actually recieve this book untill Echoes of Feydwere comes out. Because it's a collection quest, turning it in now would only waste the Achievement XP from it since I'm already level 50. Once more achievement points are added with Echoes of Feydwere, then its ok.</DIV>

[ganng]

not true check the level of the quest.

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Collection quests are different. You get XP and AXP regardless of what level it is. I know because I got AXP from completing the Cracked Bone Necklace quest shortly after KoS came out.</DIV>

[Barx]

<div></div><div></div>Aye, collection quests are considered differently when handing out AAXP. In order to recieve AXP for the collection, it just has to be rated at level 20 or better. Any collections rated at level 19 or lower won't reward AXP (because you can't get AXP at the levels you "should" be doing them), 20 or higher will always reward AXP.Also, I believe that <u><font color="#000000"><a href="../view_profile?user.id=97040" target="_blank"><span>Cusashorn</span></a></font></u> is referring to the fact that they have maxxed out their allowed AXP points, and thus turning in a collection would have no benefit until they add more AXP abilities and points with EoF this fall. Thus, their desire to wait.{ Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of misconceptions going around about AXP and quests/collects? }<div></div><p>Message Edited by Lord_Ebon on <span class=date_text>06-17-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:23 PM</span>

[Daevyd]

<DIV> "The Behemoth reminds me of acreature from DnD for the life of me i can not remember the name of them.  They would walk from coast to coast eating everything.  They were mostly immune to magic and would decimate everything in their paths."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That would be the Tarrasque.</DIV>

[kyth]

<div><blockquote><hr>Daevyd wrote:<div></div> <div> "The Behemoth reminds me of acreature from DnD for the life of me i can not remember the name of them.  They would walk from coast to coast eating everything.  They were mostly immune to magic and would decimate everything in their paths."</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>That would be the Tarrasque.</div><hr></blockquote>thank you! It sounds like a Tarrasque to me!</div>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>Lord_Ebon wrote:<div></div><div></div>Aye, collection quests are considered differently when handing out AAXP. In order to recieve AXP for the collection, it just has to be rated at level 20 or better. Any collections rated at level 19 or lower won't reward AXP (because you can't get AXP at the levels you "should" be doing them), 20 or higher will always reward AXP.Also, I believe that <u><font color="#000000"><a href="../view_profile?user.id=97040" target="_blank"><span>Cusashorn</span></a></font></u> is referring to the fact that they have maxxed out their allowed AXP points, and thus turning in a collection would have no benefit until they add more AXP abilities and points with EoF this fall. Thus, their desire to wait.{ Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of misconceptions going around about AXP and quests/collects? }<div></div><p>Message Edited by Lord_Ebon on <span class="date_text">06-17-2006</span> <span class="time_text">03:23 PM</span></p><hr></blockquote>God only knows if the new AA system will even have the same mechanics as the current one, but personally I'm not going to sit on a book for five months on the off chance I get 5% AA for turning it in when the expansion comes back, hehe. Hell, I'm feeling pretty empty right now having nothing to grind, speeding through EoF AAs would be a bittersweet victory <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[ganng]

I could be wrong as I often am but I thought the level of this quest was 15?

[Wilde_Night]

I did not recieve any xp or AAxp for completing this quest.

[WarShe]

<DIV>it is lvl 15, No AAXP for collections under level 20. So waiting 5 or so months to turn it in wont get you any thing more.</DIV>

[coolphoen]

<DIV>Ok I'm have trouble finding jeroel the famished i just need a general loc on him.</DIV>

[MerlinTKD]

<div></div><a href="../view_profile?user.id=3140" target="top"><span>coolphoenix</span></a>, if you'll check Vhalen's post, and then scan the replies, you'll get pointed int he right direction. As a hint, I'll say, Jeroel is in a place you first must get access to.Now, having found him, and fed him... I'm lost on the binder. There's no binder in the tower near Jeroel, there's no binder in the tower I used to get there... what other tower, then? I'm a bit confused, at that part. Hints or PM'd spoilers are both acceptable, thanks! <span>:smileytongue:</span><div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> WarSheol wrote:<BR> <DIV>it is lvl 15, No AAXP for collections under level 20. So waiting 5 or so months to turn it in wont get you any thing more.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yeah, but waiting 5 months to turn in the numerous other books and collection quests I've also finished after hitting level 50 is still worth it.

[WarShe]

But whats that have to do with this? /shrug  I was refering to the one certain collection which goes with this topic. heh

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>And I'm refering to the fact that I have other collections waiting to be turned in that will give AXP, so I might as well just wait. :p</DIV>

[kyth]

For those that are waiting to get aa xp.  I am sure you want to read it so here you go, enjoy i sure did.The Lore of Fauna: The Behemoth By Prof. Romiak JusathornPlanar Influence: ManaSub Races: UnknownFrequency: ExtinctSize: TitanicRegion: GlobalHabitat: Land and Sea    Long before any creature dominated Norrath, there came into existence beasts of legendary nature.  Many of these creatures came and left before the dieties spread their children across the surface of Norrath.  One of these legendary beast types is known as teh Gargantile Cheldridea, or Behemoth.    The Behemoth were a race of immense reptile like beasts of gargantuan proportions.  They were easily some 180 meters in length with a very broad ribcasge.  Their limbs were long and powerful, perfect for striking down the greatest of prey.    The tails of these beasts accounted for one quarter of their total length. They often employed the tain in battle with larger beasts of their era.  The swipe of such a tail could kill a wurm.  They walked upon all fours, but fossils have indicated they most likely rose up their hind legs during battles.    The behemoths were placed upon Norrath by enities unknown.  I believe that their existence is a gist of nature, possibly a beast sprung from necessity.  The behemoth acted more as a force of nature then an intelligent beast of warlike destruction.  They would slumber for centuries at a time and only awaken to destroy budding ancient communities of the few ancient societies of the era.        The behemoths were eventually destroyed, possibly by the the major deities who plaed a stake in the population of Norrath's prime races.  Their immense fossilized bones can be in various hard to reach locations of Norrath.  The fossils are quiest a fine, but never intact.        One behemoth is rumored to still be in existence and was last recorded in an ancient dragonkind scroll to have been lumbering upon the frozen steppes of the Frigid Plain.  This same scroll indicates a fear of these beasts among dragonkind, one of the first races to inhabit norrath.    It is my theory that some of the early dragon communities could have been laid to waste by a single behemoth.  Evidence has shown that these gigantic beasts often lived a solitary life.  For the dragons, it is a blessing that these creatures did not roam in herds.    In early ages, sea captains also reported to have seen the beasts in deep oceans.  There was once an ancient water beast that terrorized much of the Coldwind Coastline of Antonica.  From evidence acquired, I believe this water beast to be a behemoth.  That beast is said to ahve been destroyed by the greatest warship ever built, the Q.S.S. Eradicator.  Both the beast and the ship are said to lie in the deep abyss of the Ocean of Tears.    My studies continue and I have found many remains I believe to belong to these thunderous creatures.  The greatest behemoth fossils I discovered came from such places as the Community of Oggok,  the Dreadlands of Kunark and the valley of Dragonscale Hills of Faydwer.    Scholars of the Academy of Arcane Science dispute my findings.  But I have speculated that the moden day ocean wurm is a distant relatice to the Behemoths.  They may have merely adapted to the water through means of biological evolution that i have theorized, Jusathorn's Theory of Bioevolution.  This theory explains that mana is the true creator of these beasts.    Mana creates out of necessity.  The vessel of mana called Norrath requires bioevolution for survival.  The behemoths acted as cleansers of exterminators to the world, mother Norrath's ultimate guardians, not the children of dieties.  The behemoths no doubt, had special innate magical resistances due to their mana nature.    This made them more then a match for any of the ancient races, including those of dragonkind.  I believe there to be a quasi place sprung off the plane of growth wehre many of these beasts will always lumber.  It is on this quasi plane that i shall continue my research.    For further information please reference: "Behemoth, A Force of Nature" by Romiak Jusathorn and "The Theory of Bioevolution" by Romaik Jusathorn.<div></div>

[WarShe]

It could be interesting if Rallos got control of a few of these :smileyhappy:

[kyth]

<div></div>I dont know but maybe <a href="http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=2579" target="_blank">Allizewsaur</a> was a behemoth?  Not sure when the Q.S.S. Eradicator did its thing, but maybe that was agaisnt Allizewsaur?<div></div><p>Message Edited by kythik on <span class=date_text>06-19-2006</span> <span class=time_text>02:31 PM</span>

[SageGaspar]

I just wonder if we're going to see the Dragonscale Hills of Faydwer in a couple months. *shifty eyes*<div></div>

[Sartredes]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> SageGaspar wrote:<BR>I just wonder if we're going to see the Dragonscale Hills of Faydwer in a couple months. *shifty eyes*<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>I was thinking the same thing when I read that.</P> <P>Very nice read about something I've wondered about since beta. I always felt there was more to know about the Behemoth and this book fit the bill nicely.   Thanks Vhalen!</P>

[hahn_ba]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> <P>With every available soldier defending the bridgehead, a Behemoth slips out of the water behind the city and advances unchallenged into the city, wreaking havoc on the citizens and buildings.</P> <P>As citizens mount a brave, but ultimately futile attack on the Behemoth, a squadron of lesser golems attacks the front lines, pushing them to the breaking point.</P> <P>Brave adventurers take up arms following the citizens death and do manage to slay the behemoth, yielding several legendary artifacts, but the damage has been done.<BR></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>This was taken from the Lore revolving around the attack of the Firiona Vie outpost. It was controlled by the armies of Lanys T'Vyl.</P> <P>Interesting to say the least!<BR></P>

[Dynn The Mo]

Must be amazingly powerful if a single one can turn the tide of a battle.<div></div>

[Straylig]

Bah...Tremblar isn't that big...and I think even Darathar could probably take him...

[RaphaNissi]

<div></div>I'm surprised no one has mentioned real lore about behemoths and how they looked to figure out more about how they looked here <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.  They seem to be an amphibious creature and the biggest to roam the earth.  Here are some tidbits from a few different places. Behold Behemoth,which I made as I made you;he eats grass like an ox.Behold, his strength is in his loins,and his power in the muscles of his belly.He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;the sinews of his thighs are knit together.His bones are tubes of bronze,his limbs like bars of iron.He is the first of the works of God;let him who made him bring near his sword!For the mountains yield food for himwhere all the wild beast play.Under the lotus plant he lies,in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.For his shade the lotus tree covers himthe willows of the brook surround him.Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mough.Can one take him with hooks,or pierce his nose with a snare?n Jewish belief, Behemoth is the primal unconquerable monster of the landBehemoth is the largest and most powerful animal.Several of these statements fall in line with what we have learned in eq2. *hopes using real life lore to parallel with eq lore isn't overstepping boundaries*<div></div>

[Nocturnal Aby]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> RaphaNissi wrote:<BR> <BR>Behold Behemoth,<BR>which I made as I made you;<BR>he eats grass like an ox.<BR>Behold, his strength is in his loins,<BR>and his power in the muscles of his belly.<BR>He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;<BR>the sinews of his thighs are knit together.<BR>His bones are tubes of bronze,<BR>his limbs like bars of iron.<BR>He is the first of the works of God;<BR>let him who made him bring near his sword!<BR>For the mountains yield food for him<BR>where all the wild beast play.<BR>Under the lotus plant he lies,<BR>in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.<BR>For his shade the lotus tree covers him<BR>the willows of the brook surround him.<BR>Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;<BR>he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mough.<BR>Can one take him with hooks,<BR>or pierce his nose with a snare?<BR><BR> <P><BR></P> <HR> <P>Yes, this little tid bit was taken from the book of Job (rhymes with lobe).  Sounds amazingly like a brontosaurus type dinosaur doesn't it?  Another amazing creature mentioned in the book of Job is the Leviathan, which sounds amazingly like some sort of wingless sea dragon (thing blows frikkin fire!).</P> <P>Out of curiosity, does anyone have any screenies of the event where Lanys took over the Outpost of Firiona Vie?  More specifically, of this monster that helped turn the tide?</P> <P> </P> <P><BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Nocturnal Abyss wrote:<BR> <BR> <P>Out of curiosity, does anyone have any screenies of the event where Lanys took over the Outpost of Firiona Vie?  More specifically, of this monster that helped turn the tide?<BR></P> <P></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>If anyone would have a screenshot, it would be Illia's Bestiary from Allakhazam's. However, there seems to be hide nor hair of some sort of behemoth. not even any mention of such a thing from what is <A href="http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=3032" target=_blank>recorded in the website.</A></P> <P> </P> <P>If there was some sort of behemoth involved, nobody bothered to take screenshots.</P>

[Thax]

<DIV>There are some out there somewhere, because I remember seeing some.  Most likely, they were on private guild websites, which may or may not exist anymore.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>EDIT: Nevermind, found it.  <A href="http://eq.crgaming.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=7661" target=_blank>http://eq.crgaming.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=7661</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Looks like the behemoth there was just a supersized golem.  You have to consider what's in the global file though, in GM events character/mob size can change, but any graphics have to come from that specific zone information or from the global file, and most likely lizard men or the big one out in Ocean of Tears were not in the global file.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Thax on <span class=date_text>06-22-2006</span> <span class=time_text>08:29 PM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Thax wrote:<BR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Looks like the behemoth there was just a supersized golem. </DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Which I wouldn't have expected anything less.  It comes as no surprise to me that that is what it turned out to be, as I pretty much expected as much.</P> <P> </P> <P>It's not like they would design a special monster model for the whole thing, but I think one of those giant Bazu beasts from Omens of War would have been more appropriate, if it was possible to import the model to the zone.</P>

[Privateer]

<DIV>If I'm not mistaken there is a painting called "The Behemoth" that you can get for your house. The creature on it looks like some giant whale. I think this might be the one listed in the book that was destroyed by a ship.</DIV>

[Indy_Mouse_9]

<div><blockquote><hr>Privateer wrote:<div>If I'm not mistaken there is a painting called "The Behemoth" that you can get for your house. The creature on it looks like some giant whale. I think this might be the one listed in the book that was destroyed by a ship.</div><hr></blockquote>Acctually, that painting is called <a href="http://www.everseek.com/index.php?&name=Furniture&single=on&fid=81" target=_blank>'Leviathan Unbound'</a> , which holds with what someone said earlier, a leviathan being a sea-creature. A Large one... (If anyone read the Artifacts of Power series by Maggie Furey, remember Aurian called the huge whale a Leviathan)Also, I thought that 'behemoth' was just a term to describe something gigantic, that lives on land. Not necessarily a scalish creature, but just anything big.</div>

[Zabjade]

<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#66ff00 size=2>First works, huh....credited with taking down Dragon empires... sounds like one of the Nameless's original lifeform down to the random destruction.</FONT>

[shadowscale]

<DIV>ok im still stuck. found the guy but not sure what to bring him. keep getting diffrent food items but still not getting anywhere. if you dont want to post it here just PM me.</DIV>

[Sartredes]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> shadowscale wrote:<BR> <DIV>ok im still stuck. found the guy but not sure what to bring him. keep getting diffrent food items but still not getting anywhere. if you dont want to post it here just PM me.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Check your PM.  I sent you some answers.

[the]

<P>can someone send me a pm im also having trouble with the food choices</P> <P> </P>

[Sartredes]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> thego wrote:<BR> <P>can someone send me a pm im also having trouble with the food choices</P> <P> </P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Check your P.M.  It should have what you need to proceed with the quest.

[Wrapye]

I finally figured out on my own what the food needed to be.  It didn't seem to make sense in an RL point-of-view.  Then again, this was a skeleton who was hungry....<div></div>

[OmegaDar]

<P>I still can not figure out what food I need to give the skeleton. I have like 40 differen items in my inventory now.</P> <P> </P> <P>Can some one please help?</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>Uvank -- Inq lvl 57 -- Crushbone</P>

[RaphaNissi]

Read what he ate at dinner with Vhalen. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  (posted earlier in this thread).  If you still can't figure it out, feel free to PM me for the info.<div></div>

[troodon]

Your clue is somewhere in this post:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vhalen wrote:<BR> <DIV>The Behemoth is a creature of legend, a legend so ancient that it was lost to time. But there are scholars that began to research the existence of this creature and document their findings. One of these scholars is the great Professor Romiak Jusathorn, last benevolent head master of the Academy of Arcane Science. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recall an encounter I had once with a fellow guest diner. It seems we were both invited to dine with the great Professor Jusathorn within a tower he had erected in the wilds of his hometown. Here in the tower we discussed many topics, among them the true origin of the supposed Combine Spires and the differences between the kerra and the vah shir.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sometime after the endless cat man debate, Romiak stepped out for a short walk and we began to speak of extinct creatures of the ancient ages. That is when the fellow next to me, a scribe named Jeroel, told me he had in his possession the last copy of "The Lore of Fauna: The Behemoth," one of Romiak's many volumes within his prize winning series, "The Lore of Fauna." I asked to see this tome, but the drunkard refused. Luckily he was not only a glutton of wine, but also of cauldron blowfish and thicket crayfish, the very meal set before me. So, bartering away my final portions of the meal I was able to steal a glimpse of the rare book. It was a fairly good read and offered a bit of enlightenment on the creature Professor Romiak Jusathorn dubbed the behemoth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me tell you, sightings of this beast have been recorded, but most scoffed at by scholars. After discovering that the great professor himself believes the creature to have once existed, I concur.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From what I can tell you, the remains in Nektulos Forest came about around the Age of War. It was no natural occurrence.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>

[Gungo]

<P>What meal do i bring him there was no cauldron blwofish food on the broker. and i brought a bunch of cryafish any ideas ? or pm's to help i would hate to hire a provision to make anythign and everythign associated w those items. A om would help or a confirmation its not an actauly food item.</P> <P>edit figured it otu thanks</P><p>Message Edited by Gungo on <span class=date_text>07-29-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:56 PM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Hmm. all I did was fish a couple of blowfish from Lavastorm and he accepted it.</DIV>

[dragontamer619]

<DIV>Something I found interesting.  It was mentioned that the Behemoth at the Behemoth Pond came about during the Age of War.  The Age of War is during Omens of War in EQLive.  I have long since stopped playing EQLive but my friends that have that expansion have not seen anything about a Behemoth mob around Nektulos Forest.  I am curious to know when this mythical beast did die during the Age of War.  :smileyindifferent:  (Unless my friend's are like ignorant and stuff, they've said they seen nothing of this Behemoth I speak of LOL)</DIV>

[Thax]

<DIV>I'm fairly certain that the majority, if not the entirety, of EQ1 is during the Age of Turmoil.</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

Yeah the Age of War is what EQlive is currently in, and it entered into after EQ2 came out.

[DreamerClou]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> Yeah the Age of War is what EQlive is currently in, and it entered into after EQ2 came out.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Did the Age of War occur in EQ2's timeline then? Since the Age of War occured after EQ2 came out? errr I'm confused</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>It shouldn't have.</DIV>

[DreamerClou]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vhalen wrote:<BR> <DIV>The Behemoth is a creature of legend, a legend so ancient that it was lost to time. But there are scholars that began to research the existence of this creature and document their findings. One of these scholars is the great Professor Romiak Jusathorn, last benevolent head master of the Academy of Arcane Science. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I recall an encounter I had once with a fellow guest diner. It seems we were both invited to dine with the great Professor Jusathorn within a tower he had erected in the wilds of his hometown. Here in the tower we discussed many topics, among them the true origin of the supposed Combine Spires and the differences between the kerra and the vah shir.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sometime after the endless cat man debate, Romiak stepped out for a short walk and we began to speak of extinct creatures of the ancient ages. That is when the fellow next to me, a scribe named Jeroel, told me he had in his possession the last copy of "The Lore of Fauna: The Behemoth," one of Romiak's many volumes within his prize winning series, "The Lore of Fauna." I asked to see this tome, but the drunkard refused. Luckily he was not only a glutton of wine, but also of cauldron blowfish and thicket crayfish, the very meal set before me. So, bartering away my final portions of the meal I was able to steal a glimpse of the rare book. It was a fairly good read and offered a bit of enlightenment on the creature Professor Romiak Jusathorn dubbed the behemoth.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me tell you, sightings of this beast have been recorded, but most scoffed at by scholars. After discovering that the great professor himself believes the creature to have once existed, I concur.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>From what I can tell you, the remains in Nektulos Forest came about around the Age of War. It was no natural occurrence.</FONT></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> </P> <P>According to Vhalen's earlier post in this thread, it seems that the Age of War did occur in EQ2's timeline too.  (highlighted in red).  I really hate time splits, lol   *dull pain in head*<BR></P>

[Thax]

<DIV>The Age of War happened, it just didn't necessarily happen exactly the same way.  I see that more as the natural flow of events hadn't altered enough immediately after the Age of Turmoil yet, but as time goes on, the different timelines diverge more and more.</DIV>

[DreamerClou]

I just figured the era was called the Age of War in EQ1 because thats when those geeks from the other demension invaded Norrath (I'm talking about those weirdos from the Omens of War expansion).  Since Omens of War didn't happen in EQ2's timeline, I wonder why they called that era the Age of War then....

[Thax]

It happend in some form or fashion, as the tome of destiny mentions sealing off the realm of discord or something like that.

[OmegaDar]

<P>Still don't know what food to give the Skel, Just someone please send some info through PM?</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>Thank You</P> <P>Uvank</P>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Honestly. I went to Nektulos forest and harvested up some crawfish, then I went to lavastorm and harvested up some blowfish. He didn't actually "take" any from my inventory when I gave them to him.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Cusashorn on <span class=date_text>08-01-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:46 PM</span>

[Thax]

I did it early on, took several raws of both items.  He took one of each from me at the time.

[Sartredes]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Thax wrote:<BR> I did it early on, took several raws of both items.  He took one of each from me at the time.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Same here.  Right after the quest went live, I bought one blowfish off a vendor, and I already had the crayfish on me.  When I hailed the NPC and asked him about the Behemoth, I noticed that the the blowfish was no longer in my inventory and my crayfish stack was missing one.  Maybe they changed this later.<p>Message Edited by Sartredes on <span class=date_text>08-02-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:23 AM</span>

[eliziana]

I did the quest a while back, and I'm pretty sure the quest advanced without the items vanishing from my inventory.<div></div>

[Ikur]

Just did the quest on 9/21/06 and I lost the crayfish and blowfish from my inventory. Had to look carfully though and could tell mostly because the 1 crayfish I had was gone.<div></div>

[Scorched]

<p>So yeah, I attempted to talk to Jeroel with multiple thicket crayfish and cauldron blowfish, I couldn't get him to respond beyond the response of not having the required items. Tried buying them from the broker and also harvesting them myself, no difference. The rest of the pages are already in my journal.</p>

[Tharinor Degaulle]

<p><cite>Scorched wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So yeah, I attempted to talk to Jeroel with multiple thicket crayfish and cauldron blowfish, I couldn't get him to respond beyond the response of not having the required items. Tried buying them from the broker and also harvesting them myself, no difference. The rest of the pages are already in my journal.</p></blockquote><p>Same here.  I'm going to /bug and /petition it.</p>

[Sylaz]

<p>I did this quest a couple weeks ago, and can <span style="color: #ff0000;">confirm Jeroel is broken</span>.</p><p>After petitioning and talking to a Senior GM, she gave me the binder and sent word to the appropriate people that he was broken.</p>