nysarchives | JANUARY QUEST ARCHIVE

Here you can read the quests that were open in January 2018! Comments and submissions for January took place over here.

REQUESTS FROM THE TEMPLES OF THESA

Overseer Voss entreats Olympian citizens and all refugees to aid him in the various tasks of interest to the Temples. He announces his tasks both in written form, found around the city, and over the speaker in the Temples. ICly, signups and report submission will be done in an office on the first floor of the Temples (this interaction will be handwaved).

Quest: A Day in the Life
Description: Overseer Voss distrusts the captain of the Royal Guard and thinks the deception may trickle down into the lower ranks. By whatever means necessary, sneak into the Guard offices and investigate the name you've been given. Voss expects detail and discretion; if you're going to get caught, don't bother.
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: REQUIRED: Sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members to receive additional information.
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Proof of a successful investigation can be submitted to Voss in the form of a written message or oral report delivered to an acolyte.
Tips & tricks: As few as 2 and up to 4 people per investigation group. Knowledge of subterfuge may be helpful.
RESTRICTIONS: Technically none, but Guard members should take extra care not to be caught for obvious job security reasons.

REWARD: 1,000 silver for a successful report

Quest: Dangerous Patronage
Description: While the Temples are a place of religious observance, they do need money to stay in business. Many of the merchants who sell their wares on the first floor of the Temples have a more lucrative (and dangerous) customer base in Wyver, where eccentrics and Olympian expatriates will pay a higher price for genuine items depicting Thesa. Help these merchants make their deliveries by disguising the shipment as generic goods; Wyver patrols will not abide by Olympian merchandise entering the city and will respond with any hostile means necessary to stop the shipments.
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: TBA; dependent on how many shipments make it to Wyver
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Submit what your group has accomplished (or not accomplished) to learn the consequences of your mission.
Tips & tricks: Diplomacy and subtlety are ideal, but in a pinch, a couple good fighters wouldn't hurt.
RESTRICTIONS: None.

REWARD: 900 silver for each successful delivery; less silver for loss of products or delay in delivery times.

Quest: A Blessed Entourage
Description: Taking advantage of the refugees' ability to move between Olympia and Wyver unbothered, for the most part, several supporters of the Temples have requested refugees to serve as a number of their bodyguards during trips to Wyver for "personal business." Through an anonymous message delivered to an acolyte familiar with these travelers, the Temples have learned that an attempt may be made on their lives while outside of Olympia - someone in the traveling group is a traitor. This is the only information available; the attacks could come anytime once the trips are underway. While on the surface this is a simple escort assignment, the Temples have asked the refugees to deal with any would-be assassins without alerting the nobles of the threat. Listen closely to your wealthy host, and you might hear something of interest...
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: Limited to 5 groups, sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members. Additional information will be provided!
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: Safety of the noble is required; safety of the other NPC bodyguards less so.
Tips & tricks: You'll be bodyguards, so some brawn would help. A discerning nature is key, as well - you never know who could be betraying you.
RESTRICTIONS: None.

REWARD: 3,000 silver if the target survives.

Quest: Preaching in a Material World
Description: Overseer Voss has few vices, but one of them is his particular fondness for crystal drops found deep in the magical lakes outside Wyver. Remember that price the Wyver merchants asked for those gems? Voss will double it, even triple it for a crystal of considerable size and clarity. Gather them, bring them back, and meet with his personal appraiser to get your silver. Voss himself might come to check out the goods if they're exceptionally rare.

There are also gems of a different variety that can be mined from a cave located in the Edrathe Ruins. They look like milky quartz in all variety of colors and can be found embedded in the cave walls deep in the heart of the tunnel underground. While the surrounding land is barren and few creatures thrive here, some dangerous beasts make their winter home in this cave and do not like to be disturbed.
Dates available: Always
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: N/A
Qualifications for success/increased Temple rapport: The more high quality gems, the higher Voss' personal opinion gets.
Tips & tricks: Cannot emphasize enough how much he wants beautiful rare gems.
RESTRICTIONS: None.

REWARD: 300-500 silver per gem, maybe more.

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REQUESTS FROM THE GILDED CAGE

Cree's tasks always appear in the less frequented areas of both cities. Perhaps you will be playing a bet on an upcoming fight, visiting a house of ill repute, or just frequenting your favorite bar when you notice strange advertisements on the back wall. They were not there before, and they will not be there when you return. The details are vague until you arrive at the location, where you will be debriefed by someone that frequents the Gilded Cage. ICly, signups and report submission will be done via this individual or by scrawling your name on a list in the Gilded Cage (this interaction will be handwaved).

Quest: Blinded With Science
Description: In light of the fact the Institute has manufactured both biological weapons and sentient androids meant to deploy them, Cree would like refugees to take a closer look at what remains from a hasty clean-up. Break into the Institute archive and uncover what you can regarding disease manufacturing and artificial intelligence, but don’t let word get back to Evras that anyone has gone through his personal projects.
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: REQUIRED: Sign up under the correct quest title below with the names of your group members to receive additional information.
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Return with significant information about the archived weapons. Bonus points for speculation on future methods.
Tips & tricks: The Institute is not as closely surveyed as the Guard. Members within may partake in this mission with outsiders, but if they run the risk of being recognized by coworkers. Some precautionary measures are advised.
RESTRICTIONS: None, but Institute employees should take extra care not to be reported to Evras for obvious job security reasons.

REWARD: 1,000 silver for a successful report

Quest: Strong Armory
Description: Due to high tensions between both factions, weapon imports from the northern colonies have trickled in less and less. Determined to slow the process of both cities gearing up, Cree has become more ambitious in what he would like to restore the Cage’s armory with. Proud smithies have not submitted to protection fees, and thus have had their chance to work out a deal. In Olympia, The Sharper, and in Wyver, the Forged ship weapons to guards in the outskirts of the city. Intercept their crates by any means necessary, and deliver the goods to him before the Guard catch wind.
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: N/A
Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Bring the weapons to the Gilded Cage, all accounted for.
Tips & tricks: Both brute force and skills smuggling are useful here. Shipments are delivered by workers who know how to use the weapons they forge, and the crates have to be taken back unnoticed between city walls in order to discover a door to the Cage.
RESTRICTIONS: None.

REWARD: 900 silver for each successful delivery; less silver for loss of weapons.

Quest: Disturbing the Dead
Description: Before the fairly recent days of more organized crime, the lands of El Nysa were riddled with various gangs and radical groups. While Cree offers no explanation as to why it has become such an exclusive trade, he does have the locations of where other groups once hid. There is a large crypt located near Namarak Mountain where raiders named The Ivory Hogs deposited their gains, and you have been given the task of retrieving stolen heirlooms. Upon arrival, the crypt will feel more like a maze, riddled with traps such as tripwires and loose bricks that will trigger a wide variety of deterrents. If you aren't careful, you'll find yourself falling through a trapdoor, or carrying a party member hit with an incapacitating agent, or even so much as triggering a small explosion. Oh, and uh, it's probably haunted. Good luck?
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Leave the crypt with at least one heirloom. Or have a detailed spiel as to why you should be compensated anyway.
Tips & tricks: Those that are trained in the art of disabling traps are almost vital here. However, spiritually inclined may be able to determine which paths will be more destructive, as some have entered here and never left.
RESTRICTIONS: None!

REWARD: 500 silver for an heirloom, 200 for no heirloom but a report of what traps you encountered, and an artistic drawing of a bird for all participants.

Quest: The Kids Are Really Not Alright
Description: Happy Child Bakery is a well-known franchise in El Nysa, with prominent locations in both Olympia and Wyver. The delicacies they serve are almost always sold out within the early hours of the morning, and customers always walk away, well, happy! There's just one catch: their hospitality serves as a front for psychedelic drug testing. Though the goods in the storefront are free of anything beyond an added pick-me-up, there is a delivery system with less than legal contents in the afternoon. Deliver packages to marked locations with contents in tact, and don’t try and take a sample for yourself. Seriously, don’t.
Dates available: January 7 - 31
Sign up/limited slots: Unlimited
Follow-up quest: TBA
Qualifications for success/increased Gilded Cage rapport: Successful delivery of baked goods.
Tips & tricks: Despite the presence of guard in both cities, this operation is generally unknown or overlooked. Avoid more the more perceptive members in your deliveries, and you should be good to go.
RESTRICTIONS: None.

REWARD: 400 silver for each successful delivery. 200 for a botched.

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