Hunting Aun Ralirea

Description

Quest Summary
Quest Type	Solo
XP Reward	None
XP Cap	None
Item Rewards	Skill Credit
Title Reward	None
Starting location	Ahurenga / Marae Lassel Plateau
Timer	Once per character.
Level Restrictions	35+
Level Suggestions	35+
Introduced in	Dark Majesty

Walk Through

1. [OPTIONAL] - Speak to Hea Arantah in Ahurenga and purchase the Aun Ralirea (Rumor) from Hea Camauri the Barkeep.
2. From Redspire run east to 42.2N 77.6W and use the portal to ascend the Marescent Plateau. Aun Ralirea is a rare random spawn and can appear anywhere on the plateau, though he is more commonly found in the northern half.
3. [TIP] - Because the spawn is rare, hours can be spent trying to find him unsuccessfully. One strategy to greatly increase the odds is to drop all five bells for the Olthoi Queen Quest. This causes the plateau to be overrun with olthoi spawns. Because there are far more spawn points, Ralirea has a much higher chance of spawning. If you also choose to kill the olthoi for Tesserae, it isn't uncommon to see Aun Ralirea three or more times.
4. Aun Ralirea speaks in open chat when you are near him. Be sure the person that needs the skill credit kills him, he drops a Clay Figurine that you take back to Hea Arantah in Ahurenga for the skill credit and if the person handing did not kill him (ID corpse if uncertain), no credit will be given.

Items

• Aun Ralirea (Rumor)
• Clay Figurine

Lore & Dialog

The poacher Aun Ralirea vexes our tah. He hunts the things you call gromnies, up among their lairs on the plateau. Hea Arantah has set aside a great reward for the one who brings him proof of Ralirea's demise. I suppose he would even grant it to a soft one like you, if you managed it. But don't try to decieve our glorious tah by claiming the deed of another! He can read your keh like the speeding clouds and the leaping fish. -- Hea Dregona

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Young Arantah glowers at you.
Hea Arantah tells you, "What do you want, man-thing? Be quick, and do not lie, for the atual arutoa have given me many eyes to see the truth with. Annoy me at your own risk, for my anger is quick and my power great... As the Aun have learned."
All at once, the youthful voice of Hea Arantah screams across the square. While the visiting Isparians look at him in confusion, the Hea bury themselves in their work.
Arantah gasps, clutching at his head. His eyes are shut tight, but a painful violet light burns out from behind his eyelids.
"WHAT? What did I do? Yes... I understand. The upland patrols. Reinforced. At once, Collector. Please... my xuta is watching."
The light ceases like a snuffed candle. The Tah of Hea staggers.
"Warriors!" he calls, rather weakly. "I want raiding parties on the plateau at once! Temenua isn't doing his task... our friends are angry!"

Hea Arantah tells you, "You're <Player Name>! They told me what you did - you killed that poacher Ralirea! Give me his figurine. Quickly, quickly!"

You give Hea Arantah Clay Figurine.
Hea Arantah tells you, "Wow, great! Ha ha! I warned them not to send their hunters on to my plateau!"
Young Arantah clutches his fist around the little figurine, so tightly the veins in his wrist stand in relief. His eyes flash violet, and after a muffled crunch, clay dust begins to trickle through his fingers. He looks up at you and grins boyishly.
Hea Arantah tells you, "That was a trick my friends taught me, way back when I was driven from Timaru. I could do the same to your head, you know."
Hea Arantah tells you, "I'm kidding! You've been a friend the Hea, and I reward my friends. Here..."
Arantah places his hand on your forehead and his eyes glow blue-white. You feel... enlightened...
You have gained a skill point!

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Aun Ralirea Sayings:

Ralirea looks away toward the distant sea, and murmurs, "Somewhere..."

Ralirea pokes the wood of his fire with a stick, and a swarm of embers ascend like fireflies. The hunter watches them, and sighs. "Ever do they fade," he murmurs.

Ralirea sings, "In a distant land my love came to me
Her hair in braid and bow;
And long ago over shining sea
My love was lost in a gate's blue glow.
'Where has she gone?' her mother wails.
'Where has she gone?' she asks of me.
The wind asks 'Where?' in the sails
As ever I search over land and sea.
In a distant land my love was lost.
I seek it still, wherever I go,
through snow and gale and storm and frost:
Just a glimpse,
one more glimpse,
of that gate's blue glow."

Aun Ralirea Death Message:
The mighty Ralirea sags from [Player Names]'s fatal blow. "Ah, Mirakah," he murmurs. "I shall not be able to fill our stores this winter. But I will meet you at the lodge, my love... at last..." So saying, the hunter passes like the wind over sea.

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