The Jester

Quest Summary
Quest type	Group
XP Reward
XP Cap
Item Reward	Arcane Pyramid (Dark Scarab)
Title Reward	Jester's Emanicpator Jester's Fool Jester's Accomplice
Starting location	Graveyard
Timer	??
Level Restrictions	160+
Level Suggestions
Introduced in	Foolish Ambition

Walk Through

1. Speak to Laylana at 65.3S 44.3W in Graveyard.

2. Speak to the Jailer inside the bunker at 64.9S 44.1W in Graveyard. Go north from the Jailer past the hidden wall and use the portal to Jester's Prison.

3. Speak to the Wall, the white dot visible on radar near the north wall.

4. Return to Laylana and speak to her again to get Laylana's Love Letter and the Pleading Letter.

5. Take the Pleading Letter to Lord Cynreft. You'll need to complete another quest to get to him (Lord Mhoire). He'll give you Jester Prison Key for the letter.

6. Return to Jester's Prison and use the key to open the door. You'll soon come to another wall, give it the love letter. Continue to the final room and kill the pillar, speak to the Jester, then return to Layla an speak to her.

Second Part of the Quest

1. 48 hours after you free the Jester you can return to the Jailer to receive a new task: recapturing the Jester. The Jailer will hand you 200 Balls of Fire and a new Jester Prison Key with which to access the dungeon again.

2. Travel through the dungeon just the same as before until you get the Cell portal at the end.

3. The cell portal will now teleport you to a new area in which you will battle the Jester using the Balls of Fire given to you by the Jailer (try casting infected caress on individual balls for better damage).

Items

File:Laylana's Love Letter icon.png Laylana's Love Letter

File:Pleading Letter icon.png Pleading Letter

File:Jester Prison Key icon.png Jester Prison Key

File:Fireballsicon.JPG Balls of Fire

Lore

Speaking to the Jailer:
Jailer tells you, "Begone! Only Lord Cynreft may visit the prisoner."
Jailer tells you, "You have not heard of the prisoner? So powerful and so very mad. Once he entertained the court of Mhoire with his antics, but that was before the betrayal. Now he is imprisoned here for all time."
Jailer tells you, "Go now. You have no business here."

Using the Jester Prison Door:
You notice a marker on the door. "This door sealed by order of Lord Cynreft."

Speaking to the Wall:
The Jester tells you, "Please, you, yes you, the one talking to a wall."
The Jester tells you, "You must free me. I was incarcerated without due process. Their were mitigating circumstances!"
Suddenly you hear a ripple of mad laughter.
The Jester tells you, "Free me and I shall give you a boon, my most magnificent friend."
The Jester tells you, "Sorry about that sire. Sometimes the urge to laugh at my situation is too great."
The Jester tells you, "Set me free O' noble hero! I am but a lowly court Jester who ran afoul of his wish to do good. I don't claim to be innocent, but who is? In this case though the punishment does not befit the crime."
The Jester tells you, "Ok, I'm done. Please come back when you feel the need to free me."
The Jester tells you, "Shhh, I'm talking to my new friend! No, go away, I'll play with you later!"
The Jester tells you, "Sorry oh beneficent one. Where was I? Let's see, free me, imprisoned unjustly, laugh madly, offer the dolt a reward... Oh, right."
The Jester tells you, "Free me so that I may return to my love, Laylana. She knows not what has befallen me."

Speaking again:
The Jester tells you, "Oh, it's you again? Have you come to free me from the unjust oppression under which I am held? Come on, please!"

Laylana tells you, "You found him? He is imprisoned? Oh, my love, what could have happened."
Laylana tells you, "Please deliver this note to Lord Cynreft and then deliver this note to my love in his prison."
Laylana gives you Pleading Letter.
Laylana gives you Laylana's Love Letter.

You give Lord Cynreft Mhoire Pleading Letter. Lord Cynreft carefully reads the letter.
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "I wish that things were different for this poor woman. But, there is no chance of the Jester's release."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "Long ago my house fled the vile corruption of Geraine and his court. I sought to protect my family and my people from the unnatural magics spreading through the other noble houses."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "We came to this small island, an ancient and little used retreat of my people. Here I hid my house from the un-death spreading through our empire. Here I hoped to plan a means of stopping Geraine and his dark reign." Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "Then we were betrayed!"
Lord Cynreft's ephemeral form suddenly coalesces and becomes almost solid. Grief and unspeakable anger rage within his eyes. Then he sags and fades almost from view.
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "My Court Jester, sharp of wit and nimble of foot, and lifelong friend, the last person I would expect to betray me, snuck away in the night. He met with Rytheran to bargain my house's secret location in exchange for power. I suppose he got his reward. I still don't know how that dark mage Rytheran did it, but he drove that treacherous fool mad with the power he instilled in him." Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "His mind broken, he returned to my court where he caused havoc and insanity. We finally trapped him, but the death he so richly deserved was now impossible. My most deadly spells had nearly no effect on him. He had grown so powerful he was no longer empyrean. He had become something horrible and everlasting."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "I ordered him entombed for all eternity. And set guardians to watch over him."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "I fear that I cannot grant the Maiden Laylana's request. It would be unthinkable to release him."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "I do feel for her loss all the same. I myself lost those closest to me following the Jester's betrayal. I will let you deliver her Love Letter to the Jester, although it will surely mean nothing to his deranged mind."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire gives you Jester Prison Key.
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "Take this key. It will grant you limited access to the Jester. Be sure that you do not listen to his rantings. He may be insane, but he remains as clever a trickster as ever he was. Above all do not try to free him. I took great measures to insure he will never be released and you would surely die in the attempt."
Lord Cynreft Mhoire tells you, "I thank you again for your bravery in destroying my corrupted form."