In Search of the Past, Losing the Future

Finish deciphering the Spot Cap rune stones with Orvyn, and find out what the Spot Caps will pay to keep them secret.

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Stages

11

Full transcriptEverything said in this quest

Orvyn Argotte has worked out why half the runes on the Spot Cap stones refuse to translate: they are not words at all. They are emotions, meant to be felt rather than read, and the stones answer whoever feels the right one. He can read exactly one of them - Joy - and he intends to guess the rest. Help him find the other two the slow way, open the gate the stones were built to open, and then live with what the Spot Caps do to protect it.

How to start

How to startSpeak with Orvyn Argotte at the Spot Cap rune stones.

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Other places in this quest: Abyss

Walkthrough

Who to see, what to do and what changes hands, in order.

1. Starting the quest
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
2. Opening the Gate
- Orvyn Argotte has had a breakthrough. He believes the unserrated runes on the Spot Cap stones are emotions rather than words, and he wants to test it. Speak with him at the rune stones by the village. Speak with Orvyn Argotte at the rune stones.
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
3. Wrong Emotion
- Orvyn guessed wrong and pulled something through the stone. Put it back down before it puts you down. Put down the demon Orvyn pulled through the stone.
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
4. In Search of the Past
- Joy is the only rune either of you can read. Revisit the rune stone sites marked in Orvyn's Notes and take the meaning from their stones. The stone hidden in the Abyss and the stone at Badongerst are the two that matter. Find the rune stone hidden in the Abyss and take its meaning. Find the rune sto
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
- Inactive Despair StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - ConfusionReceiveItem
- Inactive Envy StoneAbyssObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - LongingReceiveItem
- Inactive Remorse StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - DisgustReceiveItem
- Inactive Contempt StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - AngerReceiveItem
- Inactive Spontaneity StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - BraveryReceiveItem
- Destroyed Sadness StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - SadnessReceiveItem
- Destroyed Shame StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - ShameReceiveItem
- Charged Love StoneOverworldObject
  - Rubbing PaperHand overItem
  - Rubbed Character - JoyReceiveItem
5. Express Yourself All as One
- Take Joy, Longing and Bravery back to Orvyn and work out how the three of them fit together. Tell Orvyn the last two runes are Longing and Bravery, and work out the answer.
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
6. One More Time
- Charge another rune stone by setting a cut Emerald into it, then channel Love there to warp back to the Joy Stone at the village. Set a cut Emerald into another rune stone, then warp from it to the Joy Stone.
7. Deadly Misunderstanding
- You warped back into the grove to find something badly wrong. Go into the elder's den. Go into the elder's den.
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
8. Talk to Orvyn Argotte
- Orvyn ArgotteOverworldNPC
9. You Will Not Leave Here Alive
- Shining Leaves will not let the book leave the grove. He is not going to talk you out of the den.
- Shining Leaves The ElderOverworldNPC
10. Losing the Future
- Report Orvyn's death to Captain Frederick Heggcorn. Report Orvyn's death to Captain Frederick Heggcorn.
- Captain Frederick HeggcornOverworldNPC