Ballad

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Ballad
Release																				5 December 2005 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				Spirits of the Elid
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				The Ballad of Jareesh.
Options
Backpack																				Read, Destroy
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.005 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				6793
Links																				MRID • recipe

The ballad is used during the Spirits of the Elid quest. In order to obtain it, you must to speak to Ghaslor the Elder in the north-east building in in Nardah. The ballad tells the story of a man who tries to enter the dungeon far to the north of Nardah, and the obstacles he has to overcome. In the story he fails, but leaves vital clues to assist the player.

The ballad is removed from the player's inventory when the quest is completed.

Book info

Ballad
Alternative titles				The Ballad of Jareesh
Author				? (edit)
Quest				Spirits of the Elid
Readable
Bookcase
Description				The Ballad of Jareesh.

Transcript

The following text is transcluded from Transcript:Ballad.

The Ballad of Jareesh
Clad all in the robes for She
we travelled north expediently.

Go beseech the guardians we were sent,
so to the river's source we went.

Through the cave we had to travel.
There was mystery to unravel.

We came upon a great stone door
but our priestess knew the score.

She used the great ancestral key.
We passed through very easily.

Three great men all hewn of rock,
three small chambers they did block.

The first all made of rock quite black,
our fighting men went to attack.

They went with arrow, blade and spell,
but the man they could not fell

Many men did fall that day,
while others turned and ran away

I had little hope at all,
as I watched my kinsmen fall.

My warhammer I boldy heft
and struck a blow which while was deft,

should give scant harm to one so strong
or so I thought, nay I was wrong.

The rockman fell down with a crash,
which sent up clouds of dust and ash.

Just myself left and alas,
two more rockmen left to pass.

Still buoyed on by my first success
onwards bravely I did press.

Next man was of rock hued grey
and this one next I planned to slay

Crushing blows I rained on him,
but things were looking very grim

Not a scratch could I make
Anon my limbs began to ache.

The rockman gave a mighty roar
so fierce I made fast for the door.

How to beat that second man
to this day I have no plan.

My hammer never left a dent.
I never reached whence I was sent.

Disassembly

Ballad
Disassembly category					Default
Disassembly XP					0.1
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0% 2 49 96.0% 3 64 94.0% 4 69 92.0% 5 78 90.0% 6 83 87.1% 7 91 85.1% 8 95 82.1% 9 105 79.2%
Material count					1
Simple parts					99/100
Variable components					1/100
Advanced data
Raw category					default
Item level (for junk chance)					1

Update history

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• patch 7 September 2020 (Update):
  • Fixed a typo in the Ballad of Jareesh poem.

• ninja 28 August 2018 (Update):
  • Fairy dossier (Fairy Tale 3), Economy building for dummies (Do No Evil), Philipe's note (Carnillean Rising), Ballad (Spirits of the Elid), Dusty scroll (In Aid of the Myreque), Ransom letter (Some Like It Cold), Report (Within the Light) are now reclaimable from this bookcase.

• update 5 December 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.