Drain Bolt V: Field Research

From Istaria Lexica


Quest type: Adventure
From NPC(s): Khemarius (Tower of Healing)
Required adventure school: Dragon Adventurer (level: 55)
Required race(s): Dragon
Locations: Tower of Healing
Previous quest(s): Drain Bolt IV: A Test of Spirit
Next quest(s): Drain Bolt VI: Performance Enhancement
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Continue your studies of the Drain Bolt ability with Khemarius

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Khemarius tells you, Hello <player>. Have you found my teaching methods unorthodox thus far? Many of the other scholars and trainers for young drakes have arbitrary tasks for their pupils, though I've heard some are less arbitrary than others. I believe that the journey itself and having time to think is just as important as the task I give you. Thus, it saddens me that I must degrade my teaching style a bit today.

  • What do you mean?

Khemarius tells you, I have little research for you to do this time; I simply need you to go forth and test the drain bolt on many creatures to determine if any of them are resistant to it. I've narrowed the field of research quite a bit, but I'm afraid your task today is nothing short of wholesale slaughter.

  • I am proficient at that.

Khemarius tells you, I suspect you are! I'll need you to kill a good many things today in order to verify that the bolt is effective against all manner of beings. Five insects, five elementals and five animals will suffice. I suggest Nix Beetles, Oak Treants, and Snowback Wolves.

  • Is that all?

Khemarius tells you, Yes, that should be more than sufficient. We already know the bolt works on undead. We just need to test it on a few other life forms. See to it that you use the Drain Bolt ten times again. After that I think you'll be ready for the next lesson from within the crystal.


Khemarius tells you, Welcome back, <player>. I trust the test results were satisfactory and your foes lie in waste behind you?

  • Most satisfactory.

Khemarius tells you, Excellent. I am glad to hear that the bolt worked well. I thank you for your time and the large amounts of field research you have done for me. Now, before you go, I want you to know that I am moving on from this locale. I have heard of a tower to the north on frozen seas near the half-giants. Look for me there.

  • Mahagra?

You begin gazing into the crystal...

Khemarius tells you, Yes, the same. The Tower of Sorcery I believe it is called. Now, clear your mind and gaze into the crystal. Let the understanding of the one who made it fill your mind.

You gaze into the cloudy depths of the memory crystal and see a chamber with a magical nexus in the center. This swirling vortex of power begins to shake and tremble as a large undead beast, the likes of which you have never seen before, emerges from it. Your spells hammer the creature again and again, driving it back until it falls before you. The memory awakens something within you...

You have received 1 Spell: Drain Bolt V.

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