Jolan's Story: Malevolence

From Istaria Lexica


Quest type: Adventure
From NPC(s): Jolan
Required adventure school: Any (level: 13)
Locations: Spider Isle
Previous quest(s): Story: A Disturbance of Spirit (Part 5)
Next quest(s): Jolan's Story: Devotion
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Item(s) required to start, progress or finish the quest:
none.


Help the ghost of Jolan find peace by slaying the undead known as Vekh.


Quest text[edit]

Speak with Jolan

Who is there? I cannot see you. Annis? Is that you? Vannes? Illinos? Have you come for me? To take me home? It is so very cold here... Come closer. No...wait...you are not one them. You are different. Gifted. Yes, yes, you are a Gifted. You are beyond death, like that walking carcass that did this to me.

  • Walking carcass?

I...my mind...I cannot recall it clearly. It happened so fast. We came here for... treasure, I think. B-but we were... surprised; Vannes, Illinos and I. I remember them calling out as he fell upon us. I remember Vannes shouting a name.... Vekh.

  • One of the Withered Aegis?

Yes, that was the monster's name. Vekh. A creature of the Withered Aegis. Gifted, I have a request for you. I need you to be my instrument of vengeance. Destroy this creature as he has destroyed me. I do not know where he has hidden himself away. Is Krianos still in town?

  • I believe so, yes.

I... I think he knew me. Ask him, <player>, ask him about Vekh. Come back to me once you have destroyed the creature so that I may know he is no more.


Speak with Krianos about the undead called Vekh

Welcome, <player>, it is a fine day and Merrasat's Gaze is ever pleasant. What can I do for you?

  • <You tell him that Jolan is dead and relay what Jolan told you>

Jolan? What of him? He fell in with a... rough crowd and we always assumed things would not turn out well in the end. He has been missing for more than a year and we presumed the worst. I had hoped to be proven wrong, but alas. Oh, his poor wife...

  • He mentioned a creature called Vekh that killed him

Vekh... Yes, I am familiar with the name. A foul creature risen through the magic of the Withered Aegis who, along with others, waylays travelers and adventurers on the island's roads.

  • Where can I find this Vekh?

Speak with Krianos

Last I heard he was on the roads between the Ancient Stones and the Deep Forest. Tread lightly if you venture that far south, <player>, for there are many dangers.


Locate and defeat Vekh for Jolan. Hint: Krianos said he was often found on the road between the Ancient Stones and Deep Forest, south of Kion.

Game Feedback: You have defeated the creature called Vekh. Return to Jolan on the Spider Isle.


Return to Jolan on Spider Isle off the coast just to the south of Kion

Is that you, Gifted? Have you done what I asked, are the worms feasting on his bones?

  • Yes, Vekh has been destroyed.

Speak with Jolan

Ah, thank you. I feel a great weight being lifted from me. I may have peace yet. Please, <player>, take my sword as a reward for your efforts. It has been in my family for generations and is as old as the Saris themselves. It will be of little use to a dead man, but should prove most useful to one of the Gifted!

Steps[edit]

  • Speak with Jolan
  • Speak with Krianos about the undead called Vekh
  • Speak with Krianos
  • Locate and defeat Vekh for Jolan. Hint: Krianos said he was often found on the road between the Ancient Stones and Deep Forest, south of Kion.
  • Return to Jolan on Spider Isle off the coast just to the south of Kion
  • Speak with Jolan

Target mobs

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