The Art of Death (Quest for Feign Death)

submitted by lifebane on Feb 5th, 2007

You want to pretend you are dead? What for? You want to play tricks on the vultures… lay down on the ground and make them circle around you thinking they will have a nice snack perhaps? Well it used to be a fun thing to do in my youth at least. Ah well, so feign death you say? In this land we call is Rest of the Dead.

The spell itself is obtained via a quest which is given to you at level 20 by a Necromancer Trainer. Confirmed trainers that give out the quest are the ones in Lomshir, Khal, and Hathor Zhi. If you know of any others please let us know and I will update the guide accordingly.

When you speak to your Trainer you will be given the following Quest Text:

The Art of Death (Group)

“The art of death is one that very few can master. However, learning the skills and rites is the easy part. Before you can even begin to practice this power, you must find one willing to pass on to you its secrets.”

“If you wish to harness death, you must seek out Master Vallerex. A man who lives by his teachings, Master Vallerex resides in Kalendra’s Coven just north of the Upside Defense Garrison in Skrilien Point.”

~ Quest Objectives ~

Seek out Master Vallerex in Kalendra’s Coven, just north of the Upside Defense Garrison in Qalia’s Skirilien Point.

You will need a solid group here of 20ish level characters to succeed with this quest since the Coven is full of Level 19+ 3 dot and 4 dot mobs with a 5 dot boss mob hiding down there somewhere (no need to mess with the boss though for this quest).

CHEESY SPOILER ALERT: Currently you can get invis cast on you or get one of the spiffy little invisibility casting click able crafter created items and simply invis your way down to finish this quest. Recent changes have added roaming see invis mobs in there, avoidable if you are smart abnd lucky, but risky.

The quickest way to get to the Coven is to take the red riftway to Strand of the Ancients then grab a wyvern and fly over the mountains to the north.  You'll be there in a minute or so going that route. If can't go there yet via riftway, head to the Upside Garrison. From there head east. Kalendra’s Coven is located on the NE side of Qalia in the Skrilien Point chunk (location is -21442, 40361, 1590). What you are looking for is a hole in the ground near a rock outcropping at the southern end of the area, not the large cave to the west. The hole / entrance is S-SE of the Pool of Purification

To get to Master Vallerex you will need to go down this hole and enter the dungeon portion of this area. There will be sneaking enemies (aka invisible) quite frequently so proceed with caution. Don’t move up too fast, give your detection skills time to see the sneaky npc’s before rushing in to their waiting arms hehe.

Head straight down the path and then take the first right turn as you enter the first 4 way intersection / room. After this right turn you will then come to a jail room (needed for another quest so kill the jailor and free a prisoner if you have that quest since you are in the neighborhood). Continue straight through this room and continue down the path. You will go down a flight of stairs and then come to another 4 way intersection.

Straight ahead is Master Vallerex’ Room, to the left is the passage you will need to go down after talking to Master Vallerex (The Hall of Detention that has the non-aggro Failing Pupils inside of it). Go ahead and clear the roamers in this left path and the halls near the intersection now.

Directly ahead of you is Master Vallerex in a room with numerous invisible mobs lining both sides of the walls to the right and left. When we snooped in there were a couple that aggro’d but I believe those are guarding just inside the doorway. Kill those off and then you can safely walk straight down the MIDDLE of the room… there is a slightly visible guideline / crack that serves as a good guide to make sure you aren’t drifting to the sides so walk the line and you should be safe. Master Vallerex will appear at the far end of the room when you get in range (human monk in red tights hehe).

Talk to Master Vallerex and he will give you the following text / quest:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex stares at you critically, saying, “Know this, Lifebaene. You are here because you were sent to me, not because I invited you to come. I do not tolerate those who are not completely dedicated to the dark arts. Should you fail me, you will find yourself wishing you had never come to this place”

Complete the Quest and get the update, then Master Vallerex will say the following:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex taps his fingers together and says, “So you wish to learn how to take on the mien of death? Only the most devout can wear the guise of the death so convincingly as to fool their enemy. To merely emulate is to fail. One must have an intimate understanding of death to succeed.”

Master Vallerex grins evilly, “To embrace death is the easy part. It’s training yourself to return to life that’s tricky. Let me show you how it is done. Bring forth a failing pupil!”

Objectives

• Escort a Failing Pupil to Master Vallerex

Master Vallerex of Kalendra’s Coven wishes to demonstrate the power of feigning death. Go to the Hall of Detention within Kalendra’s Coven and return to Master Vallerex with a Failing Pupil.

Remember the Failing Pupils in the Detention center I had you clear the path to previously right? Good, now go there. As you head out of the room Master Vallerex was in it will be to the right at the intersection. Go into The Hall of Detention and talk to a Failing Pupil. Right clicking the Failing Pupil will not generate any interaction or text. You need to target one of them then press “H” to hail them (unless of course you remapped H to be something else hehe) .

The Failing Pupil will say something about “Ooo ahh Master Vallerex wishes to see me! Lead on” Or some such, I neglected to worry about his one line of text… sue me hehe.

Walk back to Master Vallerex, again walk down the MIDDLE of the room, when you get to Master Vallerex, talk to him and you will get the following text:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex gazes into the Failing Pupil’s eyes and says, “Excellent… You will do nicely.”

Continue the quest text series and get the following quest text:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex yells, “Feeding time!”

And then the poor Pupil gets ganked… oops, sucks to be him. Oh yes, Master Vallerex Feigns dead now too, showoff!!

Continue the quest text thread and get the following text update:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex says, “Do you now understand the skill required of you to use this ability effectively? This is not a game, Lifebaene. Heed my words if you wish to truly grow in power.”

Master Vallerex grins, “With that said my senses tell me you were wise to come to me. Hear my words one last time, and you shall understand what it means to be dead.”

Objectives

Speak with Master Vallerex to learn the ability: Rest of the Dead.

Continue the quest text thread one last time and get the following update:

The Art of Death

Master Vallerex nods, “Go now and master this art, Lifebaene. I have no doubts that you will put it to good use.”

Master Vallerex says I have nothing more to teach you Lifebaene,. Be gone.”

You will have automatically learned the Rest of the Dead spell (aka Feign Death). Now Underworld Journey out of there with your party (aka evac) and go flop around happily pretending to be a corpse.

Congratulations!

A special thanks to the groovy bashing crew of Supernaught, Ilyria, Heckler, and Anngy of Shidreth for their help in getting this quest done.

Lifebane
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