To Speak as a Dragon

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Walkthrough

Prerequisites

You must speak Krombral, the language of Giants, in order to complete this quest.

Starting the Quest

Approach the ravine in Solusek Valley within Lavastorm and speak to Sebir the Historian at - this is close to the Solusek Valley station or northern Ulteran Spire if you are map-travelling. He will tell you about a sage trapped within the nearby Maiden's Gulch instance that is need of rescuing.
Enter Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage.
- You must be minimum level 50 to bring your group into the zone. Click the door and choose the correct instance to enter. (Level 45 minimum to enter the zone)
Kill the Drakota inquisitor and Vyr'drais the Vicious.
Hail the Sage of Ages on the platform above the lava pit to start the quest.

Steps

Enter Solusek's Eye and travel to Nagafen's Lair at the very bottom of the dungeon.
- See the Solusek's Eye Walkthrough or the Guide at the Bottom of the Nagafen's Lair Page for help on reaching the Instance.
Speak to Majordomo Inferinus who tells you that you need to learn the Elder Dragon language to be able to speak with Lord Nagafen.
Return to the Sage of Ages in Antonica on the top floor of the Tower of the Oracles at . He tells you that you need to find 26 translated runes of Elder Dragon to learn the Draconic language.
- If the Sage of Ages disappears or is not there, leave and re-enter the tower again.
Gather the 26 runes.
- If this is your first character (on a given account) completing this quest, you must gather the 26 runes from their locations in the world, as listed below.
- If you have already completed this quest on at least one character, you can transfer the Tablet of Draconic Runes to any character on your account, as it is an heirloom. Examine the Tablet of Draconic Runes, Study the Runes, Commit the runes to memory then the quest will advance through all 26 runes. If you deleted the tablet, it can be re-acquired from the Shady Swashbuckler XVIII on the docks of Port Naythex in Nektulos Forest at .
- If you are running to get the 26 runes, pick-up the Solusek's Eye runes while you are in the vicinity and the route to the Glassworker's Room is familiar - otherwise you'll be out to get the others, then back to get those in the Glassworker's Room, then out to the Sage again, and then back again to Nagafen.
Return to the Sage of Ages for your reward. Afterwards, go back to Nagafen's Lair and speak with Lord Nagafen to acquire the following quest.

Karan

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Vee	Qeynos Capitol District	Concordium Tower	Take the yellow teleporter up and head to the bottom. The scroll is under the stairs on the left.
Aerr	Stormhold	Library	On a bookshelf on the oppoite wall from the door, between two tables that face that wall. Look for a book slightly out from the others, probably on the third shelf up (You get access by clicking on a grate in the floor at on the second level down in Stormhold.)
Phar	The Thundering Steppes	Village of Thundermist	A bag behind the merchant's counter in the house with the ambassador.
Shi	The Ruins of Varsoon in The Thundering Steppes	Tome of Life's room	The book with the blue spine on the east wall. (on "Center" map)
Mir	The Ruins of Varsoon in The Thundering Steppes	Workshop of the Enchanter	A scroll next to blue book.

Feerrott

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Gresh	The Feerrott	The Hidden Camp	Go inside the tent behind Merchant Murgina and look up. The scroll is standing on its end next to the center pole up top.
Draedan	The Feerrott	Golgoth Bridge	Under the bridge, facing west, a brown tome leaning up against center support pillar of bridge.
Xak	The Feerrott	The Temple of Alliz	On the lower level, atop a table next to a vase.
Rakta	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	Room next to The Pool of Dread	Next to some small steps.
Trena	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	The Pool of Dread	Next to some small steps.
Trana	The Temple of Cazic-Thule	Ux Uval's room	Up on a table.
Voth	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	Near the instrument of torture's room	On level 1, on a table.
Sissthra	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	The Aethenaeum of Shadows	On level 3, the scroll is near a candle.
Rett	The Obelisk of Lost Souls	The Medium of Cron's room	On level 3, next to a cabinet near the Medium of Cron.

Sissthra and Rett Runes: For players under level 60, you will need to complete the access quest Summoning the Creator in order to unlock the door leading to the lower levels. When you're in the central chamber and the purple glowing exit is behind you, then the way forward is level 1, the way to the right is level 2.
Voth Rune: If you are under level 60, you will either have to complete the access quest Entrance into the Obelisk or use the Feerrott zone-in which puts you just inside the Obelisk.
One entrance to the Obelisk of Lost Souls is in the Commonlands at , not far from the griffin station. Kill any shadowed men and you see and portal will open (it has a purple glow), then click on the portal to enter the zone. There is another entrance in Antonica near the wizard spires at which works in the same way. A Druid or Sorcerer portal can be used to get there quickly.

The Enchanted Lands

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Kor	Runnyeye	In the room with quest fairy Dyrilisia.	Next to a banner, find a book under a plank.
Sev	Runnyeye	The Banker's room	On the second tier of structure next to the second ladder up, just under the torn curtain.
Tal	Rivervale	The House of Circles	A red book under the table. Once you leave the house you will be attacked by six lvl 50 Deathfist marauders.
Gor	Rivervale	The mill past The Laughing Trout	An orange book on the lowest shelf in the right-hand corner after entering the mill.

Everfrost

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Kyth	Permafrost	Main Level, Eastern side	On top of Alangria's table, at the back left corner.
Vak	Permafrost	Main Level, Western side	On top of the statue quest table.
Sissra	Permafrost	Basement level	Under a table in a rucksack at the forge.

Lavastorm

	Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
	Nak	Solusek's Eye	Sublevel 6, Lord Crana's room	Outside of the Lord Crana's, On the floor to the right of the table.
	Fyrm	Solusek's Eye	Sublevel 6, the Glassworker's room	The scroll on a table on the left side of room. If you cannot reach it, stand behind the table and look for good angle - zoom out with the camera!

Note: To get to Solusek's Eye, in Lavastorm, take the horse to the Dragon's Breath Station. Right beside the horse, go through the tunnel and follow the cliff path to the entrance to Solusek's Eye.

The short description to get to the Glass Room

To get to the Glassworker's room, go to Sublevel 7 and go to the elevator at and go up one level, and then exit.

The long description to get to the Glass Room:

Make your way to the 5th floor
On the 5th level, take the elevator at It will take you down to the 7th level.
On the 7th level, head to the door at
Go through the door and the rooms to reach the elevator at
Take the elevator up to the 6th level and go though the door at
Follow the red glass walkway to the door at
Once through the door, the Glass Room is on your left.

D'Lere

Translated Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Fen	The City of Freeport	Academy of Arcane Science	In the upper level, the single book standing upright on the table near Savant Ka'im. See notes below for good toons entering Freeport safely.
Dar	Fallen Gate	Little Neriak	On a table in the second house on the left. )
Vul	Nektulos Forest	The Citadel of Gul'thex	In the rearmost right-hand tower (as you enter), a chest on the second floor under the stairs.

Instructions for getting good toons into Freeport safely for the Fen rune. There are four guards along the route, all level 45 Heroic, but invis worked on all of them.

From the Commonlands, head to the entrance of the Thieves Way just south of the main Freeport gate.
Enter the Thieves Way. The entrance to Freeport North is across the room. Find a click-able grate in the wall. All four portals to the different districts of Freeport are in this room, so make sure you enter North Freeport.
Enter North Freeport. Follow the wall away from the sewer entrance until you see a ramp going upward to your right. Take the ramp. A guard stands at the bottom of the ramp.
The Academy of Arcane Science is at the top of ramp. There are two guards at the door of the academy, but no other potential attackers.
Enter the academy, turn left, and take the left elevator to the upper balcony.
There is one last skeleton guard standing watch up here, but if you keep to the ledge, you can get to the book without aggro. If using invis, it will break when you click on the book.
Get your rune from the book (green book standing on edge on the table) and port out.

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Quest information

Journal Category: Hallmark
Journal Level: 50
Journal Difficulty: Epic
Starting Zone: Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage
How to Start: ''Starting the Quest''
Timeline: Prismatic Weapon Timeline

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Timeline

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Rewards

Coin: 143,509 – 149,862

XP: 2,193

Tablet of Draconic Runes(Item)

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