Lidias Heart (23)

The chest is secured with a padlock which bears the mark of the Hellmann family. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_4|Use a Silver Spear key]

The chest opens with a creak. Inside, you find an old hairpin and a book tied with a leather string. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_5|Examine the hair pin.] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_6|Examine the book.]

The chest opens with a creak. Inside, you find an old hairpin and a book tied with a leather string. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_5|Examine the hair pin.] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_6|Examine the book.]

The hair pin is a type once used by aristocratic ladies. It's engraved with the image of a Moon Face Flower, and was probably used by a unattached young lady. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_7|"I wonder what that design means?"]

According to legend, the Moon Face Flower only blooms on moonlit nights. It's very shy, and shows its face only to its future husband. This legend made it quite popular among young, single, aristocratic ladies. I wonder who might have owned this one? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_8|Take the hairpin.]

You took the hairpin. Check the bookshelf. You may find something else.

In the locker where you found the hairpin, you also find a book tied with a leather string. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_6|Examine the book.]

A book tied with a leather string. It's tied very tight, and doesn't seem like it could easily be cut. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_9|Try to cut the string.]

When you cut the string, it falls to the floor and you hear a faint sigh. Shall you read the book? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_10|Read the book.]

"Month of Shilen, 15th day. Lately, Father spends all his days with Nidrah! He doesn't take care of the manor like he should. What makes him so angry? What's this?! [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_11|"It's Lidia's Diary!"]

It's a journal that belonged to Lidia von Hellmann. It probably has a lot of useful information in it! [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_12|Pick up the journal.]

You've found Lidia's Diary! Check the bookshelf again. You may find something else.

In the chest where you found the book, you also find a hairpin shaped like a Moon Face Flower. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_5|Examine the hairpin.]

The locker is empty.

Oh, the key? That's right! That's the key that Duke Adolph von Hellmann asked me to keep for him! That was a very long time ago! He told me that it guards the highest honor his family received from the King! But I can't go there. I can't leave this village. Go towards the northern part of the village. You'll find a...

I can't go there. I can't leave this village! Go towards the northern part of the village, you'll find a box near the center of the Forest of the Dead. This key opens the padlock on the box. Bring me the object you find inside the box.

This is the very Silver Spear that King Astaire Van Halter bestowed upon Duke Adolph! It's the treasured heirloom of the Hellmann family! The lord will be overjoyed! The long lost honor of his family name is restored, and it's all because of you! Thank you. Please accept this small token of our gratitude! I only wis...

Find someone among the villagers to express your gratitude to the lord. Have you visited Doriun yet?

You've been a great help to me in the past, and I'd like to thank you again for bringing me that report! There's one more thing... Could you help me out again? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart quest_accept|"OK, whatever."]

This is something you can get started on immediately! There's a vast conspiracy afoot in the Rune Township and the Forest of the Dead! The roots of this conspiracy lie in that forest, and you should seek the truth there. (This quest may only be undertaken by a character of level 64 or above who has completed the Hid...

You look tired, my friend! Why don't you take a break, improve your ability and then come back! This next mission is much more challenging than the last one... (This quest may only be undertaken by a character of level 64 or above who has completed the Tragedy of Hellmann Forest quest.)

Here's the Map and key he left behind. Take them and find out what he was searching for. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_1|"Tell me more about the Map and key."]

He probably drew this Map while exploring the Forest of the Dead. As for the key... I'm not sure. The only clue I've found is the Silver Spear engraved upon it. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_2|"Tell me more about the Silver Spear."]

He probably drew this Map while exploring the Forest of the Dead. As for the key... I'm not sure. The only clue I've found is the Silver Spear engraved upon it. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_2|"Tell me more about the Silver Spear."]

According to a custom from the Elmoreden period, a Silver Spear was the symbol of the family responsible for guarding the royal family. An ancient proverb says, *"A jeweled scepter for the mighty King of Elmore and two Silver Spears for his protectors"*. I'll wager that somewhere is a lock that matches this key... [...

Today's silver spears are dedicated to the people who worked hard to suppress the rebellion. One is for the protectors of the royal family, who captured and punished the rebels, and one is for those who fought against the undead and captured the demon's followers... and it will therefore be a dedication that upholds...

You must find the lock that matches that key! It would probably be in the possession of a family worthy of the spear!

So, did you find anything? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart highpriest_innocentin_q0023_10.htm|"Here is the diary and the hairpin."]

Please! Put those things away...Please! I'm sorry, but the power of darkness contained in them is overpowering! I can't even look at them... How about you? Are you okay? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_13|"I'm fine."]

Really? Have you read it? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_14|"Yes, I read it."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_15|"No, I haven't read it."]

Read it and come back to me... I have many questions!

Then answer me... What is it? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_17|"Lidia's Diary."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"Alfred's Diary."]

Have you read the document? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_14|"Yes, I read it."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_15|No, I didn't read it."]

Then answer me... What is it? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_17|"Lidia's Diary."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"Alfred's Diary."]

Lidia's Diary? Lidia was dear Alfred's precious daughter... They led an idyllic life, until that tragic day... Does her diary cover the period after she became lord of the forest? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_18|"Yes, it does."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"No, it doesn't."]

What did you learn from the diary? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"Lidia was bitten by a vampire."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_19|"Lidia signed some sort of contract."]

A contract?! I'll bet that rascal Nidrah was behind this! Was he involved? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"Yes, he forced her to sign the contract."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_20|"Lidia approached Nidrah."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"Nidrah wasn't involved."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_16|"As I said...

Oh really? Then let me ask you one more question. Have you ever heard the expression *"Owner of a Moon Face Flower"*? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_21|"It's the Lord of the Forest of the Dead."] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_21|"It's Lidia von Hellmann."]

Ah ha! Then that hairpin must belong to Lidia! Now I remember it! She used to wear it in her hair! Sigh... She was so beautiful then... Thank you for your help! I suppose our business is done now, but your journey continues... I'll always be here for you if you have any questions.

The moment the words leave your lips, you feel an electric current shoot through your head, buzzing like 5000 wyverns in flight! Deep within your heart wells an emotion, small but growing more intense by the moment... It's remorse! Lidia must have been angered by your answer!

I don't think your journey's over yet. Someone close to her wants to see you. He'll show you the path that leads to your next adventure.

*One jeweled scepter for the King and two Silver Spears for the von Hellmann family who protects him.* [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_22|Wait a while.]

After a while, a white ghost appears.

The ghost was beside you all along!

There is a tablet engraved with familiar characters. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_26|Dig] [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_22|Recall the ghost]

There is a tablet engraved with familiar characters. It appears that something else has been crudely etched into the tablet.

You find a key engraved with a silver spear.

The eighth day of the month of Shilen.The comet burns brighter than ever! I hope it's not true what they say about bad things always happening in the month of Shilen!Turn the page

Who has summoned me here? Why can't I sleep? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_23|"Let me tell you about Lidia von Hellmann."]

Oh, the horror! The von Hellmann's are dead and Lidia is a demon? Her curse upon this land is depriving me of my rest! [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_24|"It's the truth."]

How did she become the Lord of the Dead? [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_25|"Here's her diary."]

This concerns Lidia's Diary? Is that right? Oh, I see! Dear traveler! For whatever little time I have left, I'll read this diary and go over the past again and again in my mind! Traveler, I shall reward you well for this diary! Dig underneath this tombstone and you will find my key! Take that key to the Chamberlain...

*Dig under this monument for the key and take it to the von Hellmann's page.* He's in the hidden village in the center of the forest.

Take the key to von Hellmann's page, He's in *the hidden village in the center of the forest*.

It's an antique box with the von Hellmann family seal on the lock. [Quest _023_LidiasHeart reply_27|Use the Silver Spear key.]

The box opens.

It's empty.