Baenar Swiftsong
Baenar Swiftsong is a celebrated traveling bard of the League of Antonican Bards who will only grant an audience to those carrying a letter of introduction.
- Type
- Figure
- Attested in
- EQ1
- Sources
- 3 texts
Overview
Drawn from Baenar Swiftsong, Southern Plains of Karana — npc dialogue.EQ1Primary · mirrored · best available source
"Please, I am trying to work here. If you bother me I will write a horrible song about you and sing it from the mountain tops!"
"You have no request for me? How odd. Well, then. Perhaps a tale of [history] will do?"
"Here is a tale of the place of torment from which souls good and bad have come to call home upon this earthly [realm]."
"The place I speak of is the Estate of Unrest. It is a place that the dead roam and the living detest. Garanel Rucksif was his name, a name that no longer came to be . A name that Quellious herself saw fit not to let anyone see, for a cleric loyal to her called the lands home. Open to all, the Fier'Dal, Koada'Dal and even the occasional [gnome]."
"A mansion built by the cleric with care, for he came to spread the word of Quellious to Faydwer. Garanel mad with rage, killed his wife and children three. From his dwarven homelands he now will flee. Upon this place of tranquility he stumbled upon. He tortured and killed the cleric and his kin by morning's dawn. Within the sacred chapel walls the bloodshed took place. Eyes wild with rage, madness and blood upon his [face]."
"Quellious, enraged by this act of violence and murder, decreed that this would continue no further! Garanel was struck down, his soul cursed forever more, to haunt the grounds of the defiled estate, guarding its bloody floor. Undead monsters, ghosts and [ghouls] slaughter all those who stray. They say his undead power grows within him to this day. This sad tale, my friends, is the Legend of Unrest."
"I've even heard of the ghosts of poor children haunting the estate. Have you ever [seen a child's ghost]?"
Official Lore
1Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
Belious Naliedin, Qeynos
…"A famous bard, you say? Why you must be seeking none other than the great Baenar Swiftsong! He is not here as you can see.
Read the full sourceFurther sources
1Lore that mentions this in passing.