Wisdom  

Realm:Albion
Start Zone: Camelot
Start NPC:Trainer
Class:
Type:Regular
Related Quests:
  Traveler's Way -- Stones of Power (version 1)
  Scura Tragedia
  Animare il morti
  Arc of Ages
  La Morti Parla
Related Zones:
  Black Mountains South
  Camelot Hills
Min Level:11
Max Level:11
Grants XP:Yes
Grants Coin:No
Rating:
*****
(Average from 4 ratings)
Related NPCs:
  Magus Cormac
  Master Dubri
  Master Grundelth
  Sage Crystal
  Sage Lissa
  Sage Nelson
Last Updated:Thu Sep 14 08:16:46 2006
DISCLAIMER: Your Steps and Tasks may be different


Characters that were created after Patch Version 1.79 do not receive this Epic quest.

You must have completed the Traveler's Way quest, Stones of Power, before getting this one.

Given by the trainers upon reaching lvl 11.
  • Wizard trainer -- Master Grundelth
  • Sorceror trainer-- Magus Cormac
  • Minstrel trainer -- Master Dubri


  • The trainer gives you an ancient book and tells you to go to guard tower near Prydwen Keep in Camelot Hills east of Camelot City and give to sage in the tower. Then Sage Nelson inside then instructs you to go to south black mountains to the guard tower south of Ludlow and give ancient book to the sage there. Sage Lissa instructs you to take it to 1 of the 2 towers at the bridge north of Ludlow and give it to the sage in it. Then Sage Crystal gives you a riddle to complete (there seems to be 3 riddles different ones, of which he will only ask you one, they are not class specific).

    Answers for riddles:
    *books
    *stars
    *shoe

    After you've gone to the 3 sages, the last one tells you to return to trainer for a reward.

    Sorceror Walkthrough:
    1). Speak to Magus Cormac in the Academy in Camelot.

    Magus Cormac says "Well met. You look like things are a bit slow and you are in need of some extra coin. How would you like [something to do] ?

    Magus Cormac says, "I require the use of your brain more than the use of your brawn today. A few days ago, an ancient book was uncovered near Stonehenge. Whoever wrote this book must have been wise."

    Magus Cormac says, "It seems to be written in three anguages and I can not seem to untangle the words within. I do know of three women that can. [Three sages] were dispatched to study the weather at three towers."

    Magus Cormac says, "Each of them is also a master of three different, [ancient languages]. I know enough to figure out what the language is, but understanding it is a different matter."

    Magus Cormac says. "You must first find the tower in Camelot Hills that Sage Nelson has been assigned to. She has studied the Lemnian tongue, spoken on the island of Lemnos. She will tell you the location of the [other two]."

    Magus Cormac says, "The other two sages are at different towers. Just take the book to them and let them have a look at it. I still know not what puzzled them about the [weather] there."

    Magus Cormac says, "The academy has decided to watch the weather in hopes of someday, being able to see into the future and know if it will rain in a few days. What a daft notion. [About that book]..."

    Magus Cormac hands you a book...

    2)...Ok, run through Camelot and take a right at the end of the street through Cotswold Village. Keep running a short while until you see a guard tower. Talk to Sage Nelson. Follow the prompts until she asks to see the book. Give her the book. She mumbles on a little then gives you the book back.

    3). Run to the guard tower just south of Ludlow and speak to Sage Lissa and again follow the prompts, hand the book over and receive it back.

    4). Run to the bridge north of Ludlow, cross it and go to the guard tower on your right at the other side and do the same once agin with the sage there. Sage Crystal will then ask you to solve a simple riddle.

    5). Now return to Camelot (shortest way is south over the bridge and follow the path to your right, passing by Humberton).

    6). Go back to the Academy and again speak to Magus Cormac.

    Rewards:
  • Get about 1/2 - 3/4 bub exp
  • 5 silver and copper
  • Band of Ice -- Wizard
  • Pendant of Twisting -- Sorceror
  • Ring of Prestige -- Minstrel

    The next quest in this series:
    Scura Tragedia

    Rewards:
      Band of Ice (Alb)
      Ring of Prestige
      Pendant of Twisting

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    Different Answer
    # Sep 06 2005 at 10:13 AM Rating: Decent
    The riddle I received was "I am that which can only be seen in darkness, watching like spirits past. Casting no shadow yet forever lit, masked by the sun."

    The answer is star.
    Sorcerer's Answer (random?)
    # Jul 29 2005 at 7:12 PM Rating: Good
    *
    108 posts
    The riddle my level 11 Sorc just got was:
    Quote:
    A hundred brothers lie next to each other, each with different words. Never can they speak their thoughts, only another's voice. I hold them together, bound as one we are.
    The answer to this riddle is obviously "Books".

    Edited, Fri Jul 29 20:14:15 2005
    riddle me
    # Jul 03 2005 at 4:26 PM Rating: Good
    46 posts
    'For Sorcerers the answer to the riddle is definately Stars. But from the other entries here it sounds like different classes get different riddles.... so....
    Wizzard Problem
    # Feb 09 2005 at 10:47 AM Rating: Decent
    I've tried giving the answer books in every way shap & form I can find. I've spoken to the sage crystal, myself & my stuffed toys (now minus stuffing).

    Everytime I do this I get no response from the NPC,
    I've tried typing [enter] then books- I've tried[Enter] then /say books. Zilch, I am officially at my wits end, the solcalled walkthroughs are anything but. Help appreciated, sarcasm & condesenscion can go where the sun don't shine.
    RE: Wizzard Problem
    # Feb 09 2005 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent
    *
    57 posts
    Click on the book in your inventory, then drag and drop the book onto the sage- they should take it from you then give it back.
    Location of Sage Nelson
    # Nov 26 2004 at 4:46 AM Rating: Decent
    32 posts
    The first tower containing Sage Nelson is in Camelot Hills at location 40k, 32k. It is the one that lies northwest of Mithra's Tomb on the /map, fairly close to the center of the map. The description of it being near Prydwen Keep is misleading. It really is not at all near to PK.
    Maille
    # May 17 2003 at 5:15 PM Rating: Default
    For any poor pathetic minstrel out there suffering miserably because they don't know what to do once they have spoken to all three sages--READ ON--if you don't want to know how to answer the riddle of Sage Crystal--DON'T READ ON--O.K.?
    Good--the answer is this--[the binding of a book].
    Type it just like that and you will be sent back to your trainer for your goody. Good Luck fellow Minstrels! Maille, Merlin
    #Anonymous, Posted: Sep 05 2002 at 2:36 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) change the opening message the first sage isnt at prydwyn you stupid ************
    #Anonymous, Posted: Sep 05 2002 at 3:24 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) From what I can tell you are the stupid mother@#%^er...
    I was blocked
    # Jun 26 2002 at 2:35 AM Rating: Default
    After I give the book to the last Sage. she tell me the riddle but there is no option to choose,Whz can I do? press ENTER to say: stars or tell my trainer?
    The Rddle
    # Jun 19 2002 at 8:00 PM Rating: Default
    I believe that the quest has different riddles, each with different answers.


    Dracyl
    RE: The Rddle
    # Jun 20 2002 at 9:14 AM Rating: Default
    Yes, that has been established!
    Wizzy Wisdom Quest
    # Jun 10 2002 at 10:11 PM Rating: Default
    I got this quest at 12 but had passed on it at 11 the answer to the riddle for me was BOOKS.
    the level for it...
    # May 25 2002 at 8:10 AM Rating: Default
    im a sorc and i got it at 7...

    ~Feldin
    ~~bedevere
    #Anonymous, Posted: Apr 02 2002 at 8:23 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ehy what gives i got the quest but didn't ge the book. it says to learn more about the book
    RE: got quest but didn't get book
    # May 29 2002 at 9:27 PM Rating: Default
    Go talk to the other trainer in Camelot, it tells you which trainer you have to talk to, I have this quest as a minstrel, I talked to the trainer in the Academy but he told me to go find more information so I talked to the trainer in the sqare and he gave me the book
    RE: got quest but didn't get book
    # May 14 2002 at 1:05 AM Rating: Default
    Yeah, you have to click all the little info tabs till the trainer's done saying his crap about the quest. Some useful info in there. I almost missed it too heh
    Directions ?
    # Mar 26 2002 at 7:22 AM Rating: Default
    Where's that first tower exactly ??
    answer
    # Feb 21 2002 at 4:14 PM Rating: Default
    i did this quest with my wiz, the answer was stars not books, it varies
    What A Waste
    # Feb 19 2002 at 10:44 AM Rating: Default
    Wimpy quest, wimpy reward. This quest & the 7th lvl quests should have been reversed, at least as far as the rewards are concerned. XP award, for me as 11th lvl Wizard, was roughly 1/4 bubble; coin reward was negligible. Big whoop.
    The anwser
    # Feb 15 2002 at 5:21 PM Rating: Decent
    For thouse who dont like or just dont want to try the riddle, the answer is the stars
    Never got it
    # Nov 28 2001 at 2:34 AM Rating: Default
    I never got this quest as a lvl 11 wizard. My guild trainer didn't give it to me. So now what do I do?

    Ceamonkey
    Lvl 11 Wizard on Lancelot
    RE: Never got it
    # Feb 14 2002 at 9:38 AM Rating: Default
    I got the quest...its extremely easy...but the last sage is talking about some kind of riddle...wuts that? My journal tells me to answer the riddle.

    Sorenzo
    What to do?
    # Feb 06 2002 at 3:51 PM Rating: Default
    When I got back, in hope to do the quest, I couldn't. And as it's a prerequisit for the next "wizquest" Scura Tragedia that u get at lv15. Acording to Warcry. How do I do? Can I never complete the linked quests?

    Taam lv 12 wiz that mizzed...:(
    RE: Never got it
    # Jan 28 2002 at 5:39 AM Rating: Default
    If u never got it you'll never get it. Mabye you simply didn't visit your trainer when you reached level 11.

    No harm done though since the reward kinda sucks.
    an.
    # Nov 20 2001 at 10:14 PM Rating: Default
    what is the answear im a sor.
    Minstrel
    # Nov 12 2001 at 2:18 PM Rating: Default
    When my trainer gave me this quest at 11, I completed it in a matter of minutes and I didn't even need to check here ;) It was remarkably easy, just a lot of running, which is no big deal for a Minstrel.

    I received a level 12 Magic ring that increased charisma and dexterity. Very nice :)

    Now if only I could dye those stupid green leggings...
    Band of Ice
    # Nov 09 2001 at 1:52 AM Rating: Decent
    12 posts
    I just completed this quest as a Wizard, I got half bub xp, 5silver and some copper and a Band of Ice 1 to cold magic 2 to power lvl 12 item

    Branan
    11 Wizard (Albion)
    ____________________________
    Pirate Jubb De'Bartolo of Karana.
    Brigand
    ??????
    # Nov 08 2001 at 4:25 PM Rating: Default
    THIS IS NOT A WIZARD'S QUEST
    RE: ??????
    # Feb 14 2002 at 9:41 AM Rating: Default
    OH YES IT IS! Did the description not say so??? U daft?

    Sorenzo the wizard that got the quest
    RE: ??????
    # Nov 12 2001 at 2:50 AM Rating: Default
    For a similar quest, check out the List of Denial quest. Given by the Church of Albion to both paladins and clerics, but you get a different item depending on which class you are.
    RE: ??????
    # Nov 12 2001 at 2:52 AM Rating: Default
    The Fortune of Few quest is the same way. All classes get something special at level 11 from their trainer, just like they did at 7 with the Travelers' quest.
    RE: ??????
    # Nov 12 2001 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
    This apparently is a quest from the Academy. Remember, both wizards and sorcerors belong to the academy...

    Anyways, the quest is similar but the reward is class-appropriate. Meaning that a wizard gets a ring boosting ice, and a sorceror gets a ring boosting body.
    Sorcerer Wisdom Quest walkthrough
    # Nov 04 2001 at 8:01 AM Rating: Good
    The Wisdom Quest (Sorcerer lvl 11 class quest)
    ----------------

    1). Speak to Magus Cormac in the Academy in Camelot.

    Magus Cormac says "Well met. You look like things are a bit slow and you are in need of some extra coin. How would you like [something to do] ?

    Magus Cormac says, "I require the use of your brain more than the use of your brawn today. A few days ago, an ancient book was uncovered near Stonehenge. Whoever wrote this book must have been wise."

    Magus Cormac says, "It seems to be written in three anguages and I can not seem to untangle the words within. I do know of three women that can. [Three sages] were dispatched to study the weather at three towers."

    Magus Cormac says, "Each of them is also a master of three different, [ancient languages]. I know enough to figure out what the language is, but understanding it is a different matter."

    Magus Cormac says. "You must first find the tower in Camelot Hills that Sage Nelson has been assigned to. She has studied the Lemnian tongue, spoken on the island of Lemnos. She will tell you the location of the [other two]."

    Magus Cormac says, "The other two sages are at different towers. Just take the book to them and let them have a look at it. I still know not what puzzled them about the [weather] there."

    Magus Cormac says, "The academy has decided to watch the weather in hopes of someday, being able to see into the future and know if it will rain in a few days. What a daft notion. [About that book]..."

    Magus Cormac hands you a book...


    2)...Ok, run through Camelot and take a right at the end of the street through Cotswold Village. Keep running a short while until you see a guard tower. Talk to Sage Nelson. Follow the prompts until she asks to see the book. Give her the book. She mumbles on a little then gives you the book back.

    3). Run to the guard tower just south of Ludlow and speak to Sage Lissa and again follow the prompts, hand the book over and receive it back.

    4). Run to the bridge north of Ludlow, cross it and go to the guard tower on your right at the other side and do the same once agin with the sage there. She will then ask you to solve a simple riddle. I am not gonna tell you the answer I gave :)

    5). Now return to Camelot (shortest way is south over the bridge and follow the path to your right, passing by Humberton).

    6). Go back to the Academy and again speak to Magus Cormac.

    You are rewarded with:
    almost a bubble of exp at level 11,
    5 silver and some copper
    and...
    a Pendant of Twisting: Level 3 magical item, Body Magic 1pts, Intelligence 3pts.

    Quite a nice neckpiece for this level
    Where to give ans. (Wiz)
    # Nov 03 2001 at 5:22 PM Rating: Default
    Did you have to give the answer to your trainer? I thought that you had to go to a library or something and talk to someone.

    Thanks.

    Roack - Lvl 16 Wiz - E/I/F 6/13/4 (+1 ice once i use pts)
    Wizards Riddle
    # Oct 30 2001 at 1:22 PM Rating: Default
    The answer to the 100 brothers riddle is BOOKS
    RE: Wizards Riddle
    # Feb 14 2002 at 9:45 AM Rating: Default
    Well, thank YOU!

    (we cant all both intelligent and wise :)),
    Sorenzo
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