Crystal singing for beginners

Crystal singing for beginners
Released							22 February 2005 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Read, Drop
Examine							A book on elven crystal.
Values
Value							2 coins
High alch							1 coin
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0.51 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							4313

Crystal singing for beginners is a book given to the player by Ilfeen after talking to her after completing the Roving Elves quest.

Besides appearances, it contains the same contents to Crystal Singing for Beginners (trans. Oaknock) - A handwritten book. This book can then be found in the bookcase of a player-owned house or in the Grand Library in Prifddinas after completion of Song of the Elves.

Transcript

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Chapter 1: Crystal Seed

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As you may know, all crystal equipment is grown from a crystal seed. You may not know that all crystal seeds come from the same place; Tarddiad, the ancestral homeworld of the elves.

Reading the 'Cerddi' tells us that crystal seeds are sentient, although no one has ever been able converse with any crystal consciousness other than that of Seren herself.

One of the ways we can see this consciousness in action is in the way that crystal equipment, when first used, becomes aligned to that person.

Chapter 2: Crystal Chanting

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As far as we can tell there have always been those with the ability to chant crystal, these tend to be from the Ithell clan, but it has been known for these 'Crystal Chanters' to be born to other clans as well.

The thing that makes 'Crystal Chanters' special is their ability to vocalise perfect pitches.

The idea behind chanting is quite simple: different pitches can change the shape and size of any facet of the seed. This allows a practiced chanter to make any number of shapes.

It is also possible for particularly gifted individuals to imbue powers into these objects. The only problem with this process is that it is very costly and time consuming.

The process can, however, be made more economical: the better the chanter knows the person for whom they are creating items, the easier it is to make.

Chapter 3: Crystal Properties

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Although crystal seeds are highly convenient, they do have some drawbacks, the foremost of these is their brittleness.

This means that crystal equipment will eventually revert back to its original form, that of the crystal seed. However, crystal seeds can be reused to create new crystal equipment. Some equipment can also be reinforced to slow degradation.

Crystal seeds are among our most valuable assets, but with us unable to return to our homeworld since the loss of the World Gate, access to this resource has been lost. Luckily, there is no known way to fully destroy a crystal seed.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:25 July 2019| |0}} {{#explode:25 July 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 July 2019| |2}}]] (update)	The item's name was changed from "Crystal of seren" to "Crystal singing for beginners". Some text was modified to be consistent with the elven lore of both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape.

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