Throne of Miscellania
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| Throne of Miscellania (#64) | ||||
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| Released | 29 November 2004 (Update) | |||
| Members | Yes | |||
| Quest series | Miscellania, #1 | |||
| Lead developer(s) | Chris S, Jonathan S | |||
Throne of Miscellania is a quest about the Fremennik island Miscellania. The king, Vargas, has unfortunately become a yeti, thus making him require a regent to rule his kingdom while he is unable to.
Details
| Start point |  Talk to King Vargas in the Miscellania Castle. Take the longboat from Rellekka to access Miscellania. <maplink group="pins" align="center" text="<b>Show on map</b>" plane="0" y="3861" x="2501" zoom="2" mapID="-1">
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| Official difficulty | Experienced |
| Official length | Medium |
| Description | Rumours have been coming back from Miscellania that all is not well, it is said that the king has been turned into a monster! An exceptional hero is required to investigate. Experience in ruling kingdoms, wooing royalty and negotiating peace would be an advantage. |
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| Enemies to defeat | None |
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Walkthrough
Take the longboat from Rellekka to Miscellania (largest one, same sailor from Fremennik Trials) or use the fairy ring code CIP (if Fairytale II - Cure a Queen has been started) to arrive north of the castle. If you don't have flowers yet, you can buy them from the Flower Girl in the castle courtyard. If you need or forget anything, the bank in Etceteria is available for use.
Speak to King Vargas located upstairs in the castle (south-west) to begin the quest. He will agree to let you be ruler of the kingdom if you can marry either his daughter or son, make peace with Etceteria, and gain the support of the population.
Marrying
Note: Be sure to use the items mentioned below on the [Princess/Prince] and do the emotes or they will continue to repeat "Good day".
Warning: Changing your body type twice at the Make-over mage (e.g. Body type B to A and back to B) prior to giving the prince or princess a ring, you will have to redo that section. If you have given them the ring, they will speak to you as if you are not engaged but it does not matter.
Princess Astrid
Enter Princess Astrid's room, which is north of the throne room, and speak with the Princess of Miscellania. Start to tell her about your desire to become regent. She interrupts you to say she has many suitors. She will, however, give you a chance to impress her.
Speak to the princess a few times, and agree with whatever she says. Once she stops asking new questions, you can use flowers on her to increase her approval. Mixed flowers can be bought for 15 coins from the Flower Girl in the marketplace just outside the building from where the king presides. Then, use the Dance emote (or any other jester row emote, or the goblin salute) in her room until she starts asking new questions again.
Speak to her a few more times, responding with agreeable answers. Once she has nothing left for you to agree with, you can use a bow[1] (the item, not the emote) on her if you've brought one.
Note: The bow and flowers speed up the process, but neither are necessary to gain her affection. Simply using jester row emotes and answering her questions works too.
Again, speak to her a few more times. When she calls you "dear" and you call her "darling", select the Blow Kiss emote.
Once she has nothing left for you to agree with, use the ring on her. She will ask "Is this for me? Really?". After saying "Yes", you will be prompted with "Would you like to ask Princess Astrid to marry you?".
Selecting "Yes" will result in her finally agreeing to marry you. She says you two will have to put off the actual ceremony until you can find a priest but you can tell her father of the marriage.
Selecting "No" will instead result in her saying she thinks you will make a great Thane for the realm and you can tell her father that you have earned her trust.
Prince Brand
Enter Prince Brand's room, which is south of the throne room, and speak with the Prince of Miscellania. Start to tell him about your goal of becoming ruler of the kingdom. He interrupts you and asks why he would be interested in a "crass adventurer like yourself?" He will, however, give you a chance to impress him.
Continue to talk with the prince, selecting the most flattering answers, until he asks if you would like to hear his poem. Tell him, of course, you would love to. After he recites his poem, select "Be still, my heart" and use the Clap or Cheer emote (Must be standing inside the room, and not the doorway for both emotes). He thanks you. Use your flowers on him to continue the dialogue. When he asks if they are for him, say, "Yes".
Continue to talk with the prince (he will ask you your name), providing him with flattering answers, until he asks if you would like to hear his saga. You wonder if you have the time to hear a whole saga, but he launches into it anyway. Continue to flatter and talk with the prince, give him the cake or chocolate cake, and tell him it is for him (be careful not to eat it).
When he calls you "my [darling/dear]", select the Blow Kiss emote and use the ring on him. If he says he could not possibly accept the ring, keep talking to and flattering him. Eventually, after you blow him a kiss and use the ring on him, he says, "Is this for me? Really?". After saying "Yes", you will be prompted with "Would you like to ask Prince Brand to marry you?".
Selecting "Yes" will result in you asking the prince to marry you, and he says "Yes!" He says that you two love birds will have to put off the actual ceremony until you can find a priest but you can tell his father he has agreed to marry you.
Selecting "No" will instead result in him saying he thinks you will make a great Thane for the realm and you can tell his father that you have earned his trust.
Peace deal
Talk with Advisor Ghrim, who is off to the side behind the king, and ask him how to make peace with Etceteria. He tells you to talk with Queen Sigrid of Etceteria. Head east, cross the bridge over into Etceteria, enter the large building in the east side of town, go upstairs, and enter the centre room, where you will find Queen Sigrid.
Speak to Queen Sigrid. After you tell her you have been sent by King Vargas to negotiate a treaty, she says she will agree to a peace deal if King Vargas will accept Etceteria officially as a sovereign nation. Return to Vargas, and tell him what the queen said. He says he will recognise her country if she changes Etceteria's national anthem.
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Awful anthem |
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The awful anthem's music, which plays when obtaining the lyric sheet from Prince Brand.
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| File:Awful Anthem.ogg | |
Dash back to Queen Sigrid, and speak with her. Although she, at first, says it is a great anthem and that she composed it herself, she eventually agrees but requests that you come up with a new anthem. Return to Miscellania, enter the room to the south of King Vargas's throne room, and speak to Prince Brand. You tell him you need a new anthem, and he agrees to write you one immediately. It is, however, terrible. He gives you the awful anthem.
Enter the throne room next door, and talk to Advisor Ghrim about the anthem. You give the advisor the awful anthem, and he makes a few adjustments, turning it into a good anthem. Return to Queen Sigrid, and tell her you have a new anthem. She is pleased with her new anthem and hands you a treaty - which she has already signed - to be signed by King Vargas.
Take the treaty back to King Vargas, and tell him it is awaiting his signature. He says he cannot sign it with an ordinary pen. He needs a pen large enough for him to hold. Head to the northern shore of Miscellania, to the east of the mining icon, where you will find Derrik. He is in the house with the anvil. Talk to Derrik, and tell him you have a strange request. He says he can make a giant nib if you have an iron bar.
Give him your iron bar, and he gives you the giant nib. Use the nib on logs, and you end up with a giant pen. There are a few evergreen trees around the islands, so you don't need to go to the mainland if you have not brought logs. Take the giant pen to King Vargas, who then signs the treaty, bringing an end to the rivalry between the two kingdoms.
Public support
After the treaty, you must get the support of the people to be the new ruler. You will need the support of 75% of Miscellania to finish the quest. You will start with 25% (you will start with less if you killed any of the villagers or stole from the stalls) and you gain 0.33% with each action you do.
You can check your approval rating by speaking with Advisor Ghrim. You won't be able to check your progress with the local laborers until you finish the quest - they will ask, "Who are you?"
If you aim to gain 100% approval rating, you can continue working until the person receiving the items stops you. (Your chat box also tells you that you've completed a hard task for your Fremennik achievement diaries.)
Ways to lose support
- Kill villagers. (Do not do this before starting unless you want to lose reputation)
- Steal from stalls.
Good ways to get support
- Buy Mixed flowers from Flower Girl. (Fastest method)
- Rake the herbs and flax outside the palace walls.
- Mine coal on the north side of Miscellania.
- Chop maple trees in the centre of Miscellania.
- Fish tuna, lobsters, or swordfish by the docks of Miscellania (Barehanded fishing works, but does not provide Strength nor Agility experience).
Talk to Advisor Ghrim to keep track of how much support you have. After you have 75% of the public support, talk to King Vargas and congratulations! You have completed Throne of Miscellania!
Rewards
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Quest point - Management of Miscellania
- 10,000 coins (inside the Miscellania coffers)
- The ability to teleport to Miscellania using a ring of wealth
Required for completing
Completion of Throne of Miscellania is required for the following:
Transcript
Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| [[{{#explode:6 September 2023| |0}} {{#explode:6 September 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:6 September 2023| |2}}]] (update) |
Resource collections and coffer deductions that occur while managing miscellania will now occur at midnight every day, rather than the time players initially completed Throne of Miscellania. |
| [[{{#explode:9 November 2022| |0}} {{#explode:9 November 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:9 November 2022| |2}}]] (update) |
The player may now choose to romance either Prince Brand or Princess Astrid, regardless of the character's gender. There is also an option to become the selected royal's best friend instead of marrying them. |
| [[{{#explode:15 January 2015| |0}} {{#explode:15 January 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:15 January 2015| |2}}]] (update) |
Advisor Ghrim's name is no longer displayed incorrectly during the final conversation of Throne of Miscellania. |
Trivia
- The examine text for the lumberjack on Miscellania is "He's a lumberjack and he's okay." This is a reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- During the courtship process, the Princess will say something disagreeable if the player gives an answer she does not like, to which the player may respond with "Well excuse me, Princess.", which is a direct reference to a famous line from the The Legend of Zelda animated series.
- If you try to feed the prince a rock cake, he politely declines.
- Princess Astrid does not accept Trollweiss.
- Both Prince and Princess react to multiple emotes.
See also
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