EQ2 FURNITURE



Total items rewarded from The Nine Contemplations: 2
Books
"The Nine Contemplations"
This item can be placed on the floor in any house type.

This completed book can be placed in your house and read.

Quest reward from [38] "The Nine Contemplations" (Zek, the Orcish Wastes), started by examining a bookcase (found in East Freeport (-81, -37, -21)).

Discovered on 16 Jan 2005 at 16:34:47 PST.
This book is titled "The Nine Contemplations". It presents several riddles that the druids and rangers of a place called the Surefall Glade would puzzle over.
Entry One
Put book away.
To know truth, one must understand the cycles of life and nature. In order to find harmony within the Surefall Glade, you must find harmony within yourself. Take these mantras and know them in your heart. When the words become second thought, then you will have found your balance within the world.
Entry Two
Put book away.
Growth
"Stasis without thought,
Timeless nothing is a wrong.
Once this sprouts from naught,
It will guide one all life long."
Entry Three
Put book away.
Decay
"To live one's full life,
One must start and one must end.
As joy is to strife,
It is growth's only true friend."
Entry Four
Put book away.
Health
"When life is so quick,
Vim and vigor should not hide.
The mind pours the tonic,
Body is where it resides."
Entry Five
Put book away.
Ocean
"To ride on its back,
One feels the strength of our moons.
Sink into its black,
One will gaze at life filled dunes."
Entry Six
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Sky
"It falls from above,
And sinks deep into the lung.
True home of the dove,
And every song it has sung."
Entry Seven
Put book away.
Storm
"In numbers they're loud,
And forms tempests from breezes.
Welcome it's wet shroud,
For its gift replenishes."
Entry Eight
Put book away.
Sun
"If one stares too long,
It will be the last sight seen.
From it trees grow strong,
Changing yellow into green."
Entry Nine
Put book away.
Underfoot
"Darkness rules supreme,
In the globe below the peat.
Just as in a dream,
Its gateway is its conceit."
Entry Ten
Put book away.
Hope
"When all things are none,
When existence is bereft,
There will be but one,
The only thing that is left."
Close Book.
Books
The Nine Contemplations
This item can be placed on the floor in any house type.

A competent bookbinder is a valuable resource who can restore any book that's had pages removed.

Collection reward from [35] The Nine Contemplations (Tome).

Components
The Nine Contemplations - Page 5 (plundered from a stool at 522, -39, 250 in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)
The Nine Contemplations - Page 6 (shinies or looted in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)
The Nine Contemplations - Page 8 (plundered from a skeleton at 671, -25, 85 in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)
The Nine Contemplations - Page 10 (shinies or looted in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)
The Nine Contemplations - Page 11 (shinies in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)
The Nine Contemplations - Page 12 (shinies or looted in Zek, the Orcish Wastes)

Discovered on 10 Nov 2005 at 19:40:00 PST.
"The Nine Contemplations"

Second Edition
This book presents several riddles that the druids and rangers of a place called the Surefall Glade would puzzle over.
To know truth, one must understand the cycles of life and nature. In order to find harmony within the Surefall Glade, you must find harmony within yourself. Take these mantras and know them in your heart. When the words become second thought, then you will have found your balance within the world.
Growth

"Stasis without thought,
Timeless nothing is a wrong.
Once this sprouts from naught,
It will guide one all life long."
Decay

"To live one's full life,
One must start and one must end.
As joy is to strife,
It is growth's only true friend."
Health

"When life is so quick,
Vim and vigor should not hide.
The mind pours the tonic,
Body is where it resides."
Ocean

"To ride on its back,
One feels the strength of our moons.
Sink into its black,
One will gaze at life filled dunes."
Sky

"It falls from above,
And sinks deep into the lung.
True home of the dove,
And every song it has sung."
Storm

"In numbers they're loud,
And forms tempests from breezes.
Welcome it's wet shroud,
For its gift replenishes."
Sun

"If one stares too long,
It will be the last sight seen.
From it trees grow strong,
Changing yellow into green."
Underfoot

"Darkness rules supreme,
In the globe below the peat.
Just as in a dream,
Its gateway is its conceit."
Hope

"When all things are none,
When existence is bereft,
There will be but one,
The only thing that is left."