Tessera

Tesserae

Tessarae are small tiles of glass found on the Olthoi Brood Nobles which spawn during the Olthoi Queen quest. They can be given to the Tah of Timaru, Aun Hareltah, at 44.2N, 78.0W for an increase of one point to the skill imprinted on the tessera. (You must be level 35+ to access the Plateau on Marae Lassel.)

Each character may turn in only 5 tesserae per lifetime, so choose carefully! These are especially valuable to players whose skills require many millions of experience to raise. Tesserae may be given away or traded with other players.

Brood Nobles only spawn during the Queen's quest and only after several other lower level Olthoi spawns are triggered. After the bells are turned in, a global message appears:

The Olthoi in the [region] of Marae have begun to swarm!

The first swarm will be Level 70 Olthoi Soldiers and Olthoi Workers. When you kill the leader (an unmarked Soldier), the rest of the swarm dies and an even larger, more dangerous swarm of Eviscerators and Legionaries will appear.

An unmarked Olthoi Eviscerator (Level 75) will be the trigger for the next swarm. Again, you'll receive a broadcast message, the rest of the swarm dies, and a new spawn appears. This time you'll be fighting Olthoi Nobles (Level 80). Kill them until you trigger the final spawn: the Olthoi Brood Nobles (Level 100).

Brood Nobles are formidable foes! Use bludgeon, piercing or cold to attack and protect yourself against bludgeoning, acid, slashing and piercing. Each Brood Noble swarm will contain several Olthoi that carry tesserae. When a tessera bearing Brood Noble is killed, its offspring will die as well.

You flatten Olthoi Brood Noble's body with the force of your assault!
[Player's name] hews the head from the Brood Noble! The chittering of the swarming Olthoi begins to subside... the danger in the [region] of Marae has been averted.

After you kill the Brood Noble swarm, they will respawn until the Queen is defeated! If the Queen is defeated before the final swarm, sorry, no tesserae for you!

Take your tessara to the Tah of Timaru, Aun Hareltah, at 44.2N, 78.0W for a one point increase in the depicted skill.

You give Aun Hareltah [skill] Tessera.
Aun Hareltah turns the tessera over in his hands, and nods briefly.
He lightly taps your forehead.
You have gained a point of [skill] skill!

	Dagger Tessera
A small, squarish piece of glass. This can be turned into the Tah of Timaru for a free one-point boost to your Dagger skill. There are tesserae available for each skill in the game. If you don't want a point of Dagger, trade this tessera for another. You may only turn in five per character - so choose carefully!
Value	10
Burden	10
Special Props	Bonded
	Alchemy Tessera
	Arcane Lore Tessera
	Armor Tinkering Tessera
	Axe Tessera
	Bow Tessera
	Cooking Tessera
	Creature Assess. Tessera
	Creature Enchant. Tessera
	Crossbow Tessera
	Dagger Tessera
	Deception Tessera
	Fletching Tessera
	Healing Tessera
	Item Enchantment Tessera
	Item Tinkering Tessera
	Jump Tessera
	Leadership Tessera
	Life Magic Tessera
	Lockpick Tessera
	Loyalty Tessera
	Mace Tessera
	Magic Item Tinkering Tessera
	Magic Resistance Tessera
	Mana Conversion Tessera
	Melee Defense Tessera
	Missile Defense Tessera
	Person Assessment Tessera
	Run Tessera
	Spear Tessera
	Staff Tessera
	Sword Tessera
	Thrown Weapons Tessera
	Unarmed Tessera
	War Magic Tessera
	Weapon Tinkering Tessera
RETIRED
	Item Appraisal Tessera

Thanks to Black Breath, -Sol Chen, Absolution of FF, Julian's Touch and Tannia of TD, Dru Down, Judge Pain of MT, Mathew B., Dragonspwan of WE, Legio, Riftshock of LC, Savina of TD, Tannia of TD, Nappa Firesun of MT, Spike Lady of WE, Tzantali of TD, Corso of WE, Danier of TD, Deed'lit of HG, Maitre Zero of FF, Fyrec of HG, Sylphia Brightstarr of TD, Mr-Giblets of LC, Davidge of SC, Gyes the Intrepid of SC.