The Holy Grail
Entry posted by Merch Gwyar
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There was a reason why I wanted to do the Holy Grail quest, but I still can't remember what it was, even after completing it. *rolls eyes*
I thoroughly enjoyed this quest. There was a lot of running around, but most of the locations were on or near the teleport trail, so it was all good. I had to destroy the display cabinet in my house to get Excalibur out, but no hassle. I can just rebuild it for some construction xp. I have some DIY to do in there anyway, as I'm adding a second portal chamber. Back to the quest, it was all pretty straight forward and the fight didn't even see me break a sweat with protect from melee on.
I think that one of the things that I so loved about the quest was that I know the original legend backwards, in several versions and also the spiritual context. I'm not sure that Jagex are so familiar with that latter part, but most of the elements were there. As I was working my way through it, I was thinking through the wider connotations and the legend itself, which in turn touched my spirituality.
Another version of it, in another age, another genre and a younger audience, is always fascinating to see. I loved how Pedwyr (Percival) had to become the Fisher King's son and his rescue by myself restored the land; all so that it could be me who did the quest. The only alternative would be to have my character morph somehow into Pedwyr, which would have been weird. It's quite brave, in a way, to have such a well known quest diverted into a game. There did seem to be a little confusion of extra details though, which made me wonder if another version had been tried as draft before they released the version here now. For example, the Grail Maidens were wandering around the castle with no real purpose. You could speak to them, but they just welcomed you to the castle. You don't need several of them to do that. Also Galahad mentions the Grail Hallows (spear etc), but there's no more tell of them. I had expected to have to see them and to ask the questions:
'What are they? What is the meaning of them? Whom do they serve?' etc
As it was, the elements were there - the wasteground restored etc - but without the backstory, I'm guessing that those less familiar with the legend wouldn't have understood why that was so at all. The ending was even stranger, in context: The Fisher King DIED?! Eh? And why was the Grail just lying around a table for me to simply pick up?
Nontheless, I can now tell folk that I have the Holy Grail and all is well in the world. :D
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