Gunnar's Ground

Gunnar's Ground is a quest available to both free players and members. The quest was released on 21 September 2010 and replaced the Romeo and Juliet quest. Players who have completed the Romeo and Juliet quest are still able to complete Gunnar's Ground and attain the extra rewards, but they will not receive additional quest points. The quest is about a dwarf poet that falls in love with a Barbarian chieftain's daughter but the chieftain doesn't trust outsiders. Players must find a way to let the daughter fall in love with the dwarf, and get the chieftain to accept outsiders, in RuneScape's first poetry composition puzzle.

Development team

 * Developer: Tim F
 * Quality Assurance: Ian H, Vicki M
 * Graphics: Mark C, Wing C
 * QuestHelp: David O
 * Audio: Adam R

Getting the ring
Speak to Dororan who is located to the East of Barbarian Village near to the fishing spot. He tells you that he is madly in love with a barbarian girl called Gudrun and wishes to give her a present. He wants you to get a gold ring for him from Jeffery in Edgeville. He will give you a scroll containing a love poem.

Go to Edgeville and speak to Jeffery near the furnace. Members can teleport to Edgeville with an Amulet of glory, Home Teleport using Ancient Magicks spell book or the Paddewwa Teleport spell, or by using a nearby canoe. Or you can simply walk north into Edgeville from the Barbarian Village. Now you must talk to Jeffery and trade the scroll containing the love poem for a gold ring. Bring the gold ring back to Dororan. Now he will ask you to engrave the ring with a text ('Gudrun the fair, Gudrun the fiery'). Use the chisel on the ring, and show it to Dororan. He likes it and wants you to show it to the barbarian girl Gudrun.

Note: If you do not have a chisel with you, you can ask him for one or you may buy one from the general store in Edgeville for 14gp.

Promoting the courtship
Speak to Gudrun, located south-west of the mine in the village. Don't tell her that Dororan is a dwarf. She will then say that her father, Gunthor, will not allow her to have a relationship with an outsider. Talk to Gunthor, found in the longhall. He will not want his daughter to have a relationship with an outsider, and will praise Gunnar, the founder of Gunnarsgrunn. Return to Gudrun and she will suggest asking if "your mystery man" (Dororan) has an idea.

The poem
Speak to Dororan and he will decide to write a poem to Gunthor, praising Gunnar to gain his favour. He will get stuck and will ask you for some help. The poem is a small trial-and-error game, in which Dororan hints for the correct words. The first choices you receive are all incorrect answers. After choosing one, you will prompted with different words. This happens for all 3 parts that Dororan needs help on.

Solution
The answers are as follows:
 * Stray
 * Threat
 * Swept to war

Gunnar's ground
Here is how the poem goes:


 * Our people dwelt on mountains steeped in lore,
 * A mighty tribe as harsh as any beast
 * Who then, in face of madness, swept to war,
 * The warlord Gunnar leading to the east.
 * This legacy of honor still lives on
 * In Gunnar’s bloodline, fierce to this day.
 * We sing the tales of battles long since won
 * And from his righteous purpose never stray.
 * But long is gone the author of that threat
 * And even rolling boulders come to rest,
 * For Gunnar’s ground is rich and fruitful yet
 * And Gunnar’s blood with beauty also blessed.
 * Now let these freemen from this conflict cease
 * And let this be the time of Gunthor’s peace.

Sending the poem
Dororan will then give you the completed poem, Gunnar's ground, which you must ask Gudrun to read to her father. A cut scene will start and Gunthor will have second thoughts. Gunthor will accept the idea that Gunnar's war is over and that the barbarians should consider themselves settled in the village. Another cutscene will show Gudrun meeting Dororan and hugging him. Talk to Dororan to complete the quest.

After the quest you can go to what used to be Juliet's house and Dororan is now living there with Gudrun. You can talk to Dororan and engrave jewellery for him and receive up to 32K experience in Crafting (If you have 90 Crafting).

Reward

 * 5 Quest points (only if Romeo and Juliet has not been completed)
 * 300 Crafting experience
 * Antique lamp granting 200xp in a chosen skill over 5
 * Swanky boots
 * Ability to get further Crafting tasks from Dororan (requiring up to level 90 Crafting, boosts allowed)

Extended rewards
If you talk to Dororan after the quest he requests your help carving words in ruby bracelet, dragonstone amulet and onyx amulet. If you agree to help, you get additional experience in Crafting for a total of 32,000. Free players can engrave the jewellery even though they can only be obtained by members. Temporary boosts work
 * Ruby bracelet requires a Crafting level of 42 and gives 2,000 experience.
 * Dragonstone ammy requires a Crafting level of 72 and gives 10,000 experience.
 * Onyx amulet requires a Crafting level of 90 and gives 20,000 experience.

Music unlocked

 * Gunnarsgrunn and barbarinisim(if yo haven't been to the barbarian village and forever(if you havent been to edgeville

Trivia

 * During the first conversation with the chieftan, he tells the player to ".. go before [he] has Haakon dismember you" and you can then select to challenge Haakon, to which Haaron tells the player to say that to his face. When you do, you fight him, and (presumably) kill him. If you talk to the chieftan again, he'll say the same thing, and even though dead, Haakon will also add his rejoinder -- from beyond the grave it seems.
 * Because this quest awards no additional quest points if Romeo and Juliet quest has been completed, it is possible to wear the quest point cape and perform its emote without having finished the quest.


 * Many of the npc's and the plot of the quest are taken from the 2008 film Outlander.QPC Gunnar's Ground.png
 * If a player completed the Romeo and Juliet quest, they will receive no quest points for Gunnar's Ground. However, the Quest Completion scroll will still state that they receive 5 quest points for completing the quest.
 * When talking to Chieftain Gunthor, Haakon the Champion with enter the conversation, even if he is killed by players at the moment.
 * The spoiler on the day it was released was "We tried to write the spoiler for Gunnar's Ground, but couldn't find the right words or a suitable pentameter. Come back tomorrow, when our writer's block has cleared." This is a reference to Romeo and Juilet, a play by Shakespeare, which is written in iambic pentameter.
 * If you get disconnected during the cutscene where you listen in front of the longhall door, you will return to avatar view, being able to see through the doors.GG cutscene glitch.png
 * Interestingly, there have historically been tensions between dwarves and Fremenniks; the Fremenniks nearly exterminated the Imcando dwarves, for example.
 * On day of release, slayer capes were made red in colour, this was quickly fixed.
 * The jewellery requested by Dororan after the quest are obtainable by members only. However, free players can still interact with these jewellery.
 * On the day of release, if you hit more than 100 on Haakon the champion, the hitsplat would be glitched.
 * The engraved ring you receive part way through the quest looks very similar to the One Ring from the Lord of the Rings series.
 * During the cut scene in which Gudrun is introduced to Dororan, if either is examined the examine text will read "Examine Hug".
 * The music track unlocked during this quest, "Gunnarsgrunn", is Norwegian, meaning Gunnar's Ground. Many of the names of the barbarians in the quests are also Norwegian, such as Haakon (which comes from the Norwegian word Håkon), Gunnar and Gudrun.
 * While doing the quest, if you use the ring with the chisel it will say "You can't engrave a chisel with a ring. Maybe you should engrave the ring with the chisel." You would need to use the chisel with the ring. However a player can cut uncut gems by using the gem "towards" the chisel.
 * With the addition of this quest, Gunthor The Brave is no longer an attackable NPC.
 * Upon completing this quest, the Adventurer's Log will read: "I brought peace to the barbarians of Gunnarsgrunn, and helped a dwarf find love."
 * The onyx amulet inscription "The most beautiful girl in the room" is possibly a reference to New Zealand comedy musical duo Flight of the Conchords and their television series, an episode of which features a song entitled "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)".
 * Before the quest was released, Gunnarsgrunn was named Barbarian Village. After the quest was released, '(Barbarian Village)' was kept on the world map under 'Gunnarsgrunn' to avoid confusion.
 * During the third part of the poetry puzzle, one of the available options the player can say is "tame the shrew" which, like the quest this one replaced, is a reference to a Shakespearian play.
 * The quest contains an oblique reference to the old Romeo and Juliet quest. The examine text of the love poem is "Laying everybody low with a love poem that he made". This is a reference to the lyrics of "Romeo and Juliet" by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. Talking to Kjell after completing the quest leads him to give other lines from this song, such as "..dreamed your dream for you..." and "...fall for chains of gold..."
 * This is the third free to play quest released since the start of RuneScape 2, and the second in 2010.
 * When talking to Dororan about engraving a Dragonstone necklace, you used to be shown an image of a Dragonstone amulet. This has been fixed.
 * If a player has completed the Fremennik Trials and does this quest on a Free-to-play world, you will be called an outlander by Gunthor but you will say that you have passed their trials and can choose to drink to something.
 * Upon completion of the quest, the village is renamed Gunnarsgrunn on the World Map.
 * The "hug" emote near the end is the first emote to use Z-buffering.