To Speak as a Dragon

Approach the ravine in Lavastorm that leads to the entry to Maiden's Gulch and speak to Sebir the Historian, who tells you about the sage who needs rescuing.
Find at least one level 50 character willing to zone a group of players into Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage. NOTE: This is not needed. On 3/17/07 I just walked up and clicked on door and was offered 3 choices. "Commune of K'Dal", "Maiden's Gulch", and "Maiden's Gulch: Rescue of the Sage". I could enter all 3. Named Drakota are 51^^ Epic x 2. Ouch! However, you do need to be at least level 45 to enter the instance.
Kill the named drakota, Vyr'drais the Vicious, and hail the Sage of Ages on the platform behind him to start the quest.

NOTE: You MUST have learned Krombral (Giant-language) before entering Solusek's Eye to talk to the Sage of Ages or you won't advance the quest.

Steps

Once you've started the quest with the Sage, travel deep into Solusek's Eye and enter the Oratorium of Thyr.
Fight your way through the Oratorium (level 50-51^^ giants) to Flamelord Thyr.
- HAVE A NON-CRITICAL PARTY MEMBER HAIL THE FLAMELORD. The person hailing the Flamelord is temporarily banished to a cage from which they cannot escape. The person doing the hailing should obviously not be your main tank. Conjurers, Necromancers and Illusionists are able to use their pet while in the cage. It is also possible to cast down on the Flamelord. It might even possible to heal from the cage (It works as of Aug/25/06). If you can solo the Flamelord, it is possible to range pull him to the cage and complete the instance solo.
Defeat Flamelord Thyr and exit the Oratorium.
Use the gong to have your group enter Nagafen's Lair. Because you do not know the Elder Dragon language (the whole point of this quest is to learn it), you can't speak to Lord Nagafen once you enter.
Speak to Majordomo Inferinus who tells you that you need to learn the language Elder Dragon to be able to speak to Lord Nagafen.
Speak to the Sage of Ages in Antonica on the top floor of the Tower of the Oracles. He tells you that you need to find 26 translated runes of Elder Dragon to learn the language.
Gather the 26 runes and speak to the Sage of Ages again.

The runes are scattered all over the shattered Norrath, but only in the zones originally available when the game launched:

Rune	Zone	Building/Area	Location
Translated Vee Rune	South Qeynos	Mage Tower	Take yellow teleporter and it's under the stairs on the left ( 698.64, 82.19, 127.15 )
Translated Fen Rune	North Freeport	Upper level of Academy of Arcane Science	On the table near Paragon Jalex ( 3.85, 7.30, -116.19 )
Translated Dar Rune	Fallen Gate	Marketplace	On a table in the second house on the left ( 168.35, 18.51, -84.44 )
Translated Aerr Rune	Stormhold	Library	On a bookshelf across from the door ( -127.65, -32, -140.50 ), you get access by clicking on a grate in the floor at (5.04, -26.55, -121.61 ) on the second level down in stormhold.
Translated Vul Rune	Nektulos Forest	Gul'thex Citadel	In the top right hand tower, a chest on the second floor under the stairs ( 701.07, 10.81, -735.73 )
Translated Phar Rune	Thundering Steppes	Thundermist Village	Bag behind merchant's counter in the house with the ambassador ( 609.53, 0.11, -86.83 )
Translated Kor Rune	Runnyeye Citadel	Room with quest fairy	Next to a banner and a clickable chest under a plank ( -72.40, 1.71, -95.17 )
Translated Sev Rune	Runnyeye Citadel	Banker room	Second tier of structure next to second ladder up ( 62.51, -11.11, -13.73 )
Translated Tal Rune	Rivervale	House of Circles	A red book under the table (Orcs will jump you when you leave) ( -834.61, -6.33, -108.61 )
Translated Gor Rune	Rivervale	House for Serrated Bone Dirk quest	In the corner on your right after entering ( -515.11, 0.29, -215.11 )
Translated Shi Rune	Ruins of Varsoon	Tome of Life room	Blue spine book on the east wall ( 6.53, 5.09, 71.11 )
Translated Mir Rune	Ruins of Varsoon	Room of the Enchanter	Scroll next to blue book ( 256.22, -3.05, 133.36 )
Translated Gresh Rune	Feerrott	Murgina's tent in merchant area	Look up ;-) ( -150, 12, 190 )
Translated Draedan Rune	Feerrott	Gogoth Bridge	Under west side near waterline ( -342, -8, 490 )
Translated Xak Rune	Feerrott	Eye of Thule pyramid	Lower level on table next to vase ( -329.48, -5.56, 849.71 )
Translated Trena Rune	Temple of Cazic-Thule	Pool of Dread	Next to small steps ( 3.19, -2.50, 6.12 )
Translated Trana Rune	Temple of Cazic-Thule	Ux Uvol's room	Scroll on table ( -0.17, -12.75, -98.64 )
Translated Rakta Rune	Temple of Cazic-Thule	Room next pool of dread	Next to small steps ( -35, 0, 11 )
Translated Kyth Rune	Permafrost	Main Level, East	On top of Alangria's table ( -149, 4, -452 )
Translated Vak Rune	Permafrost	Main Level, West	On top of statue quest table ( 160.42, 6.80, -432.04 )
Translated Sissra Rune	Permafrost	Lower lever	Under a table at the forge ( 113, -34, -186 )
Translated Sissthra Rune	Obelisk of Lost Souls	Antheneum of Shadows (level 3)	Scroll near a candle ( -429.34, 395.94, 243.70 )
Translated Rett Rune	Obelisk of Lost Souls	Anchor Room (level 3)	Next to a cabinet ( -435.83, 370.97, 331.70 )
Translated Voth Rune	Obelisk of Lost Souls	Instrument of Torture room (level 1)	On table ( -48, 594, 286 )
Translated Nak Rune	Solusek's Eye	Outside Glassworker's room	On the floor to the right of the table ( -256.55, -516, 94.64 )Sublevel 6
Translated Fyrm Rune	Solusek's Eye	Inside Glassworker's room	Scroll on a table on the left side of room ( -317.24, -516.39, 127 )Sublevel 6

Rewards

The ability to speak Draconic
15g

To Speak as a Dragon

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