The Polar Depressed

The Polar Depressed
Section	Festival Event Quests
Event	Wintersday
Required campaigns	Prophecies or Nightfall
Given by	Brrrnadette in Lion's Arch or Kamadan, Jewel of Istan
Type	Festival quest

Note: This quest can only be completed once per account every Wintersday

Quest information

Objectives

• Acquire 99 Candy Cane Shards by participating in Wintersday activities.
• See Brrrnadette for your reward.

Reward

• Frozen Accessory Token

Dialogue

Initial dialogue

Brrrnadette

"Sorry, I'm just a little blue. It's the one time of the year that I get out of the lair, and I'm stuck gathering candy cane shards. I wanted to be the one who gave out the hats. Wintersday should be about excitement and people get more excited about festive headwear than almost anything. Plus, I have to compete with some grentch who's giving away tokens for only 100 shards.

Well, at least you get to join in the games. Help Dwayna's side beat back the cold and I'll give you a token for bringing me 99 shards! I'll show that grentch..."

 Accept: "Cheer up, it's Wintersday! I'll be back with that candy before you can say, "Rudi's red nose.""

 Decline: "You are bumming me out."

 Ask: "No, I'm not the one with the hats; I'm the one collecting candy cane shards. Do we all look alike to you?"

Reward dialogue

Brrrnadette

"That trade was in your favor, 'cause now that we're done, I've got 99 shards, but hats? Not a one.

Except my top hat, but you can't have it. Alright, I'm done moping. Take that token and go see Brrrtie. And tell him next year we're switching jobs!"

Notes

• Despite the quest summary only mentioning that the player must acquire 99 candy cane shards, they actually have to be handed over to Brrrnadette to receive the reward.
• The Quest Log displays "Brrrnadette (Lion's Arch)" even if your character acquired this quest in Kamadan.

Bug.

• Unlike other quests, this quest is not indicated with a "(Completed)" beside the quest name in the Quest Log after the objective is completed.
• You cannot accept the quest reward while your character's inventory is full and the inventory holds another Frozen Accessory Token in it, even though Frozen Accessory Tokens are stackable.

Trivia

• The Polar Express is a book about a Christmas story.
• Part of the reward dialogue ("I've got 99 shards, but hats? Not a one.") is similar to the lyrics from the 99 Problems song by Jay-Z (which is based on the lyrics of the 99 Problems song by Ice-T): "I've got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one."
• This quest was introduced in Wintersday 2012.