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|  Divine Divinity Walkthrough  |
|         By: JaggedJim         |
|       Date: May 15, 2004      |
|          Version: 2.2         |
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This is my walkthrough for Divine Divinity. You can find the latest version
of this walkthrough at:
http://www.gamefaqs.com
http://www.geocities.com/jagged_jim/FAQ
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If you have any questions or comments about this guide then feel free to
email me at “jagged_jim@yahoo.com” (without the quotation marks, of
course...) Some things to note before you email me:
-Make sure you put “Divinity” somewhere in the subject line. If you don’t I
will likely think that the email is junk and delete it.
-Please read the guide before emailing me, it is quite annoying having to
answer a question that I have already answered in this guide. (...of course
if you’re not reading the guide then what are the chances that are going to
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-I am notoriously bad at checking email. (...and even worse at answering it)
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-Do not, not, not, not, NOT send me ANY attachments with your email. I don’t
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email immediately. (Also I will NEVER send any attachments with my emails, so
if you receive something from my email address and it has an attachment on
it, delete it, immediately.)
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Version History [#001]
Introduction [#002]
Character Guide [#003]
Teleportation Scrolls [#004]
The Beginners Guide to Adventuring [#005]
Walkthrough [#006]
-Part I: Healing the Healer [#006.1]
-Part II: Assassins, Plagues, and Orcs, Oh My [#006.2]
-Part III: Stormfisted [#006.3]
-Part IV: Enter Stormfist Castle and Find Zandalor, AGAIN! [#006.4]
-Part V: The Council of Six Races and Assorted Magic-Users [#006.5]
-Part VI: Battle at Black Lake: The Divine One vs. The Black Ring [#006.6]
Side Quests [#007]
-Aleroth [#007.1]
-Catacombs Under Aleroth [#007.2]
-Farmlands [#007.3]
-Barracks [#007.4]
-Stormfist Castle [#007.5]
-Graveyard [#007.6]
-Iona’s Dungeon [#007.7]
-Rivertown Market [#007.8]
-Dwarven Village [#007.9]
-Dwarven Bread Inn [#007.10]
-Northern Rivertown [#007.11]
-Southern Rivertown [#007.12]
-Verdistis [#007.13]
-Thieves Guild [#007.14]
-Dark Forest North [#007.15]
-Dark Forest South [#007.16]
-The Holy Items Quest [#007.17]
-The Dragon Armor Set [#007.18]
-The Armor of Larian [#007.19]
Frequently Asked Questions [#008]
Cheats and Bugs [#009]
Contributors [#010]
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0.1 – 10/14/02
1.0 - 1/14/03
2.0 – 10/14/03
2.1 – 1/6/04
2.2 – 5/15/04 – A very small update. I updated the Email notice at the top of
this guide, along with a few other things. In other news, the
fine folks at Larian have bundled the full version of Divine
Divinity with their latest release, Beyond Divinity. So if
you missed this wonderful game you now have a second chance.
Finally, I have been receiving complaints from people
receiving virus mail from my email address, so either I’m
somehow infected (...and it’s been able to avoid my
anti-viral software) or someone/thing out there is mimicking
my email address. Either way I will never send attachments
with my mails, so if you receive an attachment from my
address, delete it, immediately.
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Divine Divinity is an Action-RPG released in 2002 by CDV. Its game play can
be best described as a cross between Diablo and Baldur’s Gate. The game
mechanics of Divine Divinity are very similar to Diablo, (Combat is basically
click a monster until it dies, skills are used with a right-click, ect.) but
with few noticeable differences. (Most notably is the ability to pause the
game at any time.) Where this game shines, however, is the evolution of game
play beyond the mindless hack-and-slash of its Action-RPG counterparts.
Quests in Divine Divinity are more than just go kill enemy X, take item Y
back to person Z, here quests are much more involved, requiring you to solve
puzzles, decide moral dilemmas, and uh... kill monsters. Instead of Towns
being merely a place to heal wounds and buy equipment they are now full of
NPCs who will give you quests, give you hints, or just share some gossip.
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The type of character you choose is not the most vital choice in the game, as
skills are not restricted by class. But your choice of character does have
more impact than just what your character looks like. The biggest difference
between the different classes is the amount of Health and Mana each class
gets. (see Vital Statistics, Below, for more details.) Below I have compiled
a list of the vital data for each class comprising:
-Stats: Your character class’ starting statistics.
-Vital Statistics:
The four statistics in Divine Divinity (Strength, Agility, Constitution, and
Intelligence) affect your character in several different ways.
-Health and Mana
Vitality and Mana in Divine Divinity is determined by multiplying your
Constitution and Intelligence with your class’ Vitality and Mana
Modifiers, respectively, and then adding any bonuses you get from items
and/or charms equipped. Level apparently has no bearing on your Vitality
or Mana.
Both your Vitality and your Mana can be determined by this formula:
[(Character Modifier) x (Con/Int)] + Item Bonuses.
So a Survivor with 25 Constitution, 15 Intelligence and is wearing a ring
with +5 to Vitality and +10 to Mana would have:
Vitality:  (5 x 25) + 5 = 130
Mana:      (4 x 15) + 10 = 70
-Note: The numbers for the Damage, Offense, and Defense modifiers came from
Raze of the larian.com message boards.
-Damage (Thanks to Raze for this info)
The damage modifier shows you how much extra damage you can inflict on
your enemies. Multiply your Strength score by this modifier then round
down.
-Offense and Defense (Thanks to Raze for this info)
These stats basically determine how often how often you hit the enemy
(offense) and how often the enemy will hit you. (defense)
-Starting Skills: Each character will start the game with two skills with a
single skill level in each.
-Special Move: Each class has a different Special Move that is unique to each
class. These moves are activated just like other skills; just
select the sword icon in the lower right-hand corner of the
“Browse Skills” menu and right-click to activate. I have also
added my personal opinions on each move.
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==================================|Survivors|==================================
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Survivors are your basic thief-types of Divine Divinity. These guys won’t
have overwhelming Health or Mana, but they have enough to get by. If you
build them properly they can become just about any type of character you
want; from a muscle-bound goon to a spell-flinging swashbuckler to a stealthy
assassin. I typically pump up Agility and give them a good bow to make them a
lethal sniper.
-Stats
Strength:      10
Agility:       15
Constitution:  10
Intelligence:  10
-Vital Statistics
Vitality:      5 x Constitution
Mana:          4 x Intelligence
Damage:        0.14 x Strength
Offense:      (0.7 x Agility) - 1
Defense:       0.8 x Agility
-Starting Skills
Male:          Assassin’s Kiss, Trader’s Tongue
Female:        Identify, Lockpick
-Special Move: Sneaking.
When you activate this move your character will crouch down and attempt to
hide from the enemy. This move will drain your stamina while you are
sneaking. Personally I would prefer a special move that helped you kill
enemies rather than just avoiding them, but that’s just me.
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Your basic “Might makes Right” fighters, they have fantastic Health but very
little Mana. This class is the best choice for beginners, as they will be
able to take a lot of abuse and dish out punishment just as well. I usually
make these guys into melee characters, with high Strength and Constitution
scores while not forgetting about Agility. I hardly ever put any points into
Intelligence, depending instead on equipment and charms to raise my Mana.
-Stats
Strength:      15
Agility:       10
Constitution:  10
Intelligence:  10
-Vital Statistics
Vitality:      6 x Constitution
Mana:          3 x Intelligence
Damage:        0.4 x Strength
Offense:       0.8 x Agility
Defense:      (0.7 x Agility) - 1
-Starting Skills
Male:          Augment Damage, Sword Expertise
Female:        Elven Sight, Repair
-Special Move: Swirl Attack
This move will make your character do a spinning slash that will hit all
enemies that are standing near your character with a physical attack.
Swirl Attack takes 1,500 stamina to perform. This move has a rather silly
name, but it can be rather effective against groups of enemies. Use it
liberally when you get surrounded by enemies and always make sure you have
some Stamina Potions handy.
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These guys have fantastic Mana reserves, but are VERY fragile. There is a
reason why both male and female Mages start with the “Meteorstrike” skill; it
will likely carry your character through the first half of the game. Do your
best to keep these guys out of the fray, as they will die quickly.
-Stats
Strength:      10
Agility:       10
Constitution:  10
Intelligence:  15
-Vital Statistics
Vitality:      4 x Constitution
Mana:          6 x Intelligence
Damage:        0.1 x Strength
Offense:      (0.7 x Agility) - 1
Defense:      (0.7 x Agility) - 1
-Starting Skills
Male:          Summon Vermin, Meteorstrike
Female:        Meteorstrike, Bless
-Special Move: Swap Location
This skill will make you switch locations with the targeted creature. This
move will cost 1,500 stamina to perform. I never use this skill because
more often than not you will just end up warping yourself into the middle
of a group of monsters that you wanted to keep your distance from.
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This is just a list of where you can find the various scrolls you need to
activate the Teleporters that are scattered around Rivellon.
-Mage: Zandalor gives this scroll to you when you first meet him.
-Human: Captain Mitox gives this scroll to you when you sign up to fight the
Orcs.
-or-
You can find it inside the library on the lower level of the Cursed
Abbey.
-Dwarf: In the Dwarven Bread Inn there is a Dwarf named Krasnegar who will
offer to give you some gems. Tell him that his money would be better
spent helping the refugees of the Orc attack and he will leave. Find
the scroll on the table and take it. Note that if you don’t do this
before you enter Stormfist Castle for the first time then he will
disappear and also take the scroll with him.
-or-
You can find it lying on a table inside the Glenborus Town Hall in the
Dwarven Village of Rivertown. (Thanks to Richard Gaddy for this info)
-or-
The Dwarven King gives it to you after completing the “Find the Stone
Axe” quest if you ask for it. (Thanks to Richard Gaddy for this info)
-Elves: The Elven Lord Elredor in the Archer’s Guild gives this to you if you
ask him for it.
-Lizard: Goemoe will give this to you after you cure Mardaneus of his insanity
-Orc: Inside a treasure chest that’s in the Orc Leader’s tent.
-Imp: It is found inside the Imp’s Deserted Castle on the body of a dead Imp.
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Here I will list some hints and tips to help you out.
-Always keep the Automap on. The Automap is an invaluable tool for exploring,
as it not only shows the surrounding areas but all nearby creatures too,
whether they are friend or foe.
-The Teleport Stones are very useful, if you know how to use them. The most
effective way of using them is to drop one of them next to a bed, (like the
one you start the game next to...) then assign a hotkey to the “Drop and
Use” button under the “Browse Skills” menu. Now you can just press the hotkey
to warp to a bed, take a quick nap and pop right back where you were fully
healed and ready for the challenges ahead. You could also place one at the
feet of someone who gives you a quest or near a shopkeeper so when you finish
a quest or become encumbered from looting a dungeon you can just pop right
back to get the reward or to sell off all that junk you’ve picked up.
-Here’s how I assign my hotkeys:
F1: Healing Potions
F2: Mana Potions
F3: Stamina or Restoration Potions
F4: I leave this one blank so I don’t accidentally hit Alt+F4...
F5: “Drop and Use” Teleporter Stones
F6: “Use” Teleporter Stones
F7: Your Class’ Special Move
F8: Restoration Skill
F9-F12: Whatever other weapons, skills, or potions you use often.
-The programmers of this game gave you a pause button, USE IT!
-Use the Alt Key regularly to highlight any items and/or doors you might have
missed.
-The stats of any items you find in this game are set when first show the stat
window, (Either by moving the cursor over the item or by pressing the Alt
Key) not when they are first dropped like I first thought. If you save the
game before you move the cursor over the item you can then reload until you
get the item you want.
-You can make a bed anywhere you want; all you need are two bundles of straw.
First have both bundles on the ground. Then click on one of the bundles to
unbundle it, then drag the bundled straw onto the unbundled straw to create a
patch of hay that functions exactly like a bed.
-If you don’t want carry around straw, there is a “Portable Bed” inside a
locked house to the north of the Cursed Abbey. You can drag and drop it into
your inventory and then use it while it is still inside your inventory.
-A shopkeeper’s attitude towards you has a large effect on his prices. An item
will cost twice as much when buying from someone with 0 attitude than buying
from someone with 100 attitude. I think the markup (or markdown, if you are
selling...) for an item is (100 – (attitude)) percent.
-The easiest way to raise a shopkeeper’s attitude is by trading with them. I
think you also get a higher attitude bonus if you do an unbalanced trade.
(i.e. you give him more than he gives you.) Trying to steal from them will
lower a shopkeeper’s attitude towards you.
-After killing an enemy there is a small chance of getting an “Experience Bomb”
where you end up getting about 10 times the experience you would normally
would! Getting an “Experience Bomb” is, unfortunately, random and very rare.
-Avoid weapons with the “Frost” ability attached to them. This weapon will
work just like a Freeze spell when they strike, but these weapons will freeze
the enemy regardless of the enemies’ resistances. This means that you be able
to kill just about any enemy without putting yourself in any danger,
effectively taking all the challenge (and fun...) out of the game. (Then
again, maybe you WANT to take the challenge taken out of the game...)
-When fighting a large group of enemies, make sure you don’t get surrounded.
You will die fast if you get trapped inside a group so be sure to keep
moving. If you are a Warrior you can use your Special Move to fight your way
out. If you aren’t a Warrior... well... I hope you have a LOT healing potions
handy.
-“Restoration” is a vital skill for the long-term survival of your character.
It will save you a fortune in Healing Potions and is cheap enough even for
low Mana warriors to cast. Just remember that skill has about a half-second
lag in between the time you activate the skill and the time you actually get
healed, so if you think that you are about to be killed in a fight use a
healing potion instead.
-I would highly recommend taking at least one skill level in the “Alchemy”
skill so you will be able to mix potions together. Now mix all of your
Healing and Mana potions together to make Restoration potions. Since
Restoration potions heal your Health and Mana by a percentage rather than a
set number (For example, Minor Restoration will heal your Heath/Mana by 50%
of your max Health/Mana, as opposed to healing 40 points with Healing/Mana
Potions) it is MUCH more efficient to use a Restoration potion over a
Healing/Mana potion. (Even if you only need to recover your Health
or Mana...)
-“Repair” is a skill that can save you a lot of time and money. Since using
this skill doesn’t degrade the maximum durability the item you don’t need
more than one skill level in repair. (unless of course you get into the habit
of using equipment that has only 1 durability...) You also don’t have to
worry about trying to find someone to repair your stuff when something
breaks.
-If you do need to find someone to repair your stuff then you can take it to
George, (until he gets whacked...) Otho, (Inside his house in Aleroth, or
later at the Blue Boar Inn) or Geoff. (At the Rivertown Market)
-“Enchant Weapon” is an invaluable skill for raising your stats. Charms are
quite simply the best way raise your resistances, (2 Gold charms and a Silver
charm will give you total immunity to an element.) or to cover any stats that
are lagging. (I was able to get my rocks-for-brains warrior nearly 500 mana
points just through charms) Note that there are only stat-raising charms in
this game; there are no Charms that can raise skill levels or add to damage
or defense.
-The different charm levels and the bonuses they give are:
-Cobalt: Gives Minor Bonuses
Adds   40 to Vitality/Mana
Adds    4 to Statistics
Adds   10 to Resistances
-Bronze: Gives Medium Bonuses
Adds   60 to Vitality/Mana
Adds    6 to Statistics
Adds   15 to Resistances
-Silver: Gives Large Bonuses
Adds   80 to Vitality/Mana
Adds    8 to Statistics
Adds   20 to Resistances
-Gold: Gives Very Large Bonuses
Adds  100 to Vitality/Mana
Adds   10 to Statistics
Adds   40 to Resistances
-It’s a good idea to set up a “Home Base.” First you should choose a spot that
has easy access to a merchant and a Teleporter. I prefer to set up camp on
the northern outskirts of Rivertown Market. You can make a quick jaunt to
Geoff to sell, identify, or repair items, or go to the Ars Magicana
Teleporter and have the world at your fingertips. (...more or less) Now drop
one of your Teleport Stones and make a Hay Bed there. Bring in a Treasure
Chest to store your unneeded items and you’re set. If you need healing or are
overburdened you just “Drop and Use” your Teleport Stone to pop back to rest
and sell/store excess equipment before teleporting back and continuing your
quest.
-The amount of experience that you get for killing an enemy will decrease as
you go up in levels. (This means that an enemy that gives you 1000 experience
at level 10 will only give you 975 or so experience at level 11.) This is
different from the experience given by quests and completing tasks, which
actually increases as you gain levels. So if you really want to max out your
experience you could clean out all the enemies, and then start on the quests.
(I would recommend against this however, because just killing monsters all
day is no fun at all.)
-Don’t believe everything you read!
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Since this game is very non-linear this walkthrough will only list the quests
that are important to the story. I have also split the walkthrough into
sections in an attempt to make the walkthrough easier to navigate. All of the
directions I give are based on the directions on a compass. (North means to
the top of the screen, South to the bottom, West and East means to the left
and right of the screen, respectively.) For the most part, I won’t tell you
about enemy locations or how to fight them. You will just have to figure them
out on your own.
-Note: I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to which way is left or right, so
there is a chance I might have mixed up some of the directions that I
have given in walkthrough. I think that I’ve caught all of these mix
ups, but there is always the chance that some of them may have slipped
by me.
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SPOILER NOTE: Although I won’t try to tell you every little detail that
happens in the plot, I will NOT go out of my way to avoid
spoilers. I will give brief summaries of a couple important
scenes and dialogs in this guide so if you are trying to avoid
spoilers, don’t read ahead of the spot you need help in. You
have been warned.
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____________________________________Aleroth____________________________________
You start the game next to a bed. You can use this bed (and a couple other
beds throughout the game) anytime you need to recover your Health and Mana.
Go up the ladder and go west and Joram will talk to you. He will tell you
that he saved your life when he found you wounded in the woods. (See the
Intro movie for more details) He also tells about the recent problems with
the Orcs and that Aleroth’s leader, Mardaneus, has gone mad. He will tell you
to take what you want from his house, so take him up on that offer. When you
are done looting, go on outside the house and you will see a scene between
Mardaneus and Lanilor, another healer. Go ahead and take a look around town.
___________________Rescue Lanilor the elf from his icy prison__________________
When you get near Mardaneus’ house you will see a scene which Lanilor
attempts to help Mardaneus not be crazy, but fails miserably as Mardaneus
thinks Lanilor is a demon and ends up freezing him before going back inside
his house. Talk to Lanilor and he will ask you to convince Mardaneus to
unfreeze him. Unfortunately, Mardaneus’ door is locked, so talk to Lanilor
again and he will tell you to go through the well.
The Well
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Go down to the room to the southwest. There is a locked door there, but the
key is just sitting there on a crate in the same room. Continue on and go up
the ladder to enter Mardaneus’ house.
Mardaneus’ House
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When you get inside you will be accosted by the still very crazy Mardaneus.
You will (eventually) convince him to unfreeze Lanilor. The freshly thawed
Lanilor will thank you and tell you about the catacombs beneath town.
__________________________Restoring Mardaneus’ Sanity__________________________
To enter the catacombs, go to the statue in the center of town that is
surrounded by four dragon statues. Click on each of the dragon statues until
they all face north. (They will lock into place when they reach the correct
position, so don’t worry about going too far.) When all four are positioned,
the stairs down to the catacombs will be opened. When you first try to go
down the stairs Lanilor will stop you and give you a teleporter stone.
Catacombs: First Level
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In the room south of the starting area throw the lever on the northern wall
to unlock the door. Follow the hallway to the end and throw another lever to
unlock the nearby door. Go through the door and clean out all the skeletons
in this room. Continue on and clean out the next room and the one after that.
Grab the magic orb from the next room then continue on and in the next room
grab the sapphire key. Continue south down the next room until you come to a
fork in the road, the locked door to the west needs the sapphire key and
leads back to the first hallway. Both the east and south forks lead to the
same place, but the east fork has another magic orb, so take the east fork
first. Continue on to the south and west to the next room and grab the final
orb. In this room if you light the 5 candles around the pentagram you will
summon a skeleton who will attack you. Throw the lever to unlock the door and
continue on. In the next room you find a group of Orcs.
They are reasonably friendly (meaning they don’t try to disembowel you on
sight) and their leader, Smiruk even has a quest for you. (See “Retrieve the
Magic Axe called Slasher,” below) The ladder in the room leads to the middle
of an Orc camp, you DON’T want to go there, (at least, not yet) so go south
down the hallway and to the east until you reach a fork, the east fork leads
to a dead end, and the south path leads to an interesting room where you can
get yourself your very own zombie bodyguard (See “Gregar Brock,” below.) Take
the northern path and in the next room and place one Magic orb in center of
each of the three pentagrams to open up a portal. Go through the portal and
in the next room take the stairs down to the next level. The stairs up will
create a shortcut back to town.
Catacombs: Second Level
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This level has a VERY difficult puzzle to solve on this level. To solve it
you have to go the stairs in the northwest corner, and then click on the
stairs to go to the next level. If you are looking for it, Slasher can be
found on this level, it is in a treasure room that’s under a Floor Tile.
Catacombs: Third Level
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From the stairs go east and then south into the large room. The stairs down
are in one of the coffins located in the center of this room, but they are
locked. To unlock the coffins you have to open the 4 tombs that are on the
platform surrounding the coffins. Be careful, though, because when you open a
tomb you will be attacked by a legion of undead. If you are having problems
with the undead that come out then just run away from them. Open all 4 tombs
then open up the western coffin in the center of the room and go down to the
next level.
Catacombs: Fourth Level
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Go to the east through the first and second rooms, in the third room take the
hallway down south to the end. At the end of the hallway continue south to
the next room and head south again to the next room. Go east and south until
you find doors leading to both the east and west. The east door leads to the
area that has the second teleport stone. Flip the lever and enter. The
teleport stone is in the next room, to pick it up just open your inventory
and click and drag the stone into your inventory. If you got to this area by
using the first teleport stone, you will have to use the teleport pad near
the door to escape this area. The west door leads to the stairs down.
Catacombs: Fifth Level
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You are in the home stretch! Go south into the inner chamber; there is a
skeleton there who will talk to you. He will complain that the resurrection
ritual is not working. Badger him enough and he will show you the ritual that
is a very complicated process of flipping four switches, but unfortunately
one of the skeletons is... well... dead, and can’t flip his switch. Now you
get to play Tech Support, go to the northwest lever and when they start the
ritual again, flip that lever. This will resurrect Thelyron.
Talk to Thelyron and he will tell you it was he who is causing Mardaneus’
insanity and that since you were such a nice guy who went and resurrected
him, he won’t kill you and add your soul to his undead army just yet. (Gee,
how nice of him!) However, after he’s done talking you he suddenly becomes
wracked with pain. He can’t stand it, and begs you to put him out his misery.
(What a wimp!)
You will automatically kill him, and when you do, Thelyron’s minions will be
rather upset that you killed their master and bring a whole boatload of
undead down your throat. Fight your way out of the room you are in and
Mardaneus will show up and zap all the undead on this level. After a brief
conversation revealing that Mardaneus isn’t crazy anymore, he will create a
portal that leads back to the surface.
Back in Aleroth
---------------
-Note: Now that he is back to normal, Mardaneus will gladly heal you for free.
Mardaneus will thank you for curing his insanity. He will also tell you that
there is not much more that you can do inside Aleroth, so it is time for you
to leave the village and venture out into the cold, cruel world.
________________________________Leaving Aleroth________________________________
When you first go out of town there is cutscene of some soldiers getting
slaughtered by some Orcs. Then a knight named Seth will arrive and order you
back inside the town. Inside the town Seth will explain that there is a
plague ravaging Rivertown, and he has come to ask for the aid of the healers
of Aleroth. He wants you to tell the healers his plight. Go to Mardaneus and
tell him about the plague and Mardaneus will agree to help. Go back to Seth
and tell him the good news. He will tell you to deliver a message to General
Alix to arrange for an escort for the healers.
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============|Part II: Assassins, Plagues, and Orcs, Oh My [#006.2]|============
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Now leave the town and follow the road to the south. You will run into a
Dragon Rider who wants to kill you, which he does easily. Fortunately a mage
named Ganda... er... Zandalor shows up and saves you. He then tells you that
you are a “Marked One,” but doesn’t tell what the heck a Marked One is. He
tells you to meet him at the Dwarven Bread Inn later for a more detailed
explanation of just what the heck is going on around here. He also gives you
the scroll to activate Mage Teleportation points. He also mentions finding
clues to the location of the other scrolls inside the Cursed Abbey. After he
leaves, continue down the road and cross the bridge.
-Note: The Dragon Rider that Zandalor kills can drop items when defeated just
like any other enemy in the game. The items the Dragon Rider can drop,
however, are some of the best in the game. (...and a heck of a lot
better then what the local Orcs are dropping...) So you could save
before the cutscene and reload until you get something. Just try not to
go crazy trying to get a sword with 5 charm slots or something...
_________________________________The Farmlands_________________________________
Across the bridge you have a choice on where to go next; take the north road
and you will end up at the door step of the Cursed Abbey, or follow the south
road to (eventually) reach the Dwarven Bread Inn and the Barracks. I would
not recommend tackling the cursed Abbey until you are LEAST level 20, so take
the south road from the bridge. Follow the road until you go past the Blue
Boar Inn and at the next fork, take the East path to get to the Dwarven Bread
Inn, or the south road to find the barracks. Since the barracks are closer,
take the south road then east to get to the barracks.
__________________________________The Barracks_________________________________
Inside the barracks go and talk to General Alix, who will want news on Seth.
Tell her that Seth has made it to Aleroth but he needs an escort for the
healers. She will send an escort for the healers and tell you to go see
Captain Mitox for more work.
-WARNING: If you wait for around ten or so days after Seth gives you the quest
to arrange an escort. Then Alix will tell you that she already sent
an escort and that quest will fail.
-Note: After arraigning an escort for the healers Lanilor, Otho, Joram, and
Goemoe can now be found in the Blue Boar Inn. Mardaneus, however, will
stay in Aleroth.
If you ask her for some equipment she will let you take what you want from
the barracks armory. When the conversation finishes, the barracks will be
attacked by Orcs. These guys shouldn’t be too much of a problem. After
mopping up the Orcs, you can use the beds in the northwest building to rest,
or go into armory and take whatever equipment you want. When you are done
here go on to the Dwarven Bread Inn.
_______________________________Dwarven Bread Inn_______________________________
Go inside the inn and go into the back rooms and a man named Wouter will talk
to you. When you ask him about Zandalor he reveals that he, too, is a Marked
One. He tells you that Zandalor is currently at Stormfist Castle, trying to
find the third Marked One. He wants you to stay at the Dwarven Bread Inn and
wait for Zandalor, but being the impatient hero-type that you are you will
decide to go to Stormfist Castle and meet with Zandalor there.
________________________________Stormfist Castle_______________________________
When you try to enter Stormfist Castle you will be stopped at the gate. It
seems they don’t just let anybody into castle; you will need an invitation to
get inside. There are three ways of getting an invitation, (actually, there
is another way in, but that method is a cheat and will likely mess up your
game...) either by helping the army to break the Orc siege, by discovering
the cause of the plague, or by discovering who was responsible for the Old
Duke’s Murder.
________________________________Break the Siege________________________________
To break the Orc siege you will need to do two quests for Captain Mitox in
the tent town to the south of the barracks. Both of these quests are
basically suicide missions, where you have to drop an item in a place that
has a LOT of strong enemies defending it. First you will have to take a
barrel of explosives into the Orc’s supply train.
-Note: If you are having problems with the enemies that are swarming around
this area you can just run to the place where you need to drop the item
(gulp down a stamina potion if you need it) while avoiding all the
enemies, then quickly drop the item and use your Teleport Stones to get
out before you are overwhelmed by the swarm of Orcs you that are
chasing after you.
Mission 1: Ravage the Orc supply train
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The easiest way to get to where you’re supposed to go is to find a hatch
inside one of the buildings that leads to some tunnels. Follow the tunnels to
the east as far as you can and take the southern tunnel to find a stairway
that should come out right next to your target. Go into the square pen that
Mitox marked on your map and drop the barrel of explosives in the middle of
it. This will blow up the pen and complete this quest. Get the heck out of
there and head back to Mitox. Now he wants you to Poison the Orc’s well.
-WARNING: Do NOT sell/lose the explosives Mitox gives you, you won’t be able
to complete this mission, and therefore unable to get an invitation
for completing the Orc Siege missions.
Mission 2: Poison the Well
--------------------------
The well you need to poison is deep inside Orc territory, and the only way
there is to walk. (er... run, quickly...) When you get to the well, just drag
and drop the poison onto the well. Get out of there and go back to Mitox. He
will send you back to General Alix, Go see General Alix and she will give you
an invitation to enter Stormfist Castle.
-WARNING: You shouldn’t sell/lose the poison you get from Mitox either.
-Note: General Alix will relock the door to the Barrack’s Armory after she
gives you the invitation and won’t let you get back in to it. Make sure
you get what you need from the Armory before you talk to her.
____________________________The Cause of the Plague____________________________
The events that will lead you to discovering the cause of the plague starts
with a farmer named Hugh.
The Poisoned Harvest
--------------------
You can find Hugh in his house to the northwest of Stormfist Castle. Hugh
will complain that his crops are being ruined by a mysterious disease. Hugh
suspects poison, and wants you to see if you can find anything. There is a
cave in the southwest corner of the farmlands; inside the cave you will find
an Orc and several barrels of poison. The Orc will attack you, kill him and
take the key he drops. The key opens a door to a storage room in the basement
of the Blue Boar Inn. Inside the room you find more barrels of poison. Leave
the basement and talk to the bartender Splinter, he will say that the room
with the poison in it has been rented out to Dr. Elrath. He tells you that
Elrath can be found either at the quarantined area to the south of the
farmlands or at his house in the Rivertown Market area. Go to the quarantined
area first and there will be a scene with Dr. Elrath leaving the Quarantine
area and going back to his house in Rivertown Market. Follow him to Rivertown
market.
Rivertown Market
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Go to Dr. Elrath’s house and confront him about the poison barrels in the
Blue Boar Inn. Elrath will claim that he lost the key to that storage room
weeks ago and that it must be someone else who is trying to frame him before
he kicks you out. Elrath will also leave at this time, locking the door to
his house behind him. Search to the south of Elrath’s and find a key behind a
rock. Use the key to unlock the front door to Elrath’s house.
-Note: Danny Lam has told me that you can drop a teleport stone inside
Elrath’s house (you have to do this before he talks to you) and then
use it to warp inside his house without having to bother with finding
the key or unlocking the door.
Dr. Elrath’s House
------------------
-WARNING: If you unlock the front door and Elrath is still inside, RELOAD. You
can’t explore his house while Elrath is inside, and when he kicks
you out and locks the door there is no way to open it again (you
have already used the only key.) resulting in a broken quest. This
issue has been fixed with the latest patch. (The key to Elrath’s
front door will not appear until you need to use it)
-Note: Capricous (thecapricous@yahoo.com) has told me that you can lockpick
Elrath’s front door with a Lockpick skill of 2. You will only be able
to lockpick the door before you find the note exposing Elrath. After
you expose Elrath his door will be locked again and you won’t be able
to unlock it no matter how high your Lockpicking skill is.
Your goal inside Elrath’s house is to get to the stairs to the basement, but
several locked doors block your way. The key to this puzzle are the “Strange
Lanterns” that line the walls of Elrath’s house, each one of these lanterns
will open or close some of the doors inside Elrath’s house when you click on
them. In the first room there are three lanterns, one to the left and right
of the entrance and one on the west wall. First click on the lantern to the
right of the entrance, then the one on the west wall to open the southern
door. Go through the southern door into a small room with another locked door
to the south. Click on the lantern in this room to close the door you just
came through and open the door to the south and the door to the bedroom. Go
on through the open door and go into Elrath’s bedroom and click another
lantern on the north wall near his bed, this will open both doors leading
back to the first room. Now go back to the first room and click on the west
wall lantern again, this will close the two southern doors again. Click on
the west wall lantern a second time to open the southern door. Go into the
small room and click on the lantern to open the south door, and the door to
the basement should be open.
Inside the basement move the stack of boxes next to the west wall to find a
door hidden behind the pile. This door is locked, but you can find the key
inside a chest that is in this room. Follow the hallway south (there are
traps here, so watch out) to a room with a Djinn inside who attacks you. Be
careful, it can take off nearly 200 health with each hit, so try to kill it
with ranged attacks if you can. When you manage to kill it search the room
(watch out for traps) and read the note that’s lying on the table in the
center of the room. This note reveals that the “plague” is actually a poison
that was meant to be used on the Barracks, but Elrath used it instead on the
water supply of the poor sections of Rivertown, and that this whole “plague”
thing is meant to cover up the poison. Take the note (Drag and drop it into
your inventory, just like the Teleport Stones.) and leave the basement. (Be
sure to grab the two Cure Potions that are sitting on a cabinet in the
eastern part of the room, as this is the only chance you will have at getting
them.) Leave Elrath’s house and head to the Town Watch near Stormfist Castle.
(You will likely be attacked by Assassins sent by Elrath to try and stop you
on your way there.) Inside the Town Watch talk to Ralph and show him the note
you found in Elrath’s house. Ralph will order Elrath’s arrest and thank you
for helping to discover the cause of the plague by giving you an invitation
to Stormfist Castle.
-WARNING: Brian Haefs has told me that if you go into Ralph’s room he will
come and kick you out and will lock the door. The problem is that he
usually manages to lock himself INSIDE his room, meaning you will be
unable to speak to him and finish the Elrath quest. It seems that
the only way to fix this is to prevent it from happening in the
first place, so stay away from Ralph’s room.
-Note: After exposing Elrath you can report back to Hugh for a reward of 1000
Gold Pieces. The gold that Hugh gives you, however, is bugged. It won’t
stack with the other Gold in your inventory nor will you be able to
purchase anything with it.
__________________________Finding the Duke’s Murderer__________________________
When you talk to Commander Ralph about the Old Duke’s death he will tell you
about his suspicions on the matter, that he thinks that the duke might have
been assassinated. He suggests trying to find out the Assassin’s Guild and
that Sir Dante in Verdistis might be able to help you contact them.
Verdistis
---------
Inside of Verdistis go to Sir Dante’s Mansion. Talk to Randell and ask to see
Sir Dante and he will unlock the door to Dante. Talk to Sir Dante and ask him
to arrange a meeting with a contact of the Assassin’s Guild, he will become
upset and demands to know who told you that he would know someone from the
Assassin’s Guild. Tell him “Zandalor, the Wizard” (he won’t help you if you
answer with any of the other names) and he will say that he will make
arrangements to meet with the Assassin’s Guild, IF you do him a favor first.
He wants you to steal a Title Deed from Sir Patrick. Agree to do this for
him. (If you are worried about stealing from Patrick, don’t, the Deed that
Dante wants you to steal turns out to be nothing more than a permission slip
to extort money...)
To get the Title Deed you will need to go to Sir Patrick’s Mansion. When you
get there search the grounds outside the mansion for a Portal Stone. It is in
the western half of the estate near the fence and is partially obscured by a
hedge. When you find on it click on it to be transported inside the mansion.
You are teleported to a room with five exits: two to the north, two to the
south, and one to the west. The room to the west has the Deed you want, but
to get to it you first need to unlock the door. To do that you need to go
into the northwest room and flip the lever there, then go into the southeast
room and flip the lever there, and finally flip the lever in the center room
to open the door to the west. Take the Deed and return to Sir Dante.
He will tell you to go see Yarun in the Merchant’s Guild. Go there and talk
to Yarun and tell him that Sir Dante sent you. It doesn’t matter what you say
after this, as he will eventually sic some assassins on you and slip away.
Kill the assassins and then click on the cupboard in this room to find a
secret passage to a new area.
When you arrive in the new area go south to find Yarun, who will send more
assassins after you before running off again. (Note that you can use the bed
in the first room to rest. Who can sleep inside a den of assassins, anyways?)
Go east through the hall way to come to a large room; take the northern exit
to find a hallway lined with cells. Go into the farthest southwestern cell
and you will find Yarun hiding there. This time he will make a bargain with
you; he will arrange a meeting with the assassin who killed the Duke in
exchange for his life. Agree to this and he will run off, and your character
will make a comment about telling Commander Ralph about this, but then they
start to have second thoughts about telling him.
If you want to inform Commander Ralph, Go back to the Town Watch Building in
Rivertown and talk to Ralph. Either way, go to the burned-out building that
Yarun marked on your map to find Cybu. Approach him and you will get him to
confess to killing the Duke. Now if you informed Commander Ralph about this
meeting he will now show up with some guards and take care of Cybu for you,