CHAPTER 8: DESTRUCTION AND CHAOS RISING
In this chapter, you journey to the Ridge Plateau in order to try to prevent the release of the demi-god Gharrok from his stasis prison ... but all in vain.
Note: from all the letters you have found and all of what you have heard so far, two things emerge: a) Xaria Dragonspear, wife of Lord Dragonspear and the leader of the cult of Gharrok, is on a special mission to the Twin Stone Guardians; and b) the ruins in the Ridge Plateau are those of the ancient shandyrin city Oblyron, where Lauron Blackmantle is apparently now residing.
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1) From Westlyn, head back to the Spear Towers. Cross into the Spine Pass and journey all the way north to the Ridge Plateau - West (see key below).
Key
ot the Ridge Plateau - West:
Oblyron
x49y56; x48y47; x45y56; x55y55; x45y49; x51y52;
x53y48 - Ruins occupied by worshipers of Shades (a battle awaits
you there!)
x49y52 - Restored temple of Shades (a battle awaits you there!)
x43y48; 50y46; x50y44; x43y45; x36y53; x58y51; x41y55; x56y54;
x44y59; x54y58; x47y60 - Ruins (a battle awaits you there!)
x50y59; x46y57; x52y54; x54y54; x45y53; x40y53; x46y51; x43y51;
x43y49; x49y49; x51y48; x48y45; x46y45; x48y43 - Crumbling ruins
2) Keep well west and north of the High Lake. Once fully north of the lake, head eastward to the Ridge Plateau - East (see key below).
Key
to the Ridge Plateau - East:
x57y24 - cave leading to windy vale
x56y13 - windy vale
x46y6 - Cave leading to lair of Omampteradrax (a battle awaits
you there!) (see Rest of DoN)
x75y24 - Twin Stone Guardians (a battle awaits you there!)
x75y22 - Prison portal
3)
If you already took the job from Mel (see end of Chapter 7), stop
by the windy vale to deal with Omampteradrax (see Rest of DoN).
Then continue on to the Twin Stone Guardians.
4) As you approach them, the guardians (named Baros
and Taros) will become
seemingly alive, warning you to back away. Don't. They will then
rise from their pedestal and attack you. After defeating them,
you get the possession of their gate key
and seal key.
5) Thanks to the gate key, you can pass through the prison
portal. This lands you in an Underground Cave
System.
Key
to the Prison Portal's Underground Cave System:
x66y33 - Exit to surface
x67y17 - Undead cave (a battle awaits you there!)
x75y15; x76y15 - Secret door
x80y35 - Ancient temple (a battle awaits you there!)
6)
Head to the cave at x67y17 - this cave is filled with undead and
cultists of Gharrok. Deal with them.
7) Then take the secret doors
(see key above) and go to the ancient -yet well
preserved- temple. deal with the cultists
guarding its entrance.
8) You land in a large hall. Deal with more cultists on watch
there and then head south to the prison hall.
9) just as you arrive there, you see Holy
Mistress Xaria Dragonspear and many of her
cultists kneeling in prayer before the towering stature of Gharrok,
God of Chaos and Destruction. The titan
demi-god is still in his stasis prison. However, a spectre is
using a seal key on the bas-relief at x29y19 to bring down the
stasis field. With Gharrok free, Xaria gives him the seal key and
imparts to him telepathically the location of where he must go
next to "bring the Other into the world". Gharrok is
quite pleased by the ingenuity of his holy mistress, who
obviously used undead, clairvoyance and teleportation to bypass
the Twin Stone Guardians and circumvent the fact that only the
unliving and divinity can use a seal key. Before teleporting
away, the demi-god chuckles at the idea that the "darkness
witch has managed to have her old temple of Oblyron
restored" (important info!). He then leaves, charging Xaria
to deal with you and lending her the help of a couple of his
'chosen' to do so. Have fun.
10) Having done away with Xaria, return to the surface and head
back to the Ridge Plateau - West.
Alas! It would seem that the prophecy of Zoniax
can't be prevented, for its first part has been fullfilled now
that Gharrok is free! Without any other choice, you must keep at
the chase ... so, it's onward to Chapter 9 (most suggested), or
Chapters 1-7!
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