FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 0 Yes I do. As you may know, we are planning a wedding for Arkyon and Ashemanu. This should be a happy time.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 1 Everyone was very excited about this. Not only for Arkyon and Ashemanu, but for the coven as a whole.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 10 After I heard about Ashemanu, I sent my students to learn what they could about these men in the black armor.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 11 I believe their leader is a man named Alexander. I believe he is slowly isolating us.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 2 Necromancers are shunned by most people, if not outright persecuted. I started this coven as a safe haven.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 3 As long as we used our arts properly, this was a place that necromancers could live in peace and have normal lives.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 4 This is our first wedding, and has come to symbolize our success. As such it has become linked to the future of my coven.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 5 I believe that if this wedding does not happen, people will lose faith in the promise of the coven. Then nothing will keep them here.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 6 As you may know we have had a series of setbacks recently. Narn, our supplier of bodies, has been killed.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 7 So has our friend Tomanius and his wife. At first I thought these were unrelated coincidences.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 8 Then Ashemanu went missing. All involve these men in black armor. Perhaps I should have seen this coming.
FormID: 01050B6A WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start 9 But I no longer believe this is just a series of unrelated incidents. I now believe this is a coordinated effort.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 0 Alexander and I go way back. He hates me, although I am not sure why. We faced each other in battle once.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 1 He is a formidable opponent, and there was no winner that day. But his hatred of me must have started before that.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 10 No, there must be another way.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 2 Nothing that took place that day could account for his dedication to my destruction. There must be more to it.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 3 I had always assumed that after the battle, he simply went on with his life. Until now that is.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 4 He must have spent considerable time and energy preparing to make my life, and that of those around me, miserable.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 5 I wish I knew the source of this hatred. Perhaps I should feel the same toward him, but I do not.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 6 I pity him in a way. He must have spent years being driven by hatred of me. Yet I haven't given him a second thought.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 7 Still, I must deal with this in some way. If I do not, he will slowly destroy my way of life and everything I have built here.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 8 Yet, if I simply face him, I will be abandoning everything I believe in, which will also destroy everything I have built here.
FormID: 01050B6C WFNQ10T WFNQ10Alex 9 Raising an undead army and meeting him in battle will simply prove I am no better than they think I am.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 0 Ultimately I need to accomplish two things. I need to find a way to make sure this wedding happens.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 1 The future of our coven, and our beliefs, have come to depend upon it. At the same time I need to deal with Alexander.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 10 Hopefully, he will know a way into the keep, besides the main gate. That could make your entrance less noticeable.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 11 Second, see if you can acquire one of their cuirasses. Steel or chain, either will do for our purposes.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 12 Once you have it bring it back here. We can enchant it so that most of Alexander's men will accept you as a new recruit.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 13 After you have talked to the Hermit and acquired the armor, come back and see me. I will help you get ready.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 2 There are no easy answers to either of these problems. But I must solve them in way that is consistent with my teachings.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 3 The most important thing right now is finding Ashemanu. I believe Alexander has her imprisoned.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 4 Alexander's Keep is due east of here. I have ruled out an assault. We may have to do it, but I loathe doing so.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 5 Not only would it violate my beliefs, and I don't want Alexander to know we are aware of his plans yet.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 6 It is too soon, we don't know enough about his plans yet. Heck, we aren't even sure Ashemanu is being held at the keep.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 7 You will need to infiltrate his keep and see if you can find out what happened to Ashemanu. That won't be easy.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 8 But perhaps we can give you an edge to make it easier. To that end, you have two objectives.
FormID: 01050B6E WFNQ10T WFNQ10Start2 9 First go back to the Hermit. He has lived near the keep for a long time so he should know the area fairly well.
FormID: 01050B70 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 0 I see you have the armor we need. That is good. It will only take a few minutes to enchant it.
FormID: 01050B70 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 1 Did you talk to the Hermit? Did he give you the information we need?
FormID: 01050B71 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 0 I see you have the armor we need. That is good. It will only take a few minutes to enchant it.
FormID: 01050B71 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 1 Did you talk to the Hermit? Did he give you the information we need?
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 0 So you want to know about Alexander and his keep. I don't know what claim he thinks he has on this land.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 1 He was once a noble, and is a crusader by profession. Something must have happened to him many years ago.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 10 I am not sure why, they are the most peaceful group in the area. But such is his cause at the moment.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 11 If he catches you working for them, you will have a very unpleasant death. Is there anything else I can tell you?
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 2 I don't what it is, but it was about the time his brother died. Alexander has since forsaken his responsibilities.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 3 What Noble would allow pirates to operate in the area? Yet, they have a base less than a few hours walk from his keep.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 4 His thugs come by here demanding potions and such as payment for my safety, but they are the only threat I face.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 5 I have no love of this man. I'll tell you what I know. There is another way into the keep. It is guarded, but lightly.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 6 There is a cave northeast of the keep. It may be difficult to find. I haven't been there in years, so you will have to search for it.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 7 Inside the cave is an entrance into the lower floors of the keep. It was usually guarded by a single guard.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 8 Except for the main gates, it is the only way into the keep that I know of. But be warned, Alexander can be cruel.
FormID: 01050B72 WFNQ10T WFNQ10AlexKeep 9 His only remaining interest is in hunting necromancers. He seems dedicated to the destruction of that coven.
FormID: 01050B74 WFNQ10T WFNQ10Cuirass 0 Good luck. If you're lucky you can get some off a dead soldier somewhere. That would be your best bet.
FormID: 01050B74 WFNQ10T WFNQ10Cuirass 1 If you have to resort to getting the armor from the living, I would not try the patrols. Their routes overlap.
FormID: 01050B74 WFNQ10T WFNQ10Cuirass 2 If you can't kill one quickly, you may find yourself facing several guards with more help nearby. I don't suggest it.