by Darkgolem on Jan 26, 2007
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Darkgolem
These three quests start the Catacombs quest chain, often the first
"undead" series of quests a beginning hero encounters. These
quests have all sorts of adversaries besides undead, however, with
oozes, spiders and two different types of iron guardians, it gives new
players broad exposure to foes aside from simple humanoids. One item of note, make sure to bring a wooden club or two.. there are so many oozes, you weapons will be damaged a lot if you don't remember this little touch.
The Friar of the Silver Flame, Renau has lost touch with his niece, who
is held in the insane asylum (the Sanctuary) found in the first floor
of the catacombs kept by the Silver Flame in Stormreach. A simple
visit to the sanctuary to check up on her leads the heroes to a foul
corruption within the very church of the silver flame.
Bishop Dryden,
you will have discovered, is the father of Marguerite. He sends
you back into the Sanctuary to determine the cause of the undead
rising. Simple enough. The biggest issue with these "see
the bishop" quests is forgetting to do one when with a group doing the
quests, and not being able to advance.
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the Bishop returns you to the Sanctuary, when you enter, you note that
more undead are present. Your goal is to find a witness is the
Minon's Ward, located in the east portion of the Sanctuary. First
you must find a key, which is located in the north wing of the asylum.
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Near the beginning of the
north hallway, a secret door is found on the right side of the
hallway. Behind the secret door is a chest containing the key to
the east wing. Note the chest is trapped with spikes.
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Heading to Minon's Ward, you
will run into groups of zombies and skeletons. These are not
deadly, but it's better to go bit by bit rather than fight them all at
once.
In the southeastern portion of
Minon's Ward you will meet Fitwood, who is the spirit of a inmate of
the asylum. Fitwood explains that Marguerite was responsible from
the undead rising, and that she has returned to the depths of the
catacombs. Then he fades away.
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As you start to leave, a
portcullis cuts you of
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style="font-family: tahoma;">f from the exit to the Sanctuary, and you
must now go to the southern (and final)
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size="-1"> wing of the asylum to
pull the lever which opens the Sanctuary door. Going to this
area, you start meeting Iron Guardians. You will find the lever
along the
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style="font-family: tahoma;">wall at the southwest portion of this
wing of the asylum. Note that when you pull this lever, three
horse sized greater iron guardians appear. Make sure to be ready
for them. Once they are defeated, simply walk to the exit of the
catacombs (unless you want to loot any chests you haven't gotten to
yet, see the map), and exit.
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