Items you need before you start this quest:
- Rope and Grapple
- 1 Runic
- Magma Amulet
- Wooden Skiff, Silverbark Canoe or Log Raft
In a Nutshell:
- Go to Chancellor Annora and ask her about missions.
- Kill the King Crab and equip his claw.
- Go to Seher'Sahham
- Ask Seher'Sahham about fee
- Ask Seher'Sahham activate
- Get the golden idol from the chest in the wrecked ship
- Head to the earthen catacombs and abandoned temple
- Kill the deranged priest in the lost city
- Go to the gaunt one messenger and greet him
- Go to the gaunt one elder
- Ask gaunt one elder agreed
- Kill the aged earth dragon and take the severed claw back to the gaunt one elder.
- Ask gaunt one elder claw
- Find the room near where you killed the dragon that dead ends from an east exit. From there, go north and east, then north and west. Say "tharamon dur slamen".
- Kill Fire Knights until you get a red rock key.
- Kill the Red Demonling and get the polished key.
- Kill Lesser Efreetis until you get a feathered key.
- Kill the Dark Phoenix
- Return to Chancellor Annora
- Ask Chancellor Annora foe
Your reward: 30,000,000 experience and a loyal quest cloak.
Now, for the details:
Ask Chancellor Annora missions
Chancellor Annora looks serious for a moment and says,"I'm glad you came, I have a mission of great importance for you. It's not easy, but you've done our cause so much, I'm sure you will succeed at this."
She pauses to a take a deep breath and continues,
"Recent reports from our sources have told us of a force of great and evil power has arisen from pracitcally nowhere. It is not the power of Balthazar or his vile minions, but something else entirely, this dark force is so great it has surprised all of us that we haven't caught it sooner. Whatever it is, it can not bode well for our forces, and so it must be stopped."
Annora glances down for a moment, then looks you directly in the eyes.
"You should know that we have sent four other parties on this mission and have heard nothing from them since. But all the same I have a good feeling you will succeed where they failed. Your journey begins on the Silvermere river, past the waterfall, that is all we know except that the malevolent power is residing in a pool of fire."
She smiles at you, saying
"I have the utmost faith in you, and I know that you will return with news of the vanquished foe and when you do a great reward will be here for you.
With that she returns to her desk, suddenly realizing the piles of paperwork she must complete.
greet gaunt
"Greetings stranger, I can sense that you have come very far. I can only assume some magical force has sent you this way to aid my people in our time of need. Many days ago a great evil was awakened which had been dormant, and now the caverns under the mountain are not safe! Even now I am recovering from my wounds. I was sent by my elder to search for someone to aid us, but it looks like I did not have to travel far at all! Please I beg of you to visit my elder who resides deep below and do what he says. I must heal my wounds here."Then the messenger goes into a meditative trance and is silent.
greet gaunt one elder
The elder says nothing, but a strange voice sounds in your head.<I can see by your thoughts that you were sent by my messenger, I will have to lecture him for he is far to trusting of strangers. However I can also read by your thoughts that you have traveled here for a purpose, and I know this purpose crosses paths with the task I have for you. If you agree to this task, and help us, we in turn will help you on your journey, agreed?>
ask gaunt agreed
<Very well. Ages ago a dragon of this earth awoke and began to terrorize these caverns. As is always the case, many denizens came and inhabited the caves with it. Finally, we were left no choice but to do battle with the dragon, and a long costly war ensued. We were able to force it to retreat slowly, for it was still young, until at last we trapped it in an old lava tube and locked it away in magical stone. However, days ago the volcano that was once dormant has now become violently active, and the aged dragon is free to exact its revenge on us. Many of our most powerful spell weavers and magi were lost in the battle long ago, and there is no hope for us to trap it in stone once again. I ask you now to slay this dragon, and return to me a claw as proof of its death. If you do as much, I can help you continue your quest to its completion, whatever that may be.>
ask gaunt one claw
The gaunt one smiles slightly and takes the severed dragons claw. His voice speaks in your mind:
<Ahh, very excellent, now with the dragon slain, the path which you seek is unveiled. Go now to where you slayed the dragon, look for a path that comes to a room that dead ends from an east exit. From there go north and east, and then go north and west. At that spot speak the phrase "tharamon dur slamen" and the door shall open. This shall lead you on your path to it's end.>
The voice pauses for a second before it continues, <Know this last thing adventurer, there will be barriers in the destination you seek, barriers which require an item of that element. If you bring me the hide of a beast from there, I shall fashion out of it an item to counter act the magic of the barrier. I do this for your great deed. Leave now and may your quest be glorious.>
When you kill the dark phoenix, you get this message:
With the fatal blow to the dark phoenix, the massive bird shattering cry that bounces off the stone walls. Fire shoots out from the bird on all sides, and you have to take cover to avoid being burned.
Finally the dying bird is almost consumed when it suddenly explodes in a flash, leaving only bits of darkened feather behind. As the feathers fall to the ground, a tall figure dressed in black robes, carrying a bleached bone staff, appears in front of you, at first you are stricken with fear, for the robed figure could be a replica of the grim reaper. Then he speaks and you realize he is something more terrifying.
"I know not who sent you weakling, but tell them that they can not avoid my wrath," the figure says, in a voice that sounds like a crypt opening. A long boney finger stretches out from the folds of the robe, and points towards you.
"I have prophesised my return, and your meddeling has done nothing but bring it closer to hand, this realm will be plunged into darkness, and I shall be ruler of death!"
The figure then vanishes, leaving only a smell of decay behind.
<Congratulations you have slain the dark phoenix! You gain 2,000,000 experience for your efforts. Now return to your quest leader!>
ask annora foe
Chancellor Annora looks at you expectantly.
Chancellor Annora sits quietly as you tell her of your journey, you finally come to the end and tell of your battle with the dark phoenix, and the dark robed figure that appeared after it's death. Her brow creases with concern, and she sits for a moment, going over everything you've said. Finally she speaks.
"Well I don't know who this figure is that you speak of, but his news does not bode well. I will have my sources investigate this talk of prophecy, and see what they discover, it is obvious now that it was not the beast that is the threat, but this black robed man instead."
Her face lightens up slightly, and a smile spreads accross her face. "Once again you have done a great service to us, and succeeded where others have failed. For this I once again offer my gratitude, and a simple gift from our armory. I am sure we will once again need your skills some day, but for now rest from your hard journey."
Annora returns to her work, and you turn to leave. Just then the door opens and a priest walks in bearing a bundle of cloth. The priest unravels the bundle and reveals it to be a cloak, without saying a word he hands you the cloak and turns to leave.
