#7: A Servant of Death
- Quest Giver: Berath
- Location: Elms’ Reach/Teir Evron
When you are ready to select a god to pray to, head to Elms’ Reach and enter Teir Evron. Once inside, take the Luminescent Adra Shard from the altar on right side of room and use it to activate Teir Evron in the middle. This will start main quest “Council of Stars”.
A Servant of Death side quest is one of four side quest options that are a requirement for completing “Council of Stars”.
This quest belongs to god Berath, whose shrine is on southeast. Before interact with shrine, go to shelf in the back of chamber and take the book, “The Many Faces of Berath” from left bookshelf. Inside it you will find the ritual words, which you need to active this quest. Now activate shrine and select #2: “There is life in death, and death in life” to start the quest.
Pray once more far the vision about shifting landscapes, a road, and male and female stone sculptures. When prompted, answer the following:
- Enter the skull’s mouth. Then you are presented with a male and female dwarven figure. The following happens twice with both the male and female, so kill them both:
- Approach the dwarven man or woman. Then attack.
After that proceed with the quest.
New Objective: End the lives of the two figures from Berath’s vision
Berath wants you to deal the final death to two important figures of Twin Elms, Archdruid Rehstin (Blood Sands) and Archdruid Erona (Elmshore), now moves to the Blood Sands. After entering the Blood Sands, you need to reach to the Blood Sacrifice room which is farthest northwestern chamber in Blood Sands.
Go there and talk to Rehstin, after it kill him, loot Archdruid’s corpse to obtain Purgatory, a one-handed sabre. After that make your back to entrance, but you will have a lot of fights to the end. Now eExit Blood Sands and go to Elmshore.
In Elmshore go to the ruins, you find Archdruid Erona there. Here you can: Attack and kill them all OR you can convince Erona to off herself.
If Aloth is in your party, keep the conversation going until he contributes. His first response option is, “Your growth stunts theirs. They learn nothing apart from you.…” Select this and she says nothing for several seconds, but you see the fury slowly drain from her face as her eyes fade to brown. She agrees your words carry truth and shame. She takes her last breath and becomes petrified. Her party walks away.
On the other hand you have to fight her and after the combat, your quest will update.
New Objective: Return to Berath at Teir Evron
Now go back to Teir Evron and pray to Berath, if he is the god with whom you have chosen for Act IV. Complete your conversation and you will complete this quest.
#8: A Nest Above the Clouds
- Quest Giver: Hylea
- Location: Elms’ Reach/Teir Evron
When you are ready to select a god to pray to, head to Elms’ Reach and enter Teir Evron. Once inside, take the Luminescent Adra Shard from the altar on right side of room and use it to activate Teir Evron in the middle. This will start main quest “Council of Stars”.
A Nest Above the Clouds side quest is one of four side quest options that are a requirement for completing “Council of Stars”.
This side quest belongs to god Hylea. Hylea’s shrine is to southwest. First go to shelf on chamber’s west side and take book, “The Midwife’s Memoirs”, inside it you will find ritual words that you need to spoke to Hylea. Now activate shrine and select #4: “Live every note of life’s song.” This begins the side quest.
Pray once more and you will have a vision about being in an open-air temple built on a mountain summit. Hylea voices a single request: “Restore my temple.” Now go to Oldsong, and your quest will update.
New Objective: Travel to Hylea’s temple
In Oldsong, stop by Hylea’s shrine on the right side of the map and speak with wood elves. They can explain the winged terror and the temple of Hylea to you, you must tell them that Hylea bid you to speak with them about the menace that settled over her temple. you can continue your conversation and after that head to the stairs at end of pathway and here select Northweald.
In Northweald go to the southwest by following trail – take right at fork and turn left at next junction, take another left to reach the Pilgrims’ Shrine. At shrine you will have battle, defeat them. After the combat select staircase on left before large stone staircase. Here your progress is interrupted by a large boulder. Choose Examine, you will find a narrow space just wide enough to allow access to the other side. Select, Push the boulder out of the way. You need a a party member with +16 Might to push. After that you will find yourself at the base of a final twisting set of steps that lead to Hylea’s Nest. Here your quest will update.
New Objective: Confront the beast
Follow the path west, ascend the stairs, and head east on the platform to reach a circular emblem to find Sky Dragon. After the conversation with dragon, you can attack on her, if you think you can defeat her.
Otherwise, there is a peaceful solution. You need to follow this conversation steps:
- First: “You have young here?”
- Second: “Hylea is the goddess of motherhood, actually.”
- Third: “Is that why you came here?”
- Fourth: “Then you should stay. Raising your offspring here would honor Hylea.”
But before leave, loot 2 Bone Piles and Wurm’s Nest for great items and here your quest will update.
New Objective: Petition Hylea at Teir Evron in Elms’ Reach
Now go back and pray to Hylea’s shrine and select second conversation option: Whistle to the bird. And after the Hylea reply you should reply this:
“Dragons, like birds, are creatures of the skies. Every life bears a cost.”
Hylea asks, “What does a dragon create?”
You select: “Beauty. Great and powerful and colorful, they are a marvel to behold.”
Hylea says, “Their might inspires countless songs and tales, and the span of their wings fills canvases across Eora.” Listen to her until you have “Ask” option, here “How could I return things to the way they were?” after that select: “Thank you, Hylea. I will continue to Sun in Shadow.”
Do this if she is your god into Act IV. And at the end select, “I swear to return the souls to the Hollowborn children of the Dyrwood.” And you will complete the side quest.
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