Black Death Catacombs Quiddity Seed Quest

== Overview ==
Aerbax used strange Virindi magic to try to erase the memory of the defeat of the Olthoi Queen from the minds of the Isparians in an attempt to break their spirits and make them more easily controlled. This quest replays events from the past, starting several years before the defeat of the Dereth Olthoi Queen, Starting with the point when Elysa first escaped the olthoi nest she was held captive in and met Thorsten Cragstone for the first time. It follows them to the Underground City where the Aluvian Resistance was headquartered, to Asheron's Castle where Elysa first met Asheron, and into the Black Death Catacombs where Cragstone was killed by the Olthoi Queen and Elysa used her enchanted arrow to defeat the Queen.
== Walkthrough & Notes ==
==== Part 1: 1st Strange Device ====
# Make your way to the 1st Strange Device at 21.9N, 19.0E 
#* Route: Enter the Facility Hub and run to the 40+ section to enter the Bellig Tower Base portal, then run to the Strange Device at 21.9N 19.0E
# Using the device spawns a "ghost" of Elysa Strathelar and Thorsten Cragstone, a reflection of their first encounter. Some olthoi will also spawn.
# You must kill all the Olthoi. When you have killed them several gems, called , will spawn around the device. more gems spawn if all are picked up.
==== Part 2: 2nd Strange Device ====
# Go to the 2nd Strange Device found in the Underground City.
#* The place where the words of the past were found refers to Elysa discovering Empyrean texts within the Underground City. You can reach the Underground City by taking the portal in the Abandoned Mine or taking the Isle of Tears portal (25.2N, 49.9E) in Cragstone and running to the city at 21.3N, 53.9E.
# The 2nd device is located in the area marked on the map as lvl -1. It is in the side room that does not contain the surface portal. If you are able to jump a whole level in dungeons, you can reach it quickly from the drop point by jumping on to the balcony just forward and to the left of the drop. Otherwise you will have to work your way through the dungeon.
# When you use the device Elysa and Cragstone will appear again, and have a conversation about the texts Elysa has discovered. When they are done, gems will appear on the floor.
# Combine the two gems to form .
==== Part 3: 3rd Strange Device ====
# Go to 3rd Strange Device located at 21.2N, 69.2E
# The home of Light refers to Asheron's castle. Take the portal in Eastham near the windmill to reach Asheron's Isle and then take the portal device at the drop to reach his castle. The device is just outside the door. Use it to watch Elysa and Thorsten discover Asheron's Castle and see Elsya teleport away into Asheron's Sanctum. After Elysa returns outside they will speak once more before giving you another clue. gems then appear on the floor.
# Combine the two gems to form .
==== Part 4: 4th Strange Device ====
# The 4th Strange Device is also found in the Underground City.
# The tomb of past warriors refers to Thorsten Cragstone's Tomb, found in the Underground City. Simply follow the directions on the map labeled "Shortest path to Hidden Dungeon" and stop in room with Thorsten's tomb. The Device is located on above this room, and you can reach it by jumping from one of the open windows.
# Once the apparitions of Elysa and Thorsten disappear, gems will appear.
# One again combine the two gems to form .
==== Part 5: Black Death Catacombs Quiddity Seed ====
# You must now go to the Black Death Catacombs Quiddity Seed found in the Black Death Catacombs. The Quiddity Seed is located behind the portal to the Paradox-touched Olthoi Queen's lair.
# You will be portaled into a completely black version of the old Black Death Catacomb (before it was split up by portals) with purple mist on the ground. The dungeon is full of virindi and more of the ghost Olthoi. Note that players can run through these olthoi, but the olthoi also can stack on top of eachother.
# You will notice you are not dropped in the normal drop point or where the seed was located in the regular dungeon. If you are looking at the map of the Black Death Catacomb and the Lower Corridor, you are in the Lower Corridor, in the only room with a split level (a place where you can jump up or down a level). Note that the ACMaps map has drawn this room incorrectly so the ledge is not where it appears on the map.
# Elysa is back up where the Quiddity Seed is in the regular dungeon. To reach her, take the passage south and simply hug the right wall from the drop - do not jump down to the lower level. Give Elysa the arrow to see the Thorsten's final moments replayed.
# After the scene is done and the queen dies, will appear on the ground. Pick it up and bring it back to Asheron.
#* Pickup from the floor here.
#* Note: if you are doing this with a group, you must wait 30 seconds between hand ins to make sure everyone gets the olthoi head. If you want to get the text from this quest, it is located in the dream BDC where the surface portal/drop point would be in the regular BDC.
# Give the head to Emissary of Asheron for your rewards.
== Dungeons & Maps ==
== Rewards ==
== Images ==
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File:Elysa Level 1 Live.jpg|Elysa level 1
File:Elysa 3th Device Live.jpg|Elysa 3rd Device
File:Elysa Level 89 Live.jpg|Elysa level 89
File:Cragstone Device 2 Live.jpg|Cragstone 2nd Device
File:Cragstone Device 3 Live.jpg|Cragstone 3rd Device
== Dialog ==
;Using the 1st Strange Device
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Must not catch me...must stay ahead of them..."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Wait a second, lassie - we're comin' ta get ya!"
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Alright, boys! Let's be squashin' some bugs for the lady!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "No! Not back to the caverns! I'll die first!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Thank Pwyll! Give me a weapon and I'll help!"
;Using the 2nd Strange Device
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Lass...I brought ye some tea. It's not good, but it's the best we be gettin' from the surface."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Lemongrass is fine, Thorsten. Thank you."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Ye be welcome, m'love."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Thorsten, come here and look at this paper."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Well, lassie, truth be - I canna read."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Oh...well, I'll teach you. But later. This writing is like nothing that I've ever seen before. It's not Roulean, not any of the scripts of far off lands - not even similar. I've figured out a way to translate it, though." 
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Oh? What's it say?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "This word seems like it would sound like...'Empyrean'...it's another culture, maybe a culture we can contact for help with the Olthoi!"
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "We've been over this before, lass - there's too many ta fight. We can stay here, safe..." 
:Elysa Strathelar says, "No, Thorsten...we will free our people...we must. There's directions to another one of those portals that leads to an island. If I read this right, there's a man named...'Asheron', I think. He's supposed to be the master of a school of powerful magic...surely his magic can help against the Olthoi!" 
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "I dinna think so...the magics that our people know do nothing against 'em, and wouldn't this Asheron have fought the Olthoi off if he could've?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Perhaps he doesn't know how prolific they are, perhaps he doesn't even know we're here...either way, I intend to go there, with or without you."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Ye mean this, lass?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Yes. I cannot be content to live here under the earth when our people still live in thrall."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Alright, lass. I'll go with ye to visit this...Asheron.
;Using the 3rd Strange Device
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Where is the key..."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "I think we be wastin' our time, m'dear. If whoever be inside be at all interested in talkin', they be doin' a good job o' hidin' it."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Nonsense...I will not believe that this place is uninhabited."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Whoever's in there - open up! I won't go away! You must listen to us, of the plight of our people! We were summoned here by strange portals, an unknown magic we have never seen be-"
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Lass, ye've returned! I was worried for ye, but I dinna know how ta enter..."
:Elysa Strathelar says, "It is alright, Thorsten...there was nothing you could've done. Thorsten, I have done it! I have met the sorcerer in his tower! It is a wondrous place. He is a man of few words though."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "What did he say, lass?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Just one thing - "You must find the Queen and slay her.""
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "And how d'we do that?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "I think with this..."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "What be that?"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "I think it's a sort of poison, maybe. I think we should try it on our weapons when we fight the Olthoi." 
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "I dinna think we're ready for an open confrontation quite yet...but if it be true, if it be the first step, maybe..." 
;Using the 4th Strange Device
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Pay heed me words, brave warriors of Aluvia! Today is the day we have dreamt of! We have our destiny in our hands!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "We have found the Queen of the Olthoi, the heart of the darkness we have fought for so long! We can reach her, and if we can reach her, we can slay her!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Do you remember your families, your friends, all held in slavery for so long? Today is the day we march forward to free them!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "There is no fury in the world like the Aluvians marching to war. Let us show the Olthoi the steel of Aluvian hearts! Let their death scream echo in their caverns, until finally we have met the Olthoi Queen in her dark majesty and ended her reign!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Let the horns of our ancestors sound triumphant! We march to war!" 
 
;Giving Elysa's Phantasmal Arrow to Elysa Strathelar
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Thorsten? Where are you? I cannot see what has happened in here..." 
:Elysa Strathelar says, "Thorsten! No...no..."
:Thorsten Cragstone says, "Ye foul fiend!"
:Elysa Strathelar says, "You! Die, now!" 
 
;Other Messages
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