The Sole Place

**The Sole Place** is a sidequest which can be started when walking past Meagor Ironford, who has a house in the Foreign Quarter of Ark. He can usually be found near Ironford's Metalworking, which is near the corner walls, not far from Screws, Hats, Odds and Ends Incorporate. When talking to Maegor, he will complain about Golfur, which is the merchant Golfur Silverman, that he is a money-greedy merchant with no qualms about repaying loans. This will start the quest.

## Walkthrough

Further conversation does not provide any more information about his problem with Golfur and what Golfur did. The merchant Golfur Silverman can be found near his stall on the Marketplace, which close nearby the stall of Ora Stonehand, who sells magical items. Browse the wares of Golfur Silverman and you will notice the item in either the All items tab or the Other items tab: Ironford's Lute. Purchase the lute and return to Maegor.

When returning to the blacksmith with the lute, Meagor will be glad with you returning it. He will then explain what happened made him ill-tempered. He will tell that his daughter, Bella Ironford, a talented artists and lute-player, died unexpected of flesh maggots a few moons back. When he was robbed by bandits from his wares, he had no other means of repaying his loan to Golfur Silverman and was coerced to sell his daughter's lute to pay off his debt. This made him fill with grieve and hate for Golfur.

He will then explain that he gave her daughter a casket with twelve bolts which can only be opend by moving those bolts in a precise order. Inside the chest he hopes to find some poetry and songs that she didn't share with anyone. The lute contained only four hidden instruction of those bolt movement. Maegor thinks that other eight instructions are hidden by Bella at other locations. As he doesn't have time to find those clues, he will share the locations his daughter frequently visited to gain inspiration for her music and poetry. The other two clues can be done in any order the player prefers.

### Ark's Library

You can find the library in the Noble Quarters, close to the Fat Leoran inn. From the inn, go upwards towards the Sun Temple up to the mountain, but before the stair leading up to the mountain, you can find the library before at the left. Inside the library, the book Moonshine Ballads at the back on a table. The quest marker will also point at it if activated. You will find four instructions inside the book.

### Cave at the King's bay

The cave that was frequently visited by Bella, can found outside of Ark. From the harbor, go east following the road to the east. The first small peninsula with modest rock peaks is where the Cave at the King's Bay is located. The cave, without the frequent visit of Bella, is now inhabitated by large spiders. The inscription about the bolt movement is hidden at the back of the cave, near a tree stump. From the entrance, head straight towards the area leading to dead end. You will find at a spot which the player can't walk or jump towards to. The only other area is filled with a Queen Spider, but there the tree stump can't be found in that area.

## All clues collected

When all clues are found, head back towards Maegor Ironford in the Foreign Quarters. With the inscriptions explaining the bolt movements, he can open the lock of the casket. Inside he does find many poets and songs of his daughter. He does like to give the player character a material reward, but due his current financial situation, he can't give you anything valuable. Instead he will offer training in Handicraft or Lockpicking. The chosen craftsmanship skill will be raised by three points permanently.