Neverwinter, Day 17 -- Entering the Waterclock Guild Crypts

With some helps from me, Harper Windle and Tristopher Chettlebell figured out the way to enter the Waterclock Guild Crypts.

There are 6 physical seals hiding behinds the shields. Unlocking them is not a big deal.

The Seal of  the Waterclock Guild Crypts

The metaphysical lock in the Shadowfell is more challenging. Tristopher gave me some powder so that I can enter Evernight. Everything feels wrong in Evernight, and I am glad I unlocked the metaphysical lock came back in one piece.

Evernight

Windle said I had an advantage of knowing how to enter the Waterclock Guild Crypts, but I think she was too optimistic. When I got into the crypt, there are already lots of cultists and Valindra's minions. When I finally got to the bottom, Valindra already got the dragon and left.

The Clockwork Tomb

I guess I failed to stop her, but the Doomguides still thanked me for restoring the peace in the graveyard area.

Neverwinter, Day 16 -- Troubles around the Waterclock Guild Crypts

There are lots of the cult of the dragon and Valindra's minions in this area, and now we know why.

Tristopher Chettlebell asked me to rescue his employer, Zami Monini. She was captured by "a group of hooligans in purple robes," according to Tristopher, when they are researching into her family's history.


I entered the tomb and rescued Miss Monini. She doesn't seem to have a clue about what the cultists wanted with her. But she believe the cult of the dragon were searching for something that belonged to one of her ancestors, Romani Monini. Something named like "Azharzel". According to Tristopher's research, Azharzel is ..... a blue dragon! When Romani died, he gave orders for Azharzel to be entombed with him.

Miss Zami Monini

What a surprise! Romani Monini was both a powerful member of the Waterclock Makers Guild and a Dragon Cultist with a ring of dragon control. Apparently both the cult of the dragon and Valindra are after this blue dragon.

I need to deal with Azharzel before either Valindra or the cult of the dragon gain control of him. But I need to first find a way to get into the Waterclock Guild Crypts. 

Neverwinter, Day 15 -- Captain Zemmer's Problems

Cult of the Dragon recruited several mercenaries under Captain Zemmer, and Captain Zemmer want them to pay the price of disloyalty. By the way, I know it's not right to judge by appearances, but looking at Captain Zemmer, I think I understand why the mercenaries might be wanting a different leader.

After I dealt with the mercenaries, Captain Zemmer asked me to gather his father's journals and destroy his lab -- he was a Thayan necromancer, and the rumors about her father have kept her mercenary career from getting lucrative jobs with Lord Neverember. I helped Captain Zemmer to bury her past, and she seemed very happy. "This is the best thing that's happened since father was sucked into the shadowfell!" "He wasn't the worst parent. But I didn't even know it was weird to have a zombified dog until I was twelve." She told me. Although Captain Zemmer doesn't seem to like her father very much, her father's journals did mention about her and his failures as a father.

Neverwinter, Day 14 -- Xivros's Plan

Orran asked me to help investigate what purpose the Bone Porters serve. The red wizards are using some skeletons to excavate bones and relics from Pauper's Field and then transport the items through a southern gate to a very old portion of Neverdeath.

I found a camp where a battle wight was studying some documents. Maybe I looked so friendly that the wight explained the documents to me. It's from a Red wizard named Xivros, and they are collecting the bones and artifacts to create some powerful undead creature. He also told me something about the mass raising the red wizards are performing here. It seems that each of them carries a special amulet for the ritual. If I can destroy one of them, it can be a great setback to their plans.

Chatting with the battle wight

I reported my findings to Volahk and Orran. Volahk said what Xivros was trying to revive is Arleon the Unforgiven. It took 10 heroes to bring him down when he was mortal, and we must stop Xivros's ritual.

I killed Xivros in front of the Pauper's Field hill, but it was too late to stop them to raise Arleon the Unforgiven. Luckily, we probably have much more advanced gears nowadays that it took only one hero and his companion to bring down Arleon.

Pauper's Field Hill

Arleon the Unforgiven .... dead again

Neverwinter, Day 13 -- Errands in the Graveyard

After helping Acolyte Neyman, I decided to fool around and see if there is any interesting news.

Tristopher Chettlebell said he has a "friend" asking him to help prove her birthright. Some rapscallions altered the dates of birth and death on gravestones to discredit her claim to noble descent. He seems to work for Miss Monini, and he describe my works as "changes." I believe that Tristopher is the historian mentioned in Hubert Windcastle's mail I received few days ago, but somehow I sense something fishy here. Anyway, I will leave it as is for now.

Retrigal Bookbinder wanted me to find a lost note that ratify Lord Neverember's inherited claim on the city. He lost it when the dead started to rise. I found the note on a zombie hulk and returned it to Retrigal. He asked me to do another favor to kill some more hulks so that when he is holed up in a tomb, those undead would not bother him. I also cleared a crypt for him, which is believed to be the tomb of Vars Never, the ancestor of Lord Protector. Although the tomb should be empty if Vars did settle in Waterdeep, Retrigal thinks there may be still something interesting in the crypt.

Oh, and I picked up a phylactery of a Lich named Zarifrax. Zarifrax did not seem interested fighting me. Instead, he asked me to find a nice, quiet spot for his phylactery not being disturbed for a long time. I tried 3 places and none of them satisfied Zarifrax. He gave up and asked me to turn him in to a doomguide to be destroyed. Interestingly, Volahk said they are not capable of destroying a powerful lich and would just imprison it in an impenetrable vault for centuries.

Volahk said he felt the lich was laughing. I guess I know why.

Neverwinter, Day 13 -- Cleansing the Lynching Tree

Volahk mentioned that Valindra's Thayen wizards are tapping into the evil energy around the lynching tree, where the criminals as well as the unjustly executed innocent are interred. Acolyte Mina Neyman suggested a ritual cleasing the evil energy, and she needs a protector during the ritual.

It was an easy job. She can actually defend herself, and I only need to buy her some time to complete the ritual. After the evil energy was cleansed, I saw several ghost coming to thank me.

The lynching tree and two ghosts waiting to thank me

Neverwinter, Day 12 -- Rescuing the Doomguides

I saved Severin from a Red Wizards of Thay. Severin said the others were taken to somewhere else. According to Volahk, the journal I found belonged to Doomguide Awen, and they were taken to Soldier's Memorial.

On my way to Soldier's Memorial I encountered Doomguide Stonehammer. He was turned undead, and I had to kill him. May him rest in peace now. I burned Falstaff's body so that he wouldn't suffer the same fate as Stonehammer. Not far away I encountered another wizard transforming Awen. Although I stopped the ritual, but I was a little bit late. Awen was dead. I spoke to Awen's ghost before she joined the eternity. She mentioned that Doomguide Winlof managed to sneak away.

Awen's ghost

Winlof was hid in a wizard's tomb. She was frightened, but I think she is physically fine. And I saved Ganilon in the Soldier's Monument. I was only able to rescue 2 out of 5. I wish I could have come earlier.

Winlof in the tomb

Ganilon in the Soldier's Monument.