A Bulwark Against Darkness

Looks like someone is watching my struggle against Brencis very closely. They've sent me a schematic describing how to create a unique set of armour.

Objectives

1
Talk with the mysterious man
A man approached me out of the blue when I was in Svartrau. What does he want?
2
Read the mysterious letter
I received a letter from an unknown party. What is it all about?
3
Visit the uriashi blacksmith
If what I learnt is true, there is an uriashi blacksmith living alone somewhere around Parlita. I need to find her.
4
Talk to the uriashi blacksmith
If what I learnt is true, there is an uriashi blacksmith living alone somewhere around Parlita. I need to find her.
5
Return to the uriashi blacksmith
I found the blacksmith who might be capable of making the armour for me – I only have to persuade her to help me.
6
Return to the uriashi blacksmith
I think I've got everything I need – time to return to the uriashi blacksmith.
7
Start the ritual
When ready, I have to start the ritual that will bind the armour to me.
8
Defend the uriashi blacksmith
If the uriashi blacksmith is hurt, the ritual will be spoiled – I must protect her!
9
Talk to the uriashi blacksmith
The ritual is over. Now the only thing to do is talk to the maker of my new armour.
10
Find the moult of a large lizard
I'm sure it won't part with its moult willingly, but where can I even find such a beast?
11
Find a flask of quicksilver
It's a rare substance, as far as I know. Finding a flask of it might prove challenging.
12
Find the relic of a saint
Our valley boasts a few saints of its own... but where can I find their relics?
13
Find all the components
In order to make the armour, I have to find all the listed components first. Maybe the clues attached to the mysterious letter might help?
14
Survive the ritual
The uriashi blacksmith told me that in order to finish the armour, I need to perform a special ritual with her.
15
Find a bundle of silk threads
It doesn't seem like something I can simply buy from any tailor.
16
Read the list of armour components
There was another note attached to the mysterious letter – it should tell me what I need to create a unique set of armour.
17
Visit the uriashi blacksmith
A lizard's moult, quicksilver, silk threads, and a relic – seems I've got everything I need. Time to ask this elusive uriashi blacksmith to forge the armour for me.

The journal's own order. It is the order the game hands them to you, which is not always the order you can do them in.

How it can end · 2

The journal records 2 ways this quest can finish. Each one is written after the fact, so each one gives away what you did.

What you get

XP in 3 awards: 250, 500, 500. 1 Skill Point.

The game pays these out separately. Some quests award them one after another, and some award one instead of another, so they are shown as the game stores them rather than added together.

What you read along the way

The game files these under this quest's own code. Where that code covers several journal entries, a document listed here may belong to one of the others in the thread below.