The Firebrand

The manumits. I've heard this name before – they are a group of rebels who challenge Brencis's rule in the valley. Elusive and secretive, they won't be easy to find... But if I manage to do it, perhaps we can join forces against a common enemy.

Objectives

  1. 1

    Go to the mill

    It appears that the miller has been smuggling contraband for the manumits. I need to speak with him about this.

  2. 2

    Go to Stoneward Post

    Soldiers are holding captured manumits at Stoneward Post. If I speak with the rebels there, I may learn where to find their leader.

  3. 3

    Speak to the overseer

    To meet the miller, I must speak with the prison overseer first.

  4. 4

    Fight Cerbus

    The prison overseer will allow me to speak with the miller if I defeat a soldier named Cerbus, who busted his eye.

  5. 5

    Go back to the overseer

    I should go back to the prison overseer and tell him about my fight with Cerbus.

  6. 6

    Speak with the miller

    I can finally go down to the prison cells and speak with the miller.

  7. 7

    Find Mert's body

    When I entered Stonward Post, the miller was already dead. I must find his body and compel his soul to tell me how to reach the manumits.

  8. 8

    Look for catalysts

    To compel Mert's soul, I need to find items that once held meaning for him.

  9. 9

    Question Mert's corpse

    I have to question the miller's corpse. He could still tell me something relevant about the manumits.

  10. 10

    Head southeast to find the rendezvous point

    I've found the bridge that the miller pointed out. Now, I must head southeast to reach the rendezvous point and rescue that rebel girl. Sara, wasn't it?

  11. 11

    Rescue Sara

    According to Mert, a girl named Sara is the contact for the manumits. However, she may have already been captured by soldiers at the rendezvous point. I need to rescue her.

  12. 12

    Talk with the merchant

    A woman in the Stoneward Post told me she left a blanket for her imprisoned husband – only to find it amidst merchant Yenno's goods. I should ask him about this and see if I can learn something useful.

  13. 13

    Talk with the overseer

    I've heard that the Stoneward Post overseer is selling belongings taken away from the prisoners. I can confront him about this.

  14. 14

    Talk with the commander

    I know that the guards in the Stoneward Post are trading items taken away from the prisoners. I can talk about it with the commander.

  15. 15

    Ask the overseer to let you talk to Mert

    I have told the commander about the dirty business taking place inside the Stoneward Post. Now I can enter the prison and talk to Mert.

  16. 16

    Talk with the angry woman

    I've overheard an angry woman screaming at a soldier about some stolen goods. Maybe I can learn more about the issue.

  17. 17

    Search Vlad's hut

    I know Vlad joined the manumits. Maybe I can find some clues in his hut that will lead me to them.

  18. 18

    Retrieve your weapons

    The soldier at the gate of Stoneward Post confiscated my weapons. I need to retrieve them.

  19. 19

    Kill the soldiers

    The soldiers sniffing around Mert and Renna's mill are clearly up to no good. I could save some time by simply getting rid of them...

  20. 20

    Speak with the commander

    The captured manumits held at Stoneward Post might tell me where to find their leader. But before I try to reach them behind the soldiers's backs, I should probably speak with the post's commander and size up the situation.

  21. 21

    Learn more about the miller's fate

    Brencis's soldiers were watching Mert's mill. Could that mean Mert knows something that might help me? To find out, I have to learn where he is now.

  22. 22

    Search the guard post for any rebel allies

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 · 3

The journal records 3 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 9 awards: 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 75, 1000, 75, 250. 50 coin, 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.

The rest of this thread