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Lantern

The Cycle of Love

Side quest sq709 11 objectives

Young women are going missing in the valley and according to a group of soldiers, Xanthe is behind it. I can use their bizarre lantern to get inside the boyaress's keep and investigate the matter.

XP
650
Skill points
1

Objectives

11 objectives in The Cycle of Love
  1. 1
    Retrieve the lantern

    Xanthe's commander left the lantern needed to enter her keep for me to grab, should I decide to help them after all. I can retrieve it from the hiding spot.

  2. 2
    Deal with Xanthe

    Xanthe, Brencis's oldest vrakhiri ally, stands in my way. I need to find a way to deal with her.

    4 time segments
  3. 3
    Get to the mansion

    The mysterious lantern from the soldiers will allow me to enter Xanthe's keep and find out what she's doing in there.

  4. 4
    Give the lantern to the statue

    There's a creepy statue by the entrance to Xanthe's keep. I should put the magical lantern in its extended hand to open the door.

  5. 5
    Figure out the lantern's purpose

    I found a bizarre lantern bearing Xanthe's symbol. It's clearly magical – I should figure out what it's meant to do.

  6. 6
    Find Xanthe

    I've entered Xanthe's keep – now I should try to find the boyaress herself.

  7. 7
    Find a way to enter the locked room

    There is a locked room in Xanthe's keep with weird humming coming from within. According to the mad servant – no one is allowed to enter. Therefore, I must.

  8. 8
    Enter the locked room

    I have enough lanterns to open the door to the locked room upstairs. It's time to see what's inside.

  9. 9
    Kill Xanthe

    Xanthe has found me. Good. It's time to make her pay for the atrocities.

  10. 10
    Investigate the painted door

    The mad servant mentioned a 'painted door' upstairs in the keep that no one is allowed to open. I should go see what she meant.

  11. 11
    Wait for an opportunity

    Attacking the boyaress blindly would be foolish. But there might come a time when a smart solution to the Xanthe problem will present itself.

Rewards

6 reward steps granting items or skills

Endings

4 outcomes for The Cycle of Love
  • Xanthe offered me a deal for sparing her life and I took it.
  • I got inside Xanthe's keep and put an end to her atrocities. No more Sangoran girls will die for her sick experiments.
  • I didn't have the time to find Xanthe and deal with her. If she stands in my way at some point, I'll cut her down all the same.
  • In the end, I simply found Xanthe in the cathedral and killed her right there. She's no longer a problem.