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{{Quest Summary
* Level 20-39: [[Gaerlan's Citadel (Low)]]
|    Patch Introduced = [[Verdict]]
* Level 40-59: [[Gaerlan's Citadel (Mid)]]
|      Related Quests =
* Level 60-79: [[Gaerlan's Citadel (High)]]
|            Updated = [[Secrets of the Apostates]]
* Level 80-149: [[Gaerlan's Citadel (Extreme)]]
|
* Level 150+: [[Gaerlan's Citadel (Uber)]]
|          Live Image = Gaerlan's Citadel Live.jpg
|  Live Image Caption = Gaerlan's Undead Form
|          Quest Type = Group/Solo
|          Kill Task = False
|      Start Location = '''Frost:''' [[Arwic]]<br>'''Fire:''' [[Crater Lake]]<br>'''Acid:''' [[Baishi]]<br>'''Lightning:''' [[Arwic]]
|              Timer = 14 Days
|  Level Restrictions = '''Frost:''' 20-39<br>'''Fire:''' 40-59<br>'''Acid:''' 65-79<br>'''Lightning:''' 80+
|  Level Suggestions = Same as Above
|        Item Rewards = [[Gaerlan's Citadel#Items|(see below)]]
|      Max XP Reward = 56,246,375
|              Titles = Gaerlan Slayer
|
|  Link Walk Through = True
|          Link Maps = True
|          Link Items = True
|    Link XP Rewards = True
|  Link Title Rewards = True
|        Link Images = True
|  Link Lore & Dialog = True
|          Link Notes = False
}}
== Walk Through ==
<font color=red>'''Note:'''</font> There is a pair of bunkers in Eastham (at approximately 17.1N, 63.0E) that contain many portals related to this quest.  They were added for the purpose of getting back into the appropriate sections in case of death or loss of connection.  Portals exist for the Ziggurats, Proving Grounds and the Citadel Library.  If you die or lose connection, you can use the Eastham portal in the Facility Hub and run to the bunkers for easy re-entry.


=== Part 1: Guardian Lair ===
[[Category:Disambiguation]]
# Enter to the Guardian Lair appropriate to your level range:
#* For the 20-39 Guardian Lair, take the [[Sennon Valley Retreat]] portal at 32.9N, 59.4E from [[Arwic]]. Run to the [[Frost Guardian Lair]] at 52.8N, 62.4E.
#* For the 40-59 Guardian Lair, take the [[Anadil]] portal at 66.3N, 14.3E from [[Crater Village]]. Run to the [[Fire Guardian Lair]] at 73.5N, 3.2W.
#** To get to [[Crater Village]], take the [[Songview]] portal from Mayoi at 60.8S, 80.3E. Run to the [[Crater Pathway]] dungeon at 60.5N, 15.7E and take every path that leads upward as you go.  Take the surface portal at the end.
#* For the 60-79 Guardian Lair, get some [[Sake]] and run to the [[Drunken Madman]] outside Baishi at 53.1S, 61.0E and take the portal he summons.  Run to the [[Acid Guardian Lair]] at 30.5S, 74.3W. (An alternate route is to recall to Mount Lethe and run from there, or have someone who has the recall tie to the [[Sclavus Cathedral]] portal 33.4S, 80.1W. The surface portal drops you at a short run from the Lair.)
#* For the 80+ Guardian Lair, take the [[Artifice Cottages]] portal at 32.9N, 59.4E from [[Arwic]]. Run to the [[Lightning Guardian Lair]] at 86.7S, 10.4E.
# Work your way to the bottom of the dungeon, where you'll find a boss golem for your level range.
# Kill the boss golem and take the portal that spawns at the top of the ramp to be portaled to [[Citadel Valley]].
 
=== Part 2: Ziggurat ===
# Jump down off the cliff and run Southeast to 57.8N, 48.4E, where you'll find [[Asheron's Platinum Golem]].
# Speak with [[Asheron's Platinum Golem]] and you'll receive an [[Imbued Pyreal Nugget]].
# From here, run Southwest and enter the Ziggurat portal at about 57.1N, 47.8E that matches your level range.
#* 20-39 is the [[Lightning Ziggurat]]. 40-59 is the [[Acid Ziggurat]]. 60-79 is the [[Fire ziggurat]].  80+ is the [[Frost Ziggurat]].
#** <font color=red>'''Note:'''</font> From this point onward, and until you finish the quest, you may use the Ziggurat portal appropriate for your level range in the bunkers in Eastham.
# Work your way through this dungeon, always going up, until you reach a [[Platinum Golem#NPC|Platinum Golem (NPC)]]
# Hand the [[Platinum Golem#NPC|Platinum Golem (NPC)]] your [[Imbued Pyreal Nugget]], and then enter the Proving Grounds portal located next to him.
#* <font color=red>'''Note:'''</font> From this point onward, and until you finish the quest, you may use the Proving Grounds portal appropriate for your level range in the bunkers in Eastham.
 
=== Part 3: Proving Grounds ===
Inside the proving grounds, you must tackle a series of trials:
 
==== Trial #1: The Riddle ====
# Speak with the [[Tribunal]] located in the center of the room, and you'll be given a riddle.
# To answer the riddle, use the statue that corresponds with the right answer. If correct, you'll receive a blue [[Seal Fragment]] and be portaled to the [[A Rolling Ball of Death|Rolling Balls of Death]].
 
<table border="1"><tr><td align="center">'''Question'''</td><td align="center">'''Answer'''</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod"> I've legs, and a foot, and also a head. But I cannot think nor move on my own. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Bed</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I am void, and absence, I am not a color. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Black</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">The maker want it not, the buyer does not use it, and the user never sees it. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Coffin</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">No sound, no voice, no breath,no sleep, no thought, no sight, no more. What is it?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Death</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">It begins eternity, ends time and space, it rests at the start of every end and the end of every place. What is it?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' E</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I never grow, but can become very wide, and everything falls into darkness when I hide. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Eyes</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I can be an old love, but mostly a lost passion. My life grows as you feed me, but when I drink water I die.</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Flame</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">What is it that has one voice but becomes four-footed, two-footed, and three-footed?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Man</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I am a room without walls, windows or doors. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Mushroom</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">A poor man has too much of me, a wealthy man needs me not, and if you feast upon me you will die. What am I ?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Nothing</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">What has no beginning or end, yet binds two together?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Ring</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">You will break me if you name me. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Silence</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">At night they come without being called, but at dawn they are lost without being stolen. What are they?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Stars</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I pass through the water and never get wet. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Sunshine</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">It waits for none and gauges all, it is eaten by leisure and work the same, it is abundant but there never seems to be enough. What is it?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Time</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">It never was, is always to be, none have seen it, but many dream of it, it is the hope of all that live that it shall always come. What is it?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Tomorrow</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">It cannot be slain so long as there is a ray,  it is inspires the heart to wish for the best, yet exercise caution to not lose this gift for then you shall just be forlorn. What is it?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Hope</font></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><tt><font color="darkgoldenrod">I whip, and I whistle all the day long, sometimes my voice can sound as a song. I never grow tired but sometimes grow weak, and I change without warning and cause door to creak. What am I?</font></tt></td>
<td align="center"><font color="red">''' Wind</font></td></tr></table><br><br>
 
==== Trial #2: Rolling Balls of Death ====
# Take a moment to identify the pattern, and when ready, move through the dungeon, only stopping at the safe spots (alcove corners) until you reach the last alcove.
#* '''Note:''' The only safe spots to stand inside this dungeon are on the 45 degree angles that are the corners of the alcoves.
# Once you get to the last safe spot before the long hallway, you'll see a door.  Use missile weapons to destroy the door and then run into the room on the far side.
# After the door has been destroyed, carefully make your way to the end of the room and loot an orange [[Seal Fragment]] from the Chest on the South wall, and then use the Proving Grounds portal on the North wall.
 
==== Trial #3: Floor Puzzle ====
The floor puzzle contains a series of tiles that contain a hidden path to the other side. If you step on a wrong tile you'll fall through and be forced to start over.
 
# Navigate your way through the Floor Puzzle:
## From the left side of the room, walk on to the ''Fire'' tile to start.
## Move North 3 spaces to the 3rd ''Frost'' tile.
## Move East 4 spaces to ''Fire'' tile.
## Move North 1 space to the ''Frost'' tile.
## Move East 2 spaces to the ''Acid'' tile.
## Move North 2 spaces to the ''Frost'' tile.
## Move West 1 space to the ''Acid'' tile.
## Move North and exit the puzzle.
# Enter the room to the North and loot a green [[Seal Fragment]] from the Chest on the East wall, and then use the Proving Grounds Extreme portal on the Northwest corner.
 
==== Trial #4: Reverence of the Ceremony ====
The key to this riddle is to '''''NOT TALK''''' in open chat. If you do, you'll have to start over and fight your way through a series of golems.  This includes spellcasting and anything that your character says openly.  Fellow chat and global channels are still fine.
::<font color="green">Reverence must be shown during a ceremony.</font> ''(Note that sometimes this is bugged; nothing happens some trips when you speak out loud.)''
# Without speaking, run through the linear dungeon and loot a purple [[Seal Fragment]] from the chest at the end of the hall, then use the [[Citadel Valley]] portal to complete the Trials.
 
=== Part 4: Citadel Library ===
# Combine the the blue and orange [[Seal Fragment]]s to create a [[Combined Seal Fragment]].
#* [[Image:Seal Fragment (Blue) Icon.png]] + [[Image:Seal Fragment (Orange) Icon.png]] = [[Image:Combined Seal Fragment (Blue-Orange) Icon.png]]
# Combine the green and purple [[Seal Fragment]]s to create another [[Combined Seal Fragment]].
#* [[Image:Seal Fragment (Green) Icon.png]] + [[Image:Seal Fragment (Purple) Icon.png]] = [[Image:Combined Seal Fragment (Green-Purple) Icon.png]]
# Combine the 2 [[Combined Seal Fragment]]s to create an [[Ornate Seal]].
#* [[Image:Combined Seal Fragment (Blue-Orange) Icon.png]] + [[Image:Combined Seal Fragment (Green-Purple) Icon.png]] = [[Image:Ornate Seal Icon.png]]
#: <font color="green">The larger fragments fit together to create an Ornate Seal.</font>
# Return to [[Asheron's Platinum Golem]] at 57.8N, 48.4E and hand him your [[Ornate Seal]] to receive an [[Imbued Ornate Seal]] and a [[Citadel Portal Gem]].
# Use the [[Citadel Portal Gem]] to be portaled to the ''Citadel Surface''.
# Hand your [[Imbued Ornate Seal]] to any [[Ornate Pillar]] on the structure to be portaled to the [[Citadel Library]]:
#: <font color="cornflowerblue">Ornate Pillar teleports you with Citadel Library.</font>
#* <font color=red>'''Note:'''</font> From this point onward, and until you finish the quest, you may use the Citadel Library portal in the bunkers in Eastham.
# From the drop, use the East facing staircase just to your front left and take it all the way to the platform at the top of the dungeon.
# At the top, take the portal at the very top to be portaled to final part of the quest.
#*  20-39 will use Icy Demise, 40-59 will use Fiery Consumption, 60-79 will use Entropic Decay, and 80+ will use Electric Destruction.
 
=== Part 5: Gaerlan ===
# From the drop, follow the linear dungeon until you reach a catwalk, from which you can see [[Gaerlan]] himself in the room below.
# Fully debuff and fester [[Gaerlan]], and then kill him with Pierce or Slash weapons.
#* '''Tip:''' A common strategy is have melee players form a ''melee wall'' on the catwalk, and then drag him up to the catwalk.  This way mages and archers can attack from a safe distance.
# Once Gaerlan is dead and vanishes, quickly take the portal to [[Gaerlan's Inner Sanctum]] that spawns in the room under the catwalk.
#:<font color="green"><Player Name> has defeated Gaerlan's electric aspect. As the illusion crumbles away a deep voice thunders over the world, "A doomed eternity to relive this life. Stasis within the walls of a crystalline prison. How could I have fallen to you vermin. Nuhmudira, my revenge upon you shall be as painful as yours upon me."</font>
# From the drop head up the ramp to the South, take your first 2 lefts, and then your first right.
# At the T intersection, take either direction and run until you reach a pit of acid or fire. Jump down into the room with [[Gaerlan's Phylacteric Prison]].
# Use the [[Gaerlan's Phylacteric Prison]] to receive an [[Elemental Master Robe]], [[Iasparailaun]], and an additional unique reward ''(see below)''.
#* '''Note:''' The unique rewards are distributed based on what skills you have trained or above. The item you get will go in order from the most skill credits to train the skill down to the least, then restart.  (For War, and its 4 staves, this means you must do 3 full rotations of your skills and do the quest 1 more time for the fourth.)
# '''<font color="green">[OPTIONAL]</font>''' Take the [[Citadel Apex]] portal on the South wall and loot [[Martine's Mask]] and [[Martine's Robe]].
# '''<font color="green">[OPTIONAL]</font>''' Turn in your [[Iasparailaun]] to an [[Agent of the Arcanum]] for 2 [[MM]] notes, XP, and a [[Gaerlan Token]], which can be handed back for the title of ''Gaerlan Slayer'':
#: <font color="green">From this day forward <Player Name> shall be known as Gaerlan Slayer.</font>
 
== Maps ==
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{{Dungeon Maps
|        Dungeon = Gaerlan's Inner Sanctum
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{{Dungeon Maps
|        Dungeon = Proving Grounds
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== Items ==
{{Item Table
| Caption=Rewards
| Bracelet of Knowledge
| Circlet of Supremacy
| Daulan Faur
| Dauloirae
| Elemental Master Robe
| Falauloi
| Gauraloi
| Iasparailaun
| Lautaloi
| Martine's Mask
| Martine's Robe
| Palauloi
| Raudaloi
| Ring of Intellect
| Sacraloi
| Saelgauloi
| Saulandoi
| Taulandoi
}}
 
{{Item Table
| Caption=Texts
| Charged Tome
| Decrepit Tome
| Disciples of Corrosion
| Disciples of Stasis
| Disciples of Strife
| Disciples of Tempest
| Ebuillant Tome
| Fiery Tome
| Gaerlan's Research Notes
| Icy Tome
| Leather Bound Tome
}}
{{Item Table
| Caption=Quest Items
| Citadel Portal Gem
| Gaerlan Token
| Ornate Seal
}}
 
== Experience Rewards ==
{{Quest Experience Table
|    Table Rows =
{{Quest Task
|            Description = Use [[Gaerlan's Phylacteric Prison]]
|                  Max XP = 41,246,375
|        Percent of Level = 30
|              Level Cap = 120
}}
{{Quest Task
|            Description = Give [[Iasparailaun]] to an Agent of the Arcanum
|                  Max XP = 7,812,491
|        Percent of Level = 5
|              Level Cap = 125
}}
{{Quest Task
|            Description = Give [[Iasparailaun]] to an Agent of the Arcanum at level 126+
|                  Max XP = 15,000,000
|        Percent of Level = Fixed
}}
}}
 
== Title Rewards ==
 
{{Title Rewards Table
| Table Rows =
{{Title
| Title = Gaerlan Slayer
|  Task = Hand in [[Gaerlan Token]]
}}
}}
 
== Images ==
{|
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (Lightning Guardian Lair Entrance).jpg|thumb|Lightning Guardian Lair]]
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (At a Distance).jpg|thumb|Gaerlan's Citadel from a Distance]]
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (Rolling Balls of Death).jpg|thumb|Rolling Balls of Death]]
|-
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (Citadel Library).jpg|thumb|Citadel Library Staircase]]
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (Battle).jpg|thumb|Battling Gaerlan]]
|valign=top|[[Image:Gaerlan's Citadel (Citadel Apex).jpg|thumb|The Citadel Apex]]
|}
 
== Lore & Dialog ==
<font color="darkgoldenrod">
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "Though lord Asheron does not condone the horror wrought upon him, I have been placed here to assist those that would strike down the undead form of Gaerlan."<br>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "Where once he meant to control the world and destroy my lord Asheron, now he suffers for eternity, now he has been given over unwillingly to the carrion call of the undead by Nuhmudira."<br>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "Enter and activate the Platinum golems so they may hold the citadel open for you as you progress. You will need this to awaken my brethren within. When they are awake you shall be asked to past the tests that all must face to pass deeper into the citadel."<br>
<font color="green">Asheron's Platinum Golem gives you Imbued Pyreal Nugget.<br></font>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "The portals into the citadel's inverted ziggurat lay nearby. Complete this task and the magic within the pyreal will allow Asheron's voice to enter you. I will speak to you more once this is accomplished."<br>
</font>
 
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<font color="darkgoldenrod">
<font color="green">You give Platinum Golem Imbued Pyreal Nugget.<br></font>
Platinum Golem says, "I hear and obey Lord Asheron Realadain."<br>
<font color="green">Asheron's voice fills your mind, "You have done well. Now you must pass a set of trials that the citadel itself will place before you. In a sense it lives, as this was the design of the Empyrean from before my years. You must not fail. Failure can lead to death. I will ensure that portals are created to assist you should you meet with misadventure."<br>
</font>
 
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<font color="darkgoldenrod">
<font color="green">You give Asheron's Platinum Golem Ornate Seal.<br></font>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "This was constructed by the most ancient of the Empyrean people."<br>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "I have been given gems that will portal you onto the citadel. There you should find entrance into the library. They will appear as pillars of a bygone era. Give this seal to the pillars.  Once done, you should be transported into the lowest level of the sanctum, located in the tower."<br>
Asheron's Platinum Golem tells you, "Lord Asheron wishes you well on your endeavor."<br>
<font color="green">Asheron's Platinum Golem gives you Imbued Ornate Seal.<br></font>
<font color="green">Asheron's Platinum Golem gives you Citadel Portal Gem.<br></font>
</font>
 
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<font color="green"><Player Name> has defeated Gaerlan's electric aspect. As the illusion crumbles away a deep voice thunders over the world, "A doomed eternity to relive this life. Stasis within the walls of a crystalline prison. How could I have fallen to you vermin. Nuhmudira, my revenge upon you shall be as painful as yours upon me."</font>
 
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<font color="darkgoldenrod">
<font color="green">You give Agent of the Arcanum Iasparailaun.<br></font>
Agent of the Arcanum tells you, "I see that you have visited revenge upon the man that wanted to bring our race to an end. Nuhmudira thanks you for this. Here is your reward."<br>
<font color="green">You've earned 15,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color="green">Agent of the Arcanum gives you 2 Trade Notes (200,000).<br></font>
<font color="green">Agent of the Arcanum gives you Gaerlan Token.<br></font>
Agent of the Arcanum tells you, "If you hand the token back to me I will make sure that you are recognized for your efforts. The madness of his reign is over and now we can move forward."<br>
</font>
 
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<font color="green">
You give Agent of the Arcanum Gaerlan Token.<br>
From this day forward <Player Name> shall be known as Gaerlan Slayer.<br>
</font>
 
[[Category:Quest]]
[[Category:Title Reward]]

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