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{{Quest Summary
{{Quest Summary
  |   Patch Introduced = [[Who Watches the Virindi?]]
  |               Level = 150
  |             Updated = [[Lost City of Neftet]]
  |   Recommended Level =  
|      Related Quests =
  |          Quest Type = Small Fellowship/Solo
|          Live Image =  Live.jpg
  |          Kill Task =  
|  Live Image Caption =  
  |         Starts With = [[Aruq ibn Balthar]]
  |          Quest Type = Solo/Small Group
|          Starts At = [[Zaikhal]] at 13.4N, 0.7E
  |          Kill Task = False
  |              Route =  
  |     Start Location = [[Zaikhal]]
  |       Repeat Timer = 20 Hours
  |              Timer = 27 days
  |   Time to Complete =  
  | Level Restrictions = 150+
  |   Level Suggestions = 150+
  |          Contracts = [[Contract for Uncovering the Renegades]]
  |          Contracts = [[Contract for Uncovering the Renegades]]
|        Item Rewards = [[Mana Forge Key]]
|    Luminance Reward = 20,000
|      Max XP Reward = 297,235,856xp <br>(same on repeats)
|              Titles =
|
|  Link Walk Through = True
|          Link Maps =
|          Link Items = True
|    Link XP Rewards =
|  Link Title Rewards =
|        Link Images = True
|  Link Lore & Dialog = True
|          Link Notes =
}}
}}
== Quest Overview ==
== Overview ==
[[Aruq ibn Balthar]], a geomantic investigator in Zaikhal, is enlisting adventurers to search a new Renegade stronghold in the Direlands.


* [[Aruq ibn Balthar]], a geomantic investigator in Zaikhal, is enlisting adventurers to search a new Renegade stronghold in the Direslands.
* Prepare to fight lots of Lugians, Tumeroks, and Virindi in the Apostate Citadel dungeon.
* Prepare to fight lots of Lugians, Tumeroks, and Virindi in the Apostate Citadel dungeon.
* Also known as "Uncovering the Renegades."


== Walk Through ==
== Walkthrough & Notes ==
# After speaking with Aruq, go to the [[Apostate Citadel Mines]] near the [[Obsidian Rim]] at 48.7S, 68.9W.
# The Mines filled with Hollow Lugians. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find locked door and a [[Gotrok Mining Foreman]] who has the {{Icon Link Small|Apostate Citadel Barracks Key}}. Get the key and unlock the Barracks Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then go the [[Apostate Citadel Barracks]] portal beyond.
# The Barracks are full of Tumeroks. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find a locked door and a [[Hea Apostate Warlord]] who has the {{Icon Link Small|Apostate Citadel Headquarters Key}}. Get the key and unlock the Headquarters Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then jump '''across''' an acid pit right on the other side of the door. Go in the [[Apostate Citadel Headquarters]] portal beyond.
# The Headquarters are full of Virindi. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find the [[Apostate Master]].
# Kill the Master and loot the {{Icon Link Small|Apostate Message Shard}} shard off his corpse (4 per kill).
# Return to Zaikhal and give the Message Shard to [[Diyas al-Yat]] by the library for the translated {{Icon Link Small|Apostate Orders}}.
# Give the Apostate Orders to [[Aruq ibn Balthar]] your rewards and a copy of the orders.


# Speak to [[Aruq ibn Balthar]] at 13.4N 0.7E in [[Zaikhal]] by the Meeting Hall in town. '''This step is not optional.'''
Notes
# Go to the [[Apostate Citadel Mines]] at 48.7S, 68.9W
* You can not re-enter the dungeon until the repeat timer has expired.
#* <b>Route:</b> Run west from the [[Obsidian Rim]] Portal drop.
# The Mines filled with Hollow Lugians. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find locked door and a [[Gotrok Mining Foreman]] who has the [[Apostate Citadel Barracks Key]]. Get the key and unlock the Barracks Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then go the [[Apostate Citadel Barracks]] portal beyond.
# The Barracks are full of Tumeroks. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find a locked door and a [[Hea Apostate Warlord]] who has the [[Apostate Citadel Headquarters Key]]. Get the key and unlock the Headquarters Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then jump <font color = red>'''across'''</font> an acid pit right on the other side of the door. Go in the [[Apostate Citadel Headquarters]] portal beyond.
# The Headquarters are full of Virindi. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find the [[Apostate Master]].
# Kill the Master and loot the [[Apostate Message Shard]] shard off his corpse (4 per kill).
# Return to Zaikhal and give the Message Shard to [[Diyas al-Yat]] by the library for the translated version.
# Give the translated [[Apostate Orders]] to [[Aruq ibn Balthar]] for xp and a [[Mana Forge Key]]. He will also give you a copy of the orders.
#* '''Note''': You can NOT re-enter the dungeon when you have received your reward (until your timer is up in 27 days): <font color=cornflowerblue>You must complete a quest to interact with that portal.</font>


== Maps ==
== Dungeons & Maps ==
{{Dungeon Table
{{Dungeon Table
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  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Mines
  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Mines
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |  Wiki Map File = 2842.png
  |  Wiki Map File =  
}}
}}
{{Dungeon Maps
{{Dungeon Maps
  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Barracks
  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Barracks
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |  Wiki Map File = 2842.png
  |  Wiki Map File =  
}}
}}
{{Dungeon Maps
{{Dungeon Maps
  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Headquarters
  |        Dungeon = Apostate Citadel Headquarters
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |    Coordinates = 48.7S, 68.9W
  |  Wiki Map File = 2842.png
  |  Wiki Map File =  
}}
}}
}}
}}


== Items ==
== Items ==
{{Item Table Two|Caption=Quest Items
{{Rewards Table
| Apostate Citadel Barracks Key
  |       Quest Task = Hand the [[Apostate Orders]] to [[Aruq ibn Balthar]]
| Apostate Citadel Headquarters Key
  |     Item Reward =
| Apostate Message Shard
* {{Icon Link|Mana Forge Key}}
}}
* {{Icon Link|Apostate Orders}}
 
|    Max XP Reward = 297,235,856 | Percent of Level = 30 | Level Cap = 200
{{Item Table|Caption=Rewards
| Luminance Reward = 12,000
| Apostate Orders
|    Title Reward =
| Mana Forge Key
}}
 
== Experience Rewards ==
 
{{Quest Experience Table
  | Repeat Differs = False
|    Table Rows =
{{Quest Task
|      Description = Hand the [[Apostate Orders]] to [[Aruq ibn Balthar]]
  |           Max XP = 297,235,856
| Percent of Level = 30
  |        Level Cap = 200
}}
}}
}}


== Images ==
== Images ==
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== Lore & Dialog ==
== Dialog ==
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Aha!  A doughty Derethian warrior!  You may be just the person to help me here... There is a strange new fortified location in the Direlands, guarded by fearsome Gotrok Lugians!  It is quite strange to see renegades outside their normal bailiwick in the southern mountains, and our scouts report that these monsters are even more powerful than the others of their ilk that we have previously surveyed."<br>
=== Opening Dialog ===
Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "We suspect, based on geomantic emanations from that location, that they are working at the behest of rebel Virindi again, but we need an intrepid adventurer such as yourself to personally infiltrate the installation and gather intelligence.  Could you do this for us?  Journey to the depths of the new Gotrok fortress in the Direlands at 48.7S, 68.9W and bring back whatever message shards you can find.  I would be in your debt, and you would not go unrewarded."<br></font>
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Aha!  A doughty Derethian warrior!  You may be just the person to help me here... There is a strange new fortified location in the Direlands, guarded by fearsome Gotrok Lugians!  It is quite strange to see renegades outside their normal bailiwick in the southern mountains, and our scouts report that these monsters are even more powerful than the others of their ilk that we have previously surveyed."
----
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "We suspect, based on geomantic emanations from that location, that they are working at the behest of rebel Virindi again, but we need an intrepid adventurer such as yourself to personally infiltrate the installation and gather intelligence.  Could you do this for us?  Journey to the depths of the new Gotrok fortress in the Direlands at 48.7S, 68.9W and bring back whatever message shards you can find.  I would be in your debt, and you would not go unrewarded."
<font color=green>You allow Diyas al-Yat to examine your Apostate Message Shard.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Diyas al-Yat tells you, "I heard that Aruq sent you off to that new fortress in the Direlands.  Is this the shard you found there?  Fascinating... Let me have a look..."<br></font>
=== Giving Apostate Message Shard to Diyas al-Yat ===
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Apostate Message Shards.<br>
:You allow Diyas al-Yat to examine your Apostate Message Shard.
Diyas stares into the fragment of crystal for a moment, and his eyes widen with horror.<br></font>
:Diyas al-Yat tells you, "I heard that Aruq sent you off to that new fortress in the Direlands.  Is this the shard you found there?  Fascinating... Let me have a look..."
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Diyas al-Yat tells you, "The Virindi rebels are gathering their allies again!  They seek to step into the gap left by T'thuun's defeat!  Quick, take this translation to Aruq, he will make sure the proper people are notified."<br></font>
:You hand over 1 of your Apostate Message Shards.
<font color=green>Diyas al-Yat gives you Apostate Orders.<br></font>
:Diyas stares into the fragment of crystal for a moment, and his eyes widen with horror.
----
:Diyas al-Yat tells you, "The Virindi rebels are gathering their allies again!  They seek to step into the gap left by T'thuun's defeat!  Quick, take this translation to Aruq, he will make sure the proper people are notified."
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Ah, Diyas translated the shard for you?  Please hand it over, I am most curious to see what it will reveal..."<br></font>
:Diyas al-Yat gives you Apostate Orders.
----
 
<font color=green>You allow Aruq ibn Balthar to examine your Apostate Orders.<br></font>
=== Giving Apostate Orders to Aruq ibn Balthar ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Good work, my friend!  I knew I could count on you!"<br></font>
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Ah, Diyas translated the shard for you?  Please hand it over, I am most curious to see what it will reveal..."
<font color=green>Aruq takes a moment to read the translated message.<br>
:You allow Aruq ibn Balthar to examine your Apostate Orders.
You hand over 1 of your Apostate Orderss.<br></font>
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Good work, my friend!  I knew I could count on you!"
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Zounds!  What a fell plot the rebel Virindi are hatching here!  I am glad you were able to escape with this critical intelligence.  I will send it on to my superiors on the Royal Council.  No doubt they will dispatch scouts as soon as possible to comb the lands for these Nexuses they speak of.  I imagine the secret societies will be quite interested in this as well... But here, here is your reward.  It's something a previous visitor left here, I think you may find it useful."<br></font>
:Aruq takes a moment to read the translated message.
<font color=green>Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Mana Forge Key.<br>
:You hand over 1 of your Apostate Orderss.
You've earned 297,235,856 experience.<br>
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Zounds!  What a fell plot the rebel Virindi are hatching here!  I am glad you were able to escape with this critical intelligence.  I will send it on to my superiors on the Royal Council.  No doubt they will dispatch scouts as soon as possible to comb the lands for these Nexuses they speak of.  I imagine the secret societies will be quite interested in this as well... But here, here is your reward.  It's something a previous visitor left here, I think you may find it useful."
You've earned 21,199 Luminance.<br></font> (with trinket)
:Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Mana Forge Key.
<font color=green>Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Apostate Orders.<br></font>
:You've earned 315,069,990 experience.
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "On further consideration, I should also give you a copy of this translation, for your own records... And perhaps you can help spread the word, if you belong to a secret society, that the Virindi rebels are rising to threaten Dereth again!"<br></font>
:You've earned 12,1719 Luminance.
----
:Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Apostate Orders.
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "You have already retrieved that very troubling message shard for me... There is no more I can ask of you."</font>
:Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "On further consideration, I should also give you a copy of this translation, for your own records... And perhaps you can help spread the word, if you belong to a secret society, that the Virindi rebels are rising to threaten Dereth again!"
 
== Update History ==
{{Update History|
[[Who Watches the Virindi?]]
* Quest introduced.
 
[[The Quest for Freedom]]
* Repeat timer changed from 27 days to 20 hours.
* [[Luminance]] reward decreased from 20,000 to 12,000.
}}

Revision as of 06:21, 13 March 2014

Walkthrough & Notes     Dungeons & Maps     Rewards     Images     Dialog     Update History
Uncovering the Renegades
Level: 150
Type: Small Fellowship/Solo
Starts With: Aruq ibn Balthar
Starts At: Zaikhal at 13.4N, 0.7E
Repeat: 20 Hours
Contracts: Contract for Uncovering the Renegades

Overview

Aruq ibn Balthar, a geomantic investigator in Zaikhal, is enlisting adventurers to search a new Renegade stronghold in the Direlands.

  • Prepare to fight lots of Lugians, Tumeroks, and Virindi in the Apostate Citadel dungeon.

Walkthrough & Notes

  1. After speaking with Aruq, go to the Apostate Citadel Mines near the Obsidian Rim at 48.7S, 68.9W.
  2. The Mines filled with Hollow Lugians. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find locked door and a Gotrok Mining Foreman who has the Apostate Citadel Barracks Key. Get the key and unlock the Barracks Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then go the Apostate Citadel Barracks portal beyond.
  3. The Barracks are full of Tumeroks. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find a locked door and a Hea Apostate Warlord who has the Apostate Citadel Headquarters Key. Get the key and unlock the Headquarters Door (Lockpick Resistance 9999) then jump across an acid pit right on the other side of the door. Go in the Apostate Citadel Headquarters portal beyond.
  4. The Headquarters are full of Virindi. Run to the end of the dungeon where you will find the Apostate Master.
  5. Kill the Master and loot the Apostate Message Shard shard off his corpse (4 per kill).
  6. Return to Zaikhal and give the Message Shard to Diyas al-Yat by the library for the translated Apostate Orders.
  7. Give the Apostate Orders to Aruq ibn Balthar your rewards and a copy of the orders.

Notes

  • You can not re-enter the dungeon until the repeat timer has expired.

Dungeons & Maps

Dungeon Coordinates Wiki Map ACmaps
Apostate Citadel Mines 48.7S, 68.9W -- --
Apostate Citadel Barracks 48.7S, 68.9W -- --
Apostate Citadel Headquarters 48.7S, 68.9W -- --

Items

Hand the Apostate Orders to Aruq ibn Balthar
Experience: 297,235,856 (30% up to level 200)
Luminance: 12,000
Items:

Images

Click image for full size version.

Dialog

Opening Dialog

Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Aha! A doughty Derethian warrior! You may be just the person to help me here... There is a strange new fortified location in the Direlands, guarded by fearsome Gotrok Lugians! It is quite strange to see renegades outside their normal bailiwick in the southern mountains, and our scouts report that these monsters are even more powerful than the others of their ilk that we have previously surveyed."
Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "We suspect, based on geomantic emanations from that location, that they are working at the behest of rebel Virindi again, but we need an intrepid adventurer such as yourself to personally infiltrate the installation and gather intelligence. Could you do this for us? Journey to the depths of the new Gotrok fortress in the Direlands at 48.7S, 68.9W and bring back whatever message shards you can find. I would be in your debt, and you would not go unrewarded."

Giving Apostate Message Shard to Diyas al-Yat

You allow Diyas al-Yat to examine your Apostate Message Shard.
Diyas al-Yat tells you, "I heard that Aruq sent you off to that new fortress in the Direlands. Is this the shard you found there? Fascinating... Let me have a look..."
You hand over 1 of your Apostate Message Shards.
Diyas stares into the fragment of crystal for a moment, and his eyes widen with horror.
Diyas al-Yat tells you, "The Virindi rebels are gathering their allies again! They seek to step into the gap left by T'thuun's defeat! Quick, take this translation to Aruq, he will make sure the proper people are notified."
Diyas al-Yat gives you Apostate Orders.

Giving Apostate Orders to Aruq ibn Balthar

Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Ah, Diyas translated the shard for you? Please hand it over, I am most curious to see what it will reveal..."
You allow Aruq ibn Balthar to examine your Apostate Orders.
Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Good work, my friend! I knew I could count on you!"
Aruq takes a moment to read the translated message.
You hand over 1 of your Apostate Orderss.
Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "Zounds! What a fell plot the rebel Virindi are hatching here! I am glad you were able to escape with this critical intelligence. I will send it on to my superiors on the Royal Council. No doubt they will dispatch scouts as soon as possible to comb the lands for these Nexuses they speak of. I imagine the secret societies will be quite interested in this as well... But here, here is your reward. It's something a previous visitor left here, I think you may find it useful."
Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Mana Forge Key.
You've earned 315,069,990 experience.
You've earned 12,1719 Luminance.
Aruq ibn Balthar gives you Apostate Orders.
Aruq ibn Balthar tells you, "On further consideration, I should also give you a copy of this translation, for your own records... And perhaps you can help spread the word, if you belong to a secret society, that the Virindi rebels are rising to threaten Dereth again!"

Update History

Who Watches the Virindi?

  • Quest introduced.

The Quest for Freedom

  • Repeat timer changed from 27 days to 20 hours.
  • Luminance reward decreased from 20,000 to 12,000.