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The Firewand
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Where: Laendlich, Tristen, the Floating City, Castle Garrison, Aaryak, and the Temple. Reward: the way past the ice, and the third medallion piece. You need: the spell Acid Rain to enter the Floating City (see Spells), and about 100 gold. Getting the sulfur is its own adventure: Rescuing Gawain.
Every step waits for the one before it. If someone has nothing new to say, you have probably skipped a step.
Find the ice
A piece of the medallion is somewhere in the dungeon near Laendlich, and something blocks the way.
Solution
Rumors mention it: a knight at the Northern Post says a piece of the medallion is trapped behind a wall of ice in the dungeon near Laendlich. The dungeon is on the Laendlich island, and the ice is inside, where the passage ends. Reach Laendlich by the ferry (see The Hidden City of the Dwarves) and walk to the dungeon entrance on the marked spot. Deep in the first dungeon map you reach a block of magical ice. No amount of hacking at it works, but touching it starts this quest.
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AAsk the exiled wizard
A wizard who lives in exile might know how to melt magic ice.
Solution
Mizrak lives in exile in Tristen, in the southern half of the continent. He only reacts to the ice once you have found it yourself. Talk to Mizrak the Wizard. He says a firewand could melt the ice, but his lab is in the Floating City and he cannot get back in.
APlead his case in the Floating City
Mizrak was banished from the Floating City. Someone there must let him return.
Solution
The head of the council decides whether he may return. To be let into the city you need to know the spell Acid Rain. The Tower of Ascent stands on the eastern island, which you reach by the free ferry from Rhoeyce to Aaryak. Talk to the Head of Council. He is busy at first, but after you beg on Mizrak’s behalf, he agrees: Mizrak may return, as long as he only experiments with the wand.
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ATell Mizrak
Bring the good news to Tristen.
Solution
Talk to Mizrak again in Tristen. He leaves at once and tells you to meet him in his lab, which is the building in the northwest corner of the Floating City. From now on Tristen and the Floating City look a little different.
Get the wood
Mizrak needs supplies, since his lab was cleaned out. The first is a special wood.
Solution
Meet Mizrak in his lab (the northwest corner of the Floating City). He asks for Ironwood, the strongest wood there is. A very old gardener in Castle Garrison grows some. He is muddled, but he will not refuse you. Talk to the senile gardener. Once Mizrak has asked, the gardener hands you a fallen branch of ironwood.
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AGet the sulfur
Next Mizrak needs sulfur, and it is mined in the hills near Aaryak. The mine is not safe.
Solution
Give the ironwood to Mizrak by talking to him again; he says he needs sulfur. Then talk to the man at the Miners’ Guild in Aaryak. He has none to spare until someone rescues the captain of the guards from the dark goblins. That is Rescuing Gawain. When you are done there, the guild gives you the sulfur.
AHave the wand made
Take the sulfur to Mizrak.
Solution
Give the sulfur to Mizrak by talking to him. He needs several hours and then hands you the firewand. It needs a priest’s blessing to work.
Have the wand blessed
The wand does nothing until a priest blesses it.
Solution
The priests at the Temple, in the middle of the continent near the road to the Northern Post, heal soldiers on their way north. Go to the Temple and talk to the priest, the one who says he knows many skills other than healing. He blesses the wand.
AMelt the ice
Return to the ice with the wand.
Solution
Go back to the Laendlich Dungeon and touch the ice. The wand melts it and you step through into Laendlich Dungeon 1b. From then on the dungeon’s entrance leads straight to that side.
Go down through Laendlich Dungeon 2, 3, and 4 (any down stairs will do) to Laendlich Dungeon 5. The altar with the third medallion piece is at the marked spot. Monsters on the way are Trolls, Death Knights, and the occasional Bronze Golem. The maps are on the Dungeons and Caves page.
AWith three pieces, go to Mending the Medallion.