an iksar hermit [ Necromancer Guildmaster ]  

if you go down and read some of the fine books available from the forbidden scribe, you will discover an interesting story line that might have something to do with your faction hit issue. there is a story that i remeber the jist of but not the names or exact wording to, it goes a bit like this;

in the days of the first iksar empire in cabilis there was a member of the necro guild who was a master smith and he also happened to have a thing for the magical realms of wizardry, which was a blasphemous thing to the iksar necros and the people of cabilis. this necro also had a sarnak slave servant, by the name of kly, (which ties in some thing about why the kly are the main fighting force in charge of dalnir, but any way.) this necro was summoned to aid in the making of an enchanted dagger designed for torturing the victims of kurn himself, so that necro made his servant kly drag out the always working forge (which now rests in dalnir) out to kurn's tower and started work on making the dagger. while he was away other members of the necro guild stumbled across some of his notes and found out about his traitorous blasphemy. they sent word to the head masters of the necro guild at once who in turn sent word to kurn to have him dismembered and dusted (not totally sure what dusting is in iksar culture, but it sure cant be too good for the ol' bones, hehe). kurn decided that he would allow the necro to finish his work, and as soon as he was done, kurn had him shackled and used the very dagger he just comleted to punture his chest and disembowel him, after doing so he decided the dagger wasnt complete and had it sent back to cab to be finished properly. to keep this whole thing on the down low, they had the forge, kly, and most of the necros remains and belongings sent off to dalnir to be kept under wraps and never be heard of again, but the cursed dagger, as i had said, was sent back to cabilis, where it has supposedly remained to this very day and never finished for fear of its curse.

now if its still in cab, and was bestowed upon a necro for safe keeping, he would probably be some sort of outcast, or maybe even a HERMIT, see where i am getting at? this hermit might be the chosen one to keep hold of this dreaded dagger with a curse that all necro wish to avoid, makes sense to me anyhow, that once you come into possesion of such a hated item, that you too would loose a bit of standing with those that have the most reason to despise its very existance. maybe we are all on the wrong track. maybe this is a cross over point where we go from caps to another ethnic epic wpn quest. i have no solid proof as of yet, but i think there might be more than enough cause to keep that up as a valid presumption.

a few more notes that are worth mentioning as potetial leads to other items that are needed to complete the hilt. there are two quests that i know of that have yet to be solved that seem to involve things that are tied into the necro story line, one is the quest in kurns that involves the hollow skull container that the skeletal cook drops. makes sense to me that some how in kurns there is still a piece of this unfinished dagger that was worked on there. now the other i think that might be worth investigating has to do with the loom in kaesora, now i know there are lots of rumors floating about the book mark and yellow whip that that both have flax in their id's, maybe we got to find the proper components to assemble in the 12 slot loom to make either another peice, or a turn in item that is used in a quest to get the peice needed.

as my young scaley necro scholar works his way up in rank and order with the brood of kotiz, i will be sure to keep you informed of any head way i might come across on those leads i would like to pursue. hope some of this helps in getting this mystery solved. laters all. 8)

Its possible that this has changed since I tried last time.

I too am an Iksar Necromancer, and the last time I tried to ask him anything he wouldnt say anything other than the usually "you have more work to do". In my experience he only spoke when I conned indifferent to him. Perhaps now as your Guild faction lowers, your hermit faction raises. I will have to check again. Are you sure you conned aimable to the hermit, and not indifferent?

Smaaug Darqsmoke
Lvl 50 Iksar Necromancer
Brell Serilis