Heretic Battle  

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Level:7
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
  • Faction
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Era:Original
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
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Entered: Mon Sep 11 19:31:00 2000
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Markus Jaevins is located at +730, +915 on the top floor of the Tower of The Gate Callers in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'

Markus Jaevins says 'I am the overseer of the great city of Erudin. You will address me in the proper manner. HAIL!!'

You say, 'Who are you?'

Markus Jaevins says 'Markus Jaevins is the highest ranking official in Erudin.'

You say, 'What about the heretics?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The heretics are our sworn enemies. Their ancient origins are our own, however, they are the mad Erudites who chose the dark side of magic called necromancy. We, the magicians, caught one snooping in the palace just last week. He is now our [prisoner].'

You say, 'What prisoner?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The infidel was memorizing our spells to take to the rest of the heretic scum. He will finally be [purged] today. Could you please go to the cells here in the palace and ask Jail Master Lius to give you the heretic's remains?'

You say, 'What do you mean, purged?'

Markus Jaevins says 'To be purged is to take all the evil from one's body and set the soul free. Through magical means, the Erudite cleansers pull the accused's organs out through the mouth. When all is done, you can be assured the body is cleansed of all evil.'

You say, 'Where is Jail Master Lius?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The prison is on the lower level of the palace inside the City Office.'

Warden Lius is located at +560, +850 inside the City Office in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Warden Lius'

Warden Lius says 'Hail, citizen! This is no place for you. Make sure you keep it that way. We do not need any more [hollow men].'

You say, 'What hollow men?'

Warden Lius says 'There is only one sentence in Erudin, death!! And death by purging is the most common. The insides of the criminal are literally pulled out chunk by chunk through the mouth. Then the hollow man is set adrift to float the seas of Erud's Crossing, his body cleansed of all anarchy.'

You say, 'I need the heretic remains.'

Warden Lius says 'I am afraid the heretic prisoner has escaped. There was a skirmish on the palace grounds so I went to assist. When I returned to my post he was gone! I don't know how... he was locked away in the first cell, across from that no-good, thieving gnome, and it is impossible to break the lock with or without magic. We will find him soon. Tell Guildmaster Markus he has escaped.'

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'

You say, 'The heretic has escaped.'

Markus Jaevins says 'Escaped!! This is not good. The sentinels will not find him in time. You must find him. When you find him, release his soul and rid his body of evil any way you can. Bring me proof and all will be well.'

Elial Brook is located at -365, +330 in Toxxulia Forest.

You say, 'Hail, Elial Brook'
Auto attack is on.
Elial Brook says 'That was not a very intelligent thing to do.'
You have slain Elial Brook!
You have looted a Bones.
Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -20.
Your faction standing with Deepwater Knights has been adjusted by 20.
Your faction standing with Gate Callers has been adjusted by 20.
Your faction standing with Craftkeepers has been adjusted by 20.
Your faction standing with Crimson Hands has been adjusted by 20.

Hand in the Bones.

Markus Jaevins says 'This is fine work, young one. You keep this up and you shall be knighted before long.'

Your faction standing with Gate Callers has been adjusted by 50.
Your faction standing with High Guard of Erudin has been adjusted by 7.
Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin has been adjusted by 5.
Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -7.
You gain experience!!
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# Sep 02 2022 at 8:49 PM Rating: Good
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I am writing this for me in case I come back and do this quest again and forget. I am currently on Yelinak server, and I remember doing the quest in the past to work on faction. I thought I was able to do it at dubious but my Level 3 high elf magician could not turn in the heretic bone chips at dubious or so I thought. I went out and found a higher-level player killing Brook and asked if I could tag him for faction and he agreed. I tried again at apprehensive and still Markus would not take my chips or even at indifferent. I thought that was really strange because I swore you could turn in at dubious. Maybe they changed it I thought. So onward to amiable I went and to my surprise, Markus would still not take the chips. Frustrated I was convinced the quest was broken and was about to just destroy the chips but handed them to a level 4 alt at dubious faction and he would not take them either. So, one final attempt I handed the chips to my last alt. A level 7 dwarf cleric also at dubious faction. Markus took the chips, and I got the xp and faction like normal. My educated guess is they level locked this hand in that you have to be above level 4 probably level 7 for Markus to take the heretic bone chips to prevent power leveling level 1s. I just didn't think they did that on these old school quest.
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# Oct 29 2020 at 2:37 PM Rating: Good
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This likely does not change the turn-in requirements (will update if it doesn't work for me), but the text responses are slightly broken.
After speaking to Warden Lius, saying 'The heretic has escaped.' (as directed in the description) to Markus Jaevins results in him repeating his earlier explanation when asking about the prisoner.
Faction Logs
# Jul 28 2015 at 7:50 AM Rating: Good
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[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Halleb hit E`lial B`rook for 28 points of non-melee damage.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -20.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Your faction standing with Deepwater Knights has been adjusted by 20.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Your faction standing with Gate Callers has been adjusted by 20.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Your faction standing with Craftkeepers has been adjusted by 20.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] Your faction standing with Crimson Hands has been adjusted by 20.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:56 2015] You receive 8 copper from the corpse.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:57 2015] E`lial B`rook's corpse says 'My comrades will avenge my death.'
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:57 2015] E`lial B`rook is struck by a sudden burst of force.
[Tue Jul 28 09:41:57 2015] You have slain E`lial B`rook!

[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] Markus Jaevins says 'This is fine work, young one. You keep this up and you shall be knighted before long.'
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] Your faction standing with Gate Callers has been adjusted by 50.
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] Your faction standing with High Guard of Erudin has been adjusted by 7.
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin has been adjusted by 5.
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] Your faction standing with Heretics has been adjusted by -7.
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] You gain experience!!
[Tue Jul 28 09:49:06 2015] You receive 9 copper from Markus Jaevins.
different faction increases for Magician's & Heretic's bones
# Jun 02 2014 at 7:28 AM Rating: Excellent
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Now that we get to see the numerical faction increases...
Upon turning in Heretic bones (from Elial Brook):
Gate Callers +50
High Guard of Erudin +7
High Council of Erudin +5
Heretics -7

Upon turning in Magician's bones (from Shintar Vinlail):
Gate Callers +25
High Guard of Erudin +3
High Council of Erudin +2
Heretics -3
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So, upon handing in the bones...
# Apr 09 2014 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
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I killed Elial Brook and got his bones, then read about Shintar dropping bones also. Elial's bones indentify as Heretic's Bones, Shintar's as Magician's Bones. So I get both, and just for kicks, turned them both in to Markus Jaevins.

The result? "Fine work", same as handing in Elial's. Yes, Shintar's bones give the same result, response and factions. Pretty amusing.
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# Sep 03 2010 at 5:04 AM Rating: Decent
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each bones hand in is worth 100 points to Gate Callers. How do I know? I was amiable before handing in any. I handed in 7 to get Kindly. Amiable is a 700 or 800 point span. Then I handed in 5 more to get warmly. Kindly is a 500 point span. easy math.
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# Oct 14 2007 at 1:37 PM Rating: Good
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Markus Jaevins is located at 730, 915 on the top floor of the Tower of The Gate Callers in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'

Markus Jaevins says 'I am the overseer of the great city of Erudin. You will address me in the proper manner. HAIL!!'

You say, 'Who are you?'

Markus Jaevins says 'Markus Jaevins is the highest ranking official in Erudin.'

You say, 'What about the heretics?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The heretics are our sworn enemies. Their ancient origins are our own, however, they are the mad Erudites who chose the dark side of magic called necromancy. We, the magicians, caught one snooping in the palace just last week. He is now our [prisoner].'

You say, 'What prisoner?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The infidel was memorizing our spells to take to the rest of the heretic scum. He will finally be [purged] today. Could you please go to the cells here in the palace and ask Jail Master Lius to give you the heretic's remains?'

You say, 'What purged?'

Markus Jaevins says 'To be purged is to take all the evil from one's body and set the soul free. Through magical means, the Erudite cleansers pull the accused's organs out through the mouth. When all is done, you can be assured the body is cleansed of all evil.'

You say, 'Where is Jail Master Lius'

Markus Jaevins says 'The prison is on the lower level of the palace inside the City Office.'

Warden Lius is located at 560, 850 inside the City Office in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Warden Lius'

Warden Lius says 'Hail, citizen! This is no place for you. Make sure you keep it that way. We do not need any more [hollow men].'

You say, 'what hollow men'

Warden Lius says 'There is only one sentence in Erudin, death!! And death by purging is the most common. The insides of the criminal are literally pulled out chunk by chunk through the mouth. Then the hollow man is set adrift to float the seas of Erud's Crossing, his body cleansed of all anarchy.'

You say, 'I need the heretic remains'

Warden Lius says 'I am afraid the heretic prisoner has escaped. There was a skirmish on the palace grounds so I went to assist. When I returned to my post he was gone! I don't know how... he was locked away in the first cell, across from that no-good, thieving gnome, and it is impossible to break the lock with or without magic. We will find him soon. Tell Guildmaster Markus he has escaped.'

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'
You say, 'The heretic has escaped'

Markus Jaevins says 'Escaped!! This is not good. The sentinels will not find him in time. You must find him. When you find him, release his soul and rid his body of evil any way you can. Bring me proof and all will be well.'

Elial Brook is located at -365, 330 in Toxxulia Forest.

You say, 'Hail, Elial Brook'
Auto attack is on.
Elial Brook says 'That was not a very intelligent thing to do.'
You have slain Elial Brook!
You have looted a Bones.
Your faction standing with Heretics got worse.
Your faction standing with Deepwater Knights could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Gate Callers could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Craftkeepers could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Crimson Hands could not possibly get any better.

Hand in the Bones.

Markus Jaevins says 'This is fine work, young one. You keep this up and you shall be knighted before long.'

Your faction standing with Gate Callers got better.
Your faction standing with High Guard of Erudin got better.
Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin got better.
Your faction standing with Heretics got worse.
You gain experience!!
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# Oct 15 2007 at 11:07 AM Rating: Excellent
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Sythik wrote:
Markus Jaevins is located at 730, 915 on the top floor of the Tower of The Gate Callers in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'

Markus Jaevins says 'I am the overseer of the great city of Erudin. You will address me in the proper manner. HAIL!!'

You say, 'Who are you?'

Markus Jaevins says 'Markus Jaevins is the highest ranking official in Erudin.'

You say, 'What about the heretics?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The heretics are our sworn enemies. Their ancient origins are our own, however, they are the mad Erudites who chose the dark side of magic called necromancy. We, the magicians, caught one snooping in the palace just last week. He is now our [prisoner].'

You say, 'What prisoner?'

Markus Jaevins says 'The infidel was memorizing our spells to take to the rest of the heretic scum. He will finally be [purged] today. Could you please go to the cells here in the palace and ask Jail Master Lius to give you the heretic's remains?'

You say, 'What purged?'

Markus Jaevins says 'To be purged is to take all the evil from one's body and set the soul free. Through magical means, the Erudite cleansers pull the accused's organs out through the mouth. When all is done, you can be assured the body is cleansed of all evil.'

You say, 'Where is Jail Master Lius'

Markus Jaevins says 'The prison is on the lower level of the palace inside the City Office.'

Warden Lius is located at 560, 850 inside the City Office in Erudin Palace.

You say, 'Hail, Warden Lius'

Warden Lius says 'Hail, citizen! This is no place for you. Make sure you keep it that way. We do not need any more [hollow men].'

You say, 'what hollow men'

Warden Lius says 'There is only one sentence in Erudin, death!! And death by purging is the most common. The insides of the criminal are literally pulled out chunk by chunk through the mouth. Then the hollow man is set adrift to float the seas of Erud's Crossing, his body cleansed of all anarchy.'

You say, 'I need the heretic remains'

Warden Lius says 'I am afraid the heretic prisoner has escaped. There was a skirmish on the palace grounds so I went to assist. When I returned to my post he was gone! I don't know how... he was locked away in the first cell, across from that no-good, thieving gnome, and it is impossible to break the lock with or without magic. We will find him soon. Tell Guildmaster Markus he has escaped.'

You say, 'Hail, Markus Jaevins'
You say, 'The heretic has escaped'

Markus Jaevins says 'Escaped!! This is not good. The sentinels will not find him in time. You must find him. When you find him, release his soul and rid his body of evil any way you can. Bring me proof and all will be well.'

Elial Brook is located at -365, 330 in Toxxulia Forest.

You say, 'Hail, Elial Brook'
Auto attack is on.
Elial Brook says 'That was not a very intelligent thing to do.'
You have slain Elial Brook!
You have looted a Bones.
Your faction standing with Heretics got worse.
Your faction standing with Deepwater Knights could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Gate Callers could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Craftkeepers could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Crimson Hands could not possibly get any better.

Hand in the Bones.

Markus Jaevins says 'This is fine work, young one. You keep this up and you shall be knighted before long.'

Your faction standing with Gate Callers got better.
Your faction standing with High Guard of Erudin got better.
Your faction standing with High Council of Erudin got better.
Your faction standing with Heretics got worse.
You gain experience!!


Updated, thanks.
Sometimes they try to trick you
# Jul 06 2006 at 5:01 PM Rating: Decent
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Woo hoo last post made 3 years ago!!! Anyway, for those who may be returning here from Combine and Sleeper servers to look up old quest info, this is in response to the guy below asking about Magician bones, there are no known quests involving magician bones, but sometimes they put things in to trick you. I am sure many people have tried turning in the magician bones thinking they were the same as the heretic ones. Sometimes the devs put crap like this in so if you don't identify the bones first, and they are not the right ones, you get attacked by the NPC you give them to. Think about it, it is one of the magician guild trainers who asks for the bones, and if you go and give him magician bones, he will likely know the difference and slap you down hard for killing one of his buddies. The only ones that seem to drop the bones needed for quest are Elial Brook and Algithin Dasmore, and Algithin is rare drop for bones.
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Bones (Magician Bones)
# Aug 15 2003 at 7:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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I killed Shintar in Toxxulia Forest today. I looted Bones. Curious that they did not have "Chips" next to the name, I identified them with my Silvery Mask. Identified as Bones (Magician Bones). Since there is a quest for Heretic Bones, is there an opposite quest for Magician Bones?
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# Jul 11 2002 at 10:36 AM Rating: Default
where do i find the warden
How much faction is needed?
# Jun 18 2002 at 12:55 PM Rating: Decent
I am a 34 Iksar Monk. I have killed Elial about 40 times now, and am dubious with guards, and Marcus. He wouldn't take the bones though. What does my faction need to be with him for him to take the bones from me? How do I raise this faction with him?
RE: How much faction is needed?
# Jun 28 2006 at 6:19 AM Rating: Default
if your a monk sneak behind him for indiff faction when you hand the bones in...
RE: How much faction is needed?
# Nov 06 2002 at 3:26 AM Rating: Decent
Hehehe... low way to go dude...
U need at least amiably to make him takes ur bones :)
Keep killing that Necro..
Good luck
RE: How much faction is needed?
# Jan 27 2003 at 5:28 PM Rating: Decent
Sorry. Just done this 10 minutes ago and I can tell you truly.... NO

I started off apprehensive (one better than dubious) and he DID take my bones. I handed in SEVEN bones and he was then amiable to me.

I also noticed the change in money he gave me... started off about 6 copper in return for Bones while apprehensive and was giving me 5 gold at the end when I was amiable.
THIS DOES NOT RAISE DEEPWATER
# Jun 06 2002 at 11:37 PM Rating: Decent
It now only raises:

Gate Callers
High Guard of Erudin
High Council of Erudin

and Lowers:

Heretics

I just turned in 32 bones trying to do DW faction... ::sigh::.. well at least now I'm allied with the Gate Callers and amiable to guards.
RE: THIS DOES NOT RAISE DEEPWATER
# Oct 07 2002 at 3:35 PM Rating: Decent
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Killing Elial Brook raises Deepwater Knights faction. In order to obtain 32 bones, Elial Brook must be killed 32 times. The person who killed Elial Brook improved their Deepwater Knights faction. As you discovered, obtaining the bones from someone else and turning them in does not increase Deepwater Knights faction, though the factions it does raise can also be useful.

Only people MQing this quest will miss out on Deepwater Knights faction. Given that Elial Brook is around level 6 and newbie fodder, there is little point to MQing this quest.

Kamgar
Who they go to
# Apr 18 2002 at 11:25 AM Rating: Decent
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The bones are turned into Markus. You can turn in any number at one time as long as they are not stacked. So 1,2,3, or 4. You get faction adjustements based on how many you turn in. Don'y even bother with the Warden, he is not needed. I went from Dubious to Warmly with 16 bones turned in. However I am still dubious to the guards.
Jailmaster?
# Mar 05 2002 at 1:19 PM Rating: Decent
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Where can the jailmaster be found?
RE: Jailmaster?
# Mar 08 2002 at 2:28 PM Rating: Decent
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In Erudin.

Look for Warden Lius, not jailmaster.
Vague Info...
# Feb 22 2002 at 1:13 PM Rating: Decent
I think the person you turn in the bones to is not Markus, but Lius. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. I need to gain faction with DW Knights so I will be doing this quest on Prexus.
faction
# Feb 14 2002 at 9:28 PM Rating: Decent
As dwraf cleric, i was dubious after having killed Elial Brook 19 times, i was aimably, after giving 19 bones, warmly .

Elial Brook have entre 90 and 100 HP.
Bones
# Nov 20 2001 at 1:36 PM Rating: Default
I gave the bones to him 1 at a time and it worked. I would guess there is a starting faction like most of the quests. They hate dwarfs, I dusted him off about 19 times before I turned the bones in. That seemed to work. Although 26 molars and 19 dusted necros and I am only amiable with the Deepwater Knights, albeit kindly to the GateCallers.

Bones
# Nov 20 2001 at 1:35 PM Rating: Default
I gave the bones to him 1 at a time and it worked. I would guess there is a starting faction like most of the quests. They hate dwarfs, I dusted him off about 19 times before I turned the bones in. That seemed to work. Although 26 molars and 19 dusted necros and I am only amiable.

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# Nov 11 2001 at 7:53 PM Rating: Default
Who do you give the bones too? I gave them to Markus and nothing happened!
Elial Brooks
# Aug 20 2001 at 1:02 PM Rating: Default
he has less than 125 HP's because thats how much damage my Lightning Bolt does. And pet popped when I killed him. Sentry nearby never bothered me(I am apprehensive not KOS)but I don't know if the guy on the hill, who is red to a 41, would aggro because Elial never gets a chance to move.
How to get faction when you are evil...
# Aug 10 2001 at 11:58 PM Rating: Decent
As an Erud SK, I am very conscious of my faction within my hometowns (Paineel and Erud). And, for convienience sake, I'd like faction in Qeynos and FP as well.

This is how I got to be dubious or better in all of Odus...

Step 1) Newbie stuff.
Step 2) At lvl 6 I went into the Warrens. Killed kobolds and saved every molar I could find. (BTW.. Lots of people leave them on corpses. Already have all the faction they need.)
Step 3) At lvl 7, went to kill Elial Brook (solo. Tough but doable. HT to kill him quick the first time and break the first spawn, and Bash to interrupt his casting.) When I first came to him I was amiable. Killed him 10 or 11 times. Collected the bones. THen I was indifferent to him, and therefore I was indiff to other Heretics as well.
Step 4) Turned in two Kobold Molars in Paineel. This got me to amiable again.
Step 5) Killed Elial 2 more times. This brought me back to Indiff with the Heretics. (and got lvl 8 while I was doing it.)
Step 6) Checked faction with DW knights and caster guilds.. Woohoo! Dubious and/or Indiff to all of them.

The basic idea here is... Kill Elial 10 times for ten +good factions, turn in molars twice for 2 -good factions.

Using this method, I expect to do the potion quest after another hour of playing time. And as we all know, potion quest will give postive faction to lots desirable groups... All without leaving Odus, and all by lvl 8 or earlier.

Hope this helps my evil brothers and sisters.

Yordeth
Shadowknight of the 8th Pain, Paineel Empire
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Heritic
# Aug 05 2001 at 3:48 AM Rating: Good
Elial Brook's spawn time is 6 min. Faction for killing him:

- Heritics
+ DeepwaterKnights
+ GateCallers
+ Craftkeepers
+ CrimsonHands

Faction for handing the bone chips into Markus Jaevins:

- Heritics
+ GateCallers
+ HighGuardofErudin
+ HighCouncilofErudin

Faction "corrections"
# Jul 31 2001 at 12:47 PM Rating: Decent
The listed factions are not quite correct. As Tramaus says below, the faction hits _just_ for this quest are +GateCallers, +HighGuardOfErudin, +HighCouncilOfErudin, -Heretics.

However, the most common method of doing this quest is to kill Elial, the necromancer that is on the docks. If you use him to obtain the bones, you will get additional faction hits of +CraftKeepers, +DeepwaterKnights, +CrimsonHands, +GateKeepers (again), -Heretics.

So while the factions listed above are technically wrong, they are right for doing this quest in the easiest way.

Ailuvan@Torvonnilous
Faction
# May 08 2001 at 10:37 AM Rating: Decent
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I'll try and explain it in a bit more of an orderly fashion than our friend below tried to explain it. This quest has been changed in terms of faction given. Deepwater Knights is no longer part of the faction given.

I had to do kill Elial about 25 times to improve my faction with the Deepwater Knights (high amiable). I decided to turn in the bones just to see what I would get. These are the following faction changes as of 05/08/01:

+ GateCallers
+ HighGuardofErudin
+ HighCouncilofErudin
- Heretics

That's it folks, it no longer gives the faction stated above. I'll be sending a correction but I just wanted to give other Paladins a heads up before they tried to do this quest. On a side note the faction given is VERY nice. After about 10 bones I went from dubious to amiable. After 15 more I was high warmly.

Won't do much for me but nice to know. Hope this helps some!

Tramaus Voronadil
34th Paladin of Truth - Acropolis
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