Unlock the Ancient Tome

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Unlock the Ancient Tome is a sub-quest of Search the Cellar in the Blighted Village it is initiated upon finding the book "The Necromancy of Thay".

Objectives

Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.

  • Unlock the book.
    • This book is locked tight, and the mechanism isn't shaped for a key. Maybe some kind of stone would work?
    • The owner of the tome mentioned a keygem. Could this be the secret to unlocking 'The Necromancy of Thay'?
    • The necromancer's apprentice mentioned a keygem lost in the tunnels. We need to find it.
    • We found the gem to unlock the book.
  • Read the book.
    • We've unlocked the book of necromancy. Should we read it?
    • The tome is clearly powerful, but we'll need to read further to uncover all of it's secrets
  • Find a Way to finish The Necromancy of Thay
    • We managed to read most of the book, absorbing some of it's necromatic power, but it snapped shut before we could finish. There must be a way to read the end.
    • We made it to the final page of the tome, but it's indecipherable. We need to find a way to read it.
    • Mystic Carrion and his Spirits told us that we need the 'Tharchiate Codex' to unlock the true power of 'The Necromancy of Thay'.
  • Find the Tharchiate Codex in Sorcerous Sundries
    • Mystic Carrion and his Spirits told us that we need the 'Tharchiate Codex' to unlock the true power of 'The Necromancy of Thay'.
  • Find the Tharchiate Codex
    • We've accessed the vault, and the lower level of Sorcerous Sundries. Now to find the 'Tharchiate Codex'.
  • Read the Tharchiate Codex
    • We have the 'Tharchiate Codex'. To decipher "The Necromancy of Thay', we need to first read the codex.
  • Master The Necromancy of Thay
    • We read the 'Tharchiate Codex', and now have the knowledge to finish 'The Necromancy of Thay'

Rewards