Hit the guard with a Lightning spell and take the Savage Prison Key, which slides from his body into reach. Press 'L1' to open the door. There are keys to the other cells on some of the key rings on interior sides of the pillars in the middle of the room. The only cell that needs to be opened is the south door nearest the stairway up. Enter and grab the Potion of Life from the floor and immediately Hot Slot it. Smash the barrels with spells for a little gold and some Mana potions or wait until she's recovered her weapons and then return here and loot the area. When her Mana has recovered, save your game. One approach is to use Time Slow and Fear and run past the following enemies. Another is to use an attack spell such as Flame, Lightning, or Impale and tread cautiously taking out the enemies as she goes. Either one can work.
There's a little gold in a chest in the next room. Dodge past the cowering Half-Men or take them out and continue into the next chamber, where she'll need to dodge Scavengers as Fear doesn't work on them, or take them out by standing right where she came in and blasting them before they decide to come after her. Pull the levers in the side rooms (Full Mana in the north room) to open the door leading on. A Rusty Scimitar on a block in the northwest corner of this room, is best ignored. Save your game progress and keep going, casting Time Slow or attack spells as needed. Cross a large open room full of archers. There's a Short Wood Bow on top of a stack of boxes to the north if you wish it. She can also take out the archers with spells, but it's more difficult and best accomplished by taking them on one at a time. There's also a pesky Archer firing from the far side of the room. She'll have to get closer before she can target it. Continue past it and then head into a room full of boxes. Head northeast through this room into the next one and she'll find all of her gear. Save your game status before picking any of the items up. She can collect it all by walking over the items and in doing so, avoid picking up her by now pretty useless dagger. She can grab around a 100 gold from the chests in the room. Take out the pesky archer near the elevator. Save again. She can now backtrack, casting fear a couple of times, and kill any enemies left standing, and collect all the loot from the remaining barrels and chests.
There's a Half Mana Potion and 32 gold in the three barrels at the west end of the prison, and 17 gold more near the closest pillar. Get a Full Mana Potion from the barrels near the east end. Get 86 gold from the chest in the room above. Head on through the room where the Scavengers were and then up the hill and get a Life Potion and 3 gold from the two barrels. Head north into the large room and smash the two nearest barrels for 127 - 176 gold. Continue north and get a Half Mana Potion from the chest, and 0 - 12 gold from the barrel. Head across the room and up the ramp. One of the enemies may have dropped a Health Elixir. Get 35 gold from the two barrels, then 34 - 45 gold from the chest. Head east down the passage then turn north up the hill, next turn west and head for the crates. Run straight through and get 0 - 75 gold from the barrel. Head northwest and find 130 - 180 gold in the two barrels. Next go east and get 0 - 24 gold and a Life Potion from the two barrels. Head northeast through the exit and short hallway, then carefully skirt the dagger so she doesn't pick it up again, collect 125 gold from the chests and barrels, and head out through the far doorway.
Continue on to the elevator, and cast Fear and take it up. The two Mace Half-Man at the top will be foiled by the Fear spell. Be sure she has at least two melee weapons and healing potions Hot Slotted, when she reaches a deactivated teleporter and picks up 100 - 208 gold and the Life Potion. Continue onward and then save your game when the gate comes into view. Prepare to face Maulgak. The trick here is to stay fairly close to him except when quaffing a health potion so that she can attack, while at the same time staying our of reach of his melee attacks. Most of his attacks can be negated by a successful block or staying just outside their range. They consist of Shoulder Charge, Whirlwind, and Swing and Smash melee attacks, and an Ice Ring spell. If he crouches and grunts, he's about to unleash an Ice Ring spell, so try to hit him quickly to prevent it. Nearly all of his attacks require a charging up period, during which he's vulnerable to interruption and taking on damage. I highly recommend popping an Invulnerability Potion, then casting Time Slow, and then beating the pulp out of him. She'll receive Maulgak's Maul, which has the power of the Ice Ring, after he's defeated. There're a couple of treasure filled barrels (148 gold and a Life Potion) amongst the explosive ones. Exit the arena and you'll spy the barred gate that Arokh is locked behind by continuing to the west, where she'll receive an ominous warning from Jassad. But how to get him out...
Head north along the small canyon. She exclaims "There's the gate. Now where's that dragon when you need him?" Have her follow the pathway, lined with torches. Find 0 - 26 gold in the first barrel, and get 44 - 53 gold from the next two barrels. Send her out onto the planks to the hut with the blue spotlight, which you saw when she first entered the area. Have her pull the lever, which opens the gate and immediately releases Arokh. Head back up the path until she's in an area where he can land. Have her call him and get on when he finally arrives. Once in the air, you'll see the inactive gate to Surdana below. First examine the area above the arena for the Ice Breath attack for Arokh.
Check her inventory and if she doesn't have room, fly to the gate and activate it by flying through it to return to Surdana. Sell or drop extra stuff at the Blacksmith's Shop and definitely repair her weapons and armor, then return through the Mother's Eye gate to here. Land in the area below and to the west of the hut with the blue rotating light. Have her dismount and head west under the bridge and up the hill and enter the tunnel, taking a left at the fork, and she'll have returned to the area where the floor collapsed. She can now walk through as it will no longer collapse. Get 100 - 180 gold form the barrels on the left, and 27 - 50 gold from the barrel on the right. Next pick up 395 - 556 gold from the barrels and chests and skip stepping on the teleporter. If she inadvertently does so, head south up the stairs and follow the tunnel to the arena. Head out into it and call Arokh. Fly back to the hut with the blue rotating light. Head south through the hallway, then enter the area resembling the prison cell area she was imprisoned in. Get around 450 - 462 gold from the barrels and chests in the room. Head for the Ice blade on a pedestal at the end and save your game before grabbing it just in case. Four skeletons pop up as she does, but should pose no serious threat as they're really wimpy. When finished, exit the cave and fly back to the gate and activate it by flying through it to return to Surdana. The Mother's Eye is currently set to return them to Shiverbane. Should you wish to send them back to Ravenshold, you can have Rynn press the button on the leftmost crystalline posts beneath Mother's Eye to switch the setting to Ravenshold. Pressing the one next to it will switch it back to Shiverbane.
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