Have her step off of the teleport pad and approach the eastern door and press the 'L1' button to use the key to open it. Head up the long stairway. Smash the barrels in the northern alcove for 50 -75 gold. Get 230 - 260 gold from the three barrels in the east alcove. Head south into the next room and three Soulless Warriors will appear and attack her in here. Pick up 174 - 229 gold from their remains. Three more (0 -193 gold) will move in to attack as she moves toward the rear of the room. Head south up the stairs and smash the two barrels in the rear for a Health Elixir and open the chest for a Mithral Mace. Head back down the stairs and down into the circular area and around to the north side and walk out onto the rectangular tan block below. Drop down onto one of the broken flooring pieces, then step into the water and head east. She says "Looks like I could probably push this!" as she nears the block in the middle of the doorway. Have her push the movable block straight ahead up against the base of the shorter pillar. Then jump up onto the block. Take a running jump and she'll grab on to the shorter pillar and pull herself up. It's an easy jump over to the slightly taller pillar. Have her walk along the beam and onto the floor. Head south and stop in front of the three blocks, which resemble steps. Jump up onto the next two larger blocks to reach the top. Head west past the beam, then turn back east and walk carefully up it and save your game progress. Cast Time Slow before entering the hall.
Move forward to the east and then turn south toward the Gothraul statue. Get the Sentinel Key from the base of it, which causes three Soulless Warriors to appear. Take them out, then head east to the room upstairs. An Invisibility potion can be obtained from the chest on the right near the stairs up. Head up again and save your game status. Jump across the gap to the southwest from the easiest angle, then again past the narrow spot. A Soulless Archer waits at the end of the hall and will begin firing at her. Run north along the wall down the hallway and she receives the "Deactivate the Sentinels within the Ruins." quest. Take him out and she'll get a Half Mana Potion as a reward. Turn the corner and you can see the pink lasers, but now from the other side. Head over to the block near the lasers and carefully push it toward them until the lower beam is blocked. Have her roll under the other three parallel beams behind the block and then move over to the block between the two sets of beams and push it until it blocks the lower laser beam on the other side. It would be a good idea to exit the Sanguinade now and get her weapons and armor repaired. Stocking up on health and mana potions would probably be a good idea too. Arokh is waiting just outside. She says "Looks like I'm not going that way!" as she leaves.
Two Griffins may attempt to stop them from leaving the area. Use a homing attack such as Ice Breath against them. Retreat behind the building to the north of the Sanguinade to obtain some cover while healing. Return to Surdana and stop at the Blacksmith's and Alchemist's to repair and restock. Return through the Mother's Eye and re-enter the desert. Fly southwest back toward the ruins. If the Griffins didn't attack them on the way out, they'll be sure to do so on the way back in. Land Arokh just to the right of and behind the large stone arch. Have him face the stones, then dismount. Head over to the dais, which will be lightning actuated, and produce the Fire Blade. Six Soulless Warriors appear and quickly move to attack as soon as she takes it. Have her immediately run back out, mount Arokh, and take them out from the safety of the air. Fly east back to the Sanguinade and ride Arokh into the building. Dismount safely in front of the pink beams and have her roll back under the laser beams, then head northeast past the fallen stone and turn north down the corridor. Step onto the elevator and ride it down. Turn around on the way down and head south down the hallway when it stops. Cast Time Slow, then turn east and start battling the Soulless Warriors (0 - 8 gold), who attack. Turn to the west and continue into the room. Kill the third Soulless Warrior, then head over to the north wall and take the Mythril Axe from the crate. The nearby barrels are empty. Head south across the room and grab the other Sentinel Key from in front of the statue. The barrels in the southwest nook contain 0 - 29 gold. Head east back out of the room and down the hallway, then turn north toward the elevator and ride it back up to ground level. Turn around on the way up, then head back out to the room with the lasers and have her roll under the nearest laser group and unlock the south doors. Have her enter and pull the lever to deactivate the lowest two of the four beams in each set and halfway open the door, which leads further on. Doing so will unleash four Soulless Warriors, who will run to attack. Have her head back to Arokh and mount him. They can then make relatively short work of the attacking Soulless Warriors (0 - 76 gold). Once they've been taken care of, head to the northern door and open it to pull the second lever and deactivate the remaining beams, while fully opening the door. Arokh can now be brought through. Have her go and bring him back to the door, then save your game.
Enter the tunnel and stop at the first turn to pick up 205 - 221 gold from the barrels, 194 - 217 from the chest, and a Composite Battle Bow from behind the chest. As your inventory is now pretty full, it would be a good idea to return to Surdana and lighten the load. Sell the Fire Blade, Water Blade, Earth Blade, and Lightning Blade, then buy the Mournbringer, which has 30 attack points and medium speed. It's time to stock up big time as this will be your last chance! Head over to Quaalus the Alchemist's and top off your inventory with:
Head off through the Mother's Eye gate, and return to the Sanguinade in the desert. Land outside the front door and she can ride him straight back into the tunnel. Turn north and save your game before turning to the east and daylight, then proceed. Continuing on, they come out into a large open circular area with several Griffins hovering nearby. Their attacks are homing, so retreat into the cave and around two corners when they've taken half damage. Save your game every time the Griffins take some damage, as you'll be restoring a lot. Once the Griffins have been destroyed, they can explore the area a bit. A plateau rises out in the center of the area with a pathway north lined with crates and braziers culminating in a wide curved top doorway. This is where Arokh will be waiting for her and be brought through into the interior. Destroy the partially buried barrels on the west side for an Emerald (130 gold) or Diamond (225 gold). A Composite War Bow can be obtained from the chest in the nearest mideastern style doorway to the east.
Two or three Soulless Warriors spew out from the nearest mideastern style doorway to the north as they come near. Have Arokh toast them, then Rynn can loot their remains for 39 gold. One or two Emeralds (130 - 260 gold) can be obtained from the barrels behind the crates off in the distance to the north. Have her equip the Mournbringer, then save your game. Note that once this door is entered, nothing that's gone on in this game up to now is any longer accessible. No unfinished quests, no blacksmith's shops, no alchemist's shops, no additional magic spells, etc. Enter when ready and take on five more (225 gold from the second one, and 0 - 6 gold from the third), who're waiting inside, including the last one at the end which is an archer. After they've all been taken care of, head out to the edge and push the switch to open a door back to the left, and form a sparkly light bridge across yon chasm, unfortunately she can't get to it from here. Head south back into the building and then turn east through the newly opened door. Take out the two Soulless Warriors, who try to stop her, then smash the vases on the left for a Potion of Invisibility, while the chest is empty. Trot straight ahead toward the lift. Take a slight detour to the north and get an Invisibility potion from the jug to the right of the chest, which is empty. Head over to the lift and ride it down. Continue east and loot the chest for 68 - 78 gold. Turn north and head into the room with the pedestal in the center. Have her cast Time Slow, then enter and take the key from it and slay the four Soulless assassins, who come out of the other four alcoves to attack. Take the south exit and return to the lift and ride it back up. Head due west down the long corridor and unlock the door when she can't go any farther. Kill the two Soulless assassins, who're standing right on the other side of the doorway and pick up 0 - 145 gold, which one of them may drop. Continue west, then south, and west again, and she'll arrive at a staircase.
Three archers in the distance are trying to make life difficult. Have her hide behind the crates on the right and cast Time Slow, then run down the stairs and take out the three archers at the end of the hallway. Pick up a Full Mana potion from one of the corpses. The western alcove contains two chests. An Invulnerability potion pops out of the left one. Head north down the hallway and use the piled boxes for cover while she casts Time Slow. One Soulless Warrior lurks in the alcove to the left and will run forward to attack if she waits long enough, while two archers back him up. Take them out then continue down the hallway. Turn east and head out to the vast pit with the sparkly stuff falling into it. Jump across onto the sparkly bridge and follow it around to the right. Be careful she doesn't fall and keep an eye on the sparkles below so that she doesn't drop through a hole in the bridge. Three Soulless assassins are waiting on the bridge to greet her or two are on the bridge and another may wait on the ledge beyond. Run past the first two or all three and take them out on dry land, where battle is much safer. Loot the chest behind the crates on the south side for 176 - 321 gold, and the chest behind the crates on the north side for 39 - 190 gold. Now go up the stairs to the east and continue across the room and get the Life Potion from the chest. Go down the hall to the north, turn east and save your game. Send her through the doorway and she'll confront Dane. She asks him why he's done what he's done and it turns out he wanted power. Have her cast Time Slow or just have at him with her Mournbringer and make quick work of him. It'll only take about a half dozen hits. He gives up a Life Potion when vanquished and the platform to the east drops down to this level. Continue east. There's a Full Mana potion and there may be a diamond (225 gold) or Emerald (130 gold) in the barrels behind the crates dead ahead. Head over to the south and she may find an Emerald (130 gold) in the barrel behind the crates to the west. Continue south to get a Full Mana potion from the barrel atop the crates near the door. Then pull the lever by the iron door to allow Arokh inside. Arokh warns that they need to hurry while their enemies are in disarray and that Jassad is expected to throw everything he has against them. Save your game when prompted.
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