The Awakening
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Contents
Act I
This chapter started with Publish 74 and it is based on the riots that began across Britannia, specifically in the cities:
In each of these cities (with the exception of Moonglow), you will find a journal of one of the citizens describing the situation. You will also find a Guard Captain stationed on the city center who seeks help against the rioters:
- "The citizenry of Britannia are beginning a rebellion, and we must do what we can to maintain order.
- Many of our poorer brothers and sisters are protesting, because they cannot earn a living in these hard times. Gifts of money, food, and clothing would go far to ease their fears.
- Some of our citizens have begun to riot. They have crossed the line and are causing destruction! There are too many of them for the city guard to handle. Please, take this
rope and use it to arrest the rioters, and return them here.
- The rioters are starting fires and leaving trails of destruction behind them. We desperately need your help putting out the fires. Also, cleaning up the garbage would certainly be appreciated. (To put out a fire or clean up garbage, double-click it.)
- Groups of raiders from other cities have been infiltrating our city and attacking innocent citizens! These vagabonds must be stopped. Use spell and steel, or set your dragons loose on them if need be.
- Slay the raiders if you must. However, you may attempt to subdue and arrest them. If you do so, they must be returned to their home city. Our jails are overflowing!
- Our coffers are empty. The city cannot offer you any reward other than our thanks. Word of your deeds will spread.
- Be wary, though. Britannians are turning against each other. If you try to lend a hand to everyone, all may end up hating you. Right now, your loyalty means as much as your assistance!"
| City | Location of the Guard Captain and the Box of Ropes | |
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| Britain | 7°54' S, 6°36' E | Just west of the bridge, north of the Cat's Lair. |
| Jhelom | 168°50' N, 4°0' E | At the halfway from the Jhelom Library and the Morning Star Inn |
| Minoc | 95°58' N, 77°29' E | Inside the Town Hall. |
| Moonglow | 50°21' N, 133°1' W | East of the city gates, next to the Moonglow Academy of Arts. |
| New Magincia | 56°41' S, 165°39' E | At the docks. |
| Skara Brae | 51°35' S, 52°52' W | Inside the Town Hall. |
| Trinsic | 100°48' S, 37°7' E | Inside the Jail, just next to the west entrance of the city. |
| Vesper | 70°29' N, 118°15' E | At the docks. |
| Yew | 62°24' N, 65°52' W | South-east of the entrance of the Yew Prison, next to the Court of Truth. |
As the last sentence suggests, you should only help a single city of your choice since helping more than one city will make your loyalty decrease on other cities. A 
Guardman's Rope will drop into your backpack upon double-clicking on the chest Box of Rope which can be found near the Guard Captain.
- You take a rope from the chest. Use it to arrest rioters and subdued raiders.
Note that the rope has a lifespan of 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds but you can take another rope from the chest even before the time expires. Rioters can be found inside the city, along with flames and garbage. Flames can be put out and the garbage can be cleaned by simply double-clicking on them:
- "... clear a pile of garbage" "... puts out a fire"'
Criminal Angry Rioters can be arrested by using the Guardman's Rope. Returning the rioter to the Guard Captain will make your loyalty towards the city to increase:
- "Thank you for your assistance during these difficult times."
You can calm the innocent Angry Protestors by giving them Gold or Food.
From time to time, groups of 25 Raiders will attack a city. You can either subdue and arrest them or kill them. If arrested, they must be returned to their home city.
Loyalty Rating
A city gains Love or Hate for that character based on her/his actions:
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As you will progress, you will gain a loyalty rating based on your actions:
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| Tier 1 | Commended | Doubted | Disfavored | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tier 2 | Respected | Esteemed | Distrusted | Disliked | Detested | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tier 3 | Adored | Admired | Honored | Disgraced | Loathed | Despised | Reviled | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tier 4 | Venerated | Revered | Exalted | Lauded | Denigrated | Scorned | Shunned | Vilified | Abhorred | ||||||||||||||||
- If the character only performs beneficial actions for one city, the character gains positive ratings
- If the character only performs harmful actions for one city, the character gains negative ratings
- If the character performs a mixture of actions for a city, or performs beneficial actions for multiple cities, the character will tend to gain positive or negative ratings to a lesser degree or will gain distrustful ratings.
Note that you should:
- arrest 4 Angry Rioters or help 16 Angry Protestors for Commended,
- arrest 20 Angry Rioters or help 80 Angry Protestors for Respected,
- arrest 100 Angry Rioters or help 400 Angry Protestors for Adored and
- arrest 500 Angry Rioters or help 2000 Angry Protestors for Venerated.
City Banners
- Main Article: City Banner
If your loyalty rating towards the city is high enough (~ Adored), you can purchase a City Banner from the Guard Captains for 250,000 
gold pieces.
Act II
This chapter started on March 1st (April 1st on Siege Perilous) with the fiction The Awakening - Act II. Unlike the other quests which you can see the progress and details from the quest gump or the quest log, it follows classic keyword style.
The Trail of Blood
The quest starts at the blocked passageway to the Exodus Dungeon. You will notice a trail of blood. You should follow it into the Gargoyle city of Ver Lor Reg.
- You can reach the blocked passageway from the Honor moongate in Ilshenar using the tunnel at 84º N, 43º W. From there go to the pass between the desert and the Exodus Dungeon.
- An easier way to reach there is to use a Crystal Portal and speak "Ilshenar Mint" which will teleport you to the bank in Ver Lor Reg.
Shirron Argahrok
The trail of blood eventually leads to the unconscious Waymaster Harlann and a Shirron of the Juka, Argahrok. They can be found inside the Healer's Shop: In-Mani-Lem in Ver Lor Reg. Argahrok responds to specific keywords:
- Greetings: I am Shirron Argahrok, and I greet you with Respect and Honor, adventurer. I wonder can you help?
- Help: My faithful Waymaster, Harlann, has been severely injured during the catastrophe that befell us.
- Catastrophe: I am unsure its cause, but many of our people died. Our nightmares became reality.
- Injured: With my people scattered, I have nobody to face the dangers necessary for the cure.
- Cure: The cure can only be made with certain ingredients... one is found in blood dungeon.
- Blood Dungeon: There is a creature in its depths known as a purifying blood elemental... its blood is key.
- Creature: If you can help by bringing a sample of the purified blood from them, I'll reward you.
- Reward: I can show you the ways of climbing and give you equipment to scale the mountain.
- Mountain: I do not know what lies there after the catastrophe... but there must be something left.
You need to kill a Purifying Blood Elemental in Blood Dungeon to get 
Samples of Purified Blood. When you obtained it, return to the Shirron and give him the blood:
- This will aid greatly. As promised seek the famous mountain climber. Tell him the Shirron sent you.
Carl the Mountain Climber
The famous mountain climber Shirron talks about is Carl the Mountain Climber. He can be found at the Gypsy Camp west of Compassion Moongate. He responds to specific keywords:
- Greetings: Did you hear that? I don't know what happened but the blasted mountain nearly collapsed.
- The Shirron sent me: Let me know when you are ready to learn. I am sure the Loremasters await an answer.
- Loremasters: I am sure whatever you find over there would be of interest to the Juka and Meer.
- Juka: The Jukan Loremasters can be found near Mistas.
- Meer: The Meer Loremasters can be found near Lakeshire.
- I'm ready: Let me show you how this is done... a real natural! There is some equipment by the mountain to use.
You will notice a climbing equipment near the mountain side. After you talk to him, say climb at the rocks right behind him. This transports you over the mountain next to the ruins of Lord Blackthorn's castle.
Grave Robbers
If you'll notice, not only is Lord Blackthorn's castle gone, so are the Meer Catacombs. The grave robbers have pilfered from both, and have on their corpses various Jukan and Meer heirlooms:
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Note that all of the heirlooms have the Lifespan property set to 86,400 seconds (24 hours) and they will disappear once the countdown timer has elapsed. The Grave Robbers have a lot of hit points and they also reflect half of the damage dealt every time you hit them.
Loremasters
You should take the heirlooms you recovered from the Grave Robbers to the Jukan and Meer Loremasters. Note that gaining Loyalty for the Meer does not diminish your Loyalty for the Juka, and vice versa. You can also read the books written by other Loremasters and elders about the Jukan and Meer traditions while visiting Lakeshire and Mistas.
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Act III
Slim the Fence
In the basement of The Salty Dog in Britain in the side room with a crate labeled "A Box of Loot Recovered from Castle Blackthorn," which, when double-clicked, results simply in the message "This is locked."
- Slim: Tha' be ma name, it be. Ya ain' no bleedin' guard, are ya?
- No: Good, Good---Ya buyin' or sellin' then? 'fraid I ain' lookin' fer much, but got plen'y
- Selling: Well, if ya wantin' ta sell, it better be summin' worth ma while, laddie, an' Ah don' see nuthin'
- Buying: Now ya talkin', but talkin's easy---an' free. Tell ya wot tho'---listen close, aye?
- Aye: Ya han' over some gol' an Ah'll poin' ya ta what everyone's on abou'. Deal?
- Deal: Well, lad, it'll lead ya ta where ya wan' ta go---but ya got ta pay. *rubs hands together*
Drop at least 1 gold piece on Slim.
- Grammercy, grammercy---Maps in tha box by tha back wall. Ya follow it---
- Follow: *grins crookedly* Follow it an ya migh' jus' come out richer'n when ya first came 'ere.
You can now double-click the crate of loot to receive a map, which expires in only 60 seconds, leading you to the northwest corner of Ver Lor Reg. (It would appear that this only works once per character.)
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Ver Lor Reg
Easiest to get here from the Honor gate in Ilshenar. There are Exodus Overseers spawning just inside the city. Go to Agra-Char-In-Lem in the northwest corner. Go up the stairs in the northwest corner inside, up to the roof. You will see a rope across to a large, black hole in the mountain a few tiles to the southwest. Double click the rope to enter the Exodus Dungeon.