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>#### Quest Overview
>
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>>![[stepping out of the shadow cover.webp|p+t]]
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>|-|-|
>|Status|Ongoing|
>|Date|5th of April, 2025|
>|Where|[[Elysée]]|
# Stepping Out of the Shadow
> [!grid]
> >[!npcs] Key NPCs
> > - [[Finneas]]
> > - [[Mendekua]]
> > - [[Paylu]]
> > - [[Veretin]]
> > - [[The Worm Queen]]
> > - [[The Potter]]
> > - [[Otatia]]
>
> >[!location] Key Locations
> > - [[New Dawnhold]]
> > - [[Limgrave]]
>[!quote|gloss]
><span class='at-lg'>Find out what's happening behind the scenes.</span>
###### <p class='at-stat'>Tasks</p>
> [!grid]
> >[!card|fieldnote] Tasks
> >### <span class="at-mark">Lost and Found</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">Veretin has made off with the magic items; getting them back before he does anything catastrophic is of upmost importance.</span>
> >
> >- [*] **<span class='cont'>Find a lead to the Amber Phenomenon.</span>**
> >
> >- [I] <span class='cont'>Get back the missing magic items</span>
> > - [/] The Weeping Sun
> > - [ ] Jewelled Star
> > - [ ] Ammonite Armour
> > - [ ] Eroding Anklet
> > - [ ] Temporal Sabre
> > - [/] Tidesplitter
> >
> >
> >
> >###### Optional
> >- [?] Find where Mendekua has hidden the _'Jewelled Star'_
> >- [?] Trade a personal Item of Vindarr's for the _'Jewelled Star'_
>
>
> >[!card|fieldnote] Tasks
> >### <span class="at-mark">Of Moss and Men</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">What the fuck is their deal???</span>
> >
> >- [U] Speak to [[Lucard|Captain Lucard]] of [[Dawnguard]]
> >- [ ] <span class='cont'>Observe [[Dai Luxian]]'s studies in [[West Monteblanc]]</span>
> >
> >
> >
> >###### Optional
> >- [?] <span class='cont'>Find out what these 'Moss Men' want</span>
> >- [?] Agree to Mei's plan and follow Mendekua
> >
> >###### Completed
> >- [/] Find out more about these 'Moss Men'
>
> >[!card|fieldnote] Tasks
> >### <span class="at-mark">A Terrible Way With Swords</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">If there's one thing being a merchant teaches you, it's that nothing in life is free; especially magic ice swords.</span>
> >
> >- [>] Travel to this 'Snow Storm' in [[Limgrave]] revealed in a vision from Lotua
> >- [ ] <span class='cont'>Find out more about the other 2 warlocks</span>
> >- [U] <span class='cont'>Find Otatia and this 'icey disturbance' in [[West Monteblanc]]</span>
> >
> >
> >
> >###### Completed
> >- [/] Find out more about your 'Ice Sword'
> >- [/] Find out more about 'Lotua'
>
> >[!card|fieldnote] Tasks
> >### <span class="at-mark">Family Reunion</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">Amber is thicker than water, I suppose.</span>
> >
> >- [U] Find [[Turrapak]] in [[New Dawnhold]]
>
> >[!card|fieldnote] Tasks
> >### <span class="at-mark">No Time for Monkeying Around</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">Wish I had someone to tell 'I told you so'</span>
> >
> >- [I] Find a way to give Vindarr the [[Bracers of the Djinn]]
###### <p class='at-stat'>Completed</p>
> [!grid]
> >[!card|fieldnote] Completed
> >### <span class="at-mark">✔︎ Buyer's Remorse</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">Why would someone make this?</span>
> >
> >- [/] Get a refund for the [[Bacon Bag of Holding]]
>
> >[!card|fieldnote] Completed
> >### <span class="at-mark">✔︎ Amber Phenomenon</span>
> ><span class="izre writing">Word buzzes of a peculiar, unusual shop set up admist a magic forest, with a peculiar, unusual shopkeep with a peculiar, unusual eye.</span>
> >
> >- [/] Travel to [[Béliveau]] in The Stone Forest
> >- [/] Find this 'Stone Forest' and investigate the unusual, peculiar shop
> >- [/] Complete [[Faulty Goods]]