



The guard in front of Gilbert Bates' residence will tell you that the only way you would be able to meet with him, is if you help them with a problem with sabateurs attacking Bates' factory.They will also mention a man by the name of Cedric Appleby. Ask any one it Tarant about Gilbert Bates and they will tell you that he lives 50 East End Avenue at the end of Kensington Broadway.Take the key from Winston's body and inside one of the filing cabinets, you will find a note which identifies Gilbert Bates as the owner of the ring. If Magnus is in your party, however, negotiation will not be an option and you will have to kill them. So long as you don't offend him with anything you say, you can make a deal with the wizard, whereby he will tell you who he made the ring for, if you agree not to tell anyone what you found. When you approach, Winston Schuyler will demand to know what your are doing.They are necromancers who have animated the dead to serve them. Make your way through the catacombs and eventually you will reach the Schuylers.You will find yourself in an ancient dwarven tomb filled with zombies which will attack you when you get close to them.Enter the back room and click on the trap door to descend to the area below the building.Schuyler and Sons, will not be very helpful when you ask for his aide. You can invite him into your party if you have the room. Schuyler and Sons to investigate an item of his own. In front of the building, you will meet Magnus who has also come to P. Schuyler and Sons at the end of an alley off of Devonshire Way. In the message, Jochim will tell you to go to the village of Stillwater. When you arrive in Tarant, go to the Tarant Telegraph Office on Kengsington and ask if there is a message for Virgil.On his body, you will find a note that indicates he was not really Preston Radcliffe, but a member of the same group as the two dead men in the inn. If you don't give it to him, he will attack you. Preston Radcliffe will confront you on the other side of the bridge and demand the ring.Look in my side-quests section for details. To get by, you can kill them, pay them, help them, or scare them away. To get to Tarant, you need to deal with the bandits who guard the bridge east of town.Constable Owens can show you the location of Tarant on your map. Jaochim has left a note for Virgil telling him to look for a message from him in the telegraph office in Tarant.

Inside you will find two dead men wearing strange amulets. Elder Joachim's room is the one at the end of the hall. Enter the Inn just across from the bank.Near the well in the center of Shrouded Hills, you will find a gnome named Preston Radcliffe who will claim to be related to the gnome who died in the crash.Let Virgil do the talking and he will scare the stranger away. As you leave the valley, you will be confronted by a stranger.It will not shed too much light on your situation, however. At the exit to the valley you will find a strange shrine.He believes that you are the reincarnation of the elf who started his religion and will ask you to come with him to Shrouded Hills to meet with his mentor Joachim. As soon as the cinema is over, you will be approached by a monk of the Panarii religion.He will give you a ring and ask you to give it to "the boy". Among the wreckage you will find a dying gnome who will warn you about an evil that is coming. In the opening cinema, the zeppelin you are flying in is attacked by flying machines and crashes.
