Friday, 17 October 2014

Hour 54: Renovation

One more old quest, I think. I picked up the quest 'Where Spirits Have Lease' many hours ago, so I might as well give it a go. I fast-travel to Anvil and speak to a nervous-sounding young man who offers to sell me his mansion for 5000 gold. Sounds like a bargain! It's a bit decrepit, but I purchase it.   I take a look around inside after he gives me the key and scarpers - the place is a mess. I have a short nap in the bed, only to be awoken by violent ghosts! I slay the spectral assailants, but something's not right. There's a bad feeling in the house - it's cursed! I find an old journal containing the demented rumblings of a former occupier.

I track down the man who sold me the house (in the Imperial City) and he tells me of his grandfather who dabbled in necromancy and went insane. He agrees to help me lift the curse. We travel back to Anvil and re-enter the house, battling more ghosts and working our way through a seemingly endless cellar area (I think I kill about 8 ghosts all-told). Eventually, we reach a strange symbol on the wall, which he's able to use to open a secret passage. With trepidation, I head inside.

His grandfather is interred inside in a terrifying-looking tomb! His spirit asks me to reunite him with his skeletal hand (which I found elsewhere in the house) so he can be at peace and face judgement for the foul necromantic crimes he committed during his life. However, when I reattach his hand, he is engulfed in magical fire and bursts to life with an evil cackle, resurrected in a glowing mantle of war complete with helm, staff, and billowing cape. He spews powerful bolts of fire at me and kills me within seconds!

This 'lich' gives me more trouble than any enemy I've yet encountered. I have to re-load the game four times since he keeps slaying me. I eventually work out a method of summoning my Faded Wraith to bear the brunt of his spells, then darting in behind him to fire off a few Immolates / Kindlebolts. Even so, he does a lot of damage to me and it's only by quaffing tons of potions that I'm able to stay alive long enough to bring him down.

When he finally dies, the curse is lifted, and the mansion is restored to order. Here's a shot of the outside:

I climbed onto the roof and took a shot of the Main Street of Anvil:

This mission took the best part of an hour, due to my repeated failures at trying to kill the Lich. I spend the remaining part of the hour strolling round Anvil and talking to the mad preacher near my house.







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