Enderal:A Touching Effigy

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A Touching Effigy
Quest Giver: Erica Braveblood
Location(s): Ark, Old Watermill, Throatstone Processing Plant
Rewards: 290 - 400 Pennies
Difficulty: EN-Quest-Ornament-Difficulty02.pngEN-Quest-Ornament-Difficulty02.pngEN-Quest-Ornament-Difficulty02.pngEN-Quest-Ornament-Difficulty01.png Hard

Objectives

  • Ascertain why the gallery in Ark has to close soon
  • Visit Andrasta Braveblood to see if everything is all right [sic.] (Quest-Difficulty-3.png)
  • Find the lost effigy (Quest-Difficulty-3.png)
  • Confront Andrasta with the accusations (Quest-Difficulty-3.png)
  • Talk to Erica

Journal Entries

Initial
When I wandered around Ark I meet [sic.] the young gallery owner Erica Braveblood. She seemed upset - I should talk to her and find out the reason for that.
After talking with Erica
When I wandered around Ark I meet [sic.] the young gallery owner Erica Braveblood. She seemed upset and upon talking to her I learned the reason for that: Her mother, a distinguished painter, who is mainly drawing paintings of Ark's nobles and is living secluded in the Dark Valley, cut off the content to her daughter months ago. Now the gallery is close to bankruptcy. I offered Erica that I check if her mother is fine in her house.
After talking with Andrasta
Erica's mother Andrasta is in good health. The reason for her silence seems to be a raid at which more than half a dozen of her paintings were stolen. Andrasta wanted me to bring the lost paiting back to her. If I managed to do so she would reestablish the contact with her daughter.
After talking with Rys
I found the stolen paintings with a group of marauders in the Throatstone Querry [sic.]. Just as I picked up one paiting something strange happened: The painting started to talk. Apparently Andrasta is a psionicist, who is taking law into her own hands out of ideological reasons - by trapping their souls and sealing them into paintings. The man from the painting seems to be a witch hunter from Arazeal who was instructed to kill Andrasta.
After letting Andrasta continue
I decided to let Andrasta continue drawing. Rys, the witch hunter, was completely sealed into his painting. All the [sic.] remains to be done is to tell Erica that her mother is fine.
After killing Andrasta
When I confronted Andrasta with the accusations of the witch hunter I fight [sic.] errupted [sic.]. Andrasta won't draw another picture, won't kill another person. Now I have to bring her daughter the news of her death - how she reacts remains to be seen.
After completing the quest
As I expected, Erica was upset when I told her about her mother's death. However the amount of nobles in Ark shouldn't suddenly "reduce" anymore in the next time [sic.] - what happens to the gallery remains to be seen.

Walkthrough

This quest will begin automatically once you hear Erica Braveblood's invitation to her gallery. Talk to her and accept her request to find her mother.

Visit Andrasta Braveblood to see if everything is alright

Follow the quest marker all the way to the Old Watermill. Despite Erica telling you the house is in the Dark Valley, it's easier to reach it from the Forstcliff Tarvern's Myriad Tower than the Dark Valley Myriad Tower. Prepare yourself before entering, because you'll have to face a Fire Elemental. After the defeating the elemental, you'll have a chance to talk with Andrasta. She'll tell you she stopped sending paintings because she was raided, and she wants you to recover one of the stolen paintings.

Find the lost effigy

Follow the quest marker to the Throatstone Processing Plant. You'll have to face some bandits inside, mostly warriors, so be prepared. After dispatching of them and their leader, you'll want to take the painting... only be greeted by something unexpected. After talking with the... "painting", you'll learn that Andrasta is in fact a wild mage that uses her power to trap nobles inside paintings to rid the world of their kind. The man trapped inside, Rys, has asked for your help to stop her.

Confront Andrasta with the accusations

Head back to the Old Watermill and talk with Andrasta. At this point, you'll have two choices.

Let Andrasta continue

You let Andrasta continue her "work" and Rys is taken, forever. Choosing to threaten Andrasta into stop killing people only changes the response dialogue. Andrasta will give you a Gold Diamond Amulet (Value 400) and Andrasta's Coin Bag. Return to Ark and talk with Erica. She will give you 390 Pennies and the quest will finish.

Kill Andrasta

Andrasta is a formidable foe, so be prepared. After killing her, Rys will be returned to his body and can be found on a newly-opened room on the second floor. You can talk to him to receive 200 Pennies. Return to Ark and talk with Erica. If you choose to tell her the truth, she will become enraged and tell you to get out of her house. If you choose to lie and tell Erica her mother died because of bandits she will give you 200 Pennies. Either way, the quest completes.

Bugs

  • If you kill Andrasta and lie to Erica the quest will still finish as if you had told the truth: Erica will yell for you to get out of her house whenever she gets near you and the quest journal will say she was "enraged when told about her mother's death".

Notes

  • For the best monetary reward, you should kill Andrasta, talk with Rys to get 200 Pennies, then lie about her mother's death to Erica for another 200 Pennies.