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Voodoo Master -> Face of Death (All Versions) (4/6/2013 1:04:29)
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Face of Death
Location: Surewould Forest (Book 3) -> 2 Right -> Cinquefoil -> Quests -> Face of Death -> Quest!
Requirements: Completion of Life Finds A Way
Release Date: April 24th, 2020
Objective: Sek Duat has sent you on a quest to destroy powerful relics before the Rose can get them!
Objective completed: You've released the magic contained in the sacrificial crystal! That's good... right?
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(7) Sand Elf Mummy
NPCs
Sek-Duat XV
Rewards
Necklaces
Ieb Weight
Criosphinx Trinket
Cenotaph Key
Canopic Charm
Scarab's Soul
Belts
Nebu Belt
Ushabti Sash
Tuat Guide
Ostracon Supplies
Lost Elf's Belt
Access to Sandsea Trinkets.
Dialogue
*You stand before Sek-Duat XV, deep below ground.*
<Character>: So, Sek Duat, this is your new "grand palace".
Sek-Duat XV: Indeed it is. Please excuse my lack of hospitality.
Sek-Duat XV: I'm afraid my servants were unable to come with.
<Character>: What a pity.
Sek-Duat XV: You're looking quite well. Healthy. Alive.
<Character>: ...Are we really doing the small talk thing? I'm just ready to put a final end to your unnatural reign.
Sek-Duat XV: No empathy? Look at me. Powerless.
<Character>: ...
Sek-Duat XV: It's because of you that I'm in this state.
Sek-Duat XV: Unlocking the power of the Light Orb provided me with eternal life as a lich, but your unthinking destruction of the Orbs sped up my... decay.
Sek-Duat XV: Then, this... "Rose" movement marches into my empire.
Sek-Duat XV: With the advent of this pesky anti-magic movement, I've had to make compromises... too many compromises.
<Character>: You would sacrifice the people of the Sandsea to make yourself immortal once more. You deserved whatever you got.
<Character>: Even without The Rose, the rebellion would have tossed you out! Zhoom would have seen to that!
Sek-Duat XV: Ah yes, and haven't you even wondered what happened to your magical, half-elvish ranger friend?
<Character>: Zhoom... Zhoom wasn't a mage.
*Sek-Duat XV has a flashback to his initial reign when he was still human, working with the Sand Elves, then later with a female Sand Elf playing with a young child, presumably his daughter to the aforementioned female Sand Elf.*
Sek-Duat XV: The Sand Elves were nomadic caretakers roaming over the Sandsea long before I arrived.
Sek-Duat XV: When building this Guardian Tower of Light, they drew water from the sand. Formed the stones. Killed the vermin.
Sek-Duat XV: Such simple things but done with such... ease, such grace. They became such wonderful allies. Loyal soldiers.
Sek-Duat XV: They were... beautiful people. Even a half-elf child carried their natural magic.
<Character>: Wait... are you saying that Zhoom is...
Sek-Duat XV: One of my descendants.
Sek-Duat XV: Even when I sacrificed most of my elven palace guards to first extend my life as a Lich, I spared my children...
Sek-Duat XV: ... and watched over the years as the remains of my human line continued... and forgot their link to me.
Sek-Duat XV: Watched as the last of the elves died out...
Sek-Duat XV: ... to bandits, to guards, or to the ravages of a desert with its caretakers gone.
Sek-Duat XV: It was so amusing to see the last of my line, after you turned him into a rebel, come with you to attempt to destroy me.
<Character>: I turned him into a rebel? It was your own monster that you sent to kill BOTH of us-
Sek-Duat XV: To kill the winner of your little showdown. In my desire for life, I couldn't even risk letting the last of my own line take away my chance to live again.
<Character>: So where is Zhoom? What did you do?!
Sek-Duat XV: I did nothing. The magic that was your friend, that was my last descendent, was smothered by the thorns of The Rose.
Sek-Duat XV: What's left of my humanity weeps.
<Character>: No... I can't believe it. Zhoom has to be out there!
Sek-Duat XV: If he were still around, do you really think I would be alive in my present state?
<Character>: You shouldn't be.
Sek-Duat XV: I certainly won't be very much longer.
<Character>: That's still longer than you deserve.
*Sek-Duat XV pauses, seemingly still unable to convince you to see things from his perspective.*
Sek-Duat XV: As I get closer and closer to the event that I, in all my glory and power, tried to hold off, I'm... remembering.
Sek-Duat XV: Deposed as Emperor, hiding like vermin in ruins, I can do nothing but remember.
Sek-Duat XV: My error was much greater than turning myself into a lich and denying myself the pleasures of the living.
Sek-Duat XV: It was being seduced by the power of the Light Orb, and promise of a longer life when I didn't truly... appreciate the one I was living.
<Character>: You don't really think I'm going to fall for that, do you?
Sek-Duat XV: There is nothing to "fall" for. I have no need of your sympathy, only your help.
<Character>: Why would I help you? The last time I saw you, you tried to kill me.
Sek-Duat XV: I want revenge for my last descendent. I want to deal a blow to The Rose and deny them the power they're seeking in my pyramid.
<Character>: Is that what they're doing in there? Looking for power?
Sek-Duat XV: The last of the items required for the sacrifice you stopped before rests at the apex of my palace in the Sandsea. My pyramid.
Sek-Duat XV: There's still quite a few items of great power within. Yet only a few paltry traps keep them out of the hands of our mutual foes.
<Character>: I certainly won't bring anything back here to you.
Sek-Duat XV: I don't want you to bring me anything. I want you to go into my palace and destroy those last remnants of my power.
Sek-Duat XV: Now, let me tell you about some of the more... discreet underground passages into my pyramid...
*You have entered Sek-Duat XV's former palace via an unknown entrance; you navigate through the trap-filled corridors and Sand Elf Mummies until you reach the apex. You find Sek-Duat XV's prized possession; a large crystal filled with golden magical energy; you strike the crystal, causing it to shake uncontrollably before shattering; the magical energy contained is released. The magical energy returns to its owner, Sek-Duat XV, after being freed from what is now evidently a Focus Stone; he rises and opens a door to a secret room in his new makeshift lair, where someone is held captive.*
Sek-Duat XV: It's only a matter of time, my child.
Sek-Duat XV: Only a matter of a time.
Complete Quest
Loot for DCs - opens Sandsea Trinkets shop.
Other information
This quest was reimagined with new dialogue, level 90 rewards, and general fixes on April 24th, 2020; more information can be found in the April 24th, 2020 Design Notes.
This quest was again reimagined with new animations, audio, and general fixes on May 1st, 2020; more information can be found in the May 1st, 2020 Design Notes.
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