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DemonicDarkwraith -> Where's Warlic? (5/23/2025 23:29:43)
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Where's Warlic?
Location: Atrea -> Left -> Yolande -> Quests -> Where's Warlic? -> Quest!
Requirements: Completion of After Alz'ein!
Release Date: May 23rd, 2025
Objective: With Alz'ein and Popsprocket safe, it's time to begin the search for Warlic.
Objective completed: The trail leads to Swordhaven... kind of! But it's the only lead you have.
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(4) Bugbear
(3) Dirty Sockmonkey
(4) Laundry Golem
(1) Doomkitten - Boss
The room containing the Cysero's sock (see other information) has a respawning monster:
(X) Dirty Sockmonkey
NPCs
Alz'ein
Nirios
Nythera
Rewards
Purple Apprentice's Hat (I-VII)
Access to WW Loot for DCs.
spoiler:
Access to Secret Sugar Cube.
Dialogue
Alz'ein & Nirios joins you as Guest A.
*Alz'ein, Nirios, you, and your dragon meet with Nythera outside Warlic's tent; Nythera is about to be awake.*
Nythera: *Yaaawn* What time is it? Look, I've told you before, I didn't kill him again—
*Nythera wakes up and looks at you and your Atealan companions.*
Nythera: Oh. It's you. What do you—
Nythera: ...What can I do for you and your... friends?
<Character>: Hi, Nythera. This is Alz'ein and Nirios. They're Ateala who came through the recent rifts.
Nirios: Hello.
Alz'ein: Jatiw! <Character> tells us that you might know where Warlic is.
Nythera: Um. Hi.
Nythera: ...Did <he/she/they>, now?
<Character>: No one's seen him since we destroyed the Super Mega Ultra Darkness Dracolich that ate the sun.
<Character>: I figured his apprentice would know where to start.
Nythera: You and everyone else who had business with him.
Nythera: *Sigh* I guess you all better come inside the tent, then. I'll put on some tea.
*You, your dragon, Alz'ein, Nirios, and Nythera enter the Mage Tower; you, Alz'ein, Nirios, and Nythera sit at a table, while your dragon sits at the bottom of the table nearby; Nythera have served tea to you, your dragon, and your Atealan companions, as well as for herself; Nirios sips his tea using his Cryptic powers, while Alz'ein looks at her tea; you smile at Nythera after drinking your tea; your dragon also sips their tea.*
Nythera: There we go.
Nythera: Ever since Warlic's been gone, I've had to make the tea myself. You better appreciate it.
<Dragon>: It's delicious! | *Cheerful chirp!*
<Character>: No complaints from me!
Nirios: The flavors are quite different to what we had on Somorah, but this is quite nice, in its own way.
Nythera: Really—? I mean, yeah! Thought so.
*Alz'ein continuously put sugar cubes on her tea.*
spoiler:
After waiting for approximately 15 minutes, a shop will appear:
You've waited for this... - opens Secret Sugar Cube shop.
Nythera: Um. So. Some of your people emerged from rifts around here. I sent them on to Falconreach.
Nirios: That is greatly appreciated.
Nythera: From what they were able to tell me, I understand there was... a great tragedy on your planet?
Nirios: Wargoth, the Infernal, destroyed Somorah. Thanks to the Professor, the city of Atrea remains, alongside any Ateala who managed to flee.
Nythera: Oh. I'm... very sorry to hear that.
Nirios: Now, Wargoth's managed to find his way to Lore. Our Empress has confirmed it.
<Character>: We can't let him destroy Lore. Fiamme told me to find Warlic to help, but...
Nythera: But Warlic isn't here.
<Character>: Is there anything you can do to help us find him? I heard you got your magic back.
*Despite that Nythera got her magic back, she has no idea where Warlic is.*
Nythera: I know this isn't what you want to hear, but I just have no idea where he is.
Nythera: Trust me, I wish I did. You're not the first to ask me where to find him.
Nythera: Guardians, adventurers, knights, moglins, seems like everyone and their tog had business with Warlic!
Nythera: I even tried asking Elysia and Elucidas for help.
Nythera: They've been training me in Warlic's absence.
Alz'ein: Is that it, then? This whole journey was a waste of time?
Nythera: Um...
Nythera: There are certain wards in this tower that remain in place, that if he were to die, would fade and grant me— um, let people pass.
Nythera: Warlic... as far as I can tell, is still alive.
Nythera: Somewhere. I don't know where.
Nythera: When I got back to the tent after you got rid of that dracolich, there was only some residual magic showing signs of teleportation.
Alz'ein: What kind of signs?
Nythera: The magic Warlic used opened a hole through the Void...
Nythera: ... and no matter how powerful a mage, or how careful you are, that always leaves some evidence.
Nirios: Alz'ein, doesn't that sound like—
Alz'ein: A rift!
Nythera: I guess you could call it that. Cooler than just calling it a portal.
Alz'ein: I am a Riftwalker of the Ateala! This magic is known to me!
Alz'ein: Nythera, take me to the site of this rift. Nirios, can you let Isiri know? I should be able to find a trail, or at least a vector for her!
Nirios: Of course.
Nythera: Wait, wait, slow down, the uh, site, is, uh...
Nythera: Um... Busy.
*You ask what Nythera did with the Mage Tower.*
<Character>: Nythera, what did you do?
Nythera: Okay, fine, maybe after I noticed Warlic was gone, I might have tried to access some old tomes that I wasn't supposed to.
Nythera: And I might have instead unleashed some formerly imprisoned elementals and creatures.
<Character>: Let me guess, said formerly imprisoned elementals and creatures might be rampaging through the tower...
<Character>: ... including where the rift was?
Nythera: *Sigh* Hypothetically speaking, yes.
Nythera: Sorry. I'm still used to keeping my mistakes to myself.
<Character>: But, don't you have your magic back? Couldn't you have cleared them out on your own?
<Character>: And wait— what about Cysero?
Nythera: Well, according to Cysero, as long as they don't cross over to his half of the tower, they're not his problem.
Nythera: As for why I haven't taken care of them on my own, well, I've been busy!
<Dragon>: You're a powerful dragon! You could just eat them! | *Accusatory grumble!*
Nythera: Half-dragon, <Dragon>! I can't just— I mean, maybe...? But ew!
Nythera: Look, I'm doing my best to help everyone who comes looking for Warlic. And while the illusion works for simpler issues...
Nythera: ...Recently, more and more, the cases have needed a personal touch.
<Character>: Huh. The illusion's usually good enough for me.
Nythera: Yes. It is.
<Dragon>: Cause you're simple! | *Mocking growl*
<Character>: ...
<Character>: Okay, fine, we'll clean up the tower... again!
Nythera: Thanks, <Character>. And of course, Alz'ein, you are welcome to inspect the area afterward.
Alz'ein: Yeah, yeah, let's go already!
*You fight various monsters as you, your dragon, and your Atealan companions find the site of the rift; eventually, they find it.*
Alz'ein: This is the spot. I can already tell that a powerful rift was opened here.
<Character>: It's that obvious to you?
Alz'ein: Yeah. Here, watch this.
*Alz'ein casts magic to project a rift that was opened by Warlic after the events of Book 1.*
<Character>: Whoa.
Alz'ein: Nirios, are you projecting this to Etaos?
Nirios: I am. You may proceed with your analysis.
Alz'ein: On it!
*Alz'ein casts a cosmic bubble to herself as she analyzes the opened rift, which causes an orange beam to appear from it.*
Alz'ein: There it is...
*Another orange beam appears from the rift.*
Nirios: Alz'ein...?
Alz'ein: I'm trying to focus, here!
*Multiple orange beams appear from the rift.*
Nirios: Alz'ein!
Alz'ein: It's not... me! This doesn't make sense!
<Character>: What's happening? What does this mean?
*Alz'ein stops projecting the rift, ending her analysis; she is shocked by the revelations coming from the rift.*
Alz'ein: Haa...
Nirios: Alz'ein!
<Character>: What was that?
Alz'ein: That... this doesn't make sense...
Alz'ein: Whoever— Whatever went through that rift...
Alz'ein: ...Was scattered.
<Character>: What do you mean, scattered?!
Alz'ein: Every single beam from the projection was a destination. If this was your mage, there should have only been one.
Alz'ein: A novice Riftwalker might struggle to focus their analysis on a single possibility...
Alz'ein: ... and of course there are many factors like destination, or size, or power...
Alz'ein: But with that many vectors...
Nirios: Etaos has given Isiri the data. She'll do what she can.
Alz'ein: Yeah. Isiri has a better head for that kind of thing.
<Character>: But Warlic's still alive! Nythera said so!
Alz'ein: I don't know what to tell you. Whatever happened here is beyond anything I've ever studied.
<Character>: There wasn't any kind of pattern you could discover? Anything at all?
Alz'ein: ...
Nirios: Hold on. I'm getting word back from Etaos.
Nirios: Isiri is just as baffled as you are, Alz'ein, but after an initial look, she believes there's a bundle of vectors pointing to the west. On Lore.
Nirios: Etaos thinks—
<Character>: West is pretty vague. That could still be anywhere!
Nirios: Etaos believes they converge near the location of Swordhaven. Isiri will try to narrow things down for all the rest, but it's a start.
Alz'ein: But... that's still only a few of so many vectors... I'm sorry, I've never seen anything like this.
Nythera: Hey, there you are.
*Nythera enters the site of the opened rift.*
Nythera: You did a good job cleaning up. Any luck finding Warlic?
<Character>: Nythera, you're sure Warlic's still alive?
Nythera: Absolutely. ...Why?
<Character>: According to Alz'ein, the rift here had... a lot of destinations. Not just one.
Nythera: Ah. Um. That sounds... complicated?
<Character>: No kidding.
Nythera: Well that's... That's...
Nythera: Well, I guess I don't know what to do about that.
<Dragon>: That's okay! I don't get what's going on, either! | *Commiserating chirps*
Nythera: Thanks, <Dragon>.
Nythera: *Sigh* I'll... I'll just have to keep taking care of everything until he returns, huh?
Nythera: You know, if anyone told me how much work being an archmage is, maybe I'd have preferred staying grounded.
Nythera: I know Warlic spent some time dealing with rogue elementals and such, but I don't remember it being this bad.
<Character>: More elemental troubles here, too?
Nythera: It's not just here?
<Character>: Popsprocket was under attack by some unusual elemental activity...
<Character>: ... and the Swordhaven knights who helped defend Atrea mentioned something about that, too.
Nythera: The last time something like this happened was when I uh... borrowed Warlic's stuff...
<Character>: Do you think the Avatars are involved again?
Nythera: Yeah. Definitely. Something strange is going on.
<Character>: Just what we needed. Another potential crisis.
Nirios: Isiri's analysis of Alz'ein's data will take some time, but we do have a lead, slight as it may be.
Nirios: And, I will admit, Etaos' stories of Swordhaven left me curious...
<Character>: Swordhaven would be a good next stop, but I'm worried about Wargoth. If he attacks again and we're caught off guard...
<Character>: I'm worried about Atrea.
Alz'ein: No need, <Character>. Thanks to you, we've been able to get established, and you helped us find allies in this land of Greenguard.
Alz'ein: If Wargoth lays siege to Atrea again, I bet you won't have time to get back before we've won!
<Character>: Sure you want to make that a bet?
<Dragon>: We'd get back and stop them before you had breakfast! Or dinner! Or whatever meal you like! | *Prideful roar!*
Alz'ein: Against what I've seen you two do? Not really. But, you don't need to worry!
Alz'ein: You'll be traveling with Nirios, anyway. If we need your help, Etaos will be able to contact you.
<Character>: And what about you, Alz'ein?
Alz'ein: I'll wrap up here, discuss things with Nythera, then head back to Atrea to help Isiri decipher what happened with that rift.
Alz'ein: Veyla's still out there, too. I'm not giving up on her.
<Character>: We'll find her, and we'll bring her back. I promise!
Alz'ein: ...Yeah. Go on, then, Swordhaven's waiting for you!
Nythera: I'll see if I can find out what's going on with these elementals, too.
Nythera: If the Avatars are truly involved, I guess they're my responsibility until you bring Warlic back!
*Scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Loot for DCs - opens WW Loot for DCs shop.
Other information
The beginning of the quest contains a mini-puzzle; approaching the wrong door will cause the player to be teleported to the room it contains Cysero's sock and a respawning Dirty Sockmonkey; leaving the room will cause the player to be teleported back to the beginning of the quest; here is the solution:
spoiler:
Right Door (x2) -> Go Right from the black carpet. Cysero's sock acts as a healing source during the quest.
Pop-up headlines during the quest:
quote:
Alz'ein: 'This doesn't seem too strange so far.'
This room must be in Cysero's half of the tower...
Standing in the presence of this sock seems to heal you! Hopefully Cysero won't mind.
Nirios: 'Is that... Daylight? No, that would be impossible...'
Alz'ein: 'Keep up! It's clearly just a pocket in the Void.'
Nirios: Easy enough for you to say, Riftwalker!'
Nirios: 'What an adorable creature!'
Nirios: '...' Doomkitten was updated with mechanics on June 27th, 2025, replacing Doomkitten (1).
Thanks for RunicDream for spoiler information.
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