Moon Flask
Ghulvania was the home of many monstrous Undead creatures, but rumours reached us of a new threat that had arisen there. Apparently, a new species of bat had appeared. It had accurately been named the Werebat, as its bite could transform a victim into a beast. We resolved to investigate.
BATTLING ABOVE AVERAGE: Dark Moon Rising
Ghulvania had many bat like creatures, and we needed to stusy them to learn what we could about these Werebats.
[Collect the wing from Ghulvanian beasts and monsters to learn about Werebats.]
The Werebats were real! But we had no idea of their origin. I suggested that we travel into the Underworld and speak with Master Torbern - he was an expert on such things.
THE WOLVERINE: Beast Whisperer
Master Torbern was also seeing strange new creatures in the Werewoods.
He agreed to talk with us, if we could help him rid the woods of something he had named a Wereverine.
[Defeat creatures in the Werewoods and collect their claws to show Torbern.]
All Master Torbern could tell us was that these new were-creatures were nothing like his kin in the Werewoods - there were darker forces at work here.
Tassarion suggested we visit the library he had been gathering in his old home in the Glacial Peaks, near where we first met him.
OVERDUE BOOKS: Lore of Nature
Thieves have stolen many of Tassarion's books - many of them quite rare and worth much on the black market.
[Help Grimmoria, Tassarion's librarian, recover the books by hunting down the roques that stole them.]
Grimmoria, Tassarion's personal librarian, showed us a book about the Moon Deities, Hatir and Skroll - the black and white wolves who chased the moon and sun through the sky. Her opinion, which Tassarion quickly claimed as his own, was that there may be an imbalance favouring Hatir, and the moon was somehow creating these creatures.
Our next stop would be Adana, to visit the Great Observatory.
CHAIN REACTION: Failed Experiments
The researchers at Great Observatory told us that was currently undergoing maintenance.
We were in a bit of a hurry, so we offered to help them get the gears and lenses they needed to make it operational again.
[Defeat mechs and take their gears and lenses to help the researchers.]
At the Great Observatory the researchers could clearly see that the moon appeared larger than normal.
This confirmed Grimmoria's theory that Hatir had somehow thrown off the balance - perhaps it all originated from the time when the Sun vanished last year.
We headed towards the Forest of Thorns to talk with the Earth Dreamers; we would see if they had any wisdom to share.
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM: The Wisdom in Dreams
The Earth Dreamers of the Forest of Thorns had recently encountered a new creatute in their homeland - a Werestag.
They were keen to help us, but asked us to seek out this stag, as it may hold some answers.
[Collect tracks and antlers to learn more about the Werestag.]
The Earth Dreamers told us that we would need to do two things to solve our proble: Create a potion to cure the lycanthropy, AND confront Hatir in his home of Maugrim Woods to restore the balance.
We headed to the Mist of Scales for the first potion ingredient: Wererat Blood
I SMELL A RAT: Gathering Herbs
Among the Rattigar of the Dark Pits, far below the Mist of Scales, lived a race of ancient were-creatures known as Wererats.
Their blood would provide the first potion ingredient.
[Collect Wererat Blood and Treasures from creatures in the Underworld]
Why Wererat Blood?
Apparently the potion could only be created with ingredients from old were-creatures - ones that existed before the imbalance.
With some of that in our possession, we headed towards Suncrest in search of the second potion ingredient, Swanmay Feathers - only obtainable from an ancient were-creature, the Swanmay.
SWAN SONG: Essence of Sun
The Swanmay was an ancient Lycanthrope, but not an evil one.
She received us with good grace and manners; she even offered us some of her feathers if we could help protect her home against Stryx who were always trying to chase her out.
[Defeat Stryx and earn feathers from the Swanmay]
All the ingredients were ours.
Unfortunately, we would require the assistance of Darkstone's Potion Masters to create this magical elixir.
They were an unsavoury bunch, but desperate times require desperate measures, or so they say.
A POTION A DAY: Witches’ Brew
To make the potion we approached an old friend of Amira's named Yarrow.
Yarrow was a potion master in Darkstone, and unlike many of his countrymen, he was a decent human being.
He agreed to help us in exchange for some rare ingredients that grew in the nearby lands.
[Collect Nightbloom and Mugwort by defeating enemies around Darkstone.]
The potion had been created, now all we had to do was reach Maugrim Woods and confront Hatir.
The quickest way was by sea, so we took a fast boat that would sail via Merlantis straight to Maugrim Woods.
SHARKNADO: Sailing North
Things were going so well - the voyage to Maugrim Woods was uneventful until we passed Blackhawk and reached Merlantis.
The seas were alive with Weresharks and it suddenly got very dangerous.
Lil' Johnny had a crazy but timely idea - if we could wake up the Megavore and set him upon the Weresharks we might make it through.
[Gather bait to lure the Megavore, and then chip scales of him to make him angry.]
The trip would have been easier had we not encountered Weresharks off the coast of Blackhawk.
With them behind us though, we continued on our way to Maugrim Woods.
Scarlett sent word ahead to her people in the Crimson Order - at least we would have some help when we arrived.
CRIMSON DAWN: Restoring the Balance
With the cure in hand, all we needed to do was confront Hatir in Maugrim Woods, and defeat him with the help of the Crimson Order.
After that, the cure could be distributed to all who needed it.
[Defeat werecreatures in Maugrim Woods - especially Hatir - and collect their energy to restore the balance.]
It was done!
Hatir had been defeated, and balance had been restored between th Sun and the Moon - hopefully for good this time.
We set out from Maugrim Woods, also hopeful that there would be fewer were-creatures around now.