Quiddity Seed at Ithaenc (Dream Realms Part II)

Timer: 13 days
Rewards: % XP, Red Quiddity Ingot, Empowered Pauldrons of the Perfect Light (Can be turned back for 5% xp for next level), and Hope of the Past title
Weapons: Bludgeoning/Slashing and Fire/Virindi Slayer/Shadow Slayer
Difficulty: Hard
Quest Type: Epic
Restrictions: 130+ and you must speak with Asheron regarding the Quiddity Seeds.

Head to Aun Aemaua who resides in Fort Tethana by the pub at 1.5n 71.7w. Speak to the tumerok to find out about the second seed.

Aun Aemaua tells you, "Aha! Another worthy adventurer. You have spoken with Lord Asheron about the threats to the realm, have you? Excellent. I would have you seek out the Quiddity Seed that materialized in Ithaenc Cathedral down in the Vesayen Isles. It is a gateway to a strange realm, both of this world and not... A realm in which memories and dreams acquire tangible form... Aerbax wishes to destroy the realm's memories of the defeat of Bael'Zharon! Such a thing is not to be borne! You must take a group and journey into the Quiddity Seed, the device by which Aerbax manipulates our collective memories, and defeat his designs!"

Now head to Ithaenc Cathedral (Sanctuary) via the recall spell or the wedding invitation and head up the stairs to the ramp way leading up on the second floor to reach the Ithaenc Quiddity Seed. Use it to go into the Dream Realm.

The Quiddity Seed thrums in response to your touch, and a surge of portal energy washes over you, ushering you into a strange, half-real dream realm...

~Dream Realm: Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Part I~
Coords: n/a
Nearest Drop: Recall the Sanctuary drop
Level: 1+
Spawns: Dream Marauder (Virindi)
Flagging: Speak to Aun Aemaua
Weapons: Fire/Virindi Slayer

From the drop head straight into the middle tunnel and you will shortly thereafter see the Shade of Dule. Speak to him to find out more about this sepulcher.

Shade of Dule tells you, "Human! You can help end my bizarre imprisonment here by that upjumped bag of air Aerbax. Some half-formed shade of the Hopeslayer himself awaits in the chambers below! An agent of Aerbax, a creature known as the Thief of Dreams, has taken the skull of Avoren Palacost, and seeks to destroy humanity's accomplishment in defeating Bael'Zharon! You must act quickly, and stop the Thief of Dreams from coming through here with the skull! Take the skull from him and bring it to me, and I shall open the way for you and your comrades to assault the shade of the Hopeslayer..."

Follow the path down and you will come across the Thief of Dreams.

~ Boss ~
Name: Thief of Dreams
Weak to: Fire/Virindi Slayer
Drops: Avoren’s Skull and Thief of Dreams Message Shard
Cohorts: Dream Marauder (Virindi)
Uses: Slashing damage and various war spells with vulns to match and various debuffs.

Finish him quickly and return the skull to the Shade of Dule. The Thief of Dreams Message Shard can be translated later for lore.

You give Shade of Dule Avoren’s Skull
Shade of Dule says, "Well done! The skull of poor young Avoren. Ilservian's rage was so great... But this sentimentality serves no one, does it? I am now one step closer to freedom from this prison realm that Aerbax constructed. The Hopeslayer of this dream realm will never recover this skull, and will thus remain vulnerable... But you all have more work to do. You must defeat this shade of my former master. I believe your agent of Asheron waiting in the "real" world seeks some trophy of the encounter... A claw will do, and there ought to be enough claws on that beast to supply all of you..."

Go into the portal he summons to reach the blocked off lower chambers of this Sepulcher.

~Dream Realm: Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Part II~
Coords: n/a
Nearest Drop: Ithaenc Quiddity Seed
Level: 1+
Spawns: Bile Grievver (Grievver), Panumbral Soldier, and The Black Breath (Shadow)
Flagging: None
Weapons: Fire/Shadow Slayer and Slashing

The drop here will be easily remembered by those who did the original Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer quest. Beware the flat shadow-warped ground as it can do damage to you.

The Shadow-twisted organic floor absorbs 10 points of your flesh as you walk on it!

Simply sick to the left through the tunnels and into an open chamber where a button resides on the wall. Press it then head back out sticking to the left wall and you will move pass the shadow-valve door that the button opened. Beyond lies the bit where the Shade of the Hopeslayer lies in wait.

~ Boss ~
Name: Shade of Bael’Zharon
Weak to: Fire
Drops: Claw of the Hopeslayer
Cohorts: The Black Breath (Shadow) and Bile Grievver (Grievver)
Uses: Bludgeoning damage and various war spells with vulns to match and various debuffs.

After you take down the Hopeslayer loot a claw and return to Aun Aemaua at Fort Tethana for your rewards.

You give Aun Aemaua Claw of the Hopeslayer.
You've earned 129,932,574 experience.

Aun Aemaua tells you, "Well done! What an exceedingly strange artifact! A claw of Bael'Zharon retrieved from the dream realm of the Quiddity Seed... You have done a great thing, by helping foil Aerbax's plans to destroy our memories of the triumph against Bael'Zharon. You certainly deserve your reward..."

Aun Aemaua has granted you the title "Hope of the Past".
Aun Aemaua gives you Empowered Pauldrons of the Perfect Light.

Aun Aemaua tells you, "And there is this curious artifact, some kind of mysterious ingot that seems to be a remnant of the Hopeslayer's energy from that strange dream realm... Perhaps you should hold on to it. It may be useful later."

Aun Aemaua gives you Quiddity Ingot.

Aun Aemaua tells you, "If you had a group of friends who helped you defeat the shade of Bael'Zharon, they will have to give me the claws they collected individually.

Speaking to Asheron again will give you a running tally of the seeds you still have left to find.

Asheron tells you, "Welcome, I'm glad you've come."
Asheron tells you, "Let's see if you have had any success with the Quiddity Seeds I told you of."
Asheron tells you, "Well done, I feel that you have broken some of the hold that Aerbax had on my memories of Knorr."
Asheron tells you, "Ah Yes, I see that you have broken the hold Aerbax had on our memories of poor Ilservian."
Asheron tells you, "The third is known to an apparition in the Northern Desert.”

Wearing both pieces of the empowered armour so far will give you Major Quickness/Endurance/Self as secret cantrips. The message shard can be translated by Diyas al-Yat in Zaikhal, up the hill to the left from the drop.

You give Diyas al-Yat Thief of Dreams Message Shard.

Diyas al-Yat tells you, "You say you found this in a dream realm? Inside of a Quiddity seed? That sounds so strangely familiar, even though I am sure I never heard that term before..."

A strange, cold light emanates from the eyes of Diyas al-Yat as he concentrates on the message shard.
Diyas al-Yat gives you Translated Thief of Dreams Message Shard.

Diyas al-Yat tells you, "A fascinating message. With your permission, I have made a copy of this myself, for my own... illumination."

~Translated Thief of Dreams Message Shard~

Though the humans may defy me on the other fronts, it is important to our plans that you succeed in your assignment. To you I give the task of destroying humanity's memories of their triumph against the Hopeslayer. Once you enter the shade realm of the Quiddity Seed, you must steal the skull of Avoren Palacost. The skull, which belonged to the Hopeslayer's male offspring, was a critical part of the ritual that Asheron used to weaken Bael'Zharon.

Then, to ensure the success of our plan, you must take over and fortify the Sepulcher in which the Hopeslayer lurked before the humans overwhelmed him. You will be given enough power within the shade realm to make a minor alteration - to destroy a passage to the lower depths of the complex, so even if humans manage to pursue you into this shade realm, they will not be able to find their way to the Hopeslayer's lair and thus complete their destiny even in dreams or memories...

One final warning: beware the meddling of the other powers as you occupy the Quiddity Seed. Any one of those who colluded with the humans to defeat the Hopeslayer may seek to interfere again. Be on guard for the interference of our former masters among the old Quiddity, or the renegade Shadows under Isin Dule, or even from Asheron.

-Aerbax

One seed left to seek out and maybe make better sense of what Aerbax is planning.