| Common Name: | Celestial Hand Society |
| Throne of Destiny Required | |
| Author: | The Knight |
| Contributors: | The Knight |
| Difficulty: | Medium |
| Minimum Level: | 180 |
Taken from the principles of the Celestial Hand book:
The Celestial Hand exists to defend the troubled, but promising
realm of Dereth and to preserve the partnership between the newly
arrived Isparian inhabitants of Dereth and the remaining Yalain
who still exist as protectors of the land and defenders of its
unique magical properties. Dereth is a special place, a nexus of
power and possibilities. Events on Dereth have a way of rippling
outward through many realms, and the Celestial Hand seeks to make
the island peaceful and secure. The beloved guardian Ben Ten is
the driving force behind the Celestial Hand as we seek to secure
the bounty of peace for all of Dereth's inhabitants.
The Hand is not explicitly allied with Asheron. Indeed, some
senior members of the Hand feel that Asheron's priorities, while
usually admirable, sometimes lead him to make decisions that do
not benefit the populations equally. Asheron has also been known
to suffer from poor decision-making or unreliable judgment from
time to time, and the ever-wise Ben Ten has decided that the Hand
must forge its own destiny, separate from the whims and mistakes
of a well-intentioned but error-prone master mage, whose own
lapses in judgment have caused some of the problems that
presently menace us all.
The Celestial Hand recognizes that a time of unique tribulation
has come to Dereth, set in motion by the ill-considered lust for
power of ancient Dericostian and Falatacot mages. The pursuit of
magical power for power's own sake has led to numerous disasters.
The Celestial Hand seeks to marshal the energies set loose by
Lord Rytheran's folly and use those energies for the defense and
betterment of the realm. A great and relentless Darkness seeks to
engulf the world, and the power of the ley lines will be required
to defeat this thread spawned by the Great Void. Other factions
seek to use the ley lines for their own purposes, and we fear
that the end of such machinations will be the triumph of the
Dark.
To that end, the Celestial Hand must act for the good of all,
by claiming Dereth's ley lines and nodes for our defense against
the Endless Night. With mastery of the ley line network, the
Celestial Hand would be able to rescue its long-lost elders still
trapped in the prison of Asheron's making, and awaken these
slumbering servants of the Light to combat the tides of darkness.
We cannot afford to allow the world's magical energies to be
stolen by the endlessly selfish Dericostians or the unfocused,
power-mad practitioners of forbidden Falatacot blood sorcery. We
cannot allow them to repeat their mistakes. Only an alliance of
equals between benevolent Empyreans and the vigorous, courageous
humans of Ispar can heal the wounds of this world. Choose the
Celestial Hand, and choose the Light.
-- Aito Shikun, Hand Historian
Walkthrough
To begin your journey on becoming a Celestial Hand member you
must have first completed the Introduction to the Three factions
quest before. See here for that writeup.
Introductions To The Societies
You must also be level 180+ in order to join a society. The NPC's in all of the societies will not give you the task if you are under that level.
In order to join The Celestial Hand, head over to the Celestial Hand's NPC Kirina. She is located in Hebian-To at 39.7S X 83.6E.
She will ask you to head to the Corrupted Catacombs and retrieve a Corrupted Mana shard for her in order to become a member of the society.
*Note all society tasks for initiation and tasks inside are the same for each one.*
Head to the Corrupted Catacombs at 23.9S, 54.1E, very close to Sawato.
This is able to be done completely solo, so you do not need to bring a group with you in order to do this task.
The place is a maze so go slowly. Proceed through the dungeon looking for down ramps until you find a Slimy Key.
Or you can skip this step if you have lock pick.
Once you have the slimy key you need to go back to a large open room and on the far side is another ramp down.
You'll know your going the right way as you'll start seeing armored scalavus. Once you start encountering the armored scalavus stick right and keep heading down. You will pass a surface portal. On the right hand side will be a door, use the Slimy Key on the door to unlock it.
Once past the door dispatch the Armored Scalavus inside and double click the mana shard pedestal to receive it into your inventory.
*Note*
This corrupted mana shard will only last one hour, so do not log out thinking it will still be in your inventory when you play again.
You have one hour to get back to the NPC, before it disappears from your inventory. So remember to turn it in ASAP before the hour is up.
Return the shard to Kirina of the Celestial Hand in Hebian-to to be initiated into the Celestial Hand faction.
You can now access the portal behind her and gain access into the society stronghold.
Upon entering head North from the drop and down the ramp. And then south. You'll see a surface portal on your right hand side, which if used will take you back to the surface.
The East section of the stronghold contains NPC's that assign you tasks to complete for the society. You can tell which one's you can do by ID'ing them, as you can only do the one's your rank is at. There are also vendors here, as well as NPC's that will test you as you gain rank.
To the west are the NPC's that give out Society Armor per Armor Writ. You gain these by doing tasks for the NPC's in the East room and then buy them via the merchants there. You also receive an armor writ each time you advance in rank.
The repeatable tasks given to you by the NPC's in the East part of the complex are on 6day timers.
The north section contains the Society Master, the promotions officer to which to turn in your promotion ribbons, and society vault keeper. You can use the Initiates Treasure Key you got from joining the society here. Make sure and read the chest descriptions carefully.
Congratulations you've now become a member of the Celestial Hand Society.
