The Cycle of Love

Objectives 11 steps

1. 1

   Retrieve the lantern

   Xanthe's commander left the lantern needed to enter her keep for me to grab, should I decide to help them after all. I can retrieve it from the hiding spot.

2. 2

   Deal with Xanthe

   Xanthe, Brencis's oldest vrakhiri ally, stands in my way. I need to find a way to deal with her.

3. 3

   Get to the mansion

   The mysterious lantern from the soldiers will allow me to enter Xanthe's keep and find out what she's doing in there.

4. 4

   Give the lantern to the statue

   There's a creepy statue by the entrance to Xanthe's keep. I should put the magical lantern in its extended hand to open the door.

5. 5

   Figure out the lantern's purpose

   I found a bizarre lantern bearing Xanthe's symbol. It's clearly magical – I should figure out what it's meant to do.

6. 6

   Find Xanthe

   I've entered Xanthe's keep – now I should try to find the boyaress herself.

7. 7

   Find a way to enter the locked room

   There is a locked room in Xanthe's keep with weird humming coming from within. According to the mad servant – no one is allowed to enter. Therefore, I must.

8. 8

   Enter the locked room

   I have enough lanterns to open the door to the locked room upstairs. It's time to see what's inside.

9. 9

   Kill Xanthe

   Xanthe has found me. Good. It's time to make her pay for the atrocities.

10. 10

    Investigate the painted door

    The mad servant mentioned a 'painted door' upstairs in the keep that no one is allowed to open. I should go see what she meant.

11. 11

    Wait for an opportunity

    Attacking the boyaress blindly would be foolish. But there might come a time when a smart solution to the Xanthe problem will present itself.

Recorded outcomes 4 endings

• Xanthe offered me a deal for sparing her life and I took it.
• I got inside Xanthe's keep and put an end to her atrocities. No more Sangoran girls will die for her sick experiments.
• I didn't have the time to find Xanthe and deal with her. If she stands in my way at some point, I'll cut her down all the same.
• In the end, I simply found Xanthe in the cathedral and killed her right there. She's no longer a problem.

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