Hello everyone!
Last time we played through Drustvar in which we uncovered the darkness behind the covens,
reformed the Order of Embers and cleared the way into Waycrest Manor...
“Welcome home daughter.
I see you’ve brought guests.”
“Don’t you dare call me daughter, witch!” “such insolence!
Wait until your father hears of this.
In the meantime, I leave you in the care of my servants.”
“Come back and face my steel!’ “Mace!
Ugh, running off seems like a bad idea.
We have more of a plan than that...right?”
“Heroes, your strength is needed.
We must see this evil brought to an end.”
‘We’ll investigate the grounds while you dispatch her servants.
Good hunting.
“
When Lucile’s father got sick, her mother cried out for any power to save him and Gorak
Tul answered the call.
He would help her, for a price, a price we can see clearly payed not just by herself,
but anyone around her.
Marshal Everit Reade gave his life trying to protect Lucile, lets make sure that sacrifice
was not in vain as we first take on the Heartsbane Triad within the ballroom.
“You have no power here”
Among the first to give themselves over to the Heartsbane, these siblings, Briar, Solena
and Malady, have each mastered their own specialized form of magic.
Now they seek to obtain greater power through wielding their focusing iris.
I imagine this is not the same one as the blue dragonflight had, but it does empower
them, filling up their energy until it reaches its maximum and they’ll cast dire ritual.
This is a burst of dark energy which deals a whole bunch of damange.
Luckily holding the iris does make them more vulnerable to our hits and after smacking
them around for a while, they’ll drop the iris which is then quickly picked up by another
sister.
That means only attack the one holding the iris while interupting as much as possible.
CC or smack your party members that get mind controlled, keep an eye on the different auras
and move accordingly . (Hercules, eye witches)
“I can rest more easily knoing these foul creatures no longer prowl the night.
Continue your hunt for lady waycrest.
I will ensure these rooms are clear.”
The design of waycrest manor is gorgeous and hearing the constant organ music in the back,
the omnius presence of lady waycrest is a very nice touch.
The route you can take will change each time you enter as certain doors will either be
opened or closed.
The effects of their corruption, the foul rituals, people disapearing in the night,
unholy creatures that roam the hallways... it’s beautifully designed.
In the courtyard we find the weather to be as ghastly as the manor itself with lightning
leaving behind fire on the ground.
Soulbound goliath: “Beware our torment!”
That fire actually becomes our ally during the soulbound goliath fight, an amalgamation
of tortured soul’s from the kul tiran people it devoured.
Their tormented cries echo from within the monstrosity and while we fight it, the creature
gains energy from the afterlife, stacks of soul harvest.
Putting it in the fire will confuse it and reduce its energy, but also cast aoe fire
damage so don’t keep it in it for too long.
Besides that it will occasionaly use soul thorns to impale a party member.
Get them out of it before they become another victim to the soulbound goliath...
Soulbound goliath: “You’ve done these souls a service by
setting them free.
Make sure lady waycrest pays dearly for this foul witchcraft.”
Onwards to the banquet halls and towards Raal the gluttonous.
Becoming part of team Gorak Tul has caused some significant changes to the household,
like their diet for example as they’re now eating people.
Victims from the town, servants of the manor and even Raal himself.
“Stay for dinner!”
Raal the gluttonous was once the main chef for the waycrests.
Now his kitchen is a chamber of horrors, where he has been serving portions of himself to
the damned guests that haunt these halls.
He likes to tenderize his next meal first as sometimes all that rancid food just comes
out again, both attacks you’ll want to avoid.
When he summons in his servants, they don’t carry his food, they are his food so take
them out before they reach him, otherwise the delicious snack will increase his damage
done.
“Heh!
Dead meat.
You go on.
Find Lady Waycrest.
Settle the score.
BLEGH” “Oh dear, it seems you have slaughtered
my entire household.
The carnage is dripping through the floor boards.
Why not join me in the basement and marvel at death’s beauty.”
How can we resist such an invite.
Down we go through the cellar into the catacombs to confront the lord and lady.
“My mother had a cruel streak, but I never imagined she was capable of this.”
“All that matters now is bring her evil to an end.”
“You’re right, yet how will I regain my people’s trust when they learn of the horrors
my family has commited?”
“I trust you.
If anyone else gives you problems, a swift crack to the head will remedy the issue.”
“Thank you mace.
Once this is over, we should discuss a position as my new house diplomat.
I SHIP IT”
“Oh look husband.
Your suppeer has arrived.”
At first she plays her organ while her husband attacks us.
The corpse of lord waycrest isn’t doing too well as he’s rather decomposing, but
that whole rot thing does serve him well in battle.
Meanwhile lady waycrest plays her organ, creating an ear-splitting cadenza which you’ll want
to move out of.
She loves her husband so much that she was willing to bargain with gorak tul and no pack
of adventurers will take him from her now.
Vitality transfer allows her to send over her own life essence to keep him going, but
it’s limited so we smack the lord until the lady is forced to join the fight.
Now she’ll also use Wrecking chord which you can and should interupt.
One last round of bringing them down and victory is ours....
“We will never be parted....ughhh” “At long last, the nightmare is over.”
gorak tul spawns “Foolish child.
YOu lack vision.
Death is an inevitable force that stalks you at every turn.”
“Gorak tul?!
How is this possible?
My ancestors defeated you ages ago!”
“Your acncestors wiped out my people, but they could not destroy me.
For countless years I waited to enact my vengeance until at long last, your mother provided me
the means.
Lady waycrest was merely a vessel for my power.
By destroying her, you have opened the doorway to your world.
Now, your nightmare is just beginning.
“ “We cannot allow gorak tul to cross into
our world.”
“Every horror in the manor is making its way too us.
Sterntide and I will hold them here.
You have to finish this!”
“None will escape my vengeance!”
“Hurry set them aflame before the drust king resurrects them!”
At the rupture we face the darkness behind all of this, gorak tul.
Believed to have been slain by the ancient order of Kul Tiran Soldiers two-thousand years
ago, we uncovered that he actually retreated to the blighted lands and is now trying to
make his way back into our world.
The powers of the drust are no joke as he has dark lightning that jumps around and death
lens, that will focus on one of our party members, stunning them and dealing damage
and he has his Deathtouched slavers that aid him in the fight.
But not even the lord of the blighted lands is unbeatable.
The alchemical fire we created allows us to get rid of the deathtouched slavers, preventing
gorak tul from resurrecting them and overwhelming us.
Together with the order of embers at our side, we’re able to overcome his might and snuff
out the root of corruption in Drustvar.
“Death cannot hold meeeeeee.
FOols...you have merely defeated...a vessel...
I await you...in the Blighted Lands...”
“We’ve done it!
Gorak Tul has been banished.”
“See there isn othing a strong arm and sharp steel can’t fix.”
“Thank you, heroes.
You’ve broken the coven and released us from Gorak Tul’s power.
We are in your debt.”
Lucile will miss her parents.
Though their end was dark, they were family.
People have suffered loss and pain struggling in the darkness that covered Drustvar.
But now we have some light back.
We have the means and the will to reclaim our lands from the lingering evils.
Her duty as the head of house waycrest is clear, one final ceremony to wrap it all up.
“We have all felt the sting of loss, but the fires of hope burn bright.
Inquisitor Cleardawn, you exceeded our expectations, displaying conpasion, bravery, leadership,
and cunning.”
“But drustvar has greater need of your service in a larger capacity.”
CLick on the lady, present her with the inquisotor’s regallia.
“I name you marshal cleardawn and appoint you the head of the waycrest guard.”
“Everit trained you well.
I know he would be proud of you.”
“TThank you my lady, I won’t let you down.”
Cleardawn takes up the position once held by Reade.
The darkness is not fully gone from these lands quite yet, but house waycrest and the
order of embers will give it their all to make it so.
Even better they’re willing to mend relations with the rest of kul tiras and stand with
the alliance in the war against the Horde.
Gorak Tul is still out there as well as the blighted lands.
If you’re interested in that tale, then by all means check out my pride of kul tiras
video.
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