Realms of Arkania: Star Trail - Side Quests

Side Quests

1) The player is recruited by a Phex(God of Thievery) initiate to recover a legendary throwing axe Star Trail. They instructioned in the city of Gashok and to search the catacombs in another city. Upon arrival they are joined by another thief outside the gates, who offers to guide them through the catacombs.

The place is filled with undead ranging from skeletal warriors to mummies. Eventually they find themselves in the city's temple to Phex where they find the intiate being made a priest of Phex. The party is then told that the entire quest was a setup and an initiation rite for their initiate to prove himself worthy of becoming a priest.

2) Another side quest occurs if the group is ever captured in their travels around the countryside by orc war bands. They are bound, blinded and stripped of all gear and money except for any heavily magical items. After days they arrive at Blood Peak, the orc headquarters. After overcoming their prison guards the party must battle through the orcish legions stationed there as well as a multitude of giant sized spiders. The party has the option to exit out the nearest exit or clearing the several levels of orcs. If they choose the easy escape they only need to fight through a handful of orcs but loose practically all their equipment and money. If they choose to fight they will gain a huge amount of experience and practically all their wealth back.

3) There is a quest that gets uncovered when the party arrives in the city of Gashok and are immediately hit by a crossbow bolt. Investigation reveals a city of mostly humans that are dominated an extremely racist gang. They hate all elves and culminated in an accident which burned down an elf and his human wife's home.

Every attempt of the group to ascertain the truth of what happened is met with roadblocks. The elf, Arthenon was banished from the city when he used magic during the fight that burned down the house. Upon finding Arthenon he reveals that the gang had brought a mob that torched the house and tried to lynch him and ended up burning his wife alive in the house. After which he went mad and fought with his weapons and magic, killing many of the citizenry. He requests the group find the ones responsible and avenge his wife.

Armed with this information, searching the remains of the house yields an incriminating note. Following the names in the note you corner the gang and its leaders who attack you. After defeating them you take the a second note on the leader out to Arthenon, as proof. In gratitude he gives you his personal sword, the sword of Arthenon, which is light as a feather but can do some heavy damage. That following night as the group stays at the local inn, the citizenry catch wind of the group's killing of it citizens and form a lynch mob. They drag your group into the street and prepare to stone you all. If you still have the incriminating note from the burned house, the local magistrate will stop the mob and find that the gang did indeed murder someone in town and free you all from the mob. However if you lost or destroyed the note, your group will be killed by the mob.

4) There is also another quest that is found randomly when traveling. A stranger will stumble into the group's camp, telling about a powerful witch who is enchanting up the local creatures in the swamp. Investigating the swamp can be quite dangerous as many of its denizens are quite powerful. You find and kill the witch ending the threat within the swamp. But you also find a note indicating the witch was acting on behalf a sorcerer in a tower within the swamp.

After penetrating the tower and its defenses you find the sorcerer, who conjures up a massive fire elemental. But with the larger size the elemental proves harder to control. The elemental is extremely agitated at being summoned from its service to the Rayos, the sun god. However it is unsure who is to blame for its summoning and questions both the party and the sorcerer. The sorcerer chooses to try to command the elemental to destroy the group. If you choose honorable and humble answers the elemental declares your group wise and destroys the sorcerer.