Apostate Grand Director Quest

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Quest Summary Quest Type: Solo/Group Start Location: Direlands Gear Knight Resistance Camp Timer: 27 Days Time to Complete: 1 Hour Level Restrictions: 150+ Level Suggestions: 200+ Rewards Summary Items: Full details here Apostate Grand Director's Mask Max XP: Full details here 430,962,225xp Titles: None Related Articles Introduced In: Plans Within Plans

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Items

Quest Items
		Sparkling Apostate Shard		Scintillating Apostate Shard
		Shimmering Apostate Shard		Shard of the Apostate Grand Director's Broken Mask

Rewards
		Apostate Grand Director's Mask

Experience Rewards

Task Required	First Run Max Experience	Percentage & Level Cap	Repeated Run Max XP	Repeated Run Percentage & Level Cap
Give Mask Shard to Emissary.	430,962,225xp	30% up to level 220
See Level Costs for per level information.

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Lore & Dialog

Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Greetings!"
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I have been sent here to ask adventurers, such as yourself, to aid in a rather delicate situation my Lord Asheron has found himself in."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "He has learned that the disruptions endangering a small pocket of located Empyreans are tied to a set of growing Temporal anomalies, as well as direct interference by these 'Apostate' Virindi."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "To that end, he has located a confluence of overlapping temporal and portalspace disturbances in the Iron Blade fortifications to the north of here, as well as a defended portal in the caves of the Apostate Simulacra."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I have been given the means to allow you passage through the defended portal, but from there, it will be up to you to locate and end the disturbances, so my Lord Asheron may stabilize the area around the located Empyreans, and extract them from their present circumstances."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "There are several ... points, of greater disturbance within the Iron Blade's tunnels. we originally thought them to be due to the high levels of Aetherium, combined with the methods the Iron Blade Primus is using to control the portal pathway to his or her homeworld, but there are temporal anomalies mixed into the disturbances that lead my Lord to believe that they are related to the Portalspace that have prevented him from simply removing the group of Empyreans he has located..."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "My apologies, I do ramble on sometimes."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "The short form. There's a portal in the simulacra cave we believe to be key to ending the disturbance. I can protect you from the barriers and wards upon it."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "In there, hopefully, you'll find the source of the problem, or something that will lead you through the points of greatest disturbance in the Iron Blade Tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Find the force or entity responsible, end it. Return to me with proof, and I'll reward you."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Any questions?"

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Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Hello again! Have you located the source of the disturbances that are blocking my Lord Asheron from rescuing the pocket of Empyreans he has located?"
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We managed to detect several temporal and portalspace disturbances within the Iron Blade's area of influence, and believe that masked portals may be hidden within their tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We also managed to locate a new portal in the deep cave the Simulacra have delved near to the Iron Blade fortifications, and believe that may be a good place to seek out what is needed to find the masked portals within the Iron Blade tunnels."

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You allow Emissary of Asheron to examine your Sparkling Apostate Shard.
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "A fascinating piece of congealed energy. It does not look very stable though. I fear it would not long survive contact with the energies that animate this form."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Perhaps it can be used to open a passageway into portalspace, if brought to the correct area in the Iron Blade tunnels? It does resonate similarly to one of the detected anomalies within the tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I wish I could tell you more, but the Aetherium levels in the tunnels and in the Gear Knights make it difficult to pin down an exact location... Which would indeed be a great reason to hide something there..."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Good luck!"

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You allow Emissary of Asheron to examine your Scintillating Apostate Shard.
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "A fascinating piece of congealed energy. It does not look very stable though. I fear it would not long survive contact with the energies that animate this form."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Perhaps it can be used to open a passageway into portalspace, if brought to the correct area in the Iron Blade tunnels? It does resonate similarly to one of the detected anomalies within the tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I wish I could tell you more, but the Aetherium levels in the tunnels and in the Gear Knights make it difficult to pin down an exact location... Which would indeed be a great reason to hide something there..."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Good luck!"

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Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Hello again! Have you located the source of the disturbances that are blocking my Lord Asheron from rescuing the pocket of Empyreans he has located?"
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We managed to detect several temporal and portalspace disturbances within the Iron Blade's area of influence, and believe that masked portals may be hidden within their tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We also managed to locate a new portal in the deep cave the Simulacra have delved near to the Iron Blade fortifications, and believe that may be a good place to seek out what is needed to find the masked portals within the Iron Blade tunnels."

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You allow Emissary of Asheron to examine your Shimmering Apostate Shard.
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "A fascinating piece of congealed energy. It does not look very stable though. I fear it would not long survive contact with the energies that animate this form."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Perhaps it can be used to open a passageway into portalspace, if brought to the correct area in the Iron Blade tunnels? It does resonate similarly to one of the detected anomalies within the tunnels."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I wish I could tell you more, but the Aetherium levels in the tunnels and in the Gear Knights make it difficult to pin down an exact location... Which would indeed be a great reason to hide something there..."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Good luck!"

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Emissary of Asheron tells you, "Hello again! Have you located the source of the disturbances that are blocking my Lord Asheron from rescuing the pocket of Empyreans he has located?" Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We managed to detect several temporal and portalspace disturbances within the Iron Blade's area of influence, and believe that masked portals may be hidden within their tunnels." Emissary of Asheron tells you, "We also managed to locate a new portal in the deep cave the Simulacra have delved near to the Iron Blade fortifications, and believe that may be a good place to seek out what is needed to find the masked portals within the Iron Blade tunnels."

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As <Player Name>'s final blow rends the Grand Director's cloak asunder, the creatures' mask shatters into multiple shards.

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You allow Emissary of Asheron to examine your Shard of the Apostate Grand Director's Broken Mask.
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "This is amazing! I have never seen so much power packed into a small shard of Virindi mask like this before!"
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "The energy signature on this also matches the brunt force of the disturbances that have striven against my Lord Asheron!"
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I believe, I owe you both great thanks, and reward for the aid you have given me in my task. Ah, I have an idea!"
The Emissary absorbs the shard, glowing brighter for a moment, and then pulls from his center a smaller mask, identical to the one the Grand Director wore.
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "This being was indeed at the heart of the Portalspace disturbances, but strangely not the temporal ones..."
Emissary of Asheron tells you, "I will relay your success and these findings to my Lord Asheron. Hopefully, the temporal disturbances alone are not enough to further delay his rescue efforts."
You hand over 1 of your Shard of the Apostate Grand Director's Broken Masks.
Emissary of Asheron gives you Apostate Grand Director's Mask.
Emissary of Asheron gives you Strengthened Mana Forge Key.
You've earned 430,962,225 experience.

Notes

• The boss frequently doesn't drop a corpse on death. He respawns in five minutes, it seems to work best if you surround his spawn spot (the pillar of energy in the middle of the room) and don't let him move from his spawn spot.