The Shadows of Bitter Winter

Quest Summary Guide - Items - Maps - Images - Lore
Quest Type	Solo, small group
XP Reward	1,500,000 for the weapons, 500,000 for the book
XP Cap	??
Item Reward	Spear of Winter Flame Axe of Winter Flame Mace of Winter Flame
Title Reward	none
Starting Location	Shade of Farelaith, 74.3N 58.6E
Timer	once per character
Level Restrictions	80+
Level Suggestions	100+
Introduced In	Through Sacrifice, Strength

General

Since most of the creatures, and the bosses, are Shadows, one of the Shadow Slayer Weapons comes in handy.

Walk Through

Talk to the Shade of Farelaith at 74.3N 58.6E (Take the Haliana portal just west of Cragstone).
Enter the nearby Temple of Stirring Shadows (AC Maps - Temple of the Stirring Shadows) at 74.3N 58.7E.
First enter the South Wing.
From drop, head roughly South. Easiest way is to take the SE hallway, and hang left.
Attack Baranaith, he is not named, but he is the Shadow Phantom weilding a spear.
Loot the Spear of Baranaith from his corpse. It drops 1 per kill.
Take the surface portal, return to Shade of Farelaith, and hand him the spear for the Spear of Winter Flame.
You are now flagged for the next part.
Re-enter the Temple of Stirring Shadows
Now enter the North Wing.
From drop, head roughly North.
1. Take the right (east) passage and go immediately left down a ramp.
2. From here, keep right hand rule.
Attack Korogaith, he is not named, but he is the Shadow Phantom weilding an axe.
Loot the Axe of Korogaith from his corpse. It drops 1 per kill.
Take the surface portal, return to Shade of Farelaith at 74.3N 58.6E, and hand him the axe for the Axe of Winter Flame.
You are now flagged for the next part.
Re-enter the nearby Temple of Stirring Shadows
Now enter the East Wing.
From drop, head East, and East, and east.
Attack Hiranaith, he is not named, but he is the Shadow Phantom weilding a mace.
Loot the Mace of Hiranaith from his corpse. It drops 1 per kill.
Take the surface portal, return to Shade of Farelaith at 74.3N 58.6E, and hand him the spear for experience, the Mace of Winter Flame and Farelaith's Untranslated Journal.
(optional) you can get the Journal translated at Edobar the Esoteric in Cragstone, or Gallatria du Ressetta in Sanamar for an additional 500,000xp.

Items

Maps

AC Maps - Temple of the Stirring Shadows

Images

Lore & Dialog

Shade of Farelaith tells you, "You... Yes, you could help me, mortal. I need you to slay my younger brothers, who were corrupted into beings of Shadow by our former master, Grael. Please, you must enter this Temple of the Stirring Shadow. The temple has three wings, and one of my brothers serves in each wing. They have lost their names and faces to the Shadow corruption, but they still bear their own weapons... I was a mage in my past life, mortal. Help me, and I shall reward you."
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Enter the South Wing first, and seek out my poor youngest brother, Baranaith. He wielded a spear in life, as he does now in the shadow. Bring me his spear so that I may know his torment is no more."

Shadow Phantom's seared corpse smolders before you!
You hear the plaintive voice of the shadow that once was Baranaith cry out: "Farelaith! My brother! Where is my older brother, who said he would guide and protect me?"

You give Shade of Farelaith Spear of Baranaith.
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Oh, my brother's spear! Baranaith was my youngest brother. He was barely more than a child when we were taken to the slave pits of Haebrous. I failed him, most of all..."
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Take this spear, mortal, as an instrument of vengeance. I have infused it with some portion of my power."
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Now go into the North Wing and seek out my brother Korogaith. You will know him by his axe."
Shade of Farelaith gives you Spear of Winter Flame.

Shadow Phantom is incinerated by your assault!
You hear the husky voice of the shadow that once was Korogaith cry out: "Farelaith! My brother! Where is my older brother, who abandoned us to the abomination of Grael?"

Shade of Farelaith tells you, "You have my brother Korogaith's axe? Please, give it to me, so that I know that he has been granted oblivion."
You give Shade of Farelaith Axe of Korogaith.
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "This is indeed the axe of my brother Korogaith. He was just a few years older than Baranaith. He was a hunter and a woodsman without peer. He was the one who tracked down Grael in the wilderness... Oh, would that we had never found that accursed soul again, but perished together in the snow..."
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Take this axe. I have infused it with some portion of my power, to serve as an instrument of vengeance against the dark powers that corrupted my brothers."
Shade of Farelaith gives you Axe of Winter Flame.
Shade of Farelaith tells you, "Now go into the East Wing, the last of the wings, and seek out my brother Hiranaith. You will know him by his mace."