Stage 1 Minimum Level: 1541 Location:Forest of Moans (Edges) (9, 16) Required Item: None Required Kills: None

You are walking through the ominously named Forest of Moans. You've heard some dark tales about this place and are aware that the Ergar Dwarves make their home in this region. You are thus surprised to walk into a clearing and find a dark elf stood over a grievously wounded human warrior. The elf looks up as he's about to finish the human. His lip curls. 'Another plaything? Divine!' He charges in your direction.

Stage 2 Minimum Level: 1541 Location:Forest of Moans (Edges) (9, 16) Required Item: None Required Kills: 12 x Dark Alfadl Scout

As he charges, the elf let's out a shrill warbling whistle. More elves appear and all charge you. You'll have to defeat them all. You fight off all the elvish scouts and after finishing the last off, you hurry to the injured human. You can tell he is beyond the help of anyone. He looks at you and obviously knows it too. He whispers for you to come closer. You kneel next to him. He gasps out 'The Dark Alfadl Elves. They have come to this land at the summons of the Shadow Lord. They have allied themselves with the Ergar Dwarves! You must complete the task I was set. Disrupt their plans. Kill their living metal monsters and destroy the Shadow Lords emissary. Please!' With that final entreaty, the warrior dies. Ergar Dwarves and Dark Alfadl Elves working together? This bodes ill. You decide you have to carry out the warriors request. You'll move deeper into the forest and see if you can disrupt the elves before attacking the Dwarves.

Stage 3 Minimum Level: 1542 Location:Forest of Moans (Depths) (6, 8) Required Item: None Required Kills: 37 x Dark Alfadl Loner	You are scouting out the Depths of the forest of moans and have found the place crawling with Dark Alfadl Loners. You'll have to kill them all. You kill the last of the fanatical Loners and find an entrance to the Ergar Stronghold, the Hell Forge of Hrus. You'll have to find out what the Warrior was talking about when he mentioned living metal.

Stage 4 Minimum Level: 1543 Location:Hell Forge of Hrus (Smithy) (9, 11) Required Item: None Required Kills: None

You sneak through the Smithy and spy an Ergar Warrior Smith working at an anvil. You creep up on the Warrior Smith and rest your weapon on his shoulder. He looks over his shoulder and up at you. 'Hrm. Bloody sneak. What d'you want?' You say 'Living metal. What is it and what are you using it for?' The Dwarf grunts. 'It's metal that's been given life. We're literally building an army for the Shadow Lord.' You look at him. 'You talk a little too readily.' You run him through and spin around, just in time to block an attack. The group of Warrior Smiths who were sneaking up on you charge.

Stage 5 Minimum Level: 1543 Location:Hell Forge of Hrus (Smithy) (9, 11) Required Item: None Required Kills: 15 x Ergar Warrior Smith	The Ergar Warrior Smiths charge, one bellowing 'You shall not stop our academical wonders. You fight the Warrior Smiths and slay them all. One of them mentioned Alchemy. You decide to search out these Alchemists and slay them too.

Stage 6 Minimum Level: 1544 Location:Hell Forge of Hrus (Alchemists Labs) (13, 9) Required Item: None Required Kills: 38 x Ergar Alchemist

You find the Alchemists Lab and hunt for the Alchemists themselves, determined to stop their evil works. You start with one you find working at a table. You track down all the Ergar Alchemists and slay them one by one. You see evidence of this living metal army and notice that the next region is called (Weapon Storage) and think you know where their living weapons will be. You find notes regarding them and it seems that the Ergar themselves had a weapon to destroy these 'Hellions'. You see a recipe for this weapon and take it, figuring you'd better make it to take these living weapons on. You receive 'Recipe of Ergar Shatter Hammer'.

Stage 7 Minimum Level: 1535 Location:Hell Forge of Hrus (Weapon Storage) (13, 4) Required Item: None Required Kills: 75 x Hellion

You find the first Hellion stood at attention. You are startled when the living metal being looks at you. You need to strike with the Ergar Shatter Hammer! Having constructed the Shatter Hammer, you find that the Hellions are easy enough to destroy though they do leave curious living shards of metal. You wonder if they might come in handy. In any event, you decide to continue working your way through the area to weaken the remaining forces being mustered. You receive 16,247,363 XP