Customs Stronghold 3 (after the quest 15. Find a way to cure Ardo) | Side quests D: TRoT Guide

Last update: 01 February 2017

Z32. Missing mage student

Obtained from: Arch mage Rakorium (M9, 10).

Arch mage Rakorium (M9, 10) talks to the river guards mentioning someone named Nottel. Talk to him and he will ask you to find Nottel - his student.

1) Find Rakorium's student

Go to the magical circle (M9, 8) (northwestern part of this location). The boy is in its middle, crying for help. Talk to him and you'll learn that some magic, which is located in the caves beneath the circle (M9, 11) keeps him here and he can't move. He also recommends you to go to see Rakorium (M9, 10) and tell him what's going on.

2) Ask Rakorium for help

Return to Rakorium (M9, 10) and tell him about Nottel. Arch mage can't go and help him because he is still questioned by guards. He'll give you instead a wonderful artifact to open the caves - a normal pickaxe.

3) Find source of magic

Return to the circle and head towards the big stone. Before you reach it, you'll be attacked by spiders which appear in magic way. Kill them and click the stone to destroy it. Now enter the cave (M9, 11).

4) Collect the components for the ritual

Near the cave exit (M11, 1) you'll meet mage Marawamir ay Elburum (M11, 2). In a short conversation he'll ask you to collect some magical components and teleport himself out.

Moving further in the cave you will come across at the second incarnation of Marawamir - his darker character. Also the mage - a skeleton, will tell you to find the necessary ingredients and bring them to the place of ritual.

Components are:

1. Strange bulb - you'll get it after defeating a big emerald spider (M11, 3).

2. Rare herb - you'll get it after defeating fireflies (M11, 4).

3. Strange berries - you'll get it after defeating a giant scorpion (M11, 5).

4. Strange leaf - you'll get it after defeating a giant crab (M11, 6).

5. Exotic flowers - you'll get it after defeating giant stag beetles (M11, 7).

5) Complete the ritual

After collecting 5 ingredients, go to the magical circle (M11, 8) in the middle of the cave. Talk to Marawamir standing in the circle and watch him transforming. As a skeleton he wants you to perform a ritual in accordance to a book lying nearby (M11, 9). As a human he wants you to perform a ritual in other way.

a) Complete the ritual as mage - skeleton wants.

Put the strange bulb into the ritual bowl lying next to the largest stone. Then head right and put into the bowls a rare herb, exotic flowers, strange berries and a strange leaf.

After putting down the ingredients talk to the mage. He finishes the ritual, and then attacks you. When you kill him return to Rakorium (M9, 10) and Nottel, who was saved by the ritual.

b) Complete the Reversalis ritual as mage - human wants.

To learn how to perform the ritual according to the mage - human, you have to rob the mage - skeleton. In his pockets you'll find the notification - a card on which it is shown how the ingredients should be placed in order to stop the mage - skeleton:

Put the strange leaf into the ritual bowl lying next to the largest stone. Then head right and put into the bowls strange berries, exotic flowers, a rare herb and a strange bulb.

After putting down the ingredients talk to the mage. He finishes the ritual, and then the mage - human will appear. He'll give you a ring of life (+10 VP) as a reward. Return to Rakorium (M9, 10) and Nottel, who was saved by the ritual.

c) Place the ingredients in wrong order

You can also put the ingredients in wrong order. But this will cause mages to take over Nottel's body and disappear with him. This option results in least experience points. Return to Rakorium (M9, 10) and tell him about it.

6) Report back to Rakorium

If you've completed the ritual (options a and b in point 4), you'll meet Rakorium (M9, 10) and Nottel. Mage's student will be grateful and give you Nottel's Potion (endless bottle, which gives the drinker a random bonus).

But if you've placed the ingredients in wrong order (option c in point 5), Rakorium will teleport himself out when he learns about loss of his student.