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Defiance Bay - First Fires - description and map of the location

First Fires First Fires is one of the five districts of Defiance Bay. It is here that you can find the most important buildings, such as Duke's Palace, Embassy of the Vailian Republic or the HQ of the Crucible Knights. It is also the central district, from which you can get to the rest of the city's districts. First of all, you should visit the Crucible Keep and the Temple of Woedica. As for the rest of the buildings, you visit them later into the game.

Important places in First Fires

1. Crucible Keep

It is the HQ for the Crucible Knights faction. In the keep, there are several locked chests and containers. The most difficult lock requires 7 lockpicks and 6 points of Mechanics or 7 points of Mechanics.

Side quest: Unwanted - Collect the Edict of Arrest from the desk in one of the rooms in the Crucible Keep.

Side quest: Missing Sentries - Talk to Wyla who is next to the training ground in the Crucible Keep.

Side quest: Built to Last - Talk to Commander Clyver in the council room in the northern part of the Crucible Keep

2. Temple of Woedica

Main quest: Never Far from the Queen - As soon as you come close to the temple, a cutscene starts in which you are approached by a ghost and you need to talk to him.

To the right of the temple there is an entrance to the Catacombs. To enter there, you first need to activate it from the inside. The other entrance is in Copperlane and it is there that you need to go first.

3. Vailian Embassy

Embassy of the Vailian Republic, the southern neighbor of the Dyrwood Palatinate. At the embassy, there are several locked chests and containers. The most difficult lock requires 8 lockpicks and 7 points of Mechanics or 8 points of Mechanics.

4. Duke's Palace

The HQ of the city's authorities.

Side quest: Cinders of Faith - Talk to Fyrga.

Side quest: Fragments of a Scattered Faith - Talk to the Records Keeper.

Quests that you can obtain in First Fires

Side quest: Unwanted - Collect the Edict of Arrest from the desk in one of the rooms in the Crucible Keep (M22,1).

Side quest: - Talk to Wyla who is next to the training ground in the Crucible Keep.

(M22,1).

Side quest: Built to Last - Talk to Commander Clyver in the council room in the Northern part of the Crucible Keep (M22,1).

Side quest: Winds of Steel - Talk to Commander Clyver after you have completed Built to Last (M22,1).

Side quest: Cinders of Faith - Talk to Fyrga (M22,4).

Important NPCs in First Fires

Penhelm (M22,1) - One of the Crucible Knights.

Wyla (M22,1) - He trains Crucible Knights recruits; he has a problem with the Heritage Hill.

Commander Clyver (M22,1) - The head chief of the Crucible Knights.

Dunstan (M22,1) - A blacksmith who works on creating new steel knights. After you complete Built to Last, he will agree to trade with you. He offers one of the best armors in the game.

Fyrga (M22,4) - Priestess of Magrana, who wants you to help her find a certain item.

Justiciary Aldmar (M22,1) - The butler at the Crucible Keep.

Other important information in connection with First Fires

First Fires houses the Crucible Knights, i.e. one of the main factions in Defiance Bay. Consider whether you want to complete quests for this faction, especially that this may make it impossible to complete the ones for the other factions. Therefore, it is best to meet the representatives of all the main factions first and make your decision after you receive several initial quests from them.