Seats of Power - main quest | Haven Tyranny Guide
Last update: 20 December 2016
This chapter contains a complete description of the gameplay in Sunset Spire, Blade Grave Oldwalls, and Ocean Spire connected to the Seats of Power quest. Here, you will find a walkthrough for the main storyline missions which will let you complete the quest as profitably as possible.
Individual topics are described in their respective sections.
The beginning of the quest
The said quest will appear in the journal once you manage to activate Sunset Spire which is the second of the five Spires that can be unlocked in the game. Your task is to activate all portals in every Spire.
Ocean Spire
The next building you should visit after Sunset Spire is Ocean Spire which is located in Blade Grave. To gain access to it, you have to complete the That Which Remains quest. Then, Oldwalls Breach will appear on the map of the region. From there, you can head to the ruins beneath the Spire (Blade Grave Oldwalls - Central).
As early as in the second hall of the ruins, you will find a scripture that presents the first fragment of the pattern which has to be drawn on the floor in the main hall of Ocean Spire. Copy the pattern (Lore 24 required) and head deeper into the location.
The second rubbing can be found in the northern part of the upper level of Blade Grave Oldwalls - West (see map M25). Copy the pattern (Lore 25 required) and head directly to Blade Grave Oldwalls - East (see map M24) and then move to Ocean Spire Runic Hall. This is where you find the last rubbing.
Take the last rubbing (its location is marked on the above picture) and draw the same pattern on the Runic Hall's floor (see the image above). The portal is now active and you can enter the top of the Ocean Spire to take control of it and push the quest forward. Once you're at the top, the journal will be updated and only two more Spires will remain to complete the quest.
Dawning Spire
Another Spire which is an objective in the quest is Dawning Spire. If you favor the Disfavored, you will gain access to it once you have completed the Carving the Path quest. To enter it, you have to go to Howling Rock(M34). There, you will find a direct path to Howling Rock Runic Hall. For the said Spire, you only have one charcoal rubbing of the runic sign that you will find in the Runic Hall.
Draw the sign shown in the above image on the floor. This will let you reach the top of Dawning Spire, which pushes the quest forward. Having completed the aforementioned tasks, there is only one Spire left to unlock: Aurora Spire.
Aurora Spire
For the Disfavored path, the last Spire becomes accessible after we have completed the Carving the Path quest and started Securing the Sea. The entrance to the Runic Hall can be found in Gulfglow Oldwalls(M40). Contrary to the previous Spire, activating the portal requires us to kill the Beastmen within the location.
Obtaining the charcoal rubbings of the Aurora Spire rune is much easier, though. The first one can be bought from Irena in Halfgate(M32). After the purchase, you can talk to her again about the Spires at Stone Sea and she will tell you of a man who claimed he had a sign that activates the portal. His body can be found in Stone Down Gorge(M33) - see the map. The last fragment of the sign can be copied in Gulfglow Runic Hall.
Having connected all the patterns, you should be able to draw the runic sign in the picture with no problem. Once the portal becomes active, use it to move to the top of the Spire.
Having reached the top of the last of five Spires in Terratus, the quest will conclude.