I'm wondering if it is to your advantage to do this quest ASAP if your protagonist is a mage, since that will become your stronghold? I still have a few quests left in chapter 2 to do besides that (unseeying eye, for one). I plan on adding Keldorn to my party long-term once I get to him and wonder if I'm better off grabbing him before I take on the sphere... or if I should get the sphere first (don't know all of the benefits of the sphere as my stronghold). Spoilers are welcome. Thanks!

The sphere's pretty hard compared to some, so I wouldn't do it too soon. I like to have done umar hills, trademeet, and some smaller quests in the city first, but it sounds like you've done some of those, so you could probably do it now no problem. I'd definitely get Keldorn before you go, cause there's lots of experience to get, and he doesn't get fidgety if you don't do the unseeing eye quest straight away. The quests you get for the stronghold are quite time consuming (i.e. they only happen every five days or so), but you can finish them in ch6 and you can always just wander around to waste time if you run out of quests before your stronghold quests are done.

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Because you play as a mage you should get in there pretty quick because .. (slight spoiler)
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If you are role-playing a cold heartless b**tard of a Mage/Sorcerer, you can get uber items at the expense of morality. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif If you a saint and regularly give alms to the poor, you can still get uber items, but not as easily. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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Well first off, you need to rescue the trapped knights.

Then you get three apprentices. Choose weak items for all of them to survive, or forfeit their lives in order to satisfy your greed. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

There are three items altogether.

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my Sorcerer is Nuetral Good so I guess I need to take the "non-greedy" route. Thanks for the replies! I'll probably grab Keldorn and do the Planar Sphere quest first to get the sub-quests going...

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Thanks for the replies... Sir Theo, I notice you're from Athens. I was there last year to visit family. Spent most of my time on Kos, but also went to Rhodes, Icaria and Mykonos. I had a great time and if it wasn't for responsibilities back home (rent, student loans etc) I would have stayed (at least for the rest of the summer).

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