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ON-qico-Zone Story.png Discover why the Worm Cultists are working with the Reachmen.
Zone: The Rift
Zone StoryThis quest is part of the Zone Story
Faction: Ebonheart Pact
Objective: Required for Cadwell's Almanac Vernim Woods — Investigate Vernim Wood.
Quest Giver: Bermund, Dajaheel
Location(s): Vernim Woods
Previous Quest: To Vernim Woods
Next Quest: Gift of the Worm
Reward: Average Leveled Gold
XP Gain: Standard Experience XP
ID: 3928
Find out why the Worms and the Reachmen are collaborating
The military has tracked Stral Blackthroat, the leader of the Reachmen, to Vernim Wood. When they arrived, they found Worm Cultists performing dark rituals with his warriors.


Quick WalkthroughEdit

  1. Talk to Dajaheel at the Pact's forward camp in Vernim Woods.
  2. Use the Ornate Globe or the Pale Dagger to collect a Worm Cultist's soul or heart.
  3. Give Lieutenant Belron whichever item you decided to use to get the cultists to talk.
  4. Interrogate the Worm Nightfrenzy or the memory of Stral Blackthroat.
  5. Report back to Dajaheel with your findings.

Detailed WalkthroughEdit

Bermund reveals that the Worm Cult is actually in Vernim Woods, and they're doing something to the Reachmen. You should talk to Dajaheel at the Pact's forward camp in the woods if you want to help.

Dajaheel is beneath the large red tent. She and her men have tried everything to figure out why the Reachmen and the Worm Cultists are here together. An undercover agent, Lieutenant Belron, has proposed two options: cut out a cultist's heart with a Pale Dagger then reanimate them, or use a globe to collect a cultists' memories. You can choose which option you'd like to go with. You will need to kill a cultist either way.

Kill one of the Worm Cultists out in the woods. After you collect a Beating Heart or have filled the Ornate Globe, talk to Lieutenant Belron who is south of Dajaheel's tent. He'll help you see the memory trapped in the ornate globe or reanimate the nearby Worm Nightfrenzy using the heart you took from one of the other cultists. With the ornate globe, a memory of Stral Blackthroat appears. Going with the pale dagger option has you reanimate the aforementioned Worm Cultist. You will learn that the Reachmen made a deal with the Worm Cult. The Reachmen brought Sinmur back from the dead. In exchange, the Worm Cultists are anointing the Reachmen with a blessing from the Lord of Brutality. Stral himself is undergoing this ritual right now in the central ruin.

Report to Dajaheel with this information. She sends troops to investigate the ruins and gives you a reward for your work in learning the cultists' plot.

Quest StagesEdit

Dangerous Union
Finishes Quest Journal Entry
I've been asked to talk to Dajaheel at the Pact's forward encampment.
Objective: Talk to Dajaheel
  The Pact's efforts to learn anything about the cult at Vernim have met with little success. Dajaheel wants me to help a Lieutenant Belron by using an ornate globe on the Worm Cultists around Venim Wood, then kill them.
Objective: Use Globe on Cultist Then Kill Them: 0/5
(If you picked the Ornate Globe)
I must return to Belron and give him the globe.
Objective: Give Globe to Belron
Belron used the globe and Stral appeared. I must talk to the memory of Stral.
Objective: Talk to the Memory of Stral
Finishes quest  The Worm Cultists are transforming the Reachmen as a part of an agreement between Stral and the head of the Worm Cult. I must report back to Dajaheel at once.
Objective: Talk to Dajaheel
  The Pact's efforts to learn anything about the cult at Vernim have met with little success. Dajaheel wants me to help a Lieutenant Belron with a necromantic ritual. To begin, I'll need to cut the heart from a Worm Cultist.
Objective: Use Dagger on Dead Cultist: 0/1
(If you picked the Pale Dagger)
I've cut the heart free of a Worm Cultist. I should bring it to Belron at the Pact encampment.
Objective: Talk to Belron
Belron has asked me to place the heart inside the dead Cultist.
Objective: Place Beating Heart into Slain Cultist
I should interrogate the cultist to learn why the Worm Cult and Reachmen are working together.
Objective: Interrogate Cultist
Finishes quest  The Worm Cultists are transforming the Reachmen as a part of an agreement between Stral and the head of the Worm Cult. I must report back to Dajaheel at once.
Objective: Talk to Dajaheel
Notes
* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
  • Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
  • Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.