Cleansing Shenzun Tunnels

Clean Shenzun Tunnels of the Afflicted.

Objectives

 * Defeat the Afflicted in Shenzun Tunnels.
 * See Initiate Zei Ri for your reward.

Reward

 * 2,000 Experience
 * 500 Gold
 * Ministerial Commendation

Walkthrough
This quest involves leaving from Maatu Keep and traveling through Shenzun Tunnels until reaching a group of 5 initiates of varying professions. Once you reach this group, the Afflicted will begin attacking in waves, one right after the other. To avoid being over run, quickly retreat back to the bridge you crossed to reach the initiates and stay there. One group will attack from behind, but the rest will congregate in the pool of sludge down below. Using a longbow, pull the groups separately. This allows you to engage minimal amounts of Afflicted at one time. Continue to do this for the following groups, until your character states "This is it! It looks like they're going to hit us with everything they've got!" This will spawn a number of afflicted in the middle of the sludge. Destroy them and the quest is complete.

Allies

 * 28 Initiate Jaw Long
 * 28 Initiate Shuji
 * 28 Initiate Kan Wu
 * 28 Initiate Shunyuang
 * 28 Initiate Zei Ri

Initial dialogue

 * Initiate Zei Ri
 * ''"Welcome back, my friend. If you have the strength to lend, I could use your assistance again. ALthough I confess, when you hear the task at hand, you might be reluctant to join me. Ministry scouts report concentrated number of Afflicted within the Shenzun Tunnels. This is going to be a massive battle, and just you and I will not be enought to handle it. We're going to need more support from the Ministry. They will send as much aid as they can spare, but most of their soldiers are currently engaged at Bejunkan Pier. The Afflicted came in overwhelming numbers and are cutting off incoming trade. We'll have to make do with whatever support we receive. However, if we are able to deal with the Afflicted there, we'll have dealt a serious blow to their numbers. I understand that traipsing around Canthan sewers is not the most appealing of tasks, but what do you say:
 * "Challenges like this were meant to be overcome. And I'm sure the Ministry of Purity will pay enough that you could visit a bathhouse afterward."

Intermediate dialogue
When the initiates join the party
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "The Afflicted know we are here... Look sharp! There's no telling where they'll come from."

After killing some groups
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "There's more coming! We can't let up now!"
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "We can win this fight! Remember what's on the line."
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "The tides turn in our favor! We must not lose our momentum now!"
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "This looks like it is going to be the last of them. Brace yourself! They're going to hit us with everything they've got!"

When initiates die
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "Cursed Afflicted, is there no end to the suffering you cause?"
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "How many lives must the Afflicted claim before they are at last satisfied?"
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "The Afflicted thin our ranks. We must hold fast!"

When all the Afflicted are defeated
 * Initiate Zei Ri: "All that is left is silence. We've done well; this was an important victory. Now lest us return to rest and recover."

Reward dialogue

 * Initiate Zei Ri
 * "I'm certainly glad that nightmare is over. I have no forgiveness for the monsters they have become, and I think I've about had my fill of sewers. I just need to remind myself that life is greater than our momentary desires and discomforts. It might not seem like it now, but someday this victory will be a mere footnote to our great deeds."
 * "Here, take this. It's from the Ministry. Maybe you should use the money to get yourself cleaned up."