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Ruins of Surmia
Campaign Prophecies
Region Ascalon
Type Cooperative
Party size 4
Duration Long
Preceded by Ruins of Surmia
Followed by Nolani Academy

With the Charr retreat in the previous mission, some members of the Ascalon Army have been taken prisoner in the retreat. Rescue the survivors.

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[edit] Mission information

[edit] Objectives

Rescue the soldiers taken prisoner by the Charr.

  • Safeguard Prince Rurik's life.
  • Free all the Ascalon captives.
  • Get to the obelisks inside the ruined academy.
  • Added Cross the ravine and open the drawbridge for Rurik and Erol.
  • Bonus Extinguish the Flame Temple by defeating the Flame Keepers.

[edit] Walkthrough

For the first part of the mission you need to follow Rurik. He is a quite capable tank, but sometimes he will rush ahead of you and become overwhelmed. If he dies, the mission is over. Free the numerous Ascalonians along the way, including Erol, who will join you for the rest of the mission.

Once you arrive at a closed drawbridge, you will have to leave Rurik and Erol behind while you find a way to lower the drawbridge for them. You can get to the other side by following the tar pit that flows underneath the bridge. You can enter this pit from the north-west of the bridge. Follow this path to the other side of the bridge and activate the lever to rejoin with Rurik and Erol.

Follow Rurik again until you free several mages. Place them on the obelisks at the end of the mission or keep them close to you while you defend Rurik at the final stand.

[edit] Bonus

After leaving Rurik and Erol near the closed drawbridge, head south, then east down the slope across the tar pit. On your left you should see a Charr boss guarding an Ascalonian soldier named Breena Stavinson at point 2 on the map.

Kill the boss and talk to Breena. She will tell you that the Charr occasionally bring 'new fire' to a nearby flame temple to keep the flame burning. At this point, four Charr Ember Bearers will spawn nearby. They will make their way west, eventually opening a locked gate at point 4. Do not kill them before they open this gate or you will not be able to complete the bonus.

After the Charr Ember Bearers have opened the gate for you, head to point 3 on the map. Four Charr Flamekeepers are guarding a small flame temple; kill them to complete the bonus.

Bug Bug.
  • The Flame that the Ember Bearers carry can get stuck on the wall of the tar pit, the Ember Bearers will carry on but when they get to the gate it doesn't open. However, if you pull them near The Flame and run off it will begin to follow them again.
  • Sometimes Breena doesn't appear at point 2. If she doesn't, you'll have to restart the mission and try again.
  • After the first tar pit the Ember Bearers go through, they pass Rurik on the cliff above. He may attack them thus making the bonus impossible; either you let him kill them, failing the bonus, or Rurik will die, failing the mission.
  • Prince Rurik can sometimes get stuck in an Ascalonian chest. If this happens, you'll have to restart the mission and try again.

An alternate method of completing the bonus is with the Necromancer skill Necrotic Traversal. You can go around (through the tar under the bridge) and follow the path. You eventually reach the other gate, opposite to where the Ember Bearers usually enter. If you kill one of the Charr, you can use Necrotic Traversal to teleport through the gate to the corpse. Then you can kill the Flamekeepers as mentioned above. This is useful if you accidentally kill the Ember Bearers before they reach the gate. The only downfall of this is that the gate will remain locked after the bonus is completed so you will have no way to get out of the gated area. If your allies, heroes, or henchmen can lure a fleshy enemy near the opposite side of the gate and kill it, you can use Necrotic Traversal to get back over and resume the mission.

[edit] Hard Mode

Once you kill the first Devourer boss you meet, be prepared for Prince Rurik to run ahead. You must keep up with him and make sure he lives or you will fail the mission. The first mob he runs to will contain a few Charr warriors and one healer. Use Rurik or one of your party's warriors to tank most of the damage, because once this mob is dead, Rurik will run ahead to the next mob: three Charr rangers, each dealing significant damage with Ignite Arrows and Dual Shot. Try to position your casters just behind the bend in the path to lessen the damage. After the rangers are down, Rurik will run ahead yet again to a group of three charr necromancers, backed up by a healer that will come running from a nearby mob. The Ash Walkers/Ashen Claws use Lingering Curse with several degen hexes, making this tough for a monk at full energy, much less one burned out from two previous mobs. Convert Hexes is recommended on any secondary monks as support here. After this group of Charr, Rurik won't run ahead until you get close to one of the prison cells containing the Ascalon Prisoners, which are defended by more manageable mobs.

After leaving Rurik and Erol at the drawbridge, make your way around to the other side, but do not pull the lever. If you do, you'll end up fighting wave after wave out of the large gathering of Charr you see below. Instead, follow the path down and, with careful luring, pull one group of 2-3 Charr at a time. One party member can pull a group and tank them in the outcropping in the wall that leads down to the Charr horde while casters stand around the corner at a safer distance. Once you clear out all of the Charr here, you may want to go back to the path and follow it down to the trapped Mages. There are two groups fairly close to each other there, so you may want to clear it out before going back and rejoining Rurik. Once all of the Charr are dealt with, meet back up with Rurik and wait for him to open the door.

[edit] NPCs

[edit] Allies

Human

[edit] Foes

Charr

Devourer

[edit] Bosses

Charr

Devourer

[edit] Dialogue

"Quickly! This way! Follow me. Our countrymen suffer while we dawdle."
"As a boy I spent much time in these lands. Look at them now.
Prince Rurik: Instead of ponds and streams we have pools of bubbling tar and rivers of sludge. It saddens me to see Ascalon in ruins.

Rescuing first prisoners

Prince Rurik: These men can head back to the Wall by themselves. We must continue on and release the others. There is no time to lose.

Rescuing second prisoners

Prince Rurik: These men can head back to the Wall by themselves.
Prince Rurik: There are still others we must free before our mission is complete.
Prince Rurik: Follow me.

At the drawbridge

Prince Rurik: The bridge is up, but it looks as if it can be lowered from the other side.
Prince Rurik: I'll wait here with Erol.
Prince Rurik: You find another way across and lower the bridge for us.

Crossing the drawbridge

Prince Rurik: This is a fight we cannot win.
Prince Rurik: we must avoid a confrontation with that group at all costs.
Prince Rurik: Come with me. I grew up in this city, and I know a way around them.
Prince Rurik: Our only chance is to run for the obelisks in the ruins of the Royal Academy.
Prince Rurik: Bring those men. I have a plan.

"As a boy, I studied at this academy. It's been some time, but if you can hold off the Charr

Prince Rurik: I can activate the old runes and open a gate that could save our skins.
"Come to the fore, O sons of Ascalon.
We fight once more, the battle lines are drawn.
Now join the men who live to guard us all.
Go and defend atop the Northern Wall.
Fear not the cost, whether in blood or gold.
Mourn not the lost, though they will not grow old.
If here they fall, we know they shall live on,
When e'er you call or cry, For Ascalon! For Ascalon!"

[edit] Cinematics

For more information see Ruins of Surmia (cinematics).

[edit] Cinematic 1

Prince Rurik: "Gods! How long have you been out here, man?"
Erol: "I don't know. Since my unit was taken at the end of the last Guild War. Since the sky rained fire and destroyed Ascalon."
Prince Rurik: "You've been here since the Searing? That's over two years!"
Prince Rurik: "Are there others?"
Erol: "Yes. The remnants of my unit, the Flaming Scepter Mages."
Prince Rurik: "Soldiers who have been slaves since the end of the war?"
Erol: "They're being held in the ruins of the old capital, Drascir."
Prince Rurik: "Then we go to Drascir."
Erol: "My Lord, night is falling. If we don't head for the Wall now, we may all be captured."
Prince Rurik: "I understand the dangers, but Balthazar be damned if I allow those soldiers to remain slaves to the Charr."
Erol: "I can show you where they are being held."
Prince Rurik: "Very good."
Prince Rurik: "We head north then. To Drascir."

[edit] Cinematic 2

Prince Rurik: "Quickly, this way."
<Party leader>: "That was close!"
Prince Rurik: "Yes, closer than I'd hoped."
Prince Rurik: "This portal will take us to the Academy at Nolani."
Prince Rurik: "From there we can make it to the Wall and cross over to Rin."
Prince Rurik: "We should hurry though, the magical wards will hold back the Charr, but not for long."
Erol: "Wait, my lord. Come, look at what I have found."
Prince Rurik: "Is that...?"
Erol: "Yes, my prince. I believe it is the mouthpiece for the fabled horn, Stormcaller!"
Erol: "With this weapon we could destroy the Charr once and for all. Ascalon could be saved."
Prince Rurik: "I have heard the stories of the horn's magic, but let us not be too hasty."
Prince Rurik: "If this is what you say it is, then we must get it to Rin. We'll see for ourselves how much power this Stormcaller has."
Prince Rurik: "Come. We'll take this to my father, King Adelbern."
Prince Rurik: "Surely he will know if discovering this weapon is our salvation...or simply too late."
Prince Rurik: "Either way, staying here will surely be the death of us."
Prince Rurik: "Quickly, through the portal!"

[edit] Notes

  • Interactive objects
  • Complete exploration of this mission contributes approximately 1.1% to the Tyrian Cartographer title. There are some hard to get areas in the northern tar pit that most players usually miss.
  • During this mission the Flaming Scepter Mages are called 'Mage' before they take place at the obelisks. It is advisable not to talk to them or they might not hold the obelisks making the mission harder.
  • Characters from other than the Prophecies campaign will not receive any reward for completing this mission on normal mode.
Prophecies missions
The Great Northern Wall » Fort Ranik » Ruins of Surmia » Nolani Academy » Borlis Pass » The Frost Gate » Gates of Kryta » D'Alessio Seaboard » Divinity Coast » The Wilds » Bloodstone Fen » Aurora Glade » Riverside Province » Sanctum Cay » Dunes of Despair and Thirsty River and Elona Reach » Augury Rock » The Dragon's Lair » Ice Caves of Sorrow » Iron Mines of Moladune » Thunderhead Keep » Ring of Fire » Abaddon's Mouth » Hell's Precipice
Locations in Ascalon
Missions • Towns and outposts • Arenas • Explorable areas • Landmarks
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