Priestess Andrenia - The Good Path

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'Hail to you, traveler. I am Priestess Andrenia, of the Temple of Life. I have come to the badlands to study the corruption that has spread throughout the creatures of the lands. I mean no harm to the peaceful beings or to nature itself, but there must be something done to stop this plague. My crusade is one of redemption and cleansing the corruption from the tainted. If you would like to follow in my lead, then I would gladly accept the assistance.'

You say, 'I would love to help you.'

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'Thank you! The work is just beginning, so it will take many days if not years to complete this crusade. To do your part, lay the corrupted to rest, and gather their blood for my research. Two vials filled to the brim should do.'

Find the priestess, hail her, and tell her you want to help. She'll thank you and send you off to collect 2 samples of corrupted blood for her.

The Corrupted Blood is a very common drop off of corrupted mobs. Although there are easier corrupted mobs to kill in the Northern Badlands, you'll either need a tracker or plenty of time to run around looking for them. Another option is to head to the Eastern Badlands and kill corrupted there. They are mostly red with a couple yellow cons at lvl 26, however they are soloable. Make sure to pull to the bridge to avoid adds. When you have 2 vials of corrupted blood, return to the priestess and hand them to her.

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'The blood you have provided is an enormous help, but now I would like to take a closer look at the corrupted for myself. There must be a way to cure them harmlessly, so I ask you follow me as we search for answers.'

You gain 5000 experience!!

At this point, the priestess will head out of the building and down the path into the zone. After maybe a minute of walking, three mobs will spawn a short distance away and charge her. Two were light blue and one was dark blue at lvl 27, but they weren't tough to kill. One will harm touch for around 200 damage on the priestess early in the fight, so try to get aggro on all three as quickly as possible. The priestess has a ridiculously low amount of hp and will drop after around 15 seconds of getting pounded on. You can't heal her, so just kill the mobs as quickly as possible. If you don't get it the first time, don't worry; the priestess will respawn in less than 5 minutes. Once you've killed the three attackers, she'll change her mind about venturing out and instead send you on another errand. Slight warning for those who chose the Good Path to avoid a Newport faction hit: there is a -Cult of Entropy faction hit during this fight.

Priestess Andrenia tells you,' Thank you for defending me from that vile shadowknight. It appears there are those who seek out the corruption for other reasons than to cure it from the land. Now I ask you to meet with three natives of the land, to learn further of the corruption and what causes their peoples: an elder leader of the Kargyxx of the Badlands, a priestess of the gnolls of Starfall, and the leader of a dejected centaur tribe who has taken up in the hills to the west - near the city of Newport. I will meet you back at the tower.'

You gain 2500 experience!!

You may need to kill the cat people around PAW in Southern Badlands to get your faction up high enough to get near these people (or invis song might work):

Elder leader of the Kargyxx(Mazik Windweaver) Top platform of the bird city on the southern side of Southern Badlands.

Priestess of the Gnolls(A gnoll priestess) Western edge of Lake Starfall zone towards the mid-south at (232, 2180)

Leader of dejected Centaur Tribe(Helleron of the Plains) at Centaur Hills NorthWest of the lake by Surefall Glade on the hillside.

After talking with all three and learning of the corruption return to the tower in Northern Badlands where the Priestess Andrenia is and hail her.

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'Hmm, you've learned of the natives of these lands and their past experiences with the corruption. And you've also learned of the shades which appear during the night because of it. These shades, they are crucial to the corruption here ... but it seems unlikely that there is anything we can do about it now. Perhaps later, when I have studied these shadows more in detail, if you are willing to return and assist me then. For now, I thank you for your assitance and protection. You are a true friend of all life.'

You gain 5000 experience!!

You have learned of the corruption of the Badlands.

Important Changes as of October 2006

Posted by developer:
The 'kill a shade stage' is removed from the game. After talking to the three mobs about the corruption and returning to hail Priestess Andrenia, you should just be able to return to Sea of Swords .

So ends this part of the Good Path.

Now you can return to Loremaster Tresaria.

Return to Main Quest

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Priestess Andrenia is on the second floor of the building, at the entrance to the bridge to the Southern Badlands. She leads you to the Good Path. Priestess Andrenia will ask you to collect two vials of corrupted blood. They can be found randomly off courrupted mobs in East Badlands, Western Badlands, Northern Badlands and Southern Badlands. If the mobs are too hard, wait for shadow of corruption(?)to pop. They look like shadowmen on live. They popped in Large numbers at 7pm gametime at all the locations where spectres are found in the respective zones, and are extremely easy kill.

Upon handing Priestecss Andrenia 2 vials of corrupted blood, she will will ask you to join her in her investigation on the source of the corruption. Follow her as she makes her way down and towards the path that leads to the spires.

Somewhere along the path, after the spires, near a bend, Taroceth the Decaying and two other gnomes will pop and charge at her. Kill all three gnomes(low-mid 20s)*note3*. Afterwards, Priestess Andrenia will ask you to speak to her again(There is quite a substantial pause before you can actually hail her again).

Note: If you or Priestess Andrenia die during Taroceth's attack, you just have to hail Priestess Andrenia again when she repops at the building(when she is killed, or when you are successful she will repop in building within 5 minutes 01/28/08) to trigger the whole sequence again.

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You say, 'Hail, Priestess Andrenia'

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'Hail to you traveler. I am Priestess Andrenia, of the Temple of Life. I have come to the Badlands to study the corruption that has spread throughout the creatures of the lands. I mean no harm to the peaceful beings or to nature itself, but there must be something done to stop this plague. My crusade is one of redemption and cleansing the corruption from the tainted. If you would like to follow in my lead, then I would gladly accept the assistance.'

-[D1] I would love to help you.

You say, 'I would love to help you.

Priestess Andrenia tells you, 'Thank you! The work is just beginning, so it will take many days if not years to complete this crusade. To do your part, lay the corrupted to rest, and gather their blood for my research. Two vials filled to the brim should do.'

You hand Priestess Andrenia two vials of Corrupted Blood.

(Dec.24,2007: After killing the 3 gnomes and speaking to Andrenia, I went back to Tresaria only to trace my steps back to Andrenia as no other NPCs would allow me to continue the quest. New text from Andrenia: Thank you for defending me from that vile shadowknight. It appears there are those who seek out the corruption for other reasons than to cure it from the land. Now I ask you to meet with three natives of the land, to learn further of the corruption and what it causes their peoples:

• an elder leader of the Kargyxx of the badlands, Mazik Windweaverat the top of the bird city in Southern Badlands
• a priestess of the gnolls of Starfall,A gnoll priestess
• the leader of a dejected centaur tribe who has taken up in the hills to the west - near the city of Newport. Helleron of the Plains

Afterwards, return to Andrenia and she will reward you 5000xp, thank you for your assistance and tell you to return later once she has studied the shadows in more detail.)