The Everling Lockets

This is the main access quest for Nektropos Castle. At least one person in your group will need to complete this quest, in order for your group to access the second floor and basement.

Starting the Quest
Listen to Alexa on the ramparts to receive the quest into your quest journal. In order to reach the ramparts, you must perform a few preliminary steps (see below).

Steps

 * 1) Optional Step. You first meet Alexa in the Chapel Room (southeast corner of the ground floor). Alexa spawns after you slay the Priestess of Ulkorruuk and Inqusitor of Ulkorruuk in the chapel (level 30). She tells you to meet her on the ramparts.
 * 2) Open the secret passage to the second floor. This is in the southwest corner of the ground floor, in the hallway by the door to the Games Room. The light fixture in the hallway can be selected and will open a secret passage. (There is a note hidden in the Games Room that will tell you about this light fixture.)
 * 3) Take the secret passage upstairs to Elise's Room. Click the book on the nightstand. This makes Elise spawn on the far side of the ramparts (this will be important later).
 * 4) Walk upstairs and you will find Alexa a few feet north on the ramparts. Alexa speaks automatically when you approach. When her text is complete, you automatically receive this quest in your journal.
 * 5) Travel around the ramparts and slay all 6 sisters (all level 35^^^). Going clockwise:
 * 6) Enter the west tower, click on dresser to spawn and kill Sheila Everling.
 * 7) Enter the northwest tower, kill Crysta's handmaiden and click the bed to trigger the next step.
 * 8) Enter the northeast tower, kill Melani Everling and Crysta Everling.
 * 9) Visit the roof cross-walkway, and kill Elise Everling.
 * 10) Enter the east tower and kill Jenni Everling.
 * 11) Enter the southeast tower. Avoid Archfiend Izzoroth (level 45) who is rooted in place. Go down to the basement of the tower and kill Dierdre Everling.
 * 12) At this point, you can access the second floor from any of the towers. I suggest you go back up to the roof at this point, run to the north towers, and enter the 2nd floor from one of the north towers.
 * 13) *Note: Although the middle and southern towers connect to the second floor, there are locked doors blocking you from reaching the room for the next step. To unlock these doors:
 * 14) **Complete the quest The Red Marble to unlock the library.
 * 15) **Complete the quest Visions of Hatred to unlock the balcony doors.
 * 16) **Or use the north towers as I suggested, to bypass the locked areas.
 * 17) Your quest journal should now say I need to find a way into the basement. Your journal must say this in order for this step to work:
 * 18) Enter the northeast room on the second floor (the room nearest to Melani's tower). Kill the two caretakers and the decayed corpse. Your quest journal will update.
 * 19) The northwest room (the Captain's Study) is now unlocked. Right-click the door to open it. Enter the room and read the book on the table. Guard Captain Ga'vin will run in and attack you (level 35^^^). Your quest journal will update.
 * 20) Click the urn beside the bookcase to open the secret passage to the basement. Follow the passage down to the wine cellar. Take the basement passage southeast until you find Alexa.  Talk to her.
 * 21) Retrace your steps to the wine cellar. At the last corner before the wine cellar, a light fixture is selectable. Click it to open a secret door to Everling's Research Laboratory. Click the scroll on the lefthand table in Everling's Laboratory. This enables several secret panels throughout the basement.
 * 22) Find the secret door immediately east of Everling's Laboratory. (-20, -13, -20) Open this secret door and head southeast to find Alexa in a room. (-19, -13, 6)
 * 23) Alexa will speak and then attack you. Slay her.  Your quest journal will update for the last time.  Ollix Everling will then spawn and aggro.  (both are 35^^^)
 * 24) The secret passages in the basement allow you to proceed west into new corridors. When you reach the coffin room (10, -13, -10), click the candlestick to enter the passage to Everling's chamber. This is a long passage with numerous traps along the way. The final door opens only if you have killed all of the sisters including Alexa/Ollix.
 * 25) Slay the Juggernaut guarding Everling's chamber. When you enter the final chamber, Maltus Everling (level 36^^^ necromancer) will say some scripted dialogue, then he will attack you automatically, along with two a patchwork laborer (level 36 enchanters). Kill him to complete the quest.

Reward
After finishing this quest, on all future visits to Nektropos Castle, you will be able to: The Everlings and other monsters will still be present, however.
 * enter the second floor from any tower
 * open the Captain's Study by right-clicking the panel of the door that highlights
 * open the passage to the basement
 * open all secret doors in the basement