Awakening Bonds: Whispers of the Past

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Signature  (AA)
Introduced	Kunark Ascending
Journal Level	108 (Tier 11)
Journal Difficulty	Heroic
Starting Zone	Sanctuary of Divine Unity more
How to Start	Speak to Haylis Losaren. Click on entrance in Nektulos Forest ( -1310, -15, -755 ) Copy/waypoint -1310, -15, -755
part of: Priest Epic Weapon 2.0 Timeline Preceded by: Awakening Bonds: Forks in the Road Followed by: Awakening Bonds: Once Was Lost...
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What does this information mean?

Prerequisites

• Must be level 7 of one Ascension class to start the quest

Requirements

• Must have Paw of Opolla, this is the Reward from the Heritage Quest A Source of Malediction
• Must have completed Fallen Dynasty Timeline through The Rift to have access to the 4th floor of the Tower of the Four Winds. Note: Start the timeline with Improving Relations with the Locals
• Must have completed A Vision of the Future
• Must speak Thulian
• Must be a level 100 Artisan
  • Final combine requires luclinite nodule

Steps

1. Decipher the message of the omen stones:
   1. Commune with the omen stones on the Altar by Haylis.
   2. Find your visions where Life was to rest, under the arches that stalk across the land
      • Enter the Tomb of the Seeress at ( 138, -14, -192 ) Copy/waypoint 138, -14, -192 in Antonica and inspect the casket inside at ( 12, -3, -158 ) Copy/waypoint 12, -2.5, -158
   3. Surrounded by the phantoms of the past, the future is bound. Your personal orison is the key. Let it guide you along your path to enlightenment.
      1. Travel to Phantom Sea and enter Castle Highhold (Heroic) ( 363, 179, -133 ) Copy/waypoint 362.5, 178.6, -133.3. Work your way through the zone and take the tome from the bottom shelf at ( 129, -87, -187 ) Copy/waypoint 128.59, -86.6, -186.54 "Seeress Ealaynya..."
         • The tome is "locked behind a barrier of faith". Find a way to unlock the tome (next step).
      2. Complete your class collection. These are special purple shinies in a ~500m area in the woods near Wanderer's Dock in the Phantom Sea.
         • NOTE: You can also pick up the purple shinies just inside the castle walls of Highhold (don't zone into an instance version, just wander inside the topside castle, tracking shinies). Picked all of them up in 15min.
         • 'NOTE: To see the shinies you must have your Dogma Jewel equipped (NOT just the Dogma Stone from earlier). The shinies are harvest trackable and respawn after a few minutes
           • Channeler's Orison
           • Defiler's Orison
           • Fury's Orison
           • Inquisitor's Orison
           • Mystic's Orison
           • Templar's Orison
           • Warden's Orison
2. Turn in your Class Collection which will decipher the writings in Seeress Ealaynya Ithis's Prophecies: Book Two, then follow the clues left behind:
   • The gray mouths of fear whisper of the flames of the first children.
     1. Speak to a Tsol Ew Seer in The Eidolon Jungle at ( -435, -6, 673 ) Copy/waypoint -435, -6, 673 - must speak Thulian to understand him
     2. Go to Kylong Plains and zone into the instance Faceless Oracle's Demesne at ( 915, 48, -185 ) Copy/waypoint 915, 48, -185 near Dreg's Landing and speak to Tiressiaz at the end of the zone. ( 12, -0, 14 ) Copy/waypoint 11.62, -0.35, 14.43
     3. Obtain the following 2 items:
        • Return to Phantom Sea and zone into Ssraeshza Temple: Inner Sanctum (Heroic). Kill Arch Lich Rhag'Zadune and loot Ancient Shissar Fang.
          • Note: This is a random drop and may require multiple runs of the zone before you receive it in the chest.
          • Note: NOT a group update!!
        • Head to Cobalt Scar and go to Siren's Grotto: Tavalan Abyss (Heroic). You ** MUST ** mentor to Level 95-105 to kill Kira in order to get an Attuned Conch shell that is used to shatter the 3 magic barriers in order to first kill the Queen and then use the portal behind her to reach the Overlord! Gray mobs do not drop it. If by killing Kira you do not get the conch, zone out, back in, and kill Kira's Spirit, who should drop a Small Chest with one inside. Once inside, enter the portal to kill Overlord Talan for the reward Conch of Horrified Screams
     4. Return to Kylong Plains and Faceless Oracle's Demesne ( 915, 48, -185 ) Copy/waypoint 915, 48, -185 and speak to Tiressiaz to complete the ritual and to receive Fang of the First Children.
   • Enemies incensed unlock the sands of time for The Ungod
     1. Go the Village of Shin, enter the purple portal at the docks, and run The Fabled Nizara, City of the Nayad (Heroic). The final mob, Mistress Zhvari, Nizari'zhi, in the zone drops Royal Nayad Bones. Chest drop, must be mentored to 115 or lower.
     2. Take the bones to The Village of Shin and click the mortar & pestle at ( 13, 8, -35 ) Copy/waypoint 13, 8, -35 to make Royal Nayad Incense. (If you are stuck, try reading the book from Seeress again)
     3. Enter the Tower of the Four Winds and head to the top floor and burn the incense in the brazier at ( 24, 58, -159 ) Copy/waypoint 23.6, 57.8, -158.5
     4. Speak with Zhen Mei you must have completed A Vision of the Future to update the quest
     5. In Fens of Nathsar, Go to Kaesora: Xalgozian Stronghold (Heroic). Click on a blue-green crystal formation near the Writ of War ( -472, 12, -25 ) Copy/waypoint -472, 12, -25 after all normal named have been killed to loot a "Cracked Dyadic Quartz".
        • This can be done in a cleared zone.
   • The living dead can see the vessel the emerald spirits have hidden.
     1. Kill A Sulite luna in the Priestess' Court of the Living Tombs and loot Mummified Sulite Skull. - drops from grey mob as well
     2. Examine it and converse with the Sulite spirit.
     3. Head to Lost City of Torsis: Reaver's Remnants (Solo) (or (Heroic)) and go through the zone to the hidden room in the back and take the Vessel of Rak'Ashiir at ( -6, -3, -1227 ) Copy/waypoint -6, -3, -1227.
   • Moltor's hand will grip the Dog Lord's blade.
     1. Bring the Paw of Opolla to the chest at ( 9, -15, 75 ) Copy/waypoint 9, -15, 75 in Blackburrow (Level 2) to obtain the Blade of Chirannis.
        • (After clicking the chest, you receive the message "You place the Paw of Opalla in the hand-shaped divet, and the chest pops open. Inside you find a crude obsidian blade, which appears covered in blood.")
3. Gather the pieces I collected, and use them to complete the prophecy of the Seeress
   • Make sure you have all 4 items (Vessel of Rak'Ashiir, Blade of Chirannis, Fang of the First Children, Cracked Dyadic Quartz) with you or you can't see the recipe
   • To the left of the base of the leftmost forge in Crypt of Dalnir: Baron's Workshop (Heroic) (cannot be retrieved from SOLO zone - and if starting a new instance, higher level players should mentor down to 115, else the items to unlock the forge door will NOT drop on gray mobs!!') there is a page on the floor. Click it to pick up Vessel of Wisdom (Recipe) ( -208, 25, -519 ) Copy/waypoint -208, 25, -519
     • This can be done in a cleared zone. (Confirmed 18Nov17 that any number of priest can get the recipe even with cleared zone)
   • Scribe the recipe
   • Craft the Vessel of Wisdom (Crafted Item) at the center forge (Requires luclinite nodule and the 4 pieces from step 2.)
4. Return to Haylis Losaren with the Vessel
5. Leave the vessel on the altar, so Haylis might study the artifact further

Rewards

• 211p 70g 505,400 status
• Tears of Spiritual Devotion

This quest is part of the Priest Epic Weapon 2.0 Timeline, and can only be started by a member of that Archtype that matches the Requirements.

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