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Empire Guarposts & Portal Fortress |
The second victory condition of Crystal Souls is to destroy the Surface Portal.
Directions to reach the Empire Portal, as well as instructions to pass the first Guardpost, can be found at the Empire Archives, in the Northern Islands.
| Following the directions in the index, you find the map you're looking for: "ACCESS PATH TO TELEPORTATION AUGMENTER: CAVES NXB143S,NXB144S,MXB144T." |
| You peruse it for a while, matching it up to what you know and where you are, and you come up with coherent directions. Take your boat from here and go west past all the northern islands, then past a checkpoint requiring a blue pass. |
| You will then be on a river, which you must take to the west, and then to the south. When you find a ledge covered with swamp, land at it. A secret passage conceals the beginning of the path. |
To get to the first Guardpost you’ll need a Blue Pass, and the Orb of Thralni to continue past the Third one.
But to win this quest more things are required: make sure you have both the Onyx Scepter and the knowledge of a special incantation for closing portals. The first one is a gift from Sulfras, given you help her at her Lair; the second one can be obtained from Pyrn, the wizard in the Barrier Tower.
| Guardpost |
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At the fresco with the Empire symbol, “Press sword, then crown three times, then sword two, then crown four”. | ||
| There's a small Empire unit protecting this level. Fight them and follow your way. | ||||
| Second Guardpost | 
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To open the portcullis in the Second Guardpost you must pull four hidden levers in a certain order. Unfortunately, you don't know the ritual to avoid the summoning of the guardians in this level: a pair of Doomguards. | ||
| Third Guardpost | 
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The Third Guardpost has plenty of magical traps (red T's), summoned guardians (red M's) and teleporting tiles (green T's). To open each portcullis you must step on a certain tile (marked in green in this map), but one of them can only be reached via teleporter. | ||
Rest well before trying to enter the fourth guardpost: you'll have to fight no less than four Empire elite combat units.
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Portal Fortress |
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To destroy the Portal, crack at least one of the twin large crystals inclosing it,
then go up the Command Tower (the building in basalt) and activate the
Portal.
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| Now go back to the portal, and step on it. Close the rift using the Onyx Scepter in the special ritual you learnt from Pyrn. | |||
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And now get out of here before the whole place collapses!
| Command Tower | 
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To activate the Demi-Portal, you must intone the orders for the control
panels in a certain order:
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