After you speak with Chamberlain Harlen he will send you to Swanton Keep. Port to Snowdonia and its a stones throw to Swanton. Captain Herrick is on one of the walls. When you speak with him he will tell you about the demon attack. About the same time some demons [grey to 50 but oj in some cases to 30 and yellow to 35] will show up and attack. You do not have to attack anything and if the mobs aren't grey to you, it may get you killed, since some mobs like to fly into the walls. After the demons are dead talk to Herrick again.

Go back to Camelot. Talk to Harlen to clear this part of the quest. Continue to speak with him and he will give you the next in the series of quests. You can use the information about rebel missionaries in Ludlow for the next section.

Talk to the Pritchards. These are the /level gear people found down the street from the minstrel at the east gate. It doesn't matter which you speak with first. Go through the dialog then give Lucia Pritchard the bag of coins that Harlen gave you. She will give you shirt and pants. Make sure you wear both when you talk to either of the rebel missionaries.

There are 2 Crimson Rebellion missionaries in Cotswold. You -can- make them angry enough to stop speaking to you. You will get several choices to respond to the Missionary. Some of them will make him mad. If he gets angry find the other Missionary. Being well informed about his organization is good [ref: rebel missionaries in Ludlow]. Sounding loyal to the king is bad. Neither will speak with you unless you are wearing your smelly rags.

Blake Gibbs is within view of the Arawnite Messenger on the way to Llyn Barfog from Snowdonia. If you leave directly from Camelot you may have to port to Gothwaite then port from there to Snowdonia... Or you can ride your horse from the north gate if you are entertained by riding [I did that a few times]. There is a small group of trees at the south of the canyon between the two areas. He is grey to 50 and oj to 30. If you are a scout in hand me downs, you might want to wait a couple of levels. Otherwise he is a fairly easy kill. DO NOT wear your rags if you are killing things at even con or better. Many testers died wearing smelly rags because they forgot to change clothes for simple fights. See map.

You don't have to give him the map. He will take it then give it back.

Inside the barn you will see the speaker. Talk to him and he will start his speech. He is going to die so don't get too attached to him. A few NPC will show up to listen to the speech. Just as he is about to pass out the maps to the recruiter a couple of 'guards' from Prydwen will show up and kill the speaker, who has been known to repop before you are finished looking for the map in the next step.

After the speaker is dead, search the pile of hay next to him. You'll get his plans. Currently in Hibernia you do not have to search. You get the plans when he dies. [of course thats not in Gronyar's barn either] In Midgard the speaker doesn't even die.

Terrance is NW of the SI portal platform on an island in Avalon Marsh (about 31k, 17k). He shouldn't be too hard to find. Talk to him then give him the map after he gets rude.

Easy to find from the directions given. West of the Bogmen Village and south, across the road from Caer Withrin. Kill him and bring the head back to Terrance.

When you return to Terrance he is going to want to test your ability to make an idiot of yourself. There is no way around it. He will give you 3 speeches and you will have to /use one, inside the boundaries of Cotswold. Once you /use you will start a speech on /broadcast that will be seen in Cotswold by anyone who is there. Doesn't matter which speech you pick.

One of the most annoying things about quests in DAoC is running back and forth. Take the portal from Cotswold to Gothe then port to Avalon Marsh.

Yes, back to the old SI portal platform, port to Gothwaite Harbor then port into Camelot. Carrier pigeon, anyone?

[Popup will tell you to talk to Sir Hopewell no matter which exit you choose. You must talk to him before you leave Camelot or you cannot advance this quest.]

Do not leave Camelot before you speak with Sir Hopewell. [inc opinion] this is the most pointless part of this quest. If it uncovered some part of the series to be used later I wouldn't have this opinion. The fact is that it just serves to waste time. If anything this should be an optional side quest. Does anyone care if Sir Quait feels bad because his peeps went postal on a rebel?

Sir Quait is standing next to the Taskmaster at Prydwen Keep. Talk to him so you can get this out of the way.

The town is located south of where you killed Blake Gibbs. See map. Once you enter the instance you head down the road to your right. The town is at the bottom of a steep hill. Ammalyn will be next to a structure on your left before you enter the town.

You can do this bloodless by:

1. Talking to Fern. He will tell you that his mother is the cook.
2. Talking to his friend, Cadabyr, next. He will tell you that his father is the Apothecary and that he has something that will take pain away or knock someone out for a half a day.
3. Talking to Carrie Cooke [the cook] and get the meal for Anzorac. It doesn't matter if you get the meal for yourself or if you get it for Anzorac. Just get the food. She will offer you a quest to get some burn medicine. Take it.
4. Talk to the Apothecary. He will give you the medicine for the cook
5. Give the medicine to Carrie. She will only take a small portion.
6. /use the medicine/poison and it will poison the food.
7. Talk to the guard and he will unlock the door.
8. Talk to Anzorac then give him the food. He will pass out.
9. "Talk" to him again and you will get a key.

You can do it semi bloodless.

• Get the food from Carrie, if you are about out of patience with sub quests and take the food to the guard.
• Once inside kill Anzorac. Get his key.

Or..

• You can just kill the guard and kill Anzorac.

After you get the key, run upstairs and right click the chest. That gives you the plans

Run over to Mognuse and /s Camelot. Or you can right click him. Remember that there is a porter here for when you find yourself in Llyn Barfog by accident and need to make a relatively fast exit. Now go to Harlen and give him the plans.

King's Crossing is NORTH not south of the pass between N.Black Mountains and Llyn Barfog. Right now, Harlen tells you to go south.

This step is tricky. I've only ever used the Center deployment or defend the gaps. I'm not sure right now if it matters. You must keep Sgt Connelly alive. Once all the bad guys are dead you should get a pop-up saying that you've been successful. I've had this work the first time and I've had to have it reset. Here are some hints that may or may not work.

1. Make sure you have killed all the rebels. [blue to 50 but it is an instance so it scales] Check around the outside of the town.
2. Wait. Some people have entered the town and started the encounter and gone afk and gotten credit. At least one person has gotten credit just being in the area for 30 mins or so.
3. Log off to reset the area. Since it is an instance you should login at the entrance to the instance. Do not immediately re-enter the area. Allow at lest 5 mins for the area to reset. I'm not sure why it needs to be that long.

When you have defeated the rebels you will get a popup and your journal will update Speak with Sgt Connelly for directions to the mine. [even if you know where the mine is] Your journal will not update without the popup.

If you are level 50, this is probably the most difficult step of this quest, once you get past the greys in the mines, that is. Take the path west of the town up the hill. Enter the mines with your group, if you have one. I suggest if you are under level 50 you bring a group. The mines are full of grey mobs to level 50. There are some soldiers that run back and forth, from one exit to the other. Their path is from the mine entrance [east] to the Baron's keep[west]. So if you follow their path you shouldn't get lost. If I'm lazy and not in a hurry I will /stick one of them and wait until he gets to the exit going west, but only if the mobs are grey. If the mobs are not grey to you, the guys that are running back and forth will baf if you do not clear the mobs you are fighting. Your strategy will depend on your level, your group size, and your class, of course. The mines are NOT an instance. So the mobs will never scale with the size of a group, and you can be solo in King's Crossing and enter the mines to wait for others also soloing the defense, to join up with you for the Baron.

The Baron's keep is an instance. It will be reset if everyone in the group exits to the mines and waits 5 or 10 mins. This also means if you get wiped the instance will probably be reset by the time you get back.

Enter the keep zone and buff up. It will be reset, eventually, if everyone in the group exits to the mines and waits 5 or 10 mins. This also means if you get wiped the instance will probably be reset by the time you get back. Some of the instances you can /release entrance so your rezzer can re-enter the dungeon quickly to get your team back up. Remember if you do that you will be rez sick and have lost some con. But it might be better for you, if you are the last of a group and need to get back into the zone before it resets. You'll have to assess the situation yourself.

When you enter the zone you will be in a box of a room. In the corner behind you is a trap door to the mines. If you back up you could exit the zone. It is marked with the teleporter blue circles on the ground. When you are buffed up, open the door to the courtyard and venture into aggro.

Please note: The spawns of mobs in this particular instance has changed frequently over a weeks time. This is a basic layout for the time being.

View Courtyard Layout

Notice in the picture of the courtyard, you see two groups of mobs next to the door. There are also 2 groups on the other side of the fountain. The 2 groups on the other side of the fountain, behind the groups near the door have 3 rebel archers [green to 50] and one veteran sergeant [blue to 50]. The veteran sergeants may or may not be archer mobs. They were originally but last time I went through the dungeon they were strictly melee. Also, the green archers will be aggro. To be on the safe side, kill them all. I like to work from the back and kill the veterans first then kill the archers. If you are a cloth caster you may not have that luxury. I've also been with plate tanks that just kill the blue cons then run up to the Baron. That won't work for everybody though. I find it a good idea to clear as much aggro as you can find before attacking the baron. While the mobs for a solo 50 are no higher than blue, they can aggro from range. One green archer might not hurt. But 6 green archers and 3 fireballing wizards might. After the back of the courtyard is clear I take out the veterans near the keep wall. You may draw aggro from the roof here. If you do, watch the damage you are taking. Archers inside have been known to fire through the walls. If you have too much aggro, exit the area to the mines. Wait long enough to heal a bit. Do not wait more than 3 minutes or you risk resetting the dungeon. Re-enter the keep and wait to see if you still have aggro. If not open the door. The mobs that aggro'd you might be in the courtyard.

Once the courtyard is clear attempt to drag a few of the mobs from the inside, into the courtyard. It'ss a little tricky since you have to keep opening the door and taunting/firing on the mobs inside. Clear the bottom floor then work up to the second. Normally, there are two green aggro swordsmen and 2 blue veteran sgts. After these are dead I willgo up the stairs past the baron to the doors at on that floor and make sure the aggro on the roof is cleared. Check both sides of the roof.

Now that the aggro is cleared, rush the Baron. He is like a keep lord in that you have to be in melee range to attack him. And he will aggro you if you get too close. That makes it hard for ranged attackers but root, slam or qc mez helps. You should have a tactic for your character class. When the Baron gets to 40% - 60% hp he will run up to the roof. If you didn't clear the aggro you'll get a chance to do it now. The Baron isn't a real problem. It's the half dozen archers lurking around the walls that are the pain. If you are an armsman or paladin you will probably wonder why people are complaining about this fight.

This section was written from the view of someone who is not wearing plate and needs a little time and tactic to work into the final steps. You should get a cloak when you kill the Baron and a key. Right click on the chest that he was 'guarding' and you have the plans.

The guys in the mines won't be any different than the ones you saw coming in. There is a porter in the town of King's Crossing so you don't have to trek back all the way from Llyn Barfog.