Note: This section is more or less pasted from my Pre-Searing Guide.  For more
things to do in pre-searing, please refer to that guide.

1. Normal Quests
  Message From a Friend [ps1]
  War Preparations [ps2]
  [Your Class Here] Test [ps3]
  Gwen’s Flute [ps4]
  Further Adventures [ps5]
  Unsettling Rumors [ps6]
  Adventure with an Ally [ps7]
  Second Profession [ps8]
  Bandit Raid [ps9]
  The Poisonous Devourer [ps10]
  Charr in the Catacombs [ps11]
  Charr at the Gate [ps12]
  The Wayward Wizard [ps13]
  Poor Tenet [ps14]
  Trouble in the Woods [ps15]
  A New [Your Class] Skill Trainer [ps16]
  A Gift for Althea [ps17]
  Rites of Remembrance [ps18]
  Little Thom’s Big Cloak [ps19]
  The Hunter’s Horn [ps20]
  The Worm Problem [ps21]
  Tithe for Ashford Abbey [ps22]
  Opposition to the King [ps23]
  The True King [ps24]
  The Orchard [ps25]
  The Prize Moa Bird [ps26]
  The Egg Hunter [ps27]
  The Rogue’s Replacement [ps28]
  Across the Wall [ps29]
  Path To Glory [ps30]
  Ascalon Academy [Mission] [ps31]

2. Profession Sampler Quests
  Grawl Invasion [psst1]
  A Mesmer’s Burden [psst2]
  The Ranger’s Companion [psst3]
  Elementalist Experiment [psst4]
  A Monk’s Mission [psst5]
  The Necromancer’s Novice [psst6]

3. Primary and Secondary Professions Skill Trainer Quests
  Supremacy of Air [psps1] [Elementalist Only]
  Domination Magic [psps2] [Mesmer Only]
  Blessings of Balthazar [psps3] [Monk Only]
  Protection Prayers [psps4] [Monk Only]
  The Accursed Path [psps5] [Necromancer Only]
  Power of Blood [psps6] [Necromancer Only]
  Test of Marksmanship [psps7] [Ranger Only]
  Unnatural Growth [psps8] [Ranger Only]
  Warrior’s Challenge [psps9] [Warrior Only]
  The Vineyard Problem [psps10] [Warrior Only]

4. Quests which are not really quests
  The Bear Hunters [psq1]
  Farmer Dirk’s Prize Winning Hogs [psq2]
  Dress up Gwen! [psq3]

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1. Normal Quests
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Normal quests are quests which all character classes get the exact same quest
for.  The first few are set in the particular order they must be done.  Almost
all of the quests in this category are available to try once you have completed
the quest “Unsettling Rumors”.  I will make a note of any quest in this
section which has a different requirement.

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Message From a Friend [ps1]
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Quest Starter: Town Crier [Ascalon City]
Objective: Talk to Sir Tydus
Reward: 100xp, 10 gold
Reward Giver: Sir Tydus
Difficulty and Comments: Easiest quest ever.  Talk to the Town Crier right
where your character appears after the opening movie.  Sir Tydus is located
near by across a bridge.  Talk to him to receive your reward and again to
activate the next quest.

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War Preparations [ps2]
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Quest Starter: Sir Tydus [Ascalon City]
Objective: Talk to your primary skill trainer.  The trainer’s name is different
depending on which class your character is.  The trainer is located directly
outside of Ascalon City.
Reward: 250xp.
Reward Giver: Primary Skill Trainer.
Difficulty and Comments: Again, no difficulty what so ever.  Talk to the Skill
Trainer again to get the next quest.

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[Your Class Here] Test [ps3]
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Quest Starter: Primary Skill Trainer [Lake Side County, right outside of
Ascalon City]
Objective: *Varies.  This quest is slightly different based on your class.  It
will involve either killing a few river skales or getting some shimmering
scales, which are obtained from killing river skales.
Reward: 500xp + skills for your primary class.
- Elementalist - Flare, Aura of Restoration
- Ranger - Power Shot, Troll Unguent
- Warrior - Frenzy, Healing Signet
- Necromancer - Vampiric Gaze, Deathly Swarm
- Mesmer - Empathy, Ether Feast
- Monk - Healing Breeze, Banish
Reward Giver: Primary Skill Trainer
Difficulty and Comments: Very little difficulty.  Do this quest at the same
time as the next quest, Gwen’s Flute.

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Gwen’s Flute [ps4]
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Quest Starter: Gwen
Objective: Find Gwen’s Missing flute.  It is in fact broken and just south of
where she is standing across the nearby river.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Gwen
Difficulty and Comments: Alright.  Gwen is a somewhat broken aspect of Pre-
Searing.  She is sad that her flute is broken, but will offer to follow you
around anytime you leave Ascalon City on foot.  You can make her happy by
giving her flowers, a fixed flute or a cape.  She will eventually give you a
Tapestry Shred, which does not seem to have any use in the game presently.

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Further Adventures [ps5]
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Quest Starter: Haversdan [Lakeside County]
Objective: Haversdan walks out of Ascalon City the moment you complete the
Primary Skill Trainers first Test.  He will speak of Devona, a warrior residing
in Lake Side Village.  Run to her for the reward.
Reward: 250xp.
Reward Giver: Devona
Difficulty and Comments: Another simple quest.  You may notice most of the
monsters do not attack you on your way there.  This is common in Pre-Searing,
though there are some which will.  Once you complete this quest, almost every
other quest becomes available to start, so your order from here on out will
certainly be different from my own.  I will attempt to hint at which quests are
done near each other, to help reduce your time spent running back and forth.

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Unsettling Rumors [ps6]
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Quest Starter: Devona [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Speak to Meerak the Scribe regarding the Charr Threat.  Once spoken
too, speak to Armin Saberlin in Ascalon City.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Armin Saberlin
Difficulty and Comments: This mission is designed to teach a player how to use
the “M” button for quick travel.  Any town, outpost, or area labeled on the
map with a symbol can be instantly traveled to.  If you are in a party when
you do this, the party is disbanded.  Talk to Armin again to start his next
quest.  Also, as you are back in Ascalon City and all of the Ascalon City
quests are now open, run around and activate them all.

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Adventure with an Ally [ps7]
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Quest Starter: Lina [Lakeside County, just outside of Ascalon City]
Objective: Party up with another player and return to her.
Reward: 100xp and a resurrection signet.
Reward Giver: Lina
Difficulty and Comments: One of two quests pre-searing which must be done with
another player.  Make sure to get the signet from her, it is quite useful.

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Second Profession [ps8]
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Quest Starter: Armin Saberlin [Ascalon City]
Objective: Learn a second profession.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Armin Saberlin
Difficulty and Comments: I would suggest not doing this quest immediately if
you are unsure of which second profession you want.  Once you decide on one,
return to Armin for the reward.

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Bandit Raid [ps9]
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Quest Starter: Baron Egan [Ascalon City]
Objective: Get the Ashford Strongbox which has been taken by bandits and return
it to Devona.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Devona
Difficulty and Comments: A fairly simple quest.  Kill the bandits around the
strongbox first.  Once the area is secure, grab the box and run to Devona with
it.  You will run much slower with the box in hand, and will be unable to
attack with a weapon, though you may still cast spells.  The bandit camp is
located just a bit northeast of Ashford Abbey.

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The Poisonous Devourer [ps10]
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Quest Starter: Baron Egan [Ascalon City]
Objective: Hunt down a plague devourer and give the stinger to Brother Mhenlo.
Reward: 250xp, +3 energy Focus
Reward Giver: Brother Mhenlo
Difficulty and Comments: Do this quest while you do the first part of Pitney’s
Worm Problem quest, as well as the same time you do the Egg Hunter Quest.  In
the cave where you do all of these, this devourer will pop out as you approach
it.  When it dies, it will drop a stinger.

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Charr in the Catacombs [ps11]
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Quest Starter: Prince Rurik [Ascalon City]
Objective: Find out if there have been any Charr sightings in the Catacombs
area.
Reward: 250xp, 100 gold.
Reward Giver: Prince Rurik
Difficulty and Comments: You will first need to speak to Brother Mhenlo in
Ashford Abbey, then Necromancer Munne [Catacombs] and finally Oberan the
Reviled [Catacombs, closest to Greenhills County Entrance].  Return to the
Prince for your reward.  This quest represents the largest amount of gold you
can easily obtain in Pre-Searing.
*Note: This quest appears to have a trigger now, as it is no longer available
immediately.  I’m not yet sure what it is.

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Charr at the Gate [ps12]
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Quest Starter: Prince Rurik
Objective: Kill the small Charr group near the northern gate.
Reward: 200xp, Long Sword [5-7 damage]
Reward Giver: Prince Rurik
Difficulty and Comments: The next time you leave Ascalon City on Foot, Prince
Rurik and a few guards will be waiting.  Before long, they will run west to the
northern gate.  The Charr there are fairly difficult, but the Prince and his
men will probably be able to complete the mission even if you do nothing but
sit back and watch.

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The Wayward Wizard [ps13]
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Quest Starter: Sandre Elek [Ascalon City]
Objective: Find Orion Elek.  Relena Stormbringer in Foible’s Fair knows where
he is.  Talk to her first.  Once you have done this, run to Orion in Wizard’s
Folly.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Sandre Elek
Difficulty and Comments: Make sure Orion does not get killed by anything
chasing you.  It is a rather long walk, you would not want to do it twice.

*Note: after talking to Relena, it would be faster to leave from Barradin’s
estate and warp into the Wizard’s Folley from there.  Orion is very near the
entrance.

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Poor Tenet [ps14]
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Quest Starter: Namar [Ascalon City]
Objective: Namar can not pay his rent.  His friend, Miller Upton, might give
him some money though.  Tell Miller of Namar’s woes.
Reward: 500xp
Reward Giver: Miller Upton [Lakeside County/Village]
Difficulty and Comments: Miller Upton can not concentrate with the bees flying
around him.  You will need to grab the nearby honeycomb and step near the
swarms of bees.  Once you have all three swarms [the last is near the river],
run with the honeycomb across the nearby bridge.  Once across, drop the
honeycomb and return to Miller Upton.  Quest Complete.

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Trouble in the Woods [ps15]
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Quest Starter: Town Crier [Ascalon City, near the gates to Lakeside County]
Objective: Help Devona clear the Grawl who are threatening to attack Lakeside
Village.
Reward: 500xp
Reward Giver: Devona
Difficulty and Comments: This one can be a bit hard.  Clear the nearby river
skales and anything else along the path to the Regent Valley [from Lakeside
Village] before consulting Devona.  This will keep her from running off and
getting killed.  If you have a healing spell, sit back and heal her, she does a
ton of damage.  If not, try to kill what you can.

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A New [Your Class] Skill Trainer [ps16]
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Quest Starter: Haversdan [Lakeside County, just outside of Ascalon City]
Objective: Find the Primary Skill trainer for your class.  The one you want to
find is the “Sample” skill trainer, as I have labeled them, of your class.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Skill Trainer of your Class
Difficulty and Comments: The Hardest part of this quest is remembering to
activate it.

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A Gift for Althea [ps17]
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Quest Starter: Captain Osric
Objective: Find a suitable birthday gift for Lady Althea, Prince Rurik’s
Girlfriend.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Captain Osric
Difficulty and Comments: This quest can not be done if Charr at the Gates is an
active quest in your quest log.  You must also have completed your skill
trainer test.  Walk outside of Ascalon City.  Just to the West, Prince Rurik
and Captain Osric are talking.  When they are done talking, speak with the
captain.  He will give you this quest.  You will need to get three items for
this gift.  The beautiful feather is located in the middle of Lakeside Village.
The beautiful pearl is located inside of a beautiful shell, which is right next
to Miller Upton’s home.  The final object, the beautiful pendant, is in a chest
slightly northeast of where the Bandit Camp is.  Return all three items to
Captain Osric for the reward.  Note: This quest is rather buggy if done in a
party.  Just do it alone.

Alternate Method: [I would like to thank “Greg” for this method]  Once you have
any one of the three pieces, take that piece to Lady Althea.  She will be
annoyed that Rurik is unable to get her a gift on his own and someone else is
doing it.  She will give you the same quest reward as Osric does for doing
this.

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Rites of Remembrance [ps18]
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Quest Starter: Necromancer Munne [Catacombs]
Objective: Light four remembrance braziers with the magical candles she gives
you.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Necromancer Munne
Difficulty and Comments: This quest takes you along the exact same path as
Brother Mhenlo’s “A Monk’s Mission”.  Do them together.  All you need to do is
touch the brazier.  This quest is sometimes glitched and she only gives three
candles.  Make sure you have four before starting.

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Little Thom’s Big Cloak [ps19]
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Quest Starter: Allison the Tanner [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Find a bear pelt from a black bear.  Return the pelt to her.  She
will make it into a cloak.  Give the cloak to Little Thom in Barradin’s Estate.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Little Thom
Difficulty and Comments: The game, I believe, tells you to get the Bear Pelt
from the Regent Valley.  It is both more likely, and closer, to get one from
the Wizard’s Folly.  Once you have it, bring it to her.  Then just teleport [or
walk] to Barradin’s Estate and give the cloak to Little Thom.

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The Hunter’s Horn [ps20]
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Quest Starter: Chantalle the Troubadour [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Cleanse the Hunter’s Horn and give it to Aidan
Reward: 500xp
Reward Giver: Aidan
Difficulty and Comments: The healing spring to clean the horn is deep into the
Regent Valley.  About the point at which you get to the Melandru Stalker
Shrine, enemies will be aggressive with you.  You can do this first half of the
quest with the Sample Ranger Skill Trainer quest.  Once you have cleaned the
horn, you need to give it to Aidan.

Aidan is in Wizard’s Folly in about the furthest place from anywhere.  Luckily,
the healing spring you cleansed the horn in is very nearby.  Simply follow the
river a bit further, and you’ll enter the Wizard’s Folly

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The Worm Problem [ps21]
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Quest Starter: Pitney [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Give a devourer Egg to Pitney so that he may be able to lure the
Worm Queen to surface.  Kill the Worm Queen.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Pitney [who will be standing in the field where you kill the Worm
Queen]
Difficulty and Comments: Easy enough.  You can either trade an egg off of a
collector or use one from a cave.  If you snag them from the cave, make sure to
do the poisonous stinger quest at the same time.  Doing the cave will also let
you do the Egg Hunter quest.

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Tithe for Ashford Abbey [ps22]
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Quest Starter: Devona [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Collect Duke Barradin’s Tithe from Garzden the Protector in Green
Hills County.
Reward: 250xp, 1 Skill point
Reward Giver: Devona
Difficulty and Comments: If you only do one quest you do not have to in pre-
searing, make in this one.  Once you have done all the missions in post-
searing, getting skill points takes some time [by leveling up, even when you
level beyond 20].  This is such an easy point to get.  Also, while you do this
quest, do the Opposition to the King quest with the three nearby NPCs.  Just a
note, make sure you have a free square in your inventory.

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Opposition to the King [ps23]
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Quest Starter: Devona [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Talk to three people in Green Hills County [Not Warmaster Grast],
concerning their feelings about the King.
Reward: 500xp
Reward Giver: Devona
Difficulty and Comments: Do this with the above quest.  You might actually want
to read what the NPC’s reply with.  Some of it explains why they and others do
particular things later in the game.

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The True King [ps24]
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Quest Starter: Duke Barradin [Barradin’s Estate]
Objective: Take a message to Lord Darrin in Fort Ranik
Reward: 750xp
Reward Giver: Lord Darrin
Difficulty and Comments: This quest opens up after the Opposition to the King
quest is done.  It is the biggest reward for a quest in pre-searing in terms of
experience.  This mission can be done in about ten seconds if you use the “M”
map feature travel button, provided you have both towns.  Otherwise it is a
reasonably long walk.

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The Orchard [ps25]
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Quest Starter: Mary Malone [Regent Valley, just outside of Fort Ranik]
Objective: Find her basket of missing apples and return them to her.
Reward: 250xp, Battle Axe [4-8 damage], Focus [+3]
Reward Giver: Mary Malone
Difficulty and Comments: Spiders here do only a few damage to you.  However,
kill as many as you can before grabbing the basket, because two damage does add
up after a while.  The basket of apples will cause you to run extremely slow on
the way back to her, as well.

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The Prize Moa Bird [ps26]
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Quest Starter: Pitney [Lakeside County/Village]
Objective: Find out what happened to Pitney’s Prized Moa Bird.  Last he heard
it was taken into the catacombs
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Pitney
Difficulty and Comments: This quest can only be activated after completing the
Worm Problem.  It takes place near the Necromancer’s Novice quest which Munne
gives you.  When you enter the big room just before the first flame geyser,
instead of taking the first right [which goes to the geysers], head to the back
of the room, then take a right.  Make a left at your first opportunity.  You
can kill all the spiders in the area if you want, but they only do two or three
damage.  Just run around them for a while.  You will have to make a left turn,
eventually, which is a very sharp left and almost a complete 180 to do.  Run
straight down this path and you will see a staircase.  Take the staircase up
and run down its match on the other side.  There you will see the Moa Bird.
Fight the monsters, if you wish, or just return to Pitney for your reward.

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The Egg Hunter [ps27]
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Quest Starter: Duke Gaban [Lakeside County, in front of the devourer cave]
Objective: Escort Fadden so he can get some devourer eggs.
Reward: 150xp, 2 Devourer Eggs.
Reward Giver: Duke Gaban
Difficulty and Comments: This quest is sometimes very glitched.  What you need
to do is clear the cave of most devourers so that Fadden can make it to the
eggs and extract them [you are too clumsy to do this].  There are three eggs to
grab.  Once you have them all, wait for him to start walking back to the Duke.
When he does, run to the Duke for your reward.   You should do this quest at
the same time you do the Poisonous stinger one.  If you get glitched out and do
not want to waste your time again.  Just buy the devourer eggs from Collectors
[see the collector section of this guide] and eat up the 150xp.

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The Rogue’s Replacement [ps28]
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Quest Starter: Old Mack [Lakeside County, right outside of Ascalon City]
Objective: Give Old Mack a devourer egg.
Reward: 250xp
Difficulty and Comments: This is quite easy.  This quest is only activated
after you do the Mesmer’s Burden quest.  The next time you come out of Ascalon
City, wait for Old Mack to Run up a hill and argue with Lady Althea.  After a
bit, talk to him.  If you do not have a devourer egg, either do the Egg Hunter
quest or buy one from the collector right next to Old Mack [who
will eventually stand next to Lina].

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Across the Wall [ps29]
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Quest Starter: Gate Guard Torin [Lakeside County, at the Gate Rurik had you
fight Charr]
Objective: Find his friend, Ben Wolfson in the northlands.
Reward: 250xp
Reward Giver: Gate Guard Torin
Difficulty and Comments: First of all, this quest is rather hard now.  It used
to be very simple.  You need a PARTNER for this one.  One of you must open the
gate lever above Torin, the other must run through the gates to the next area.
Once there, be aware, most of the monsters are level 5 to 8.  When you find
Ben, kill the Grawl troops and walk him back that way.  You could try to kill
the four Charr, but unless you are very good or way over leveled, you will
probably die, or even worse, Ben might die trying to save you.  When you walk
him back, walk all the way back to the gate but DO NOT GO THROUGH until the
quest updates in your log, or you will have to do it all over again.  Killing
the Charr, if you are able, in this area can level you up in a big hurry.  You
can not activate this quest if you have not been back into any other area since
you did Charr at the Gates.

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Path To Glory [ps30]
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Quest Starter: Armin Saberlin
Objective: Talk to Sir Tydus
Reward: 100xp
Reward Giver: Sir Tydus
Difficulty and Comments: OMG THIS IS HARD [Kidding].  You need to have a second
profession.  Now, walk to Sir Tydus.  Quest done!  This will allow you to do
the following mission.  Be CERTAIN you have done everything you want before
accepting the mission.  The game will warn you as well.

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Ascalon Academy [Mission] [ps31]
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Quest Starter: Sir Tydus [Ascalon City] [You must be level 3 and have a second
profession]
Objective: Kill Vatlaaw Doomtooth
Reward: None, except for getting to Post-Searing
Reward Giver: None
Difficulty and Comments: This is not the name of the quest until half way
through it.  This mission is started when you tell Sir Tydus you are ready to
leave everything behind.  DO NOT SAY YOU ARE READY UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO DO.

First, you will fight another team of humans in an arena.  If you win, you can
get a small amount of experience for the kills you made.  If you lose, no loss.
Afterwards, your team will be transported to a meeting between Sir Tydus and
Prince Rurik.  You need to kill Vatlaaw Doomtooth shortly ahead.  You do not
really have to do anything, Rurik will kill it all if you let him.  When it is
over, a movie will start.  Enjoy the Post Searing!