


We need to get through the barred door above us, but the bars are lowered by a lever up on the balcony to the right. Past them is a wide open room with a total of four Afflicted hanging around. Continue on and you’ll find a group of them praying… either sneak by or reward their prayers with an arrow in the back (choose the arrow!). After that is another room on the right that houses another locked door and a chest. Either take them out or pick the gate to the right. At the bottom of the slope is a room that houses some Afflicted. Once you’re inside head inwards (avoiding the green goo for health reasons!). Follow the ruins to find a door that leads to Bthardamz Upper District. These are enemies and will try to use a puke attack on you (take them out with ranged if you can).

Once you get there you will find some Afflicted wandering outside. To find and kill Orchendor, we’ll need to travel to the dwarven ruins of Bthardamz, to the west (ask Kesh about them!). Agree to his request though, and you’ll be free. You can ask some more questions now, but you’ll learn very little.

Specifically, it will make you hear Peryite, who will eventually ask you to kill a monk named Orchendor for his betrayal. As you would suspect, the incense makes you… hear things. He will use them to brew up an incense and when he’s done he will tell you to inhale it. With all the ingredients in hand, return and give them to Kesh. Or, you could go do some other quests and I’ll just bet you that you come across all of these over time! Either way, once you have all four of them, go back to the shrine and talk to Kesh. If you make an effort to get these ingredients it won’t take you long. You can also find a SPEECH SKILLBOOK here called “The Buying Game”, so be sure to grab it!
