The Everling Lockets

Level 30HallmarkSoloRepeatable

Walkthrough

Prerequisites

Completion of the quests:
- Visions of Hatred - access to the upstairs balcony
- The Boar's Head - access to the barracks
- The Red Marble - access to the library
Complete Alexa's orders before being offered the quest:
1. Speak with Alexa in The Chapel at , after slaying the Inquisitor of Ulkorruuk.
2. Alexa will send you to the Game Room at to find a note left by the castle's architect. Start examining all possible objects in the room until you find the correct one with a hastily scrawled note stashed in it.
3. Examine the note - not a right-click, actually read the note itself. It will instruct you to interact with the wall-sconce at , opening a secret passage.
4. Take the secret passage upstairs to Elise's Bedroom. Click the book on the nightstand at . This will make Elise spawn on the middle walkway of the ramparts, important for later on.
5. Travel up the stairs from Elise's Bedroom and exit from either doorway onto the ramparts. Alexa will re-appear, depending on which exit you took, at either or . Speak with her to receive the quest.

Steps

Travel around the ramparts and slay all six of the Everling sisters to obtain their lockets. Going clockwise:
- Enter the west tower and go down the stairs, click on dresser to spawn and kill Sheila Everling.
  - After Sheila, a door may open at allowing access to the second floor and gather quests from places like The Library.
- Go back up and continue around to the northwest tower, down the stairs, and kill Crysta's Handmaiden at . Go near the bed to spawn dolls of Nyth. After killing them, click on the bed again to read her journal, which tells you to go to Melanie Everling's bedroom.
  - Note: click the bed from far enough away that the Dolls of Nyth don't spawn. You may need them later for other quests.
- Go back up and continue around to the northeast tower and down the stairs. Kill Melanie Everling and Crysta Everling. .
  - If you haven't already, read Elise's Diary in the southwest tower to spawn Elise on the roof.
- Go back upstairs and go to the middle walkway. Kill Elise Everling at .
- Backtrack and continue clockwise around to the east tower. Go down the stairs to the bedroom and kill Jenni Everling at .
- Head back upstairs to the southeast tower, at .
- WARNING: As soon as the first player of the group enters Deirdre's Bedroom, Archfiend Izzoroth will spawn with a short delay before aggro, giving you time to hustle down the stairs into the basement where Deirdre Everling will spawn. Archfiend Izzoroth can be killed by a small group or soloed by a self-mentored player. He is static.
- Quickly descend through Deirdre's Bedroom into the basement below and kill Deirdre Everling at . After Deirdre is killed, interacting with the wall-sconce at the end of the nearby hallway will open a secret door similar to the one used back in Sheila's basement. This door will take you back to the first level of the dungeon.
The journal should update to "I need to find a way into the basement" in order to progress. Enter Caretaker Room/Lord Everling's bedroom at and kill the Everling caretakers. Then go to and kill the decaying corpse.
The journal should now read: I need to figure out what this key goes to. Enter the Quarters of Lord Everling at and examine the book on the pedestal. This will spawn Guard Captain Ga'vin - kill him. Then, right-click the stand to the right of the bookcase and select 'use' to open the secret door to the basement (left-click only inspects).
Proceed down the steps and click the dead-end wall to open the secret door. Speak with Alexa at .
Backtrack to a wall sconce at and examine it. This will unlock a secret room to your immediate south. Enter and examine with the scroll on the desk at , which enables you to interact with objects found in the basement.
Exit the secret room by clicking on the candle stand in the corner of the room (left of the desk), and then use a wall-stone at . Go through and confront Alexa at . Upon her death, the quest will complete. Then Ollix will appear and give a short speech before attacking.

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Quest information

Journal Category: Hallmark (AA)
Journal Level: 30
Starting Zone: Nektropos Castle
How to Start: Speak to Alexa (NPC) on the castle ramparts. ''(see below)''
Timeline: Nektropos Castle Timeline

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Timeline

Hallmark Quest TimelineStep 1

Previous: Uncovering the Froglok Secret
Next: D'Morte Family Crest

Nektropos Castle TimelineStep 3

Previous: The Fleshbound Tome Speaks Again
Next: Creatures of the Creators Creature Cataloging

Rewards

XP: 391

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