Quest:Finding the Flame

Finding the Flame is a level 64 story quest part of the Argon War quest chain. It is preceded by and followed by.

Objectives

 * 1) Go to Commander Tamur at Kaiator Command Center and report that you have destroyed the Cyasma Spire at Argonea [Speak with Yunari to enter the Kaiator Command Center.]
 * 2) Speak with Adeldur at Kaiator Command Center [Speak with Yunari to enter the Kaiator Command Center.]
 * 3) Tell Adeldur that you're off to investigate the researchers
 * 4) Go to Shroud Outpost at Granarkus and confirm the Agnurok Engine research results from Virienne
 * 5) Go to the energy purifier southeast of Noyul Extractor in Granarkus, then open a teleportal for the researchers
 * 6) Zomgul Gatherer <0/3> Eliminate the Zomgul Gatherers around the energy purifier so the researchers are safe
 * 7) Insert a into the purifier so the researchers can come through a temporary teleportal
 * 8) Speak to Virienne, who came through the portal
 * 9) Follow Dadoam, who left to follow the energy conduits
 * 10) Incubator <0/1> Destroy the incubator before it produces argons
 * 11) You hear Kelsaik's howl near the Incubator. Investigate the area
 * 12) Jendro Capacitor <0/1> Destroy the Crossing the Streams near Kelsaik
 * 13) Talk to Dadoam about Kelsaik and Shandra Manaya

Script
You reversed the energy flow within the Cyasma Spire! Clever, [player name], very clever.

Reports are pouring in from everywhere; the argons are either shutting down or retreating. For once, we're winning!

But we can't quit until the job's done. We'll never be safe as long as Shandra Manaya, the argon queen, lives.

You've faced down gods before, so you're the best chance we've got. Your mission: take down Shandra Manaya. Do whatever it takes.

(Where is she?)

That's a good question. The short answer is: we don't know. But we've got a lead.

Some Mysterium researchers are tracking the last energy transmission from the Cyasma Spire. They've narrowed it down to somewhere in Granarkus.

Here comes Adeille, the leader of the researchers. She'll brief you on the details.

(I understand.)

Tamur brought you up to speed? Good.

The theory is simple: Cyasma Spire was a high-value target because the argons were using it as an energy source. All that energy had to go somewhere — that's basic physics — and we're betting that it went to the argons' main base.

Granarkus is a big place, though. To track the energy to its destination, we need boots on the ground. Your boots.

(Let me at her!)

We're sending some of our best researchers with you. They're experts in argon technology and power transmission, not combat.

You'll need to keep them alive long enough to do their work, and it won't be easy. The argons in Granarkus are still organized and dangerous — probably because they're close to the argon queen.

(I understand.)

For more details, you can talk to Virienne at the Cyasma Spire. She's forgotten more about the argons than most people will ever know.

(Let's go.)

Go and speak with Virienne. She's hiding from the Argons.

(Right. Okay.)

So you're [player name], the liberator of Kanstria. We've never met, but I've spent months analyzing the argons you've... dismantled.

Let's get down to business. You've been briefed?

(Yes, I have.)

The energy from the Cyasma Spire went to an energy purifier in Granarkus... and then somewhere else nearby.

But the area around the purifier isn't safe. Seize the energy purifier southeast of the Noyul Extractor in Granarkus, then open a portal so my team can teleport there safely.

I know teleportal calibration isn't your specialty, so I've made it simple: Insert this teleport stone into the purifier, and you'll convert it into a temporary teleportal.

(I understand.)

Hmmm... this might be easier than I thought. See those metallic things that look like roots? Those are argon energy conduits.

You might have seen similar conduits near the Cyasma Spire. Remember?

(Yes, I remember.)

We might be able to follow the conduits straight to Shandra Manaya. I sent a researcher, Dadoam, to follow the conduits. He should be able to track them even if they go underground.

Catch up to Dadoam, make sure he's safe, and see where those conduits lead.

(I understand.)

[player name]! This way! That small globe has the same energy signature as the Cyasma Spire. And something beyond those giant argons is emitting energy... well, it's off the charts. Judging from the structure, it's an argon incubator. And that makes it an obvious target.

(I understand.)

Shandra Manaya! The power of a god, but as heartless as an argon. And that's Kelsaik's body!

(Indeed it is.)

Shandra Manaya took something from it: Sikander's flame. Perhaps the flame was a little bit of Sikander that survived after Thulsa turned Sikander into Kelsaik.

It'll take a god to figure out what Shandra Manaya is doing with a fragment of a dead god. You should tell Kaia what we've learned.

(I understand.)

Summary Upon Completion
Mysterium researchers learned that the argons transferred energy from the destroyed Cyasma Spire to somewhere in Granarkus. While looking for the energy's destination, you witnessed argons draining Kelsaik's corpse. Then Shandra Manaya, the argon queen, stole Sikander's Flame.

Rewards

 * 16,192,000 XP
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