Story:Stepstone Isle

Stepstone Isle is the first story quest chain that the player will encounter when playing TERA. Upon completion, the player automatically begins the next story quest chain, Valkyon Wants You. It covers the story of the player's basic training, along with the beginning of the player's path in the Valkyon Federation.

Two quests were removed from this storyline: and.

The following is a compilation of all the quests in this chain and their summaries.

Starting NPC: Glennock

Ending NPC: Glennock

Summary:

"The Valkyon Federation discovered Tiaran, the Sorrow Tree, on Stepstone Isle a decade ago, and sent an expedition to study its clearly magical properties. [Player name] came to the island as a child and grew up there, helping out wherever possible. Now, on the day that the federation's researchers are preparing to undertake their most ambitious experiment yet, everyone's help is needed, and [Player name] was sent to gather bark from the Sorrow Tree's roots for Glennock."

Starting NPC: Glennock

Ending NPC: Anya

Summary:

"As time went by, some of the federation researchers on the island married and had children...and those children proved to be special. They developed the ability to see the world through seemingly divine eyes. The researchers called this the Sight. But these special children were still children, who like to laugh and play...but can be unintentionally mean. After little Anya lost her doll, [player name] recovered and repaired it for her...then spent the rest of the afternoon keeping Anya entertained."

Starting NPC: Anya

Ending NPC: Emun

Summary:

"On the way home from playing with Anya, [player name] and the young girl encoutered a small horde of agitated ghilliedhus. The ghilliedhus were attempting to feed off of Tiaran's roots, until [player name] stopped them."

Starting NPC: Emun

Ending NPC: Emun

Summary:

"[player name] succeeded in defeating Varkas, the source of the ghilliedhu invasion, then found and collected some ghilliedhu seeds...hopefully preventing any more ghilliedhu invasions."

Starting NPC: Emun

Ending NPC: Anya

Summary:

"Invited to join in the pre-experiment offering to Tiaran the Sorrow Tree, [player name] was as surprised as anyone to see the tiny Tiaran sapling undergo a radical growth spurt...and for shimmering lights to surround the children. Informed by Glennock that this has never happened before, [player name] set off with Anya to fetch some sap from the Mysterium's storehouse, so that Glennock could perform some tests."

Starting NPC: Anya

Ending NPC: Walgrey

Summary:

"[player name] fought past the clusters of invading monsters called argons to bring Anya to the exit of the storehouse. There, they met Jalka, one of the village guardians, who had been injured in the argon attack. Leaving Anya with Jalka, [player name] rushed outside to help organize the village's defense. But after driving off the smaller argons,[player name] came face to face with a huge Argon Predator, and fought it in single combat. Victory seemed close, until the beast stunned [player name] with an argon spike device, then slammed [player name] with a mighty claw. As [player name] struggled to remain conscious, a mysterious man appeared...seemingly the leader of the argons."

Starting NPC: Dougal

Ending NPC: Bertell

Summary:

"Anya, Emun, and the guardians have entered the Temple of the Tree in search of the other children, and no one has seen them since. [player name] followed as quickly as possible, but the only way to the temple was overrun with argons, and the meager force of federation soldiers have been overwhelmed."

Starting NPC: Dougal

Ending NPC: Bertell

Summary:

"Approaching the Temple of the Tree, [player name] witnessed Tiaran the Sorrow Tree begin dying, its mystical energies drained out of it by horrific argon devices. Upon entering the temple, [player name] discovered that the guardians who had accompanied Emun and Anya had gotten separated, and some of them had died. One of the survivors revealed that Emun and Anya had entered the inner temple, accompanied by the remaining guardians."

Starting NPC: Automatically Obtained

Ending NPC: Walgrey

Summary:

"[player name] entered the inner chambers of the Temple of the Tree and found Emun, injured and weak. Emun told [player name] that Anya and the rest of the children had been taken by the mysterious human foe into the Heart Of Sorrow to finish the dream experiment-which told Dougal that someone inside the Valkyon Federation was relaying information about the experiments to the argons. Entering the Heart of Sorrow, [player name] once again faced the Argon Predator. But when it looked like the Argon Predator was going to kill [player name], Anya used the divine power of Tiaran the Sorrow Tree to protect her friend. But doing so bound her to Tiaran; Anya and the other children are now forever lost in their dreams."

Starting NPC: Walgrey

Ending NPC: Troius

Summary:

"Once you drove the argons off, Stepstone Isle had little to offer you. You spoke with Dougal about joining the Valkyon Federation, posing as as Island of Dawn recruit, then took a pegasus to Velika."