Eye of the North dungeons: Cathedral of Flames
In Eye of the North, when taking the Primary Quest Warband of Brothers, you have to work with Pyre Fierceshot to free his warband from their imprisonment in the Cathedral of Flames. While lots of fun the first time round, this dungeon can be repeated by speaking to the Charr Gron Fierceclaw, the merchant in Doomlore Shrine.
The quest Gron Fierceclaw gives you is the Temple of the Damned. The looting Charr have disturbed the unded in the Cathedral of Flames, and need you to defeat their leader and lay the ghosts to rest. The dungeon layout is changed slightly from the Warband of Brothers quest, and the monsters are different as well.
The Master Dungeon Guide has the full story:
Once freed, Pyre’s warband sacked the cathedral, looking for anything of value. In their search, they unearthed a blocked passage. Clearing the debris revealed a stash of treasure, plundered from the Ascalonian ruins…but there was more. The spirits of those slain for these spoils of war had attached themselves to the treasure haunting the vaults. Worse yet, a powerful Necromancer named Murakai dwelt among them. She used the creatures’ unliving essence to create a storm of souls which she planned to unleash upon human and Charr alike. It fell to us to lay these disembodied spirits to rest and suspend Murakai’s wrath. If only for a time.
Spread over three levels, the Cathedral of Flames contains lots of Charr, Undead, and some Enchanted Weapons and Spiders. Minion Masters can be hugely effective here, as can Smiting Monks and anyone using Light of Deldrimor for it’s Holy Damage - there are a lot of undead down there.
Hidden allies and treasure revealed by the Light of Deldrimor include:
- Level 1
- Dwarven Ghost ally, near the area map on Level 1.
- Dwarven Ghost ally, between the 1st and 2nd table in the mess hall on Level 1.
- Hidden Treasure near the dungeon lock on the first level, one just a bit west of the res shrine after going through the door, and another next to The Keeper
- Level 2
- Use Light of Deldrimor after running a bit east on the second level. There should be one towards the northern path that takes you into a Charr patrol. Use it again, there is normally another one down each path you can take.
- Hidden Treasure to the east of the entrance on Level 2, along the slanted north wall near a group of patrolling Charr
- There is a hidden treasure treasure down the southern path on Level 2, it has a poison jet spraying right on top of it.
- 2 Hidden Treasures lie to the northeast of Tyndir Flamecaller’s group in a pool of lava. Approaching it will spawn a small group of Needling Lavastriders. (Try to use Light of Deldrimor when you can see the pool on your compass, but before you are close enough for Tyndir to start talking)
- Hidden Treasure to the southeast of the middle shrine, in a pool of lava. Approaching it will spawn a small group of Needling Lavastriders.
- Level 3
- Hidden Treasure next to entrance
- Hidden Treasure straight south of entrance, in southwest corner of the burning garden.
- A hidden treasure is sometimes in the middle of the burning garden
- Use Light of Deldrimor when you get the hidden treasure in the southwest corner of the burning garden, it normally pings a chest that is due south of it.
- Another 2 hidden treasures are often by the area map
Once the Necromancer, Murakai, has been defeated, Murakai’s Chest spawns. This contains an Exquisite Surmia Carving (to be returned to Gron Fierceclaw to get your mission reward) as well as 1 item for each player (2 in Hard Mode):
- Warrior Murakai’s Blade (unique green item)
- Warrior Murakai’s Reaver (unique green item)
- Warrior Murakai’s Maul (unique green item)
- Darkhorn Rod (gold item)
- Notched Blade (gold item)
- Diamond (rare crafting material)
- Onyx Gemstone (rare crafting material)
- A Ruby Djinn Polymock Piece
The first time you complete the dungeon, you will earn 1500 Ebon Vanguard reputation points (2250 in Hard Mode). Each additional time you complete the dungeon you will receieve 200 Ebon Vanguard Reputation Points (300 in Hard mode).
There are lots of nice effects in the Cathedral of Flames - anything fire related in Eye of the North always looks great. There are also some hidden Ghostbusters references, the most obvious being the two bosses guarding the lower levels of the dungeon - The Gatekeeper and The Keymaster.
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