Quest

Smoke and Ashes

Start with “Go to Laslea with Anca”. This quest has 9 required/recorded objective step(s). Follow them in order, and check each step for Day/Night, timer, ability and choice requirements before you move on.

Smoke and Ashes is a quest.

Coverage

Quest Reference

The in-game objectives in order, plus the characters, items and locations they involve.

Before You Start

  • No quest-wide time restriction is confirmed. Follow any Day/Night or timer warning shown on the individual steps below.

In-Game Objectives

Search this section for the exact wording from your journal, then use the action, requirement and location notes to work out what to do next.

Branch and optional objectives may appear in a different order.

Where a step says “Marker only”, the journal does not give a fixed entrance, so follow the in-game marker for it.

A related objective target opens the objective area; it may not be the exact entrance or the NPC’s current position.

  1. 01

    Go to Laslea with Anca

    Action

    Go to Laslea with Anca.

    If stuck

    • Use Laslea Glen, Laslea as the confirmed area. Open the location guide for orientation; if no exact pin is shown, keep this quest objective active and follow the in-game marker.
  2. 02

    Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier

    Action

    Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier.

    Where

    Follow the in-game marker.

    Requirements

    • Use Compel Soul for this step.

    If stuck

    • Follow the in-game quest marker for this step.
  3. 03

    Find items of importance to the dead soldier

    Action

    Find items of importance to the dead soldier.

    Where

    Follow the in-game marker.

    Show related objective target →

    If stuck

    • Follow the in-game quest marker for this step.
  4. 04

    Search your family home

    Action

    Search your family home.

    If stuck

    • Use Laslea Glen, Laslea as the confirmed area. Open the location guide for orientation; if no exact pin is shown, keep this quest objective active and follow the in-game marker.
  5. 05

    Remove the rubble blocking the gate

    Action

    Remove the rubble blocking the gate.

    If stuck

    • Use Laslea Glen, Laslea as the confirmed area. Open the location guide for orientation; if no exact pin is shown, keep this quest objective active and follow the in-game marker.
  6. 06

    Return to Anca

    Action

    Return to Anca.

    If stuck

    • Follow the in-game quest marker for this step.
  7. 07

    Search your family home

    Action

    Search your family home.

    What may appear next

    • Search your family homeThis objective can appear next on this branch.

    If stuck

    • Use Laslea Glen, Laslea as the confirmed area. Open the location guide for orientation; if no exact pin is shown, keep this quest objective active and follow the in-game marker.
  8. 08

    Go to the village gate

    Action

    Go to the village gate.

    If stuck

    • Use Laslea Glen, Laslea as the confirmed area. Open the location guide for orientation; if no exact pin is shown, keep this quest objective active and follow the in-game marker.
  9. 09

    Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier and use the catalysts

    Action

    Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier and use the catalysts.

    Where

    Follow the in-game marker.

    Requirements

    • Use Compel Soul for this step.

    If stuck

    • Follow the in-game quest marker for this step.

Quest Rewards by Outcome

These cards show alternative quest outcomes. Rewards from different endings are not added together.

My home is destroyed, people I love were kidnapped, and I've been turned into some sort of a monster. Well, great. But I'll make Brencis pay for all this – I'll find a way.

Burning BloodAstral CommunionBase XP 150

The XP shown is the base quest reward; other bonuses or rewards earned earlier are separate.

If a Route Is Still Unclear

Exact route not known

Follow the in-game marker for those steps.

Next Actions

Quest at a Glance
Journal objectives
9
Time-sensitive steps
0
Possible outcomes
1
  1. Step 1: You need to find out what happened to my family, where to look for them.
  2. Step 2: Anca taught me something – I now know a spell that can make the dead talk. I find it hard to believe... But let's try.
  3. Step 3: The dead soldier spoke – but briefly, haltingly. Anca says I need to find objects the deceased man either owned or was looking at as he passed.
  4. Step 4: Laslea is sacked, but my house is still standing. Maybe there's someone there – hiding?
  5. Step 5: My family has been captured – and time is running out. I need to act. First obstacle – the rubble blocking my way out of Laslea's ruins.
  6. Step 6: No sign of my family. What I am supposed to do now? I'd better consult with Anca.
  7. Step 7: Laslea is sacked, but my house is still standing. Maybe there's someone there – hiding?
  8. Step 8: I won't find anything more in Laslea – I need to get out of here.
  9. Step 9: Anca said that those items of importance might make the corpse talk a bit more. Time to see for myself if that's true.

Smoke and Ashes Stats

Properties

Type
Quest
Recorded journal objectives
  1. Go to Laslea with Anca
  2. Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier
  3. Find items of importance to the dead soldier
  4. Search your family home
  5. Remove the rubble blocking the gate
  6. Return to Anca
  7. Search your family home
  8. Go to the village gate
  9. Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier and use the catalysts