Neverwinter Nights/Blacklake District

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The Blacklake District is devided into two sections, No Mans Land, were the poorer citizens live and Blacklake where the nobles live. Separating the two areas is a guard garrison.

[edit] Main Quest

[edit] Blacklake: Tension's Rising

Brief

Received:
speak with gate captain near the Blacklake gates
What's going on:
The BlackLake is divided into two regions:No-Man's Land with plague victims and Blacklake with nobles. Nobles don't allow the plague victims to access Blacklake.

Solution

Go to the Meldanen Estate in the Blacklake (north west corner).There are two ways to enter this estate:
1. The easy way: Speak with Milly (she is somewhere in the town) about the Meldanen Estate and get the key from Milly's house. Enter Milly's house and enter portal to the Meldanen Estate.
2. The hard way: Go to the main entrance, kill guards and search the bodies, one of them will have the key to the entrance, then enter main door
Go to the main door and speak or kill Half-Orc guard. You can persuade him to unlock south door. The stairs down to the Meldanen's Sanctum are in the center of the estate (south main door, then west past the prison cells and north through the room with Meldanen's Apprentice (kill him as quick as possible).
There are a lot of traps here. In the east room with the red sign on the floor you'll meet Meldanen. Do not allow him to cast powerful spells or you'll be quickly dead. Fight him until he surrenders. Then speak with him about the dryad or kill him and take the key for the dryad's cage. Open cage and free or kill dryad. Take the lock of dryad hair (second plague cure ingredient)
Return to Aribeth with the lock of dryads hair.

[edit] Secondary Quests

[edit] Blacklake: The Gauntlet Arena

Brief

Received:
Go to the Trades of Blade in the City Core and speak with Graxx to get gauntlet pass.Go to the Board LordBare Tavern in the Blacklake and show pass to the Bartender to get the key. Use the key and go downstairs. Then speak with Kellisa about Gauntlet Rules
What's going on:
The Gauntlet Arena is the arena where fighters fight with each other. The best fighter Claudus is invincible. Become a champion.

Solution

Speak with Kellisa to enter Arena and fight 4 times with Hrusk, Fashi, Agor and Claudus.
if you won all 4 battles then speak with Claudus to become tavern's owner. Now you can go to the bartender and take earned money.

[edit] Troubles in No-Man's Land

Brief

Received:
Speak with Cendran in the No-Man's Land near the gates to the City Core about Loxar
What's going on:
The evil half-Orc takes advantage of the chaos in this region and terrorizes the local people. Killing this Half-Orc will bring some order to this region.

Solution

Go to the Ruined Tower near the gaurd garrison and kill half-orc Loxar and take his head.
Return to Cendran with Loxar's head your reward is a shift to good allignment

[edit] BlackLake: Samuel's Rescue

Brief

Received:
Go to the Board LordBare Tavern and speak with Thurin.
What's going on:
The Blacklake guard Samuel is missing.

Solution

Go to the prison cells in the south east corner of Meldanen's Estate(see main quest).
Free Samuel from his cell (the key is in the chest) and return to Thurin for reward

[edit] Blacklake: Unrest

Brief

Received:
Speak with Formosa in the BlackLake (south east on the streets)
What's going on:
Some people blame Meldanen's actions for recent events.

Solution

Go to Meldanen's Estate (see main quest)
Kill Meldanen and take his tooth and warehouse key.
Return to Formosa for the reward

[edit] BlackLake: Killing Formosa

Brief

Received:
Speak with Meldanen after beating him and propose to get rid of Formosa.
What's going on:
Meldanen wants Formosa dead

Solution

Kill Formosa (she is in the south east corner of Blacklake)
Return to Meldanen for the reward (500 gold)

[edit] Hints of the Cult Activity

Brief

Received:
In No-Man's Land you'll be attacked by strange assassins. After killing them search the bodies for a note (same note you can find in the Docks District and Beggar's Nest)
What's going on:
Some strange assassins attacked you providing clues of a strange cult.

Solution