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Distant Shadows
Distant Shadows is a Crake quest where Coen meets Crake at the rebels' hideout and tails Ascar through Tantari by day. Getting spotted gives a worse outcome, so take it slow and hide behind cover.
- Type
- Side
- Given by
- Crake
- Region
- Tantari Woods
- Rewards
- 500 XP, 1 skill point
Found in
Rebel's HideoutThe Rebel's Hideout is the Manumites' base below Svartrau City, where the rebels against the vrakhiri gather. Crake's questline runs through it, starting with Distant Shadows.
Tantari WoodsThe Tantari Woods are a dark forest in Vale Sangora, home to Xanthe's Howling Keep and the village of Tantari. Its scouting tower in the north-west gives a skill manual.
Good to know
- Coen watches the window of a man named Ascar.
- Ascar can spot Coen if he is careless.
- It follows What Moves the Dead. Walk Crake back to the hideout to be sure you get it.
- Ascar's hut is on the south side of Tantari, south-east of Svartrau City.
- Do it during the day. It takes three time segments.
- Using the bee smoker on the hive nets you 25 coins.
- Killing Crake fails the quest.
How it starts
At the end of What Moves the Dead, walk Crake back to the hideout and agree with him. Asking him about it later can push the job to Drogos, and players report that arguing with Crake earlier can block it.
What you do
Go to Tantari by day, check Ascar is home through his window and shadow him. Hide behind the cart by the beehives, the barrels and the next cart, then follow him through the woods as he checks his snares. Soldiers stop him near the end and you choose whether to step in.
What happensSpoilerShow
Marat gets angry and leaves however it goes. Drogos then talks to you. Say you will go and talk to Marat, or A Closer Look will not unlock.
Objectives
1. Travel to Tantari by day. 2. Find Ascar's hut. 3. Look through the window. 4. Follow Ascar without being seen. 5. Decide whether to help him against the soldiers. 6. Return to Marat at the hideout.
Rewards
You get 500 XP and a skill point, plus 25 coins from the beehive.
- AscarAscar is a beekeeper who lives in a hut on the south side of Tantari. Crake has you tail him in the optional quest Distant Shadows, and what you find out explains a lot about Crake.
- CrakeCrake leads the Manumits, the rebels fighting Brencis, and his chain is the longest optional storyline in the game. He is also a romance option, but he won't trust Coen until your Infamy is high.
- DrogosDrogos is one of Crake's lieutenants in the Manumits, alongside Sara. He is around when you first meet the rebels, and he points you to Crake after the Ascar business in Distant Shadows.
MaratMarat leads the Manumits, the rebels fighting the vrakhiri. He is brave and well liked but trusts almost no one, so Coen has to prove himself before the rebels let him in.
Related missions
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A Closer Look
A Closer Look is the Crake questline step where you go after Marat once Distant Shadows ends badly. It is short, but it carries the bronze trophy The Manumit if you pick the right lines.
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Rise at Dawn
Rise at Dawn is the ending quest for Crake's questline, where you march on Brencis's castle with the manumit rebels. Save before you start it, because it fails every quest you have not finished.
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Who Pulls the Strings
Who Pulls the Strings is a late Crake questline quest where you raid a gargoyle-guarded tower for a book. It pays 1000 XP and the Life Lock hex, and finishing it opens the road to Crake's ending.
- Activity
Xanthe's Excavations
Xanthe's Excavations are court activities at dig sites where the boyar Xanthe's people hunt for relics. Each one ends in a boss fight, and clearing them raises Xanthe's anger toward her boss quest.