Zimel's Blades (SoulFire)

Start Zone:	North Freeport
Quest Giver:	Kalatrina Plossen
Minimum Level:	1
Classes:	Paladin

Reward

• SoulFire

  SoulFire

  

  MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
  Slot: PRIMARY
  Charges: 5
  Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 45
  DMG: 23
  STR: +7 WIS: +7
  Effect: Complete Heal (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 40
  WT: 5.0 Size: LARGE
  Class: PAL
  Race: HUM ERU HIE HEF DWF HFL GNM
  

Short Walkthrough

A lot of the storyline and running around of this quest can be skipped. The quest is called "Zimel's Blades," but the short walkthrough will have next to nothing involving Zimel, or his store.

Your final turn-in will be a note, your own Paladin Testimony, the hilt of SoulFire, and the Brilliant Sword of Faith.

The Note

• Acquire bog juice (brewing tradeskill: bottle x1, snake scale x1, water flask x1, doable with 0 skill), and edible goo (cooking tradeskill: fire beetle eye x1, rat ear x1, doable with 0 skill (NOTE: Don't eat it!)).
• Go to the freeport docks. Across the docks in the Seafarer's Roost. Buy 4 Drom's Champagnes from the bartender, and wait for Tykar Renlin to spawn. His character model is the same as a desert madman, and he spawns next to the bar in the room on your left. When he spawns, hand him the 4 droms (unstacked) and receive Bunker Cell #1, a blanket.
• Go to the arena in West Freeport. Exit through the door and find a small prison. In one of the cells is a prisoner merely named "a prisoner." Give him the bog juice, edible goo, and blanket. He will give you a key called H. K. 102.
• Take the key to Highkeep. Hand the key to the banker (or, nowadays, the newly added assistant banker). You will receive a sealed note.

Your Paladin Testimony

• Acquire a spider venom sac. This can be achieved by killing any run-of-the-mill giant spider.
• Acquire a medium-sized cloth shirt (buy it from a vendor). Find Altunic Jartin in EC. His shop is the lone hut across the road from inn3 (the inn right before WC), but he wanders the zone. If he's missing, just wait for him to come back (or hunt him down if you really want to). Hand him the cloth shirt. He will give you the Token of Generosity.
• Go to Merko Quetalis in the courtyard of the Hall of Truth in North Freeport. Hand him the spider venom sac and receive the Token of Bravery. Now hand in both the tokens. Follow the wall that leads to the moat. There is an opening to the freeport sewers. By turning in the tokens, you have spawned Guard Willa, a low level militia guard just inside the sewer. Kill her fast, because she's on a timer to run away. Loot the Token of Truth and return it to Merko for a testimony.

The Hilt of SoulFire

• Kill Xicotl in the pool room in Mistmoore. He is a rare spawn, but 100% drop rate. His PH is the naked female DE standing in front of the pool steps. He is a level 43 (ish?) SK, and kinda tough for a level 50 paladin. Be safe and bring a friend. Loot Glowing Sword Hilt.

The Brilliant Sword of Faith

• Kill Sir Lucan D'Lere in West Freeport. This spawns the TRUE Sir Lucan D'Lere, an undead knight (of weaker power than his first form). Loot A Testimony of Truth from the undead Sir Lucan. Sir Lucan is currently a 1 week spawn; this spawn time is vastly reduced to 12 hours once it becomes part of the epic quest.
• Go to North Freeport and find Valeron Dushire on the balcony of the Hall of Truth. If you are not a follower of the Hall of Truth, please ensure you are of adequate faction with the Knights of Truth (high warmly (just max it)). Valeron will hand you the Brilliant Sword of Faith.

The Turn-in

Invis down to the jail cells of Split Paw (it is recommended that you bring some invis potions for the journey). At the end you will find Brother Hayle. Please ensure that you are of adequate faction with the Priests of Life (high warmly (just max it)). Turn in the sealed note ALONE. He will hand it back, opened. Now turn in the opened note, your testimony, the hilt, and the brilliant sword of faith. Congratulations! You have received

SoulFire

SoulFire

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: PRIMARY
Charges: 5
Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 45
DMG: 23
STR: +7 WIS: +7
Effect: Complete Heal (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 40
WT: 5.0 Size: LARGE
Class: PAL
Race: HUM ERU HIE HEF DWF HFL GNM

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Long Walkthrough & Storyline

What is SoulFire?

SoulFire is not the average holy sword. In fact, it is a powerful artifact for use by both paladins and shadowknights. Supposedly, anyone killed by the blade has his soul trapped within its hilt, forever in torment. First found by the Dark Elves, it made its way out into the world centuries later when it became disassembled and scattered around Norrath. It was later reassembled by its own will when a paladin retrieved all the fragments.

Who is Ariska Zimel?

Ariska Zimel is a once-master blacksmith whose shop, Zimel's Blades, was located in East Freeport. Traveling through Lavastorm Mountains with Groflah Steadirt, he came upon a caravan of evil knights transporting a powerful artifact. The caravan was attacked, and Zimel took the artifact.

That stolen artifact was SoulFire, presumably being transported to Sir Lucan D'Lere. After finding out what the sword was, Zimel gave the sword to Brother Hayle for safekeeping. They agreed it would only be given to a paladin that Zimel chooses worthy, and proves his nobility to Hayle.

Presumably to hide from Lucan, Zimel became a beggar. He befriended Tykar Renlin, a fellow beggar. Lucan raided Zimel's Blades in search of SoulFire; unable to find it, he burned the store. Eventually Lucan found Zimel, and he had them both arrested for vagrancy. He put them in the prison in the West Freeport arena. Tykar was eventually released, and took the blanket from Zimel's cell with him. Zimel was left there indefinitely.

At some point after finding SoulFire, Zimel lost his mind.

The Quest

The quest begins as an errand from Kalatrina Plossen to give Guard Alayle, a paladin spy in the Freeport Militia, a note that tells him that his cover is compromised and he must report back. Using the code phrase "Truth Is Good" to identify yourself, you find Alayle in the Militia House backyard.

After saying the phrase to Alayle and giving him the note, he gives you A Tattered Flier he found on the floor of Lucan's office. He is then confronted by a guard; he tells you to run. If you decide to stay and watch, you see him killed. The flier appears to be merely a price list from Zimel's shop. If you right click on it, it says "Zimel's Blades," and a sequence of dots.

If you return to Kalatrina and turn in the flier, the quest continues; but she doesn't give back the flier, so it's a dead-end. This is probably a mistake. You can either redo the errand (Alayle respawns, obv) for another flier, or just don't turn it in and skip to the next part. But if you hand in the flier, Kalatrina tells you to go ask Rashinda Elore in the Office of the People about Zimel's Blades.

Rashinda Elore points you to Groflah Steadirt. to be continued.