Online:Vines and Villains

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Help disrupt a dangerous alliance. Zone: Glenumbra Objective: Dwynnarth Ruins — Stop the Secret Meeting at Dwynnarth Ruins. Quest Giver: Corporal Adel, Provost Piper Location(s): Dwynnarth Ruins Reward: Kip's Roguish Leathers Average Leveled Gold XP Gain: Standard

Vines and Villains

A Red Rook messenger was captured near the Dwynnarth Ruins Lion Guard camp while he was on his way to a secret meeting between the Red Rooks and the Bloodthorn cult.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Talk to Provost Piper.
2. Talk to the Red Rook messenger.
3. Receive the messenger's intel.
4. Kill the envoy in the ruins.
5. Talk to the Provost.

Detailed Walkthrough

While approaching Dwynnarth Ruins, you may be approached by Corporal Adel, who will direct you to Provost Piper if you would like to assist him with an assignment. The camp is located northwest of the ruins, with the provost underneath. Like Adel mentioned, a Red Rook messenger was captured, and Provost Piper believes that it is evidence of an alliance with the Bloodthorn cult. The messenger doesn't want to talk, however, so you are tasked to do so.

The messenger will mention that his family is being held hostage. You can intimidate him, or you can listen to his plight. If you decide to listen, he will tell you that the Red Rooks are using his family as ransom due to him not willingly joining them. They are located in an abandoned house south of the camp, surrounded by Red Rook forces. When inside the house, talk to his wife and the two of them will both return to the camp.

Whether you intimidated him into disclosing the information, or rescued his family for him, he will tell you what he knows about the alliance— or, rather, the beginnings of an alliance. Apparently, the agreements between them are rocky at best, so you can easily cause them to turn on one another. He suggests you wear a disguise and attack the Bloodthorn Cultists' envoy.

When going against Envoy Caoiss, the whole area of Dwynnarth Ruins is full of Bloodthorn cultists. However, since the Bloodthorns and Red Rooks have made an alliance with one another, you can disguise yourself as a Red Rook or a Bloodthorn to go straight to Envoy Caoiss without attacking any of the Bloodthorns. Envoy Caoiss will be at the center of the Dwynnarth Ruins, accompanied by a few Bloodthorns— when engaged, you will have to fight both him and the Bloodthorns.

Envoy Caoiss: "Bloodthorns! The Red Rooks has broken the alliance!"

After defeating Envoy Caoiss, return to Provost Piper to receive your reward.

Notes

• Corporal Adel can be found in at least 5 different places to start the quest, most of them in a line between Cambray Pass and Burial Tombs Wayshrine.

Bugs

• Caioss will proclaim that the Red Rooks betrayed them, and the objective will still count as completed when killing him, without you needing to wear the disguise. ^?

Quest Stages

Vines and Villains
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	A Lion Guard scout suggested I should find Provost Piper and offer him my help against the Red Rook Bandits. Objective: Talk to Provost Piper
	I should question the Red Rook messenger and see what I can find out about a secret meeting between the Red Rooks and Bloodthorns here. Objective: Talk to the Red Rook Messenger
	I agreed to search for Kip's family. He believes the Red Rooks are holding them in an abandoned house south of the Lion Guard camp. Objective: Rescue Kip's Family
	I rescued Kip's family. I should return to the Lion Guard camp and speak to him. Objective: Talk to Kip Back at the Camp
	The Bloodthorn cult and Red Rooks are joining forces. If I wear this Red Rook Disguise into the Bloodthorn camp and kill their envoy, that should drive a wedge between the two factions and prevent them from forging an alliance. Objective: Kill Envoy Caoiss (HINT: If I lose the disguise Kip gave me, I can find a new one in a Red Rook pack.) Hidden Objective: Check Red Rook Packs for a New Disguise
Finishes quest	The Bloodthorn envoy is dead, and the cult will undoubtedly blame the Red Rooks for the assassination. I should return to the Lion Guard camp and let Provost Piper know what happened. Objective: Talk to Provost Piper

Notes

* Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the game and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.

• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.