Online:Crimes of the Past

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Help bring a war criminal to justice. Zone: Rivenspire Objective: Sanguine Barrows — Bring King Ranser's spymaster to justice for atrocities. Quest Giver: Marisette on Sanguine Barrows Location(s): Sanguine Barrows Reward: Barrow Hammer of Necropotence Average Leveled Gold XP Gain: Standard XP ID: 5014

"I don't see anyone from the Ring of Daggers. Does that mean … you've chosen to let me go free?"

The Ring of Daggers has tracked down a war criminal named Gerard Althen, who once served as King Ranser's spymaster. He's hiding somewhere in Sanguine Barrows and I've agreed to find him and bring him out.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Find a clue to the hiding place.
2. Search the Central Crypt.
3. Read the letter in Althen's Pack.
4. Talk to Althen.
5. Find House Dorell key.
6. Find House Tamrith key.
7. Activate south lever.
8. Activate north lever.
9. Enter the Sanguine Barrows Crypt.
10. Talk to Althen.
11. (Choice) Help Althen escape or take Althen to the Ring of Daggers to face justice.

Detailed Walkthrough

Tracking a War Criminal

On the road between Moira's Hope and Hoarfrost Downs you'll find Marisette, a member of the Ring of Daggers. Talk to her to start the quest. She'll ask you if someone could be forgiven for heinous crimes like slaughtering innocents, explaining that she's after a man named Gerard Althen who ordered the massacre of hundreds of innocent people during Ranser's War. However, she needs your help bringing him in. If you ask some more questions, she will tell you this contract came from King Emeric himself. After agreeing to help, head a bit south to the map marker. Here you'll find a letter from Gerard Althen to Turenn, who's now dead. The letter tells of his attempt to escape from the Ring of Daggers, including his current hiding place Sanguine Barrows. Head to Sanguine Barrows Crypt and knock on the door.

A Changed Man

Althen will be inside, at first refusing to open the door for you. After telling him Turenn is dead, he will be shocked and reveal he needed Turenn to open the door, as the door only opens from the outside. Because of this, he will tell you how to open the door, but he asks you to have mercy as he's a changed man. To make a stronger case, he wants you to search for a letter in his pack to gain some credibility. He asks you to read it and hopes you show mercy, but says he will accept his fate if you nevertheless want to turn him in. Go northwest—his pack is behind an altar just in front of Tribulation Crypt. The letter will show you Althen put in a lot of effort into helping an orphanage called the Orsinium Home for Displaced Children, giving them gifts and gold, as well as helping Orcish scholars by giving them rare tomes that restored knowledge that was believed lost for all time. Overall, it's full of praise for his help. It also mentions Althen wanted to stay anonymous, showing he wasn't just trying to make himself look good. Return to Sanguine Barrows Crypt and talk to Althen again.

Opening the Door

Althen will express desperation at being stuck inside the tomb. He'll explain the door is controlled by two levers, which in return require keys that are buried inside the Dorell and Tamrith family crypts. Go east to the Tamrith family tomb. Head inside, kill the troll, and grab the key. Now go southwest to the Dorell family tomb. Again, head inside, kill the troll, and grab the key. Return to Sanguine Barrows, and activate the levers beneath the altars on both sides. Enter the now unlocked crypt and talk to Althen.

Deciding a Man's Fate

Althen will tell you he's not trying to deny his past wrongdoings, nor argue they should be forgiven, but that he did try to make amends in the years since the war. He'd rather not hear your choice now and instead wants you to take your time. If you ask, he'll also mention that besides his big achievements, he did some smaller things to be a good and helpful man, like feeding stray dogs, opening doors for elderly ladies, and giving candy to children. Now, you can either hand him in to the Ring of Daggers, or bring him to the other side of the area to set him free.

Handing In Althen

Walk with Althen to Hoarfrost Downs. He will be arrested and accept his fate. Marisette will be very rude and unforgiving to him, despite knowing he tried to make amends. She'll want to make sure that Althen suffers and will hand him over to an Orc named Thoogh gro-Murtag whose father disappeared because of Althen.

Setting Althen Free

Walk with Althen towards the Crypt of Hearts, near the southeast end of the map. Once there, talk to him to finish the quest. He'll promise you to try to better himself even more. Afterwards, a woman named Gabria will appear and tell him Turenn planned everything and that there is a place set up for him as a merchant in Orsinium, after which she takes him away. Marisette will disappear from Hoarfrost Downs. ^{Do you see him later in Orsinium?}

Notes

• The body and letter won't exist until starting the quest.
• The troll eating Althen's partner's corpse has a much faster respawn rate than the rest of the enemies in the area.
• Trolls will only appear within the underground tombs during the key objectives. Otherwise they are only above ground and the tombs will be empty.

Bugs

• Gabria might not appear after releasing Althen into freedom.
  • Since it's after finishing the quest, it has no impact beside missed dialogue.

Quest Stages

Crimes of the Past
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	Objective: Find a Clue to the Hiding Place
	Objective: Search the Central Crypt
	Objective: Read the Letter in Althen's Pack
	Objective: Talk to Althen
	Hidden Objective: Kill Troll Cave1 (Hidden)
	Objective: Find House Dorell Key
	Hidden Objective: Kill Troll Cave2 (Hidden)
	Objective: Find House Tamrith Key
	Objective: Activate South Lever
	Objective: Activate North Lever
	Objective: Enter the Sanguine Barrows Crypt
	Objective: Help Althen Escape

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.

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