Online:Evening the Odds

Help the Pact troops get inside Fort Virak's courtyard. Zone: Stonefalls This quest is part of the Zone Story Faction: Ebonheart Pact Objective:  Fort Virak — Repel Covenant forces from Fort Virak. Quest Giver: Walks-in-Ash in Fort Virak Ruin Location(s): Fort Virak Prerequisite Quest: Breaking Fort Virak Next Quest: The General's Demise Reward: Average Leveled Gold XP Gain: Standard

Burn Serien's Journals

I've infiltrated the ruins beneath Fort Virak. Walks-in-Ash asked me to help secure our foothold within the fort's main courtyard.

Quick Walkthrough

1. Raise the bars on the north and south gates.
2. Talk to Gugnar inside Fort Virak Tower.
3. Speak to Tanval Indoril.

Detailed Walkthrough

Leave the ruins and enter into the Fort itself. Once you are inside the fort, you can raise the gates to allow reinforcements to join you. To do so you will need to raise the bars on the north and south gates. The fort is filled with Covenant soldiers, some of whom will be battling the soldiers that entered with you.

When you unbar the south gate, both Tanval Indoril and [[Online:Garyn Indoril|Garyn Indoril] will enter, When you unbar the north gate in the courtyard, [[Online:Holgunn One-Eye|Holgunn] will enter with Pact soldiers. Once you raise both bars you will need to enter Fort Virak Tower in search of General Serien. You will instead find a wounded Nord named Gugnar. Talking to him reveals that Serien is gone, and he was experimenting on the Pact soldiers to create zombies. Gugnar asks you to stop Serien's necromantic ritual.

If you choose to destroy the undead and the research, you will need a candle. There is one on the bookshelf behind Gugnar. Burn Serien's journals to destroy the research and free the soldiers.

After you leave the tower, speak to Tanval Indoril, who is southwest of the tower. Tell him Serien is in the keep and about his necromancy. Tanval will give you your reward and the next quest.

Quest Stages

Evening the Odds
Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
	I need to leave the ruins and enter the fort. The exit from the ruins is down the hall, around the corner, and up the stairs from where I spoke to Walks-in-Ash. Objective: Enter Fort Virak from the Ruins
	I need to remove the bars keeping the gates closed. That should allow Tanval and Holgunn to lead the Dark Elves and Nords into the fort. Objective: Unbar the North Gate Objective: Unbar the South Gate
	Our troops are pouring into the courtyard. I need to find where General Serien is hiding. Walks-in-Ash thinks he might be in the keep. Objective: Find General Serien
	General Serien is planning some sort of necromantic ritual in the fort's keep. I should warn Garyn Indoril. Objective: Find Tanval Indoril Optional Step: Collect a Candle Objective Hint: Gugnar would rather be destroyed than reanimated. He's asked me to light the room on fire. A nearby candle should serve that purpose Optional Step: Burn Serien's Journals Objective Hint: I can use the candle to ignite the books in the tower. That should put Gugnar and his friends out of their misery.
Finishes quest	I should report to Tanval Indoril. Objective: Talk to Tanval Indoril

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.