| The Blue Way Master |
| Required: Knowledge and Practical of the Blue Way Master quest, Rank 150 Blue Way, 1 Master's Blue Way Wand, 1 Master's Brown Way Bracers, 1 Master's Crystal Way Bracers, 1 Adept's Blue Way Robe. |
| → Go to Barrin Dhorod |
| YOU: The Bracers as requested, sir. |
| Barrin: Dedication and perseverance gave you wisdom. |
| Barrin: You have reached a point where I can give you no more. |
| Barrin: Only the world now can teach you more lessons. |
| Barrin: You are a full Master of the Blue Way. |
| -Barrin takes the Brown Way bracers and examines them carefully. Then he nods, slowly.- |
| Barrin: I chose to become a mage because I heard many stories. |
| Barrin: Tales about the greatest Blue Way Master ever lived. |
| Barrin: You know? |
| Barrin: Sometimes I think about what I'd become otherwise. |
| -Barrin takes a long and slow breath, before giving you back the items.- |
| Barrin: Return these to their owners, as soon as you can. |
| Barrin: They will need them. |
| Barrin: Give me your last Adept item, please. |
| YOU: My robe as requested, sir. |
| -Barrin folds the robe, while his eyes look in yours.- |
| Barrin: As a Master of the Blue Circle you are allowed to learn about our history and our secrets. |
| Barrin: Are you interested to hear them? |
| YOU: Yes, please. |
| Barrin: Very well. |
| Barrin: I was sure of your interest. |
| Barrin: Would you like to talk about our history? |
| -Barrin half closes his eyes- |
| Barrin: … |
| Barrin: or about our secrets? |
| YOU: Tell me about the secrets. |
| Barrin: The secrets I want to tell are for your ears, and for very few others. |
| Barrin: Only people who proved themselves can manage to keep a secret like the one I'm going to tell you. |
| Barrin: The danger in it can harm many lives, not only your own. |
| Barrin: So you are allowed to discuss them only with the highest levels of the Circles. |
| Barrin: Full masters of every Way. |
| -Barrin pauses, looking in your eyes.- |
| Barrin: The texts in the Sanctuary hold knowledge about all the Ways, about artifacts of power… |
| Barrin: And it contains the complete version of this secret too. |
| Barrin: The position, even the existence of the Sanctuary, is closed to the citizen. |
| Barrin: Secrets hidden in other secrets. |
| Barrin: I need your word. |
| Barrin: Tell me you will never share this knowledge outside the Masters of the Circles. |
| YOU: Yes, sir. |
| Barrin: The first secret is the Seventh Way. |
| Barrin: Until now I assume you know only six Ways, but there is a Seventh. |
| Barrin: The Seventh is the essence of all the other Ways, but is also none of them. |
| Barrin: It is magic without the glyphs created by Talad. |
| Barrin: This is 'Wild' magic, something outside the rules of the gods. |
| Barrin: Diaboli used it, since they are the only race who cast magic before arriving in Yliakum. |
| -The tone of Barrin grows stern.- |
| Barrin: Be careful, and pay special attention to my next words. |
| Barrin: Your level of power will give you sense of the existence of the Seventh Way. |
| Barrin: Temptation will strike you. |
| Barrin: And you have to fight it. |
| Barrin: Otherwise 'Wild' magic will wipe out your very soul. |
| Barrin: You will be put to True Death if the Seventh Way does not destroy you first. |
| Barrin: Is this understood? |
| YOU: Yes, Sir. |
| Barrin: The dangers of the Seventh Way go beyond your imagination. |
| Barrin: Two mages have attempted to master it up until today, and they suffered a fate I would wish on no one. |
| -Barrin pauses, his gaze is firm.- |
| Barrin: Now, I have to tell you about another hidden knowledge. |
| Barrin: Something not even I wish to know, a threat to existence itself. |
| Barrin: The Circles, especially the Masters, are fighting a war against this Dark entity. |
| Barrin: These battles are hidden to the eye of the people of Yliakum, but you have to know. |
| Barrin: Our enemy is called the BlackFlame. |
| Barrin: Have you ever heard about it? |
| YOU: Not even a clue. |
| Barrin: I wish to fill the pool of your knowledge. |
| Barrin: None knows for sure what is the BlackFlame. |
| Barrin: Someone supposes it is a god. |
| Barrin: While others assume it is a force of destruction. |
| Barrin: I have not the answer to what is the BlackFlame, but I can say that its touch infects and deprives the creations of the other Ways. |
| Barrin: Your path will surely teach you more about this, maybe it will grant you access to the Vault of Ages in Arden. |
| Barrin: Even I had that privilege only once. |
| Barrin: I was allowed to catch a glimpse of what is kept in the Vault of Ages, no more. |
| Barrin: That day I discovered… |
| -Barrin closes his eyes for some second.- |
| Barrin: Much of the past is hidden, and I did not know why, until my visit in Arden. |
| -Barrin takes a long breath.- |
| Barrin: You will understand, for yourself. |
| Barrin: Not today, but when your time will come. |
| Barrin: Well then, one last formality. |
| -Barrin puts away the old robe and opens a sack, taking out a new robe. He offers it to you.- |
| Barrin: This will prove the mastery you gained in the Blue Way. |
| Barrin: Make a good use of it, Daceane. |
| Barrin: And take this. |
| -Barrin hands you an amulet.- |
| Barrin: Bring it to Levrus, one final lesson awaits you there. |
| QUEST COMPLETED |
| Rewards: 1 Master's Blue Way Robe, 1 Master of Ways Amulet, 50 Faction with Blue Order, 20600 XP. |