Icemark
Find Cregan’s Patrol In The Ruins Of Icemark Before The wildlings
Objective Point A
When you reach Icemark, proceed across the icy plain. An open door to your right leads into the fort, but before you can explore much farther, a wildling charges out at you. Slow down combat and choose your abilities before the wildling reaches you. As you take the wildling on, your recruits will surround him and the battle will be over with minimum effort.
Objective Point B
Climb the stairs inside the fort. More wildlings confront you on the landing above. This fight is more challenging, as it’s a group battle. For maximum damage, engage the closest enemy and try to match a perforating weapon against the wildlings’ medium armor. Tap into some of your special abilities to bring the first wildling down quickly while your companions deal with the second one. If you move fast enough, you can help them fell the second enemy.
Objective Point C
Head down the corridor after you slay the second set of wildlings. You’ll find Cregan in the next room; alas, the wildlings have gotten to him first. He lies mortally wounded amid slain brethren. Before his dies, he warns you to leave this place before the wildlings overwhelm your small party; however, you can’t leave if there’s a chance of disrupting the wildlings’ plans in Icemark.
Side Quest: Their Watch Is Ending
Cregan and his four men are dead. Collect the four A Ranger’s Personal Belongings items around Icemark to complete the quest and prevent the wildlings from desecrating the dead. For more details on recovering the belongings and completing the quest, see the “Side Quests” chapter.
Use Cregan’s Keys To Explore All Of Icemark
Objective Point D
Take the Icemark Keys quest item from Cregan’s dead body. You can also pick up a small flask, which you can fill with different substances at an alchemist to give you combat effects like healing and poison. Now it’s time to explore the rest of Icemark.
Objective Point E
Open the door in the room and exit into the outdoor courtyard. One of your brothers burns on the stake in the middle of a large bonfire surrounded by wildlings. As you enter the courtyard, combat begins and you can now control both Mors and the young recruit Celtigar. There are many wildlings, so fill Mors’s Action Queue with abilities before switching over to Celtigar and doing the same. If you team up on the enemy, you’ll cut them down quickly enough to slay them all before they can kill Mors.
After the battle, take a breather and recover any spoils of war from the dead bodies. You can retrieve a Belongings quest item from the poor brother in the bonfire if you’re looking to complete the “Their Watch Is Ending” side quest.
You fight two huge wildlings next. Open the door in the courtyard and prepare for major bloodshed. As the two wildlings enter the courtyard, one of them heaves an ax that catches Ronnet Hill in the forehead. He dies instantly (there’s nothing you can do about this—it’s part of the cutscene). The three remaining party members (plus Mors’s dog) must beat the tougher wildlings. Slow combat down and use Celtigar’s Targeted Strike (and possibly an Interruption ability from Mors, if he has any) to disrupt the wildlings’ big attacks. So long as you don’t let them gang up on Mors, you can win the battle.
When the two wildlings fall to the ground, you can torture the one who is still alive for information about his leader’s plans. They plan to open the Great Door at the base of Icemark and let an army of their kindred through the Wall’s defenses. Before leaving the area, grab the wildling’s Flint Axe, which is probably an upgrade to your one-handed cutting weapons.
Keep The Wildlings From Reopening The Great Door Of Icemark
Objective Point F
Enter the door from which the two wildlings appeared and descend the stairs. Battle the wildlings you find there to continue on your mission to prevent the wildlings from opening the Great Door. This is your main objective for the rest of your adventure in Icemark, though you’ll perform other combat-related tasks before the end.
Lead Poddy To The Lookout Position
Objective Point G
As the danger increases, the cowardly Poddy begins to panic more and more. Finally, Mors has enough of it and instructs Poddy to serve as an archer to cover them from the balcony. Dispatch the two wildlings guarding the balcony and set Poddy up for your added defense.
Set Your Dog On The Archers
Objective Point H
Descend the stairs to the ground floor. Wildling guards will immediately attack as you exit the tower into the snow-covered plains in front of the Great Door. Teamed up with Celtigar, you should win over these guards without breaking much of a sweat.
Objective Point I
Continue farther out onto the plains until you trigger the wildling attack. You’ll be surrounded by wildlings, so it’s crucial that you work with Celtigar to beat down the enemy. During the fight, a small tutorial will pop up on enemy strength and armor types. Pay close attention to each enemy’s armor type in the battle; if you can match your weapons to the correct armor (i.e., cutting for light armor, perforating for medium armor, blunt for heavy armor), you will increase your damage per strike, which could prove the difference against so many enemies.
After you defeat the wildlings at the Great Door, enemy arrows will begin pelting you from above. Mors quickly realizes that something has happened to Poddy and you no longer have ranged support from above. Command the dog to attack the archers so that you can concentrate on the major battle ahead.
Battle Gorn In A Duel To The Death
Objective Point J
Even as you dispatch the initial wildlings at the Great Door, the wildling leader, Gorn, springs an ambush on you. He has you hopelessly surrounded and orders his archers to kill Celtigar. There is nothing you can do as Celtigar drops to the ground, several arrows through his chest.
In his overconfidence, Gorn challenges you to a duel to the death. You are about evenly matched with Gorn; however, if you use your Stance abilities wisely, you can prove victorious. Interrupt his big attacks if you can, and any additional damage you can do (such as Bleeding) will drop his health total faster than his blows can drop yours.
For Honor’s Sake, Take Down As Many Wildlings As You Can
Objective Point K
Unfortunately, defeating Gorn doesn’t get you out of the jam. The remaining wildlings fall on you to avenge their leader. There are simply too many of them. You decide to take down as many as you can before dying an honorable death.
Just as the end draws near and your wounds bring you to the brink of unconsciousness, a band of Night’s Watch archers arrives atop the fortress. They rain arrows down on your foes as you black out and the cold claims you.