The Parable of Wael

Part 1: Stealing from the God of Secrets

Copperlane

Hall of Revealed Mysteries

While you’re in Copperlane, visit the Hall of Revealed Mysteries (1). Speak to the elderly dwarf named Grimda (2) at the rear of the grand hall. Ask if there’s something wrong, and Grimda tells you about the thieves who have made off with an ancient scroll of Wael. All she knows is that the thieves were near an abandoned farmhouse on the road to Dyrford.

New Task: The Parable of Wael

Objective: Retrieve the stolen scroll

Part 2: Down on the Farm

Woodend Plains

If you’ve been thoroughly searching each area you move to, you should remember a small abandoned farmhouse (3) guarded by Phantoms in the southwest corner of Woodend Plains. Head there at once. The Phantoms have been slain, replaced by six thieves whispering about their next plan of action. They can’t be reasoned with; slay them all, including their Bear Companion. Once all are twitching on the grass, inspect their corpses. Iben holds the Scroll of Wael.

When the scroll is in your possession, a voice booms in your head, “You have found it. Now lose it again.” The voice explains that the theft was not an accident. Their purpose is the hunt itself. The scrolls are meant to be lost and found. The voice asks you to take it to the Black Meadow and bury it in the drake that faces east.

Task Updated

Objective: Return to Grimda in Copperlane

Part 3: Conclusion

Black Meadow

You can now choose to return the scroll to Grimda or do as the voice suggests and bury it in Black Meadow. If you bury it, head along the scorched pathway in the middle of the meadow until you reach the easternmost drake skeleton (4). Place the scroll under its skull. You will still need to return to Grimda…

Copperlane

Hall of Revealed Mysteries

…or you can return the scroll directly to Grimda (2) at the Hall of Revealed Mysteries (1). If you hid the scroll as Wael asked, then you will have the choice to tell Grimda so when you talk to her. When you tell her this, she does not believe you. Replying with any of the three choices you are given ends in the same result: He agrees that hiding it was probably the best thing to do.