Locations:
Lair of the Ice Witch
Level: 6+
Restrictions: Valkyrie current or past. Hidden gender = female requirement to initiate
This mark is only available to Valkyries. It grants no rewards. It will be revoked if you sacrifice a corpse, or if you 'defile' a corpse (what 'defile' means here is uncertain for me - maybe it refers to 'animate dead'). It enables you to use the class ring 'a ceremonial mourning band'.
Go to Tellerium. Talk to Uy, valkyrie guardian of the Nayar tribe (Fighter's Guild, Defensive Practice Room). She will ask you to retrieve 5 vials of gorgon blood.
Buy some vials of unblessed water (you can carry 2 max). You can also get a length of rope to help you exit the floor with the gorgon.
Go to the Lair of the Ice Witch. Kill the gorgon animator, and if necessary the gorgonlings, which block your way to the pool of gorgon blood.
Go to the bottom of the Lair. Fill the vials with gorgon blood - they will turn into vials of gorgon blood.
Go back to Tellerium, visit Uy - she will take the vials from you.
You'll need to do this multiple times to get the 5 vials she requires.
''Note: When she asked me (Carolyn) to do the quest, she only asked for two vials. It's possible the number needed may depend on total levels or it's been changed recently.
Tips:
- You can get vials of unblessed water for cheap in Tellerium (sold by Caitlyn, all south in Market Street), or in the Towne of Xaventry (sold in Holy Supplies on east Market Street). If they're out of stock, you can buy them from the druid outside Jalur Lumber Camp, but they'll be a lot more expensive.
- As far as I know, gorgonlings are invulnerable to all but 1 random damage type, which is different for each gorgonling.
- You don't really need to kill the gorgonlings - if you exit the Lair and re-enter, they'll vanish (except for the ones at the very first room - if they pop there, you'll need to kill them).
- If you need to rest/regen/etc., you should do it in the room located 1 down from the floor with the gorgon animator. You won't be affected by cold.
- The Lair is level-adjusted and level-restricted. Once a player of a certain class level enters the Lair (eg, second class), only other players of the same class level can enter (eg, only other 2nd classers).
- The gorgon animator is level-adjusted, and her difficulty also increases with the number of players in your formation (even when they don't enter the Lair).
- When fighting the gorgon animator, be careful if you use magic. If you get stone cursed while casting a spell, the spell casting will continue anyway. If it hits her, she will shatter you, which means instant-death. So, you shouldn't spam spells - try to time them carefully so you don't overcast.
- If you don't cast at all, she won't shatter you, even when you're stone cursed.
- You can throw herb mixes but not flash bombs or other explosives.
- It's a good idea to form with another player. The player who will be tanking shouldn't be form leader. When the tank gets stone cursed, the form leader should lead the tank to another room so s/he won't get shattered.