Avernum 3-15: Back to the Endgame!

Spent the day cleaning up a buncha stuff. I found the elusive fifth stone circle. Turned out to be the closest one to the beginning. Sheesh.

So I got all of the Level 3 spells except the ones that I probably will find very soon. I had a bunch of stuff crafted and sold it. Found a few more blessing machines for my good equipment. Sold a bunch of stuff. Bought skills for lots of coins. Had a bunch of potions made. I've kept a decent amount of coins in case I find another spells merchant (I rather doubt that, but you never know).

I even found the one town I hadn't explored yet:

A new place!

It was on an island, and even had the funniest mage in the game! (Wish I'd taken a shot of the guy, but he's just a little character in a blue robe, anyway.)

Also found just a few areas I hadn't explored in some dungeons. Found some nice items too!

I also found the last box of soldier's possessions. I had simply missed the box, even though I had looked for it at least three times previously.

But I was unable to clear up a quest from a character who wanted to meet someone who had met the Empress. I have met the Empress. I went back to her twice and did all the dialogue options and it never cleared the quest.

I left the fine meal quest unfinished. The location was fairly far away from where I was, and they took my sugar from me last time. That's all they get. I also deliberately did not destroy the Temple of Divine Lucre. They're greedy but nice to me (well, I joined to get their spells). I'm not gonna slaughter 'em. Morals.

So now I'm back at the Great Walls, which is the beginning of the endgame. I'm fairly satisfied that I did all I could do, or wanted to do. 

Tomorrow: the endgame.

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