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A Closer Look
A Closer Look is the Crake questline step where you go after Marat once Distant Shadows ends badly. It is short, but it carries the bronze trophy The Manumit if you pick the right lines.
- Type
- Side
- Given by
- Drogos
- Region
- Svartrau City
- Rewards
- 500 XP, 1 skill point, The Manumit trophy (with the right dialogue)
Good to know
- Drogos hands it to you at the Manumit Hideout after Distant Shadows.
- It fails if a full in-game day passes without you speaking to Marat, or if you kill him.
- Marat waits alone south of Svartrau City, near the woods.
- The whole quest takes about one time segment.
- It pays 500 XP and a skill point.
- Ascar, the man you watched in Distant Shadows, is at the heart of the talk.
How it starts
At the end of Distant Shadows, Marat storms off and Drogos speaks with you. Tell Drogos you will go and talk to Marat, or the quest never unlocks. Drogos then gives you A Closer Look at the Manumit Hideout.
What you do
Head to the marker south of Svartrau City and find Marat on his own near the woods. The rest is one conversation. Whatever you say, the quest completes when the talk ends.
Getting The Manumit
For the trophy, keep the conversation gentle. Offer to join him, say you are worried, show you know what this is about, name Ascar as his father, ask why, then promise nothing he says will change how you see him.
What happensSpoilerShow
Marat admits that Ascar is his father. An optional romance scene can follow. It does not change the ending or any other quest.
Objectives
1. Find Marat south of Svartrau City. 2. Talk with him and finish the conversation.
- AscarAscar is a beekeeper who lives in a hut on the south side of Tantari. Crake has you tail him in the optional quest Distant Shadows, and what you find out explains a lot about Crake.
- CrakeCrake leads the Manumits, the rebels fighting Brencis, and his chain is the longest optional storyline in the game. He is also a romance option, but he won't trust Coen until your Infamy is high.
MaratMarat leads the Manumits, the rebels fighting the vrakhiri. He is brave and well liked but trusts almost no one, so Coen has to prove himself before the rebels let him in.
Related missions
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Distant Shadows
Distant Shadows is a Crake quest where Coen meets Crake at the rebels' hideout and tails Ascar through Tantari by day. Getting spotted gives a worse outcome, so take it slow and hide behind cover.
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Rise at Dawn
Rise at Dawn is the ending quest for Crake's questline, where you march on Brencis's castle with the manumit rebels. Save before you start it, because it fails every quest you have not finished.
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Who Pulls the Strings
Who Pulls the Strings is a late Crake questline quest where you raid a gargoyle-guarded tower for a book. It pays 1000 XP and the Life Lock hex, and finishing it opens the road to Crake's ending.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStoryFall Before Dusk
Fall Before Dusk is the ending quest of Crake's questline, a rebel assault on Greifberg Castle that ends with Brencis. Beat him for The Knyazmaker, or bargain with him for The Turncoat.