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Smoke and Ashes
Smoke and Ashes is the last main quest of the prologue. Coen returns to a sacked Laslea with Anca and learns his first hex, Compel Soul, which you will use for the rest of the game.
- Type
- Story
- Region
- Laslea Glen
- Rewards
- 150 XP, Compel Soul, Burning Blood, Astral Communion
Good to know
- Investigating a rag during it is optional.
- It starts right after Bad Blood, at Anca's house.
- Use Brencis's banner as the catalyst on the dead soldier to get the useful answers.
- Casting Compel Soul on the soldier unlocks the Dead Man Talkin' trophy.
- Clearing the rubble at the gate takes long enough that night falls before you finish.
- It unlocks Burning Blood and Astral Communion as well as Compel Soul.
What you do
Walk to Laslea with Anca and search your family home. Back with her, you learn Compel Soul and use it on a dead soldier, feeding it items he cared about. Then you head for the village gate and clear the rubble that blocks it.
Objectives
1. Go to Laslea with Anca. 2. Search your family home. 3. Return to Anca. 4. Cast Compel Soul on the dead soldier. 5. Find items that mattered to him. 6. Go to the village gate. 7. Remove the rubble.
What happensSpoilerShow
Your family is gone and the house shows signs of a struggle. The villagers were taken to the castle to be drained in 30 days for Brencis's coronation. Anca heads for St. Tyna's, where her old convent library may hold a way to fight the vrakhiri.
Related missions
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStorylinePrologue
The prologue is the opening part of the story. It is set in Laslea, before the open world unlocks. Every side quest here is missable, so do them before the Blood Mass.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStoryWithering Away
Withering Away is the second main quest of the prologue. Coen fetches herbs from Anca for his sick mother, and how you brew them decides Esme's fate later, so follow the recipe.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStoryA Deal with the Devil
A Deal with the Devil is the final main quest, where Brencis asks you to parley at Shrike's Crag. Your choices here decide which ending you get, so make a manual save before you go.
- Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStory
All Good Things
All Good Things is the opening quest, where you chase Lunka through a canyon and learn the basics of combat. It teaches parrying, vampire form and Shadowstep before the story proper begins.