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Laslea
Laslea is a small silver-mining village in northern Vale Sangora and Coen's home. The Prologue starts here, and its church tower is one of the first scouting towers you can climb.
- Type
- Settlement
- Region
- Laslea Glen
- Province
- Laslea
Good to know
- It switched from mining to farming once Brencis banned silver.
- Locals pay their blood to the vampires at a monthly Blood Mass.
- The village starts to be rebuilt a month after it is burned.
- It counts as one of the 8 villages for Tour Guide Training.
- The Church Tower in Laslea Glen is a scouting tower, with the Unnatural Resilience Manual on its balcony.
- A treasure map dig site lies east of the village, guarded by a bear.
The uprising
In 1349 the villagers mine silver to make weapons. Brencis finds out, burns the village, and takes survivors prisoner.
What's here
Coen's family home, the fields, the river and the church. It is your starting area, so the gear and manuals here are worth grabbing early.
Worth knowing
After surveying the Church Tower, drop from the roof to the balcony below for the manual chest. The pre-order armour set lands as you leave Laslea's gate.
Someone Needs a LessonThis prologue quest has you chase down Vasil after he insults Coen. It is a quick 250 XP, and the talk at the end shows a sadder side of the village troublemaker.
Deep DownDeep Down is a Prologue side quest where you look for the missing farmhand Lazar and end up in ancient ruins. Do it before Sacred Covenant: the ruins hold the Mireleaf Bracers and a boss.
A Deal with the DevilA 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.- All Good ThingsAll 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.
- Bad BloodBad Blood is the Prologue quest where Coen goes into the silver mine to find his father and comes out changed. It ends with your first clash with Brencis, a fight you are meant to lose.
- If a Tree Falls in a ForestIf a Tree Falls in a Forest is a Prologue event that starts at a dead soldier under a fallen tree. You follow footsteps into the foothills and report what you find to the village elder.
- Like Father, Like SonLike Father, Like Son is the Prologue quest where Pieter takes Coen up to old ruins to spar. It teaches you to read a heavy fighter, and your answer at the end decides how much time you keep.
- Live BaitLive Bait is a Prologue side quest where Yanna asks you to take the little ones fishing. A run-in with Brencis's soldier at the river says a lot about the danger hanging over Pieter.
- On the RunOn the Run is a small prologue side quest in Laslea Glen where Iorgu asks you to find his escaped pig. It is easy XP and coin, but it fails if you have not finished it before Sacred Covenant.
Page-turnerPage-turner is a short prologue side quest where Coen stays at Anca's house for a Latin lesson during a storm. It is easy to miss, because it only starts if you agree to stay during Withering Away.- PrologueThe 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.
Sacred CovenantSacred Covenant is the fourth main quest of the prologue, the Blood Mass in Laslea's church. What you did earlier, especially with Esme's herbs, decides how it plays out, so it is the moment the prologue pays off.- Smoke and AshesSmoke 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.
- Things Will Be Different NowThings Will Be Different Now is the epilogue quest, set back in Laslea Glen after the final battle. It is a short wind-down where you see how your choices landed before the credits.
- Withering AwayWithering 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.
- AlinAlin is Coen's younger brother, who drowned as a child after falling through cracked ice. You never play alongside him, but his death shapes Coen, his mother Esme and the quest Home Sweet Home.
- AncaAnca is a former nun and herbalist living near Laslea. She taught Coen to read Latin, and after Laslea falls she teaches him blood magic, starting with the hex Compel Soul.
CoenCoen is the main character you play. A young farmer from Laslea, he becomes a Dawnwalker, human by day and vampire by night, and has 30 days to save his captive family from Brencis.- EsmeEsme is Coen's mother. Grief and illness have left her barely able to eat or leave her bed, and getting her through the next Blood Mass is what drives the prologue.
- GremlaGremla is Coen's neighbour in Laslea, who is weaving a church banner for the Blood Mass. In the prologue side quest Blasphemy the banner is stolen, and how you help her decides her fate.
- IorguIorgu is a Laslea villager whose pig has run off, which starts the prologue side quest On the Run. Bring her back and you decide whether she ends up as sausages.
- MirtoMirto is Coen's younger brother, eight years old. Once a quiet boy, he has grown restless as his parents drifted away, and he is taken with the family after Laslea's uprising.
- PieterPieter is Coen's father, a retired sellsword turned silver miner. He taught Coen to fight, and he is taken with the rest of the family after Laslea's failed uprising.
- VasilVasil is Coen's neighbour in Laslea and the village troublemaker. He is the target of the prologue quest Someone Needs a Lesson, and you can run into him again after Laslea falls.
- YannaYanna is Coen's sister and the eldest daughter. She keeps the family going and looks after Mirto and Lunka whenever Coen and Pieter are away.
- ZdislavZdislav is the wise old alderman of Laslea, Coen's home village. He is a lore figure from The Secret History of Vale Sangora whose diary warns the young about the valley's dangers.
Related places
- Region
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains are the range that surrounds Vale Sangora. You never leave the valley, but the peaks frame every view and hide places like the Uriash village.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoLandmarkShrike's Crag
Shrike's Crag is an old quarry west of Svartrau where Skender Dragosti massacred rebel peasants. It also holds Boar's Back Tower, a hard night climb with a manual and an amulet up top.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoCampBandit Camps
Bandit camps are 15 armed outposts scattered across Vale Sangora. Clear one for its loot chest, which often holds a skill manual or a treasure map.
- Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoLandmark
Briar Sloughs Tower
Briar Sloughs Tower is a ruined stone scouting tower by the river south of Laslea Glen. Climb it at night to survey the swamps and grab the skill manual in its chest.