Sacrificial Bloodlines

Sacrificial Bloodlines is a side quest in.

Synopsis
Simoc, anamfath of the Three-Tusk Stelgaer, has led his tribe for nearly two hundred years, but he has failed to produce offspring with souls fit to succeed him. Simoc confided his fears that his tribe, which defends the Glanfathan border, will grow weak without aggressive leadership.

Walkthrough
If you talk to Simoc in the Hall of Warriors in the Elms' Reach district of Twin Elms, he'll task you with kidnapping a newborn child of his clan and sacrificing it in Blood Sands in order to distill a spirit potion for him to make him stronger.

When you approach the exit of the hall after the conversation, Simoc's son Lliras initiates conversation with you and asks you to poison his father instead in order to save the baby's life.

You can now choose between Five possible paths to resolve the quest:


 * Attack Simoc
 * You can tell Simoc that he deserves to die right in your first conversation with him, or just attack him at your discretion at any later time. That will result in an intense fight against him and everyone in the Hall of Warriors except for Lliras. You receive:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | reputation: ! style="text-align:left" | items:
 * Twin Elms: ||Moderate Positive
 * style="white-space:nowrap;width:0" | Ovates of the Golden Grove: || Moderate Positive
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Negative
 * colspan="2" | Thy Clef, plus + worth of loot from the Hall of Warriors
 * }


 * Kidnap & sacrifice the baby, and give the essence potion to Simoc
 * Go to Hearthsong district and use the rusty key you got from Simoc to enter the previously inaccessible Glanfathan Home in the south part of the map (just north of the Celestial Sapling inn). Take the baby from the cradle. When you leave the house, you will be intercepted by Lliras and attacked, no matter what you say.
 * Now return to the Elms' Reach district, enter Blood Sands, and talk to Keeper Wrdha. Give her the baby, and she'll sacrifice it and hand you the Distilled Essence Potion.
 *  Note:  Doing this will cause Grieving Mother to leave the party permanently, and her companion quest Dream and Memory to fail.
 * Go back to Simoc and give him the potion. You receive:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | reputation: ! style="text-align:left" | items:
 * Twin Elms: ||Moderate Positive
 * style="white-space:nowrap;width:0" | Ovates of the Golden Grove: || Major Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Positive
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Positive
 * Ethik Nôl: || Extraordinary Positive
 * colspan="2" | Thy Clef, plus + worth of loot from fighting Lliras
 * }


 * Poison Simoc
 * To do so, go to the Golden Grove just east of the Hall of Warriors, and ask Bledha to give you a flask of poison. It is irrelevant what kind of poison you choose.
 * Go back to Simoc and give him the potion, but he will hesitate to drink it. If you choose an answer without attribute check, he will attack you, outcome as above (1). With Resolve 19 or Intellect 19, you can persuade him to drink it, but after that, you need another Resolve 20 or Perception 19 to avoid him attacking you. You receive:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | reputation: ! style="text-align:left" | items:
 * Twin Elms: ||Moderate Positive
 * style="white-space:nowrap;width:0" | Ovates of the Golden Grove: || Major Positive
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * colspan="2" | Thy Clef
 * }


 * Poison Simoc, and Keep the baby
 * To do so first agree to help Simoc. And when you attempt to leave also agree to help Lliras.
 * First go to the Golden Grove just east of the Hall of Warriors, and ask Bledha to give you a flask of poison. It is irrelevant what kind of poison you choose.
 * Go to Hearthsong district and use the rusty key you got from Simoc to enter the previously inaccessible Glanfathan Home in the south part of the map (just north of the Celestial Sapling inn). Take the baby from the cradle. When you leave the house, you will be intercepted by Lliras and attacked, no matter what you say.
 * Go back to Simoc and give him the potion, but he will hesitate to drink it. If you choose an answer without attribute check, he will attack you, outcome as above (1). With Resolve 19 or Intellect 19, you can persuade him to drink it, but after that, you need another Resolve 20 or Perception 19 to avoid him attacking you.
 * You receive:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | reputation: ! style="text-align:left" | items:
 * Twin Elms: ||Moderate Positive
 * style="white-space:nowrap;width:0" | Ovates of the Golden Grove: || Major Positive
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Moderate Negative
 * colspan="2" | Thy Clef, plus + worth of loot from fighting Lliras
 * }
 * When the quest completes you will still have the Baby, but wont have anything to do with it. And quest seems to bug out and thinks Lliras is still alive. Looks just like you only poisoned Simoc.


 * Poison Simoc, and sacrifice the baby
 * To do so first agree to help Simoc. And when you attempt to leave also agree to help Lliras.
 * First go to the Golden Grove just east of the Hall of Warriors, and ask Bledha to give you a flask of poison. It is irrelevant what kind of poison you choose.
 * Go to Hearthsong district and use the rusty key you got from Simoc to enter the previously inaccessible Glanfathan Home in the south part of the map (just north of the Celestial Sapling inn). Take the baby from the cradle. When you leave the house, you will be intercepted by Lliras and attacked, no matter what you say.
 * Now return to the Elms' Reach district, enter Blood Sands, and talk to Keeper Wrdha. Give her the baby, and she'll sacrifice it and hand you the Distilled Essence Potion.
 *  Note:  Doing this will cause Grieving Mother to leave the party permanently, and her companion quest Dream and Memory to fail. So leave her at an inn for this.
 * Go back to Simoc and give him the potion, but he will hesitate to drink it. If you choose an answer without attribute check, he will attack you, outcome as above (1). With Resolve 19 or Intellect 19, you can persuade him to drink it, but after that, you need another Resolve 20 or Perception 19 to avoid him attacking you.
 * You receive:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | reputation: ! style="text-align:left" | items:
 * Twin Elms: ||Moderate Negative
 * style="white-space:nowrap;width:0" | Ovates of the Golden Grove: || Major Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Major Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Major Negative
 * Ethik Nôl: || Major Negative
 * colspan="2" | Thy Clef, plus + worth of loot from fighting Lliras
 * }
 * When the quest completes you will still have the Distilled Essence Potion but it won't be usable. And quest notes say: "After sacrificing Vela in Blood Sands, Decided to kill Simoc. With the old anamfath and his adoptive successor gone, Three-Tusk Stelgaer will have to find new leadership".
 * Optionally you can keep the unusable poison bottle instead and give the Distilled Essence Potion to Simoc instead. Refer to rewards for helping Simoc when doing this.

In all cases you then complete the quest.