Annotated History is a quest in The Forgotten Sanctum.
Synopsis
Maura of the Seven Hills arrived at the Black Isles seeking the means to confront Eothas and stop his destructive pilgrimage across the Deadfire. The archmages at the Temple of Revelation believe that she explored the Archives for knowledge. The Watcher, as usual, is contracted to find the missing archmage.
Walkthrough
- The goal of the quest is to find the missing archmage. Head on over to the Central Stacks to pick up her trail. The librarian will introduce the rules, giving you general free reign of the publicly accessible parts of the facility, as well as warning off against the restricted and quarantined sections. The quarantined section lies to the east and, unsurprisingly, it's where Maura can be found. She fled there pursued by a masked creature, as the librarian will reveal.
- The eastern wing is crawling with infested librarians, dropping a number of interesting items, such as Log: Subject K-1121's Confiscated Possessions and a variety of infested Hand Occult robes. Another notable item is The Annals of Llengrath, Volume I of V, starting Root and Branch.
- The goal lies in the Quarantined Section, where you must locate the massive spore to the northwest and talk to it. It will reveal itself as the Llengrath and then decide to extend a tentacle of peace (namely, one that wants to infest you). It will reveal that Maura fled it when it attempted to Llengrathize her and that it did not interfere with a pursuer. Then it will attack, unless you can meet a Survival 18 or Diplomacy 23 check. The spore drop a key that unlocks the door leading to the Central Stacks, the one leading to Maura.
- To find her, however, you need to steal the Incantations of the Hand or open the main door in the foyer of the Central Stacks, leading up to the Oratory of Wael. However, just as you find Maura, you witness her last moment, arguing with Fyonlecg, a strange, yet powerful mage. After killing her, he will demand your identity and act quite surprised when it turns out that years have passed and his knowledge of who is the Watcher of Caed Nua is a little out of date. He will then ask if you know of a Fyonlecg, an archmage. With History 13, Insight 14, or Bluff 15 you can mention that you never heard of him. He will speak of a strange effect, apparently erasing people from history, then promptly leave, leaving you to deal with a dozen odd problems: A giant machine shooting energy beams in every direction, an army of enchanted armors, soul mirrors, and a mirror of the forgotten Archmage.
- Any tips for battle?
- After disposing of them all (destroying the power conduits helps immensely), you will experience a Watchervision moment and make out Maura among the shelves, talking about stopping Eothas using Wael's titanic body. Inspecting the body of the fallen wizard grants The Mask of the Weyc and reveals the body to be a remote corporeal projection.
- Up the stairs, you need to find the book Maura was looking for. It's on the shelves by the exit to the scriptorium. Grab The Sacrifice the Eyeless Face Demands to complete the quest.