First Fires

First Fires
First Fires
First Fires (during the Duc's assassination)
Details
Game	Pillars of Eternity
Type	City District
Locations
Part of	Defiance Bay
Contains	Crucible Keep Ducal Palace Temple of Woedica Vailian Embassy
Exits to	Brackenbury Copperlane Heritage Hill Ondra's Gift
People
Inhabitants	Commoner Crier Ghost Justiciar Noble Refugee Vailian Diplomat Vailian Soldier
Quests
A Call to Court Iron and Flame Missing Sentries Never Far from the Queen Rogue Knight The Forgotten The Hermit of Hadret House Undying Heritage Unwanted Winds of Steel
Technical
Map	🗺️ First Fires
Location ID	AR_0201_First_Fires_Exterior
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“

Politics, infighting, greed. And a shrine to Magran as well. Her clergy belongs there.

”

~ Durance

First Fires is the government district of Defiance Bay in Pillars of Eternity.

Background

The government district, named as such to commemorate it as the place where the revolution started. It hosts the Ducal Palace, Vailian embassy, and Crucible Keep. An old, derelict temple of Woedica is also present, deliberately left to rot and decay.

Points of interest

• This is a central hub map, connecting all four of the main districts of Defiance Bay. In the center is a crier, the local news network, standing next to a ruined tower, otherwise the notable characters are located inside the buildings.
  • To the north is the Ducal Palace, seat of power for the rulers of the Free Palatinate of Dyrwood and the current Duc Aevar Wolf-Grin.
  • To the east is Crucible Keep, the Knights of the Crucible's main base of operations within the Defiance Bay and surrounding areas.
  • To the west is the Vailian Embassy, residence and offices of Vicent Agosti, the Vailian Republics' ambassador to The Dyrwood.
• Approach the Temple of Woedica and you can encounter a ghost belonging to lord Adwellen Rügfald III, who is a crucial part of the main quest.

Characters

• Adwellen Rügfald III, the ghost of.

Backer NPCs

• Kad'lr Koan
• Llyranor
• Meghnad
• Quinalin Grapplewind
• Ravadav Durr
• Ruben Torres
• "Twelvecharms" Maggie Tiller
• Urist Nakazul

Companion reactions

Some companions have a special comment upon visiting the Temple of Woedica:

• Aloth: "This looks like the place Maerwald described."
• Sagani: "Is this the old church you were looking for?"
• Kana Rua: "This would be the temple Maerwald spoke of. Or what remains of it."
• Hiravias: "This was once hallowed ground for Woedica's faithful. I wonder how long it's been abandoned..."
• Edér: "This'd be our church of Woedica. Heh, Dyrwoodans. Probably the first thing we burned during the revolution."

Two companions have a special comment upon reaching the Ducal Palace:

• Durance: "Politics, infighting, greed. And a shrine to Magran as well. Her clergy belongs there."
• Grieving Mother: "Too many... minds here, all shallow."

Durance has a special comment upon reaching the Vailian Embassy:

• Durance: "All these circling feet, heading nowhere."

Related quests

Side quests

• Cinders of Faith
• Built to Last
• Fragments of a Scattered Faith
• The Child of Five Suns
• Winds of Steel

Tasks

• Missing Sentries
• The Forgotten
• Unwanted

Plants

• 1x Admeth's Wyrt
• 1x Blood Moss
• 2x St. Gyran's Horn

Behind the scenes

• The First Fires district was likely going to have four additional "house" locations, as evidenced by the unused area IDs: AR_0202_First_Fires_House_01, AR_0203_First_Fires_House_02, AR_0204_First_Fires_House_03, AR_0205_First_Fires_House_04_Lower, and AR_0206_First_Fires_House_04_Upper. It's possible that these were moved to Copperlane at some point during development.

Map

• Map - First Fires

Gallery

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  Preview of the day-night cycle in the First Fires district, an example of the use of colour grading and other effects