The Battle of Yenwood Field

The Battle of Yenwood Field
Details
Type	Side quest
Quest giver	Marshal Forwyn
Location(s)	Caed Nua Yenwood Field
NPCs involved	Marshal Forwyn Bademar Lord Gathbin Emery
Experience gained?
XP type	Normal
XP level	14
Total XP	999 XP
Total ST	3 stronghold turn(s)
Experience breakdown Objective ID Weight XP ST 1...3 (3) 1 249 0.75 End state 1 252 0.75 TOTAL 4 999 3 (XP = Experience points, ST = Stronghold turns) The experience listed is per party member, and does NOT include other bonuses, such as party size.
Outcomes and rewards
Defeat Lord Gathbin	Gathbin Family Signet Gauntlets of Ogre Might Blunting Belt Ring of Unshackling
Defeat Lord Gathbin	Gathbin Family Signet Gauntlets of Ogre Might Blunting Belt Ring of Unshackling
Related quests
Previous: A Return to Court
Previous: A Return to Court
Next: -
Next: -
Technical
Quest ID	15_qst_yenwood_3

The Battle of Yenwood Field is a side quest in Pillars of Eternity, added as of patch 3.0.

Synopsis

Lord Gathbin is assembling an army of mercenaries in an attempt to wrest control of Caed Nua from the Watcher by force. The Watcher will need to raise their own army to stop him. To fight Lord Gathbin's forces, Marshal Forwyn will assist in the logistics of it all, coordinating things at the Great Hall in Caed Nua.

Walkthrough

Preparations

• Speak to Marshal Forwyn. To maximize your chance of success, you must gain as much support as you can:
  • All hirelings employed at the start of the battle will fight alongside you. Korgrak may be helpful here.
  • Depending on your side choice, a contingent of the Crucible Knights, the Dozens or the Doemenels will assist you.
  • Ogres from Matron Beregan (requires peaceful solution of the Ogre Matron).
  • Readceran Pathfinders from Adaryc.
  • Pay 10,000 for an extra group of mercenaries.
• When you feel ready, start the battle. You can choose to come along or travel for yourself to Yenwood Field (which will appear on the world map to the east of Caed Nua).

Scripted event

The first part of the battle is a scripted event.

• The more groups of supporting troops you can acquire, the more of Lord Gathbin's forces are defeated during the dialogue, and the less you have to fight yourself afterwards. To manage your assault correctly
  • Use Archers against the Bleak Walkers,
  • Ogres against the Battlemages,
  • Crucible Knights / Dozens / Doemenels against Berserkers.
• This will cause his regulars to flee from battle.
• Emery, if she's still alive, you managed to impress her during a Return to Court, and you're winning the battle, will join you by betraying Lord Gathbin.

Combat sequence

Your party, your hirelings, and many of your soldiers will then face off against Gathbin and his remaining forces in combat.

After the fight, you will be asked to forward some of your tax income to Erl Bademar. If you do so, your tax harvest will be diminished (17.5% of your keep profit every turn will from now on be given to the Earl), but if you object, you will receive Defiance Bay: Extraordinary Negative.

Behind the scenes

• The audio in Yenwood Field was recorded at Obsidian. The audio designers got a number of Obsidian employees together in the audio booth to scream and shout as if they were in a battle, which supposedly resulted in a noise complaint from the companies on the floor above and below their offices.

Journal

quests\15_yenwood\15_qst_yenwood_3
ID	Objectives
0	The Battle of Yenwood Field
	10000	Lord Gathbin is assembling an army of mercenaries in an attempt to wrest control of Caed Nua from me by force. I'll need to raise my own army to stop him.
1	Help Marshal Forwyn raise an army at Caed Nua.
	10001	To fight Lord Gathbin's forces, I'll need an army of my own. Marshal Forwyn will assist me in the logistics of it all, coordinating things at the Great Hall in Caed Nua. He'll wait there until I command my army to march to Yenwood Field.
	20000	My allies in the Knights of the Crucible will send some of their veteran knights to aid my infantry - assuming I remain in their good favor until the battle.
	20001	My allies in the Dozens will send some of their veteran arquebusiers to aid my archers - assuming I remain in their good favor until the battle.
	20002	My allies in the Doemenels will send some of their assassins to aid my infantry - assuming I remain in their good favor until the battle.
	20003	Matron Beregan has promised to send some of her ogres my way to aid my infantry.
	20004	Adaryc will be sending a contingent of longbowmen to aid my archers in the battle against Lord Gathbin.
2	Meet your army at Yenwood Field and defeat Lord Gathbin.
	10002	Your army is marshaling at Yenwood Field. Meet them there to lead them against Lord Gathbin's forces.
3	Defeat Lord Gathbin.
	10003	Lord Gathbin and his elite troops are coming for you directly. This is your opportunity to kill him and rout his army once and for all.
End states
	Quest complete.
	30000	Lord Gathbin is dead and his claim to Caed Nua is ended.