Refulgent Bracelet

Difficulty:  Minimum to survive, 60+ to survive
Level Restriction:  35+ 
Timer:  30 Days
Can be Solo'd?  Yes
Rewards:  Refulgent Bracelet or a Writ, 2 Random rewards (see below)

The Order of the Raven Hand is a cult based on Marae Lassel.  They have been drawing in thieves and bandits, none of whom have returned to tell their tales.  The Royal Guard is getting concerned and would like you to investigate the disappearances.

Step 1:  Defile the Altar.  This quest starts on Marae Lassel's Marescent Plateau.  Buff up - you will be fighting humans and shadows mostly, so fire weapons will work best.  Cast all protects and have anyone without melee defense cast physical banes.  When your group is ready, head into the Plateau.  You are looking for Cultists and their altars.  The fastest way is to fan your group out and have everyone run around looking.  Regroup when you find an altar.  You should now start defiling the altar by using it.  The Altar will randomly spawn enemies when you defile it - Elementals, Fragments, even the dreaded Black Breath!  If you do spawn a Black Breath, you should probably run away, as he's a nasty beast.  You are looking to spawn a Dark Vapor, a wisp that looks like a portal.  Killing the Dark Vapor will summon a gateway into the Order's hidden dungeon.

Step 2a:  Caliginous Bethel - Levers.  If you took more than half an hour finding the Vapor, you should rebuff here - same buffs as before.  When you are set, head north into a large room.  You don't need to kill everything inside - just move to your right, where you will find a door.  Open it and get your group through.  Continue east and head up a ramp.  Now head north and head down the first down-ramp you see.  Kill the monsters and then attack the door.  After the door falls, you can move into the next room, where you will find a book on the floor.  Everyone in your group will want to pick one up.  When everyone has the book, head back the way you came, but stop just short of the door leading back into the large room.  To the south is a path leading down - take it.  Take your first right in the lower section and you will come to a T intersection.  Leave your group here - the north wall is actually a lever door!  You will need to open a series of lever doors to go through.  Run back to the area where you killed the door and found the book.  Instead of heading down the ramp to the door, head a little more to the west and you will see two small rooms to the north and south.  Each room has a lever inside.  Run through, avoiding the monsters, and hit both levers.  Now run back to the east and turn south.  Hug the right wall and will go up a ramp into a small room.  Run through it, across a bridge, and through an open lever door.   Open the door directly ahead of you and kill the monsters inside.  There is a lever in this far room, as well as two levers in the room directly after the bridge.  Hit the far lever and hit the near levers if the lever doors have closed on you.  Now head back down in the general direction of your group.  Where your group turned right, you should turn left (south).  You will come to another T intersection.  Head west and run past more Humans and up a spiral staircase.  You should make it through the door at the top of the staircase before it closes - if the door is closed, you will have to start over.  Follow the hall to another door.  Head through and hit a button hidden behind a coffin at the top of the platform in front of you.  Now run back to the T intersection and head E this time.  There is a similar room at the far end of this corridor too, also with a button behind the coffin.  That button will open the wall where you left your group - run back quickly or have one of your teammates block the door for you.  

Step 2b:  Shadows.  Once you and everyone else is through the wall, move north, taking either of the paths you will come across.  Both lead to a large room with a large number of Humans.  Be very careful in this room - there will be a lot of war magic flying about and it's possible to die if you aren't careful.  In the middle of the room is a pit - jump down into it.  Here you will find a second book.  Again, have everyone pick one up.  There is a pressure plate in the NE corner of the pit that opens one of the walls.  When everyone has their book, head through the wall and stop short of a ledge ahead of you.  Take the time to dispel any debuffs you may have before jumping.  Mages should also imperil the Shadows below to speed things up.  Have the highest level people in your group jump down and kill the Shadows.  Anyone with low health or a bad connection should wait up top until the Shadows are dead.  When everyone is down, pick any of the paths and head down.  You will fight several more shadows until you come to a series of small rooms.  You are looking for Lesser Shadows (Void Knights and Wretches).  Kill them and check their corpses for Repugnant Bracelets.  Everyone will need one!  There is also a camouflaged portal, so be careful.  When everyone has the bracelet, you can leave.

Step 3:  Rewards.  First, head for Bluespire.  Give your books to Aurten Rhell and he will give you a reward.  I have received Shards, SSKs, MMD notes, Golem Hearts, and Singularity Keys.  Your results may vary!  If you don't want the Refulgent Bracelet, you can turn in the Repugnant Bracelet to Rhell for your Writ.  If you do want the Refulgent Bracelet though, you will need to head to Ithaenc Cathedral.  If you don't have Sanctuary Recall, buy a Ithaenc Wedding Invitation.  Look for Adja's Well near the Cathedral and pick up the nearby bucket.  Use the bucket on the well to gather some water.  Now use the Repugnant Bracelet on the Bucket to clease the evil from it.  Be sure not to use the bucket, or you will drink the water, which has a day timer on it!