Burun Soul Stones

Difficulty:  No Restrictions, Although 60+ to solo
Timer:  About 1 Month, although I don't know why you'd want to do this one twice
Can be Solo'd?  Yes if you saved Nuhmudira, No if you didn't

Rewards:  Burun Soul Stone for Noble Weapons and Salvaging Spells

At the height of the Burun Invasion, Queen Elysa felt it necessary to ask Nuhmudira's assistance, despite their mutual hatred.  How this quest works specifically depends on whether or not you chose to save or damn Nuhmudira in the Gelidite Library.

Step 1:  Nuhmudira's Cottage.  Begin your quest in Uziz and run to 20.8S, 22.5E.  There you will find Nuhmudira's lone cottage.  Enter her basement and locate her journal.  Read it and you will learn about a hidden Adjanite island to the south of the Vesayans.  Nuhmudira has constructed a portal device to the island on the southwest shore of Ithaenc.  Reading her journal flags you to use it.

Step 2:  Xi Ru's Island.  Recall Sanctuary or buy an Ithaenc Wedding invitation and use it.  Buff up here - frost or slash weapons and pretty much all protects and banes.  Run to 83.4S, 89.8E and run into the device, which will teleport you to the hidden island.  This island is quite scenic and is a nice place to explore if you have the time.  If not, the portal will drop you in front of another Cathedral.  Run into it, avoiding the Sclavi, to the top level where you will find a portal.  Enter it.

Step 3:  Xi Ru's Trials.  Inside the Chapel, you will find one of Nuhmudira's students (formerly Nuhmudira herself).  Greet the student and you will find out just how hard your quest will be.  You will have to recover one, two, or three items from the Chapel, depending on whether or not you saved Nuhmudira.  There are some other factors which are not entirely clear, so it's possible that you might have to do 2 dungeons even though you saved her.  Fortunately, the quest has been changed so that anyone may enter any of the trials, regardless of which items they need.  Before you can enter the sections of the Chapel that hold the relics Nuhmudira wants, you need to answer the questions of the Chapel's guardians.  Hevk Loz asks you to select the portrait of the man who became undead thanks to the Falatacots' magic - Geraine IV, His Eternal Splendor.  Jif Loz asks you to pick the bust of the man responsible for the destruction of the Adjanite sect at Ithaenc - Nali Valind.  Finally, Kir Loz asks you to pick the statue of the last Gromnitross in Auberean who destroyed the misguided crusaders that purged the Adjanites - Aurlanna.  Be careful here - if you select the wrong answer, you cannot undo it and will have to wait a day before you can continue.  After you have correctly answered all 3 questions, you will be permitted to open the door into the Crypt areas. 

Step 4:  The Journal.  From the door, turn left and use the lever to reach the portal into Xi Ru's Library.  This dungeon can be soloed and has several levers.  The monsters from here on are higher level Moarsmen.  All you need to remember is to go straight ahead and head in the opposite direction after you've ran up a ramp.  At the end of the dungeon, you will find a Journal.  Pick it up and take the exit portal.  Give it to Nuhmudira's student.  If you only had to do one dungeon, you are now finished here.

Step 5:  The Urn.  Head back up the ramp in the Question room and this time, head straight to enter Xi Ru's Crypt.  This dungeon requires more than one person (or an adept jumper with high skill).  Hug the right wall until you come to a four-way intersection.  Head south and you will quickly come to a square room with several lever doors in many directions.  The doors open and close too quickly for anyone to hit the levers alone.  You and your team will have to pull levers for each other until you open the door straight across from the entrance.  You can now jump up a few small platforms to the top of the Crypt.  Alternatively, you can jump on top of one of the Moarsmen in the square room and try to jump around the side of the room.  Either way, cross the bridge and you will reach the end of the dungeon.  Pick up the Urn, take the exit, and give it to Nuhmudira's student.  If you had two items to recover, you are now done.

Step 6:  Ashes.  The final dungeon absolutely requries more than one person to complete.  Head through the door and turn right to enter Xi Ru's Remembrance.  From the drop, hug the right wall and make your way up a ramp.  Shortly after you are up the ramp, you will see a lever.  Leave one person here while you proceed to the south.  You will come to a lever door - there is a button right next to it.  Go through and continue south until you reach a second lever door.  This is the one that is activated by the lever where you left your friend.  Have him hit it and then bug the door (stand in its path and your friend will be able to pass through it).  Regroup and press on.  The dungeon from here on is a mirror image of itself, so you can't really get lost.  At the end, you will find the remains of Xi Ru. 

Step 7:  Rewards.  After you have given Nuhmudira's student all the items he requires, you will be given a Soul Stone.  If you did one or two dungeons, you will also be given Nuhmudira's salvaging spells, through level VII.  If you had to do all 3, head to a Royal Guard in one of the 3 Capitals for the spells.  Your soul stone now needs to be infused with Burun Blood.  Massacre a good number of Burun and you will eventually find a Bloodied Burun Hide.  Use the Stone on it and the Soul Stone will become useable.  Add the stone to a Noble Weapon and the weapon will gain a Burun-Slaying property.