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Dharmon |
Great Cave |
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Navigation: General Hints, Shops, People and Quests, Notes, Pylon, Job Board
List of all towns and shops in Avernum
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| Dharmon | Cellar |
The Mayor of the town is rather supercilious. The other inhabitants are also rather stange, each in his or her own way.
| Person | Function | Items, Quests and Notes | Rating |
| Clive |
Shopkeeper (Weapons) |
Sells very good weapons and will also buy your loot. | expensive |
| Hestia |
Shopkeeper (Rations) |
She talks a about the fabulous food she fabricates and about her husband Clive. She sells a variety of foodstuffs.. |
utterly rediculous |
| de Bry | Mayor |
Gives you a quest to find out who is leading the bandits who operate north of Fort Saffron. If you question him further he will tell you that Lagran passed through recently. He is however rather mean. Even if you do manage to find out who is behind the bandits the only reward you get from him is about 40xp and 1 reputation. |
Quest |
| Edlin | Prisoner | He will tell you about the platinum brooch that he says Bertaud in Mertis stole. | |
| Malville | Priest | Teaches Priest spells 1 – 16 if your reputation is high enough (at least 12). He also gives some tips about learning Return Life and finding Greymould. | expensive |
| Witch | Teaches mage spells 1 – 17 (except Dispel Barriers). She will give you a quest to locate the Valorim Bestiary and will make Speed, Power and Protection Potions or a Wisdom Crystal for you if you have the necessary ingerdients thereby taking a charge of Mandrake in payment. She will also sell you information: for 100 coins she tells you that there is a patch of Energetic Herbs in a hidden cavern far to the east just north of a cave full of lave and steam; and for 200 that there is a patch of Mandrake south of the Giant's Fortress. |
expensive Quest |
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| Nixa | Innkeeper | Like all innkeepers on this game she has no rooms free. | |
| Malka | Guest | She will advise you to ask Royce in Blosk about the ‘Scimitar’. When you have joined them she will tell you there is a secret entrance to Dharmon in the north. | |
| Mentta | Begger | He will sell you information about Eldin in the prison. Dexter in Almaria wants you to kill him. If you do, you will loose reputation. | |
| Talking Statue | (Erika has Password) | It heard some bandits talking about a storehouse of stolen goods hidden somewhere in Dharmon and a secret boat to reach it. They said that one of their number had been arrested. And that he had a valuable brooch. He might be in the jail |
It is always a good idea to talk to everybody. The following notes give hints on hidden rooms, traps and puzzles.
The entrance to the cellar is just north of the East Gate. There is nothing down there but a Pylon and some Crystals together with some magical notes in a cupboard.
If you enter from the north you can, after fighting a four Vapour Rats, reach a jetty on which a boat is moored. You can use it to take you to the prison cells so that you can talk to Edlin.
If you row the boat to the NW, you can land on a small area with a trap (TU 10) guarding a few bags of meal together with two chests containig a few coins and other items. Behind the locked door are three demons which are guarding some (bandit's) loot: one chest containing 4 Gold Bars and various Crystals, the other with 48 coins, 2 Gold Bars and a Crystalline Wand.
The witch sends you of to look in the library of the Tower of Magi for the Bestiary. When you return to tell her it is not there, she gives you 25 coins and about 55 xp and tells you to look in Patrick's library. This time she gives you 50 coins and around 75 xp and sends you off to Erika, who actually has it. When you return from Erika you get about 40 xp, 1 rep. and she lets you read a tome which teaches Splinter (Summon Shade) L3.
| Potion | Ingredients |
| Speed Potion | Spiritual Herbs, Energetic Herbs and Mandrake Root |
| Power Potion | Spiritual Herbs, Energetic Herbs and Mandrake Root |
| Protection Potion | Healing Herbs, Spiritual Herbs, Energetic Herbs and Mandrake Root |
| Wisdom Crystal | Greymould, Healing Herbs, Spiritual Herbs, Energetic Herbs and Mandrake Root |
The Job Board is just west of the inn, directly opposite the Witch's shop.
| Job | Description | Originator |
| Brigands on the Road | Brigand infiltrators from the Abyss have been sighted in the Great Cave. One group of them has been active on the roads southeast of Dharmon. A bounty is available to the hunter who can track them down | DeBry |
| Bandit Keep | A new group of bandits has been sighted in the area of the ruins northwest of Fort Saffron. If a bounty hunter can find this small group of rogues and bring harsh justice to their leader, report to Allison for a bounty. | Allison, Fort Spire |
| Message – Bargha | Someone has tacked a sheet of parchment to the board. All it says is, "Calder of Bargha. Payment on Delivery." The scroll lacks any other markings. Odd. | anonymous |
| Lost Shipment | A caravan containing precious iron bars was waylaid by brigands while heading south from the Spire Fortress. The merchants and guards were allowed to flee, but the waggons were lost. Any traveller who can find out where the waggons were taken can receive a reward by reporting the location to Clive of Dharmon. | Clive |
They are a bit difficult to identify and are rather tough for a low level party. They once followed me down to Patrick's Tower and waited outside for me. I just managed to escape them by going east, only to bump into the merchants who were in trouble. After helping them out, I found the bandits were on top of me and I could not get away. So I had to back up some way. You can of course just ignore them because they will not pick a fight if you do not talk to them.
When you have finally defeated them the mayor will reward you with 200 coins, a Chilling Band, around 65 xp and 1 reputation.
Here you need to go off to Ruined Bandit Cave and deal with the brigands you find there. After eliminating them you should report to Allison in Fort Spire, who will reward you with an Ice Hydra Helm (value 1000 and protection from cold), about 45xp and 1 Reputation.
This one is dead easy: it completes itself when you talk to Caldar in Bargha, who rewards you with 50 coins and around 25xp.
The waggons are at W on the map of the Erika/Bandits area. Clive rewards you with a Vampiric Knife and about 90 xp.