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Shadows in the Desert
Shadows in the Desert
Act2
TypeCampaign
Quest StartLeah
Quest EndEnchantress
Quest Objectives

  1. Go to the Caldeum Bazaar
  2. Talk to Asheara
  3. Go through the Sundered Canyon
  4. Kill the ambushing cultists
  5. Talk to the Enchantress in the Sundered Canyon
  6. Kill the lacuni attacking the Iron Wolves
  7. Talk to Iron Wolf Jarulf
  8. Disrupt the Hidden Conclave ritual
    Disrupt the Secret Altar ritual
  9. Go to the Black Canyon Bridge
  10. Talk to the Enchantress



Shadows in the Desert is the first quest of Act II


Quest Rewards

  • 2975 XP
  • 1530 Gold

Objectives

Leah PortraitLeah
Here we are: Caldeum, Jewel of the East. Uncle Deckard loved this place...
 
Tyrael PortraitTyrael
He wouldn't now that it is under the spell of Belial, Lord of Lies. I can smell his stench on the air.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
We will split up. You two find Belial, and I will hunt his servant Maghda. Cain will be avenged.
Crusader PortraitCrusader
You two try to find out where Belial is while I hunt down Maghda. Your uncle will be avenged, Leah
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
We'll have to separate. You two search for Belial while I track down Maghda and make her pay for Cain's death.
Monk PortraitMonk
We will split up. You two search for Belial while I hunt Maghda. Cain's death must be avenged.
Witch Doctor PortraitWitch Doctor
Our paths lead apart. You search for Belial, and I will seek Maghda. Her end will bring rest to Cain's spirit.
Wizard PortraitWizard
We need to split up. You two search for Belial while I hunt that witch Maghda. Cain's death will not go unanswered.
 

Go to the Caldeum Bazaar

Talk to Asheara

Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
Guard, where do these refugees come from?
Crusader PortraitCrusader
Guard, where did these refugees come from?
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
Tell me, guard, why are all these refugees here?
Monk PortraitMonk
Guard, where have these refugees come from?
Witch Doctor PortraitWitch Doctor
Guard, where did these refugees come from?
Wizard PortraitWizard
Guard, where did these refugees come from?
 
Asheara PortraitAsheara
I am not a guard. I am Asheara, commander of the Iron Wolves. We saved these refugees from Maghda's coven???that—even now wreaks havoc throughout the Borderlands.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
As it happens, I am hunting Maghda. Where do I find her?
Crusader PortraitCrusader
I am hunting Maghda. Do you know where she's going?
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
I have been hunting Maghda all the way from New Tristram. Where can I find her?
Monk PortraitMonk
My enemy. The gods have led me to you. Where can I find Maghda?
Witch Doctor PortraitWitch Doctor
Then we share a common foe. I seek Maghda, but I do not know where to find her.
Wizard PortraitWizard
It seems fate has brought us together. I hunt Maghda. Do you know where she is?
 
Asheara PortraitAsheara
She's heading toward Alcarnus, but has blocked the road behind her. However, there is another way: through the Khasim Outpost.
 

Go through the Sundered Canyon

Leah PortraitLeah
Tyreal and I learned that while the Iron Wolves were fighting Maghda in the desert, the emperor replaced them with imperial guards who bar all from the inner city.
 
Tyrael PortraitTyrael
I suspect that the Iron Wolves were sent out to die. Belial has made his move. We must find a way into the city.
 
Leah PortraitLeah
As a child I explored Caldeum while Uncle Deckard studied here. I can get in through the sewers.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
Good, Learn what you can while I hunt Maghda.
Crusader PortraitCrusader
Good, Learn what you can while I hunt Maghda.
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
Good. Learn what you can. We'll reconvene after I've killed Maghda.
Monk PortraitMonk
Good, Learn what you can while I hunt Maghda.
Wizard PortraitWizard
Good. Learn what you can while I head to Alcarnus to take care of Maghda.
 
Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
Take heed, traveler. Cultists guard these desert roads, and they will slay any who pass.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
No, they will die. I have come to kill them and their leader.
Crusader Male PortraitCrusader Male
That's excellent. I have some questions for these cultists.
Crusader Female PortraitCrusader Female
Excellent. I have some questions for these cultists.
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
I've heard. I traveled here to kill them and their leader.
Monk PortraitMonk
That would spare me the trouble of finding them.
Wizard PortraitWizard
They are welcome to try. I have come here to kill them and their leader.
 
Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
Then you must not go alone. I shall accompany you.
 
Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
(Crusader) You mean to kill them, do you not? I shall come along.
 

Kill the ambushing cultists

Talk to the Enchantress in the Sundered Canyon

Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
How did you know about the ambush?
Crusader PortraitCrusader
How did you know about the ambush?
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
How did you know about the ambush?
Monk PortraitMonk
How did you know about the ambush?
Wizard PortraitWizard
How did you know about the ambush?
 
Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
I am an enchantress; the way of magic and illusion are familiar to me. My name is Eirena.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
I am grateful for your aid. What really brings you to these lands?
Crusader PortraitCrusader
And I am a crusader. Nice to meet you, Eirena. Why are you out here?
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
My thanks, Eirena. It seems you are doing a lot more than saving travelers, though.
Monk PortraitMonk
Thank you, Eirena. But I do not believe you have told me the truth about your presence here.
Wizard PortraitWizard
I'm no stranger to magic myself, and yours is pretty unusual. What are you really doing out here?
 

Kill the lacuni attacking the Iron Wolves

Talk to Iron Wolf Jarulf

Iron Wolf Jarulf PortraitIron Wolf Jarulf
If not for you, the lacuni would have eaten well this day...
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
Are there more lacuni on the road to Alcarnus?
Crusader PortraitCrusader
Are there more lacuni on the road to Alcarnus?
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
Will I need to slaughter more lacuni on my way to Alcarnus?
Monk PortraitMonk
I travel to Alcarnus. Will there be more of these lacuni on the road?
Wizard PortraitWizard
Should I expect more lacuni on the road to Alcarnus?
 
Iron Wolf Jarulf PortraitIron Wolf Jarulf
Even worse. Cultists are casting spells in two of their desert lairs to obscure the Black Canyon Bridge.
Iron Wolf Jarulf PortraitIron Wolf Jarulf
(Demon Hunter) Hah! Those beast are nothing compared to the cultists! They're casting spells in two of their desert lairs to obscure the Black Canyon Bridge
 

Disrupt the Hidden Conclave ritual
Disrupt the Secret Altar ritual

Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
(After the first disrupted ritual) - There should be another ritual at a cellar to the east of here.
 

Go to the Black Canyon Bridge

Talk to the Enchantress

Rewards:

  • 2975 XP
  • 1530 Gold

Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
I am not from Caldeum. I learned these spells fifteen hundred years ago. My sisters and I pledge our service to a man of great power. We called him the Prophet.
 
Enchantress PortraitEnchantress
He trained us and placed us in a magical slumber to awaken in this are. I am to prevent the Lords of Hell from invading.
 
Barbarian PortraitBarbarian
This is an age of omens and prophecies... Yours is but one more. You are welcome to fight by my side.
Crusader PortraitCrusader
I think you're dangerous. I like that. Come, join me.
Demon Hunter PortraitDemon Hunter
I would scarcely believe it if I hadn't seen your spells with my own eyes. You must have waited for this even longer than I have. Please, join me.
Monk PortraitMonk
Our meeting was clearly the work of the gods. Join me. I believe you will make a powerful ally in this fight.
Wizard PortraitWizard
You're serious, aren't you? I read about a stasis spell like that once, but I've never tried it. Come with me. It will be nice to have another mage along.
 
Unknown PortraitReward
Magic or Rare
 


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