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| AA. Gateway to Hook Coast |                                   [FABLEGATEHOOK]
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Quest Type - Gold
Prereqs - Prison Escape 
Money - 4,200
Renown - 500
Boasts - None

Mom leaves. Save the game, then return to the guild now. You have a ton of 
experience to spend. Max out your strength skills (or at least get them to the 
point where you can get that sword out of the stone over at the Temple, because 
that's where we'll be going next).

But before you leave, there are three quests on the table. Take all three. 
 
AA1. Darkwood Disturbance                                       [FABLEDARKWOOD] 
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Quest Type - Silver
Prereqs - Rescue the Archaeologist 
Money - 3,500
Renown - 100
Boasts - No Protection, Without A Scratch, Fist Fighter, Briar Rose Not Harmed

AA2. Bounty Hunt                                              [FABLEBOUNTYHUNT] 
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Quest Type - Silver
Prereqs - The Graveyard Path 
Money - 5,400
Renown - 400
Boasts - No Protection, Without A Scratch, Perform Quickly, Behead Leader

AA3. Bandit Spy Extraction                                     [FABLEBANDITSPY] 
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Quest Type - Silver
Prereqs - Prison Escape 
Money - 5,800
Renown - 400
Boasts - No Protection, Without A Scratch, Fist Fighter, Guard Massacre, Trader 
         Massacre, Pacifist, Solo Mission

While we're at the guild, head into the training area and (finally) open up 
that 20 silver key chest. Inside you'll pick up a Murren Greathammer, which is 
a pretty decent weapon as long as you don't mind the slow attack rate. When 
you're done with that, teleport over to Knothole Glade and head over to the 
temple. Pull the sword out of the rock (it's not quite as good as some of the 
weaponry you already have, but at least this will get that quest off our 
books).

Return to the guild and leave through Lookout Point. Head south for the 
Greatwood Entrance. We're going to save those hostages now. When you get there, 
start taking down bandits and head into Fisher Creek to save the man. Then it's 
back to the Entrance. When you get to the Lake and take care of the immediate 
threats, make sure to stop after the leader threatens the girl (he will kill 
her if you get too close). Instead, pull out your bow, take a nice long 
pullback, and let loose. The bandit leader will come to you (along with a few 
of his cronies). Take them all out to finish up this quest. In addition to the 
money, you will also pick up another treasure clue.

Okay, you've got a bit of a jog ahead of you. You need to get to Darkwood Lake, 
and you can't go via teleportation to Barrow Fields (if you do, you'll get 
entrenched in the Hook Coast quest, and we don't want to go there quite yet). 
So make your way south until you reach the lake, where you'll meet up with 
Briar Rose. There's not really very much to this quest, when you get to the 
portal, keep the minions off your partner until she finishes up the 
incantation. Keep half an eye on her health level and be sure to use a heal 
spell if it gets too low. You really shouldn't have much of a problem with this 
one.

Teleport to Bowerstone South, and move toward the Prison. When you do, you'll 
trigger your next silver quest. Move north, taking out guards as you go. Watch 
the traders for the mustached one. When you find him, talk to him. At this 
point, even the other traders will all turn against you. There shouldn't be 
anything too serious until you get to Bowerstone Prison. Once there, some 
guards will show up. Unfortunately, they tend to make a beeline for your 
trader. Use Slow Time (or whatever other spell you prefer) and healing to keep 
your trader alive while you take down the guards. Return him to Bowerstone 
North to finish up this quest. You will pick up a sharpening augmentation as 
well as a new trophy, the Trader Head.

Time to advance our gold quest. Teleport over to Barrow Fields and make your 
way north to the Darkwood Ancient Cullis gate. When you get there, kill a bunch 
of undead until the gate opens up. You are automatically taken through the 
gate.

Welcome to Hook Coast! Plenty to do here, but since there's a gateway here, we 
can come back whenever we like. For now, just run toward the gold icon, which 
is the Abby. Seems to be blocked. Return to the Guild as per Mom's directions 
(kinda controlling, isn't she?). Make your way into the tower, just in time to 
see Mom captured. Can't leave her alone for a minute! Grab the book to finish 
the quest. Then go talk to the guildmaster and accept his task. Don't worry, 
despite what he says, you don't abandon all your remaining bronze quests.