The Temple of the Ancestors

The Temple of the Ancestors

As she said before, Chani waits for you in the Temple -- so head  to the back of the Temple and talk to Chani to confirm that you have earned the Ancestor's favor.   Place the Idol on the Alter and the Ancestor is summoned!  The ghost-like Native is not impressed by you it seems, but explains that he will answer three questions for you, though he adds that they may not be the answers you want...

The first and obvious question is for the Blessing of the Ancestor's so that you can learn Voodoo.  This takes you down a narrow path that allows him to answer you without answering anything, and then he tries to weasel out of it -- but you blurt out the situation with Mara, and the Ancestor is angered -- but not at you!  At Mara! 

He grants the blessing you seek, and you unlock the Achievement "VooDoo Pirate" (20 GP) for completing the Ancestor's Blessing quest.

Chani begins your education in Voodoo -- flagging the quest The Chieftains Hair in the process -- and then you learn the first secret of Voodoo.  After a bit more explaining you flag the quest Ouch!, and then she reminds you what you need to do.  So, you need a hair from Chani's father, but to get that you need to be able to visit the other temple, which you cannot do yourself.  That means you need to find a surrogate -- the drunken Pirate Jim will do -- so you will need to get one of HIS hairs to make a doll for him to get one of Chani's father's hair to make a doll for him...  Easy-Peasy!  Cha!

Obtaining the Ancestor's Blessing to learn Voodoo

Remember to grab the Idol off of the Alter -- who knows if you will need that again?  On the way out instead of following Chani straight away, you can jump up to the hallway on the right (left facing in) and empty the Sarcophagus of loot if you like -- and once you have looted the place to your satisfaction you can head back outside.

Talk to Jim and follow the hair conversation, convincing him that you can get an amulet made from his hair that will protect him -- and he hands over his hair willingly.  He even offers to put in a good word with Captain Crow for you!  What a nice bloke!

A quick chat with Chani reveals the ingredients that you will need -- the hair, eyes, teeth, and a jade stone -- and you must assemble it at the Voodoo Alter.  Simple enough really...  Now if you have been saving your resources you already have these items, but if not you can easily buy them -- and the dolls (2 remember, one for Jim and one for Chani's father) that you will need -- from Kapua who is standing nearby.  With the items in hand use the Voodoo Alter that stands before Chani and you have the option to make the doll for Jim -- which also completes the A Doll for Jim quest.

Talking to Chani again informs you that now that the doll is ready so are you -- and she tells you to stand before Jim and use the doll!  Bearing in mind that we have already completed the quest for Slick so they have all the items that are needed for the delivery, there really is no good reason not to head right over to Jim and use the doll (equip it like a weapon and then draw it and use 'X' to activate it).  Doing that puts you in control of Jim from the inside out, with you looking out his eyes, and moving his body!  Sweet!

Jim at the Temple

After you take over Jim's body there is a fade to black and then you are standing (as Jim) at the Temple!  Simply head to entrance and talk to Floyd, who is guarding the entrance.  You tell him that you have the idol for the Chieftain, but it seems that nobody is being allowed in, including you!  Talk to him again, asking what his problem is?  And hey, he tells you! 

You offer to make it up to him, and he tells you what he wants, which is items that are owned by the others in the area.  Basically you need to pick the pockets of all of the people in the area -- one of them,  Skinner, you cannot pickpocket straight away due to your sour history with him.  The conversation that you have flags the sub-quest Distract Skinner, so for now just bypass him and hit all the others (including the Natives) and then return to him for another go!

You get the statue from Gunpowder Ben, 35 gold coins from the first native, 28 gold coins from the second, and 32 gold coins from the third.  Digger demands the 100 gold coins you owe him, and what do you know?!  Head back to Floyd and pick his pocket for the rest of the gold coins that we need -- you should get around 78 from him -- and then pay them to Digger (a very surprised Digger to be sure!) and then buy some Rum from him.  He demands 50 gold coins up front for a bottle -- pay him as you need the Rum to distract Skinner!  With that done, steal his mask and then head back to Skinner...

When you talk to Skinner again you have the option of offering him a drink of Rum while you pick his pocket and take the Golden Plate.  That also completes the sub-quests Master Thief and Distract Skinner.

You now have everything that you need for Floyd, so head back up to him and chat him up to give him his loot.  That completes the sub-quest Redistributing the Loot, and gains you access to the Temple!

Into the Temple

Entering the Temple causes you to overhear Crow ordering the Chieftain to start the ritual, but the Chief turns and asks what you want.  Telling him you have the idol for him, at which point you have the opportunity to distract him, and pluck a hair from his head.  That completes the sub-quest Chieftain's Hair, and Crow starts yelling, but for you it is time to leave, so head out of the Temple across the yard to the exit now.

Entering the exit puts you back at the Village, and in control of your body again!  Well done mates!

Report back to Chani and she will tell you that it is time to make the Voodoo Doll -- which flags the quest A Doll for Bakir.  Making the doll on the Alter completes this sub-quest, and when you talk to Chani again and tell her that the doll is ready she is slightly impressed by your handiwork!  She tells you it is time to act, and time to fight!  Bear in mind that there is a boss fight coming -- and you have just flagged the sub-quest Assault on the Temple!

When you move through the camp you get engaged by Nakutu who is very angry at you -- as you work through the conversation you realize that he is jealous of you and Chani -- and now that you have convinced him that your intentions are honorable he allows that she can go with you, but that you must protect her!

Defeating Crow and a Boss Battle with an Earth Elemental

Assault on the Temple

At this point you need to make some preparations BEFORE you head to the Temple.  Start by marking the quest in your list so that you can see the destination on the map, check the map so you know where you are going.  Next you should verify that you have adequate supplies to complete this mission, which means Provisions, bullets, that sort of thing.  Seriously you need to be able to heal yourself -- if you cannot this is going to end in failure...

When you are ready -- meaning when you have re-supplied and have what you think you will need -- head through the jungle to the location of the Temple, where Chani follows you.  If you need to hit the town or whatever she will not draw attention to you, so you can pretty much do that as needed...  But basically once you arrive at the Temple you have to kill the eight native guards there, and that is part of the reason why I said you needed to be prepared.

If you are short on Provisions, remember that most of the plants do provide very limited healing when eaten raw, and Grog (which you should have been building up a supply of) will restore 50 Blood (health), while Rum will restore 100.  You can also gain health from Bloody Marys if you have them, as they will restore 100 Blood. 

So head over to the path in and take on the natives, and with Chani's help kill them all!

After you kill the 8th warrior you flag and complete the sub-quest The Warriors in front of the Temple, which is one of the Sword Coast sub-quests.  Be absolutely certain that you pick up all of the dropped spears and loot each body, because after all you killed the bastards and used up a lot of resources doing it, you deserve to profit from the experience!  Make sure that you make a save at this point that you can revert back to if you need to -- just in case your spear-wielding skills are not up to snuf and you need to revert back, return to the Village, and level them a bit?

Fighting Crow and the Earth Titan

As you enter the Temple grounds you flag and complete the Location quest for it, and then a CS plays out showing Crow being his brutal best -- he tells Bakir to kill you and his daughter Chani, but Chani uses the doll you made to take control of her father and have him order the native warriors that are with him to your side of the battle -- this completes the sub-quest Assault on the Temple, and flags the sub-quest The Fight Against Crow.

What comes next will be a fast and furious fight for you...  First thing first, you need to target Crow and make him dead as fast as you can.  Ignore everyone and everything else, and go after him as fast as you can, make him dead, and that solves half of your problem.  The other half is the Earth Titan, but now that you have killed Captain Crow you have the special Titan-slaying weapon!  This wraps up The Fight Against Crow nicely.

Basically the Earth Titan will be using a special attack on you, tossing a large boulder, and each time that it does that it is vulnerable to attack by you.  Its chest opens and you can then throw the Titan Spear into it -- you need to do that four times to actually cripple it, after which it stops the special attacks and it then rushes you -- now you need to hit it in the chest between four and six more times to trigger a CS in which you climb on top and are prompted to hit 'X' to drive the Spear into its head, killing it.  That completes the sub-quest The Earth Titan.

In the process of fighting this mini-boss-fight you will unlock the Achievements "Harpooner" (20 GP) for completing the Titan Weapon Quest Line, and "Mr. Industrious" (50 GP) for completing 250 quests.  Well done mates!

So to sum things up, you defeated Crow's outer guard, you braced him in the Temple, stripped away his native support, defeated him and his summoned creature, and resolved the outstanding differences between Chani and her father Bakir.  I call that a good day's work mates!  Well done again!

Wrapping Up the Battle

With the battle now won and the Titan Slaying Weapon in hand, make your way around the area and loot the dead pirates -- do not forget Crow!  Pick up their fallen weapons as well, every gold coin you get for selling them counts mates!  Once you complete the looting, talk to Chani and she praises you, and sort of thanks you.  She allows that there is still more to do, and that it is time for you to leave...  Talk to Bakir to obtain his wisdom and welcome -- scoring a point in Chani's favor.  Nice one!

Now head into the Temple and you will find some loot by opening the Sarcophagus you find, and using the items you looted from Crow to unlock the secret door and gate in the back.  The idols are in the Sarcophagus' so loot then place, go in, loot the Jade and Gold Plate, and be sure to grab both idols on the way out!  The Crystal Face thingy you cannot take back but since it could not be sold anyway that is no great loss.

With that mischief managed, exit the temple and head for the exit of the Temple Grounds to have a CS with Steelbeard, who asks what all the fuss was about?  You tell him about obtaining the Harpoon and he breaks the news that you are only halfway there -- he has the Earth Amulet, you have the Harpoon, but that leaves you two artifacts short!

Steelbeard tells you of the legendary treasure of the Water Temple, and how their finding it was what ended up awakening Mara -- Crow joined, Steelbeard refused, and that is why Mara is after him.  You ask where the other artifacts are and he evades the question.  You report the rest of the battle to him during the next CS and then you get to watch as Steelbeard's ship is destroyed by the Kraken!

Then who should show up but Mara herself, and she executes Steelbeard!  When you run to attack her she retreats, and then a CS plays in which you and Patty watch as Steelbeard gives up the ghost.  Well, sort of...  Steelbeard tells you what little he can about the next artifact, and then dies.