Murmurwoods

Murmurwoods
Location information
Located in	Jadame
Affiliation	Church of the Sun
Notablecharacters	Oskar Tyre
Quests	Destroy the Skeleton Transformer Find the Prophecies of the Sun Find the ingredients to a potion of Pure Personality
Notable places	Plane of Air
Resets every	year
Navigation	→ Alvar ↓ Garrote Gorge
Appearances

Murmurwoods is a region in Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer. It is the location of the Temple of the Sun.

Background

Murmurwoods is the location of the Temple of the Sun, chosen due to the large number of light creatures that inhabit the area. A small pilgrimage settlement, almost not large enough to be called a village, has collected at the base of the Temple Mound. Patrols by local Priests of the Sun keep the more dangerous beasts at bay.

Services

• Traveler's Rest - Tavern
• Guild of Light - Light magic guild

Points of Interest

• Well of Personality - confers +2 Personality upon any drinker up to a maximum of 17
• Gateway to the Plane of Air. In the center of the destroyed area. Number 4 on the map
• Obelisk 6 - part of the Obelisk quest. In the extreme northwestern corner of Murmurwoods. Number 5 on the map. The inscription reads: PEARSWHIL
• Obelisk quest solved riddle destination. #6 on the map.
• Heroism Pedestal. Supposed to confer the Heroism spell on the party for 5 hours, but actually confers Haste. In the center of the stone pentagram. Number 7 on the map.
• Immolation Pedestal. Confers the Immolation spell on the party for 5 hours. In the center of the stone ankh. Number 8 on the map.
• Attribute Contest. Confers +5 skill points to the winner, who must have at least 50 in the listed attribute in order to win. As many players as have the required attribute score may win; however, each candidate may try only one time; if failed, the test is failed forever. Temporary attribute boosts do count. The particular attribute is randomly selected the first time the party enters Murmurwoods. In the center of the stone bull's head. Number 9 on the map.

Characters

Quest Givers

• Oskar Tyre: Quest giver for the Destroy the Skeleton Transformer quest, part of the Form an Alliance main quest. Found in his office in the Temple of the Sun, the door to the right after entering.

• Stephen - Quest giver for the Find the Prophecies of the Sun promotion quest. Found in the Snowtree Residence on the west side of the pilgrim village.

• Castigeir - Quest giver for the Find the ingredients to a potion of Pure Personality quest. Found at the Tonk Residence in the northeast part of the pilgrim village, just south of the temple.

Instructors

• Critias Snowtree - Grandmaster Body Magic
• Gilad Dreamwright - Grandmaster Mind Magic
• Lunius Dawnbringer - Master Light Magic
• Lasiter Ravensight - Grandmaster Spirit Magic
• Kethry Treasurestone - Master Alchemy
• Matric Keenedge - Master Identify Monster
• Petra Mithrit - Expert Learning
• William Sampson - Master Regeneration
• Quethrin Tonk - Grandmaster Repair Item

Dungeons

• Temple of the Sun - #1 on the map.
• Ancient Troll Homeland - #2 on the map.
• Druid Circle - #3 on the map

Allies

• Acolyte of the Sun → Cleric of the Sun → Priest of the Sun

Enemies

• Dancing light → Wisp → Will 'o wisp
• Unicorn foal → Unicorn → Unicorn herd leader
• Young basilisk → Basilisk → Elder basilisk

Statistics

• Trap difficulty: 8
• Trap deadliness: 2
• Treasure value: 2
• Perception: 8