Path to a Palus Knight

I welcome you in the name of Shilen, child of darkness. So you are a Palus Knight in training who received the Trial of the Red Coffin from Master Virgil

To complete the trial, you must make your own coffin of eternal rest. This is not the crude wooden coffin, made by humans to bury their corpses in the backyard of their temples. This is a traditional Dark Elf Village coffin made with the carapace of a beast and the silk threads of a spider. The materials needed to make this coffin are all very rare, and the process of searching for the materials itself is a part of the trial. Therefore, you must find the materials yourself.

The Palus Knights are the most skilled knights of the Dark Elves and conquer the battlefield with their fearless spirit and great talent. Only Dark Fighters who pass the trial that I give and secure the gaze of abyss will earn the qualifications to be selected as Palus Knights.

You have already overcome fear and hesitation and acquired the title of Palus Knight. Now go on to the battlefield and teach the world to fear of our race.

Palus Knights are selected from the ranks of Dark Fighters. You are not qualified.

You already have the gaze of abyss. This means you have earned the right to become a Palus Knight. Take that token to Grand Master Tobias of our guild. Then you can change profession to a Palus Knight. He is the one right over there.

Thank you. Thirteen skulls brought from dealing with the enemy of your race ... They are the result of death brought about from your own hands. Knights of other races embellish their actions and duties by saying that they are "guarding justice" or "protecting the common people." However, the knights of the dark do not forget the essence of knighthood through hiding behind fancy words or moral obligations. A knight is one that brings death. The victory he achieves with his sword has the same meaning as death to his opponent ...

No matter what the goal or motive, all combat between knights ends in death. Just because you shout "honor" or "justice" doesn't change the meaning of your opponent's death. Death is death. You have stolen your opponent's opportunity to live.

Do not forget the fact that you are the "one who brings death."

You need your own coffin to perform the second trial, the Ritual of the Red Coffin. Yes, I'm speaking of the coffin you use to bury an elf when he dies. According to the funeral customs of the Dark Elves, we need a traditional coffin made from the carapace of a beast. You must make this yourself.

You should ask Abyssal Celebrant Kalinta how to make a coffin. You can meet her if you go to the Dark Elven Village Guild of the village of Gludin Village. You must take this letter with you.

The process of making the coffin is itself a part of the trial, so you must find all the materials yourself. To make the body of the coffin, you need a solid carapace of a giant poison spider, and to connect the coffin, you need five thin but sturdy silk spider thread skeins. If you find all these, come back to me.

Giant poison spiders are fairly common, so it will be easy to find them. Trimden can be found if you follow the coastal road that lies to the south of Gludin Village

Accept this talisman before you leave. Those that follow Shilen will look at it and know that you are a Fighter performing the Trial of the Red Coffin. May the shelter of the abyss be with you.

Thank you. I will make you a coffin of eternal rest with these materials. All living things must end their lives someday and return to the arms of Shilen. Someday, you will also cross the river never to return. Then your corpse will be put in this coffin and buried in the soul well.

Here, the coffin is finished. However, while the form is complete, it is not yet fully yours. To make this coffin yours, you must sign your name here in the place where your head will rest.

Now you are the true owner of this coffin of eternal rest. The last part of the trial is to carry this coffin and go back to the one who first gave you the trial. Go to Master Virgil in Gludio Castle Town and give him your coffin.

I hope you will safely complete your trial and be reborn as a Knight of the deep lake. May the protection of Shilen be with you.

You have brought the coffin of eternal rest with your name inscribed within it. I will send this to the Priests of the Temple of Shilen. This completes your trial.

A Knight’s destiny is always to face death on the battlefield! We do not know when it will come, but it is an end we cannot escape.

By entrusting the coffin of eternal rest made by your own hands to the Celebrants of your funeral, you are accepting death as your fate and laying down all fear. This is what the ritual of the red coffin is for.

Palus Knights do not fear death, and so they do not hesitate or stand back. They are the strongest Knights, that have already seen the darkness of the abyss and know not fear nor hesitation. Since you passed both trials, you have the ability to enter the glorious ranks. This gaze of abyss is the token you have earned. If you take this to Grand Master Tobias of our guild, he will change your occupation. He is the one right over there.

Go to Abyssal Celebrant Kalinta and ask about the Ritual of the Red Coffin. You can meet her if you go to the Dark Elven Village guild of