~ MAIN QUEST: THE HIGH CAPTAINS (LUSKAN) ~

Upon entering Luskan, speak to the NPC (non-player character — anyone the game controls, not you) on the bridge to learn about the city's control by Kurth and Baram, who are in dispute.

Explore Luskan to find side quests and purchase goods.

Visit the Temple of Tyr and speak with Aarin to learn that Lady Aribeth is missing. The Temple of Tyr is also where you will arrive if you use your Stone of Recall. Priests here can heal you, sell equipment, and you can retrieve lost quest items from the Diving Pool.

To gain access to the Host Tower of the Arcane, you need a Diplomatic Pass, which requires a High Captain's Seal.

Enter the Wink and Tickle tavern and speak to Bela to accept the side quest Strange Bedfellows.

Go to the second floor. If you are male, speak to Rhaine in the locked room in the northeast corner. If you are female, speak to Oreth in the locked room in the southeast corner. Either NPC will give you a Key to Kurth's Base and a Key to Baram's Base, completing the Strange Bedfellows quest.

Before entering Kurth's or Baram's bases, acquire the side quests Nine Lives and Saving Evoine, as they are intertwined.

You can choose to enter Baram's Lair or Kurth's Base first. If you give Baram Kurth's head, you can still complete this part of the quest.

To enter Baram's Quarter, go to the northeast corner of Luskan and cross the bridge. Enter the Sewers on the other side. This sewer can also be accessed through The Slums sewer.

Speak to Baram. If you agree to kill Kurth, he will instruct you to go to Kurth's base. If you give Baram Kurth's head, you will be rewarded 562 XP, an amulet, and 1,000 gold.

If you do not agree with Baram and wish to kill him, attack him. He will teleport away, and the gate he was guarding will open.

Explore the sewers, fighting Ghouls and Curst Roges. A Wererat Captain, though weak, can lower your ability scores with a spell.

Proceed north to find stairs guarded by a Yuan-Ti Necromancer. She is powerful, resistant to damage, and summons creatures. Search her remains for a Parchment, which updates your Journal for the High Captains quest.

Explore Baram's Lair. You will find a Necromantic Summoning Portal to the north, a Spirit Shrine Ritual Portal to the east, and the Bone Spirit Ritual Portal to the west. The undead and Yuan-Ti Necromancers here are initially non-hostile.

In the corridor to the right of the Bone Spirit Ritual, search a cocoon to find a Nanny (if doing the Nine Lives side quest). Talking to her may yield a Child's Bear to give to Londa.

Go to the Bone Spirit room and kill the Revenant, who casts lethal spells. After defeating it, destroy the two Bone Transmitter Tablets on either side of the chamber to close the portal. The Zombies and one Yuan-Ti will become hostile; defeat the Yuan-Ti.

Go to the Spirit Shrine room, defeat the skeletons, and then kill the Greater Mummy that emerges from the portal to close it. Defeat the remaining Yuan-Ti Necromancer. Search its remains for the Necromancer Journal and the Crypt Key.

Use the Crypt Key on the door behind the Necromantic Portal. You will be attacked by High Captain Baram and his minions. Defeat them.

After defeating Baram, search his remains to obtain his head, a Dagger +2, Studded Leather Armor +2, his Morningstar the Bone Pheonix, and the Boots of Speed.

Explore the rest of the crypt, enter the final room, destroy the two gargoyle statues, and search the chests to obtain the High Captain's Seal.

To enter Kurth's Base, go to the northwest corner of Luskan and cross the bridge to enter Kurth's Quarter. Enter the Sewers on the other side of the bridge.

Speak to Kurth and listen to his side of the story. If you agree to kill Baram, he will instruct you to go to Baram's base and kill him.

If you give Kurth Baram's head, you will be rewarded 562 XP, an amulet, and 1,000 gold.

If you do not agree with Kurth and wish to kill him, attack him. He will teleport away, and the gate he was guarding will open.

Explore Kurth's Lair. You will find a Necromantic Summoning Portal to the north, a Spirit Shrine Ritual Portal to the east, and the Bone Spirit Ritual Portal to the west. The undead and Yuan-Ti Necromancers here are initially non-hostile.

In the corridor to the right of the Bone Spirit Ritual, search a cocoon to find a Nanny (if doing the Nine Lives side quest). Talking to her may yield a Child's Bear to give to Londa.

Go to the Bone Spirit room and kill the Revenant, who casts lethal spells. After defeating it, destroy the two Bone Transmitter Tablets on either side of the chamber to close the portal. The Zombies and one Yuan-Ti will become hostile; defeat the Yuan-Ti.

Go to the Spirit Shrine room, defeat the skeletons, and then kill the Greater Mummy that emerges from the portal to close it. Defeat the remaining Yuan-Ti Necromancer. Search its remains for the Necromancer Journal and the Crypt Key.

Use the Crypt Key on the door behind the Necromantic Portal. You will be attacked by High Captain Kurth and his minions. Defeat them.

After defeating Kurth, search his remains to obtain his head, a Dagger +2, Studded Leather Armor +2, his Morningstar the Bone Pheonix, and the Boots of Speed.

Explore the rest of the crypt, enter the final room, destroy the two gargoyle statues, and search the chests to obtain the High Captain's Seal.