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You will usually enter the Temple the first time through the main double doors on the southeast section of the building.
The
first room, to the north, is the main Anama Temple, or rather the main
worship area. You can sometimes find Meena sitting in here,
although she blends in really well with the chairs, so she's sometimes
hard to find.
The
second person in this room is Father Ahonar. He's the founder of
the Anama, and is actually quite personable. He'll sell you
Priest Spells, and will also cure you of Dread Curse if you've picked
that up somewhere, but be aware that the cure knocks you down to 0 hit
points. This is also the person you want to talk to if you wish
to join the Anama, and the person you talk to if you want to leave the
Anama. If Ahonar catches you with fake Anama rings, he won't let
you join at all, and if you join and then quit, you can't rejoin later.
The
last thing of note in this room is the Anama Altar. If you have
fake Anama Rings, but are thinking you might still like to join the
Anama for spells, you can pray at the altar to remove the fake rings,
and Ahonar will still let you join. Removing the rings this way
gives you Dread Curse, but since Ahonar is right there anyway...
If
you check out the door in the northeast corner of the room you'll find
the robing area for the Temple, but the other door in this room is
blocked by a rune that only lets you pass if you're wearing Anama
Rings, though it doesn't matter if they're real or fake.
Now
leave the main worship area and go through the doors straight across
from the main entrance. In here is a little boy that the Anama
have taken in, since his parents were killed by the roaches.
There's a stairway leading up from this room, but it's blocked by
another one of those runes. There's also a door leading to the
north, which you should go through.
You'll
find yourself in a hallway with two doors on either side and one door
at each end. The first door to the east leads to a room with a
desk. If you look at the desk you can learn Curing Lv.3.
The room across the hall is empty. The next door to the east
leads to a small library with a woman sitting in it, but she doesn't
want to talk to you. Across the hall is Father Lockart's
office. He's the last of the Anama priests who gives you the
option of agreeing with him.
The
room at the end of the hall leads to a foyer of sorts, with a door
guarded by one of those runes to the east, and small meditation chamber
in the northwest corner.
The
last thing to notice is the other entrance to the Anama Temple from
outside. This one is to the northeast, and is also guarded by a
rune. So now it's time to decide how you want to get
upstairs. You can buy fake rings from the Thieves Guild in
Lorelei if you've completed Irvine's quest, or you can join the
Anama. Some people have had some luck getting through the doors
by going into and out of combat repeatedly, but it's never worked for
me.
The
only rune-guarded room on the ground floor is anothe foyer with another
staircase leading up to the second floor, so now we'll deal with the
second floor, which I'll describe as if you were entering from the
unguarded staircase in the guarded foyer.
The room directly across from the staircase is a meditation chamber, which is kind of boring.
Just
to the south of the staircase is a door leading into the library.
If you keep going straight against the wall you'll enter a secret area
where people can sit and watch what's going on in the Temple
below. But go back into the library and look at the books on the
pedestals. If you have real Anama rings the ones to the north
will teach a lot of Priest spells at Lv.2, and the two southern ones
will teach Divine Fire Lv.3 and Divine Restoration Lv.3. However,
if you've used the combat/end combat mode of entering, or if you have
the Fake Anama Rings, reading the books will just give you a headache.
Across
the hall from the library is a short hallway with two doors on each
side. The first two doors are bedchambers. The second door
to the north is a room you can rest in. Across the hall from it
is another bedroom, but there's a secret passage in the southwest
section of wall that leads to the shop next door, so sometimes you'll
run into the shopkeeper in this room, as he seems to wander back and
forth fairly frequently. I guess he needs a lot of naps or
something.
So
now we'll deal with the shop next door. This is Danza's Shop, and
he sells magic crystals, as well as a few nice potions. If you've
joined the Anama you probably want to stock up on Piercing Crystals, as
they're the only way you'll get through the many barriers in this game
without a mage in your party.
The room next to the shop is Ahonar's bedchamber. There's a Steel Large Shield on the bed, and a Crystal Charm.
Now
it's time to check out the Anama Treasury, but before you do there's a
few things you should know. If you even enter the Anama Treasury,
even if you don't take anything, the entire Isle of Bigail will hate
you forever. The only way to get the Anama to forgive you is to
use the Advanced Editor in the Character Editor. Also, to get to
the treasure, you're going to have to fight a lot of Black Shades, who
are invisible and do a lot of damage, as well as summoning a lot of
creatures, and you're going to have to get rid of two sets of
barriers. If, knowing all this, you still decide to loot the
Treasury, then read on.
The
first room once you pass through the secret entrance is where the trap
is. Stepping through this trap is what makes the Anama hate
you. There's only one door in this room, but once you open it
you'll be facing some Basilisks behind the first barrier and two Black
Shades back behind the second barrier. Since you can't see the
Black Shades the only way to attack them is with physical attacks, so
until you can reach the back of the room they'll be attacking you and
summoning creatures like mad, and there isn't a thing you can do about
it.
The
first door to the south contains a variety of magic crystals and
potions, as well as a couple more Black Shades. The second door
to the south contains quite a few blessed items, which is nice, and a
couple more Black Shades, which is not so nice. Finally, the last
door leads to a room with two empty chests and some quickfire. If
you can avoid it, try not to open this door.
Depending
on whether you used the Editor to make the Anama forgive you or not,
either walk down the stairs, or prepare for a really big battle, then
walk down the stairs.
The
last place to check out for the Isle of Bigail is Marish, which can be
reached by using the ferry at the Shayder docks. If you've
angered the Anama then you'll have to use a Recall Crystal to get back
to the mainland and take the really long way around.
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