Admission to the Swamp Camp

Quest · Chapter 1 · Swamp Camp

Route

  • Cor Kalom will not accept you on your word alone: come back with recommendations from at least four Baals.
  • For Baal Cadar, use a Sleeper magic scroll near his students. Lester can help you impress Baal Namib with a convincing conversion story. Baal Kagan gives you a smoke roll for Baal Tyon, who only speaks to his students.
  • Baal Orun recommends you after you protect the harvesters, while Baal Tondral backs you after you find him a recruit. Once you have enough support, return to Cor Kalom for the novice robes.

Quest Parts

  • Admission to the Swamp Camp:
  • I could get information from Joru.:
  • I should talk to Lester.:
  • I gotta get Baal Cadar's support.:
  • I gotta get Baal Namib's support.:
  • I gotta get Baal Orun's support.:
  • I gotta get Baal Tondral's support.:
  • I gotta get Baal Tyon's support.:
  • I gotta win over four of the gurus.:
  • I should meet Cor Kalom.:

Outcome

Cor Kalom admits you after four Baals support you and you answer his final question.

A faith built on many voices

The Brotherhood does not accept the hero because of a single impressive deed. Cor Kalom insists on recommendations from at least four Baals, making admission a test of whether different parts of the camp have found a use for the outsider. The gurus are not interchangeable: each represents a different kind of authority, from magic and doctrine to labor and protection.

The requirement also reflects the Brotherhood's confidence in its hierarchy. Cor Kalom is too occupied with the camp's work to judge every hopeful personally, so he relies on the Baals beneath him. To enter the community, the hero must first become visible to the people who guide its daily life.

The tests behind the recommendations

The Baals ask for very different kinds of proof. Baal Cadar is impressed when the hero can use a Sleeper scroll without formal instruction. Baal Namib must be approached through a story of conviction, with Lester helping the newcomer understand how to present a believable spiritual change. Baal Tyon is harder to reach because he will speak only to his students; Baal Kagan's smoke roll gives the hero a way past that barrier, and Tyon's resulting vision seems to recognize the newcomer.

Baal Orun measures loyalty in practical terms. Protecting the swampweed harvesters proves the hero will defend the Brotherhood's interests with a blade. Baal Tondral asks for a new recruit, testing whether the hero can help the camp grow rather than merely take from it. Four approvals therefore require a mixture of faith, persuasion, service, and initiative.

A robe at the edge of an awakening

Even after the gurus agree, Cor Kalom asks why the hero wants to join. The question matters because the Brotherhood is preparing the Great Awakening, a grand ritual intended to let the Sleeper speak clearly and reveal how the prisoners might be freed. The camp is not simply another faction offering food and shelter; it is gathering people around a dangerous promise of salvation.

Answering Kalom and receiving the novice robes places the hero inside that promise. The decision connects an outsider to the camp's rituals and its growing certainty that the Sleeper will change their fate. It is an entry into a community whose hopes are about to become one of the colony's most consequential forces.

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