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Encounter the Evil Eye in the Park (requires etheric, completion of Southside Park quest)
Outline
There are (at least) 6 possible skill rewards for completing this quest in different ways, but they all center around the Evil Eye in the Park, and possibly the Evil Burning Barrel. Some of this is still not fully understood — see discussion.
Shadowy Presence path
- Equip a binding tome
- Find the Evil Eye in the Park and "bind it to yourself"
Reward: Shadowy Presence skill
Focused Mind path
- Find the Evil Eye in the Park, and "pit your will against it" with at least 8 buffed Will. With some other condition - got it at 2 Will.
Reward: Focused Mind skill
Gaze Beyond path
- Learn some copies of the Evil Eye technique:
- The easiest way might be to find the Evil Eye in the Park, and "listen to its words".
- Other sources work too, such as flask of tears, etc.
- Put some copies of Evil Eye in your deck. (?)
- Find the Evil Eye in the Park, and "listen to its words".
Reward: Gaze Beyond skill
Protective Faith/Bloody Solution/Boundless Patience paths
NOTE: You must have not scared the bums at the Burning Barrel to get any of the following three skills.
- Find the Evil Eye in the Park at least once.
- Find the Evil Burning Barrel encounter, ask about the voice and then choose one of the following three paths:
- "Demand answers" from the Skittish Bum, scaring him off
- Ask about the voice one more time
- Get Etheric and find the Solving Itself encounter eventually.
Reward: Boundless Patience skill
- "Rush him" and kill the Skittish Bum
- Ask about the voice one more time
- Get Etheric and find the No More Voices encounter eventually.
Reward: Bloody Solution skill
- "Rush him" and kill the Skittish Bum
- Don't ask about the voice one more time
- Equip the eye amulet, get Etheric and find the No More Voices encounter eventually.
Reward: Protective Faith skill
Rewards
- One skill, as shown above
- eye amulet, if you kill the skittish bum
Quest Log
After doing what the voice commands, but not having listened to its words?:
You heard a mysterious voice in Southside Park while under the effects of Eclipse.
After listing to the eye in the park:
You've listened to the myserious voice in Southside Park, but you're still not sure what it might be up to.
After demanding answers from the skittish bum, or losing a fight against him (or running away from him?):
You frightened off a man who seemed to know something about the voice but he's nowhere to be found now.
After killing the skittish bum:
You killed a man who seemed connected to the voice in the park. He was wearing an old-fashioned amulet with a stylized eye on it which might be important somehow.
Finished quest through Shadowy Presence or Bloody Solution path:
That mysterious voice in the park shouldn't be bothering anyone anymore.
Finished quest through Gaze Beyond path:
Well, that mysterious voice in the park seems to have found a new home inside your head.
Finished quest through Protective Faith or Focused Mind path:
Well, that mysterious voice in the park shouldn't be bothering you anymore.
Finished quest through Boundless Patience path:
Well, it seems that mysterious voice in the park went away.
Notes
This quest was heavily revamped relatively recently and should be investigated for alternate paths and more content.