QUEST SOLUTION: | CLEAR OUT ANSKRAM KEEP
Required: This quest is required to advance in the game.
Summary: Anskram Keep has become infested with imps. Since he may need to use the Keep in a battle against the coming invasion, Bjorni makes the party's clearing it out and destroying the imps' portals one of the conditions of his joining the Alliance of Chedian.
How to do: First of all, if you are running the version of the game which has NO introductory music (when you first start up the game), then you will need to download a patch [the patch is only necessary for the first English version of the game; other language versions are not affected] to allow you to complete this quest. There is a bug in the game so that if you do not complete the quest without leaving the Keep, you will not be able to complete it (until you get the patch). And, if you enter in through the front door of the Keep, there is no way to complete the quest without going back outside first.*
Here is a link to the fan site which hosts the patch now that 3DO's site has gone down (it opens a new window). In addition to fixing this bug, it will also fix some other (more minor) bugs in the game (for one thing, you will get introductory music).
To complete this quest (after you have downloaded the patch if you need it), go through the Keep, killing all the imps and nagates. The "portals" described are the fiery holes in the walls. To "destroy" them, kill all the imps that come out of each one (about 4 or 5 imps) until the portals go dark. When they are dark, they are "destroyed".
In the back section (you will have to enter through the back to get to this section until you have thrown the levers), there are guard rooms on each side of the "gate" between sections, which you can see into through a barred window. Go into each one (use the map to navigate). Against the wall opposite the door in each one is a lever. Move both levers to reveal a NEW lever by the "gate" area (by "gate" area, I mean where the stockade-like walls are. You should be able to see that this is a door by looking at the map).
Once you have thrown both levers so you can get to the gate lever, go out and move the gate lever. Then run quickly into the place between the gates (between the stockade walls). Only one of the walls opens at a time, so the first one has to close before the other one will open.
When all the imps (and nagates) have been destroyed (including the portals), and you have gone through the stockade-like gate area and into the large chamber beyond it, a circular structure will rise from the floor. On it is a demon and two soldiers. Just stand back and let the soldiers kill the demon; if they both die, attack it then. (The soldiers will not speak to you).
If the circular structure does not burst out of the floor, then either you have missed some imps, nagates, or portals, or you have not downloaded the patch.
Once the demon is dead, return to Bjorni Thorvaldssen in Sturmford City to claim your reward.
* If you must complete the quest without the patch, enter the keep through the back door on the top level of the keep, and do not come out until the circular structure bursts through the floor. You must enter through the back door, as there is no way to open the connecting stockade doors from the front door area.
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