Saving the Empire

Prevent Yasker from being assassinated by defeating Afanasy Kudenov.

It's over! We're dead! And it's not my fault!! It's my treacherous relatives I tell you. I have always been loyal to the Empire!

The saboteurs got in here and they restored Nezeb's Staff. They were lead by a murderous Kanian wizard named Afanasy Kudenov. There's so much Astral energy here, so much magic... I'm sure that's what they used to restore it. And now it's a deadly weapon, so deadly that even Yasker won't be able to stop them!

They're planning on using some sort of portal charged by the Staff to reach Yasker's Tower. Once they get there I'm sure they're gonna kill him! Maybe they already have... argh! Then that'll spell the end of the Empire! You have to do something, go stop them!

Ah, so that's what the whole operation was about. It was an attempt on my life! I suppose that's quite flattering. Great Nezeb, it looks like I have almost reached your level. I'm still surprised that Aidenus himself sanctioned such sabotage.

And you, it seems, are my savior. Hmm, not a bad start for your career. Let me personally reward you with one of the finest weapons in the Empire.