Avowed: That Which Remains Quest Guide

Soon after stepping foot into Shatterscarp in Avowed, you can take on a variety of side quests. One of the earlier side quests you might encounter is called "That Which Remains." This quest begins by exploring the Dreamthrall-infested lands outside of Eagle's Reach. From the beginning, That Which Remains is plagued with mystery, and by the end of it, you'll have to make a choice regarding a group of people's lives.
To see how to complete That Which Remains from start to finish in Avowed, check out the quest guide below.

Locating the Diary and opening the Well

That Which Remains begins after you search an Aedyran Cleric's body and find the "Flame-Eaten Diary." If you read the diary, you'll see that some nearby villagers established a laboratory in the area, but something went terribly wrong. To explore the lab further, you need to obtain a couple of sets of keys. The first of which is the Research House key, which you can find in the adjacent house from where the dead cleric is. Once you have the Research House Key, follow your map to a blue quest zone where you have to explore the laboratory.
Your objective in the lab is to find the Well Key, which is sitting on a table next to a note in the back room. With the Well Key in hand, follow your map until you reach a water well that you interact with. Open the well to reveal the entrance to the Scaedclef Grotto. Head down inside to proceed with the quest.

Investigate the Grotto

Inside the Scaedclef Grotto, your only quest objective is to explore the area. You're given no quest markers or anything of the sort, so it can be confusing to know what to do once you get inside. In the opening room with all the purple crystals on the ground, defeat every spider enemy and then head to the back of the area near the cobwebs. On the left side of the back area, you'll see a wall with no cobwebs on it. If you get close enough, you'll see the wall is breakable by throwing any sort of explosive at it. The prompt for the explosive icon to appear on the wall requires you to be extremely close to it, so it's easy to miss.
Throw a grenade at the wall and head on further into the grotto. As a note, you can also head up the side path on the left of the crystal room, but that doesn't lead anywhere. You can only loot a small chest there.

Speak with the survivors

In the next room, you'll see a cage with several Dreamscourge-affected people sitting in it. You can't speak to these people, but you can overhear whispers of others coming from the other side of a wall. There's a door that leads into the room where these survivors are, but you're unable to open it. Fortunately, all you have to do is climb up the rocks to the right of the cage and head into the room with the survivors.
Fortunately, the survivors are friendly, and after speaking with them, you learn that they are the residents of the laboratory you explored earlier. However, some of their colleagues began to show signs of the Dreamscourge and set fire to the lab. The lab workers not affected by the plague rushed down into the Scaedclef Grotto, but then the people currently locked in the cage also succumbed to the Dreamscourge. Now, the survivors aren't sure if they want to kill them or let them live, but they desperately need to make a decision.

Should you kill the Dreamthralls or ask for provisions?

The survivors offer you two choices in their current circumstances. They themselves can't kill the Dreamthralls, as they were their friends and lovers, but they also need provisions from the Aedyrans stationed at Eagle's Reach. One survivor simply asks you to kill the Dreamthralls for them, while another wants the Dreamthralls to live and asks you to try and get them some provisions.
So, it's up to you to decide what to do.

Kill the Dreamthralls

If you decide to side with Fewen, you have to kill every one of the Dreamthralls. This doesn't take too long, as they're trapped in the cage and don't have too much health. With the Dreamthralls dead, return to the survivors. You now have three dialogue options with them, which are:
Go to Eagle's Reach. With the Dreamthralls dead, Wymgar won't have an excuse not to take you in.
I'll talk to Wymgar about getting you better provisions.
[Attack] Fine. I'll put you out of your misery.
If you choose the first option, you'll receive 900 gold and the That Which Remains quest will be complete. However, you can choose the second option and ask for provisions like Tobin asked you to do originally. There's no real point to attack the survivors, but you can opt to do so and the quest will end on the spot.

Asking for provisions

If you choose to ask for provisions, either before or after killing the Dreamthralls, you have to return to Eagle's Reach and speak with Captain Wymgar. He feels guilty about not telling you about the laboratory's situation and agrees to have provisions sent down to the survivors at once. The captain also says he'll handle the Dreamthralls if you didn't already kill them. Talking to Captain Wymgar completes the That Which Remains quest and rewards you with 900 gold, as well.
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