Missions: The Temple of Uggalepih (Zilart Mission 4)

We figured that it was high time we made some progress on our Zilart Missions, so last Friday night, 7 of us set out for the Sacrificial Chamber in the Den of Rancor to investigate an old hermit reported to be living there. We had the following group of adventurers:

Ryken PLD70/WAR35
Elboron BRD68/WHM34
Wendell WHM67/BLM33
Itera MNK68/WAR34
Tsakiki PLD69/RDM34
Grymalkyn THF69/NIN34
Muirnin THF67/NIN33

Lyre, Muirnin's WHM75 character, came along to help with the trip to the Sacrificial Chamber.

We had previously obtained our Paintbrush of Souls, Unlit Lanterns and had activated the quest to clear Tonberry hate, so first we headed to the room to pay the Tonberry priest in the Temple of Uggaleph to reset our hate, then we made our way through to the Den of Rancor. The Temple Gaurdian didn't blow us up this time, and the tonberries in the room with the paintings weren't too troublesome. In the Den of Rancor, we first headed to the Rancor Altar to light our Unlit Lanterns with the Flames of Rancor. Then we headed to the lower level and found the lanterns we had to light to open the gate. Kiki thought she could make it past the bats before her sneak wore, but alas was not able to, so our clearing of the room was a bit more chaotic than it needed to be. Kiki can be such a n00b at times.

Since the fight is a 6-person Burning Circle, we did it first with Grymalkyn, then made our way back to the chamber (having escaped to Yhoator Jungle after stumbling upon a Treasure Coffer in the Temple of Uggalepih, which gave Itera his Temple map), and swapped Muirnin in for Grymalkyn and repeated the fight. It was convenient that we didn't have to head to Norg or something to complete the mission first.

Both fights were pretty much the same. We had Elbo sleep the Tonberries, and first fought Grav'iton (THF), then Molyb'iton (BLM), and finally Tungs'iton (SMN). Astral Flow knocked our health down a bit, but we were never really in any danger. It was even fun doing it a second time! The Zilart Mission storyline is pretty interesting, though some of the "missions" sound a bit lame.