Virindi Towers

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From the Crests of a Turbulent Sea event.

During the summer of 2001 (Verdantine PY 12), the Virindi forces ramped up their assault on Osteth, along with the aid of their Tumerok allies. Nine Virindi Towers outside the capital cities of Cragstone, Hebian-To and Zaikhal menaced from above, while bands of Tumeroks attacked from the ground.

Armed forces in the three capital cities began to gather to repel the invasion. When a series of attacks on the 6 Tumerok Clans escalated into opened portals and a direct attack on the Towers' Controller Dolls, the Virindi were driven back.

The Virindi Towers
Kill the Contoller Doll for the next Tumerok Camp to spawn. There are three different Dungeons/Towers in the three capital cities: Cragstone, Hebian-to and Zaikhal.

Cragstone Advanced Tower - 25.0N, 43.5E (Levels 12-25)
Cragstone Middle Guard Tower - 25.5N, 39.9E (Levels 24-40)
Cragstone Reinforcements Tower - 26.6N, 37.8E (Levels 36+)

Hebian-to Advanced Tower - 42.6S, 77.9E (Levels 12-25)
Hebian-to Middle Guard Tower - 43.9S, 74.7E (Levels 24-40)
Hebian-to Reinforcements Tower - 44.9S, 71.5E (Levels 36+)

Zaikhal Advanced Tower - 18.5N, 1.1W (Levels 12-25) 
Zaikhal Middle Guard Tower - 22.1N, 1.0W (Levels 24-40) 
Zaikhal ReinforcementsTower - 27.1N, 5.3W (Levels 36+)

New Recruiters!
Three new recruiters in the capital cities of Cragstone, Hebian-To and Zaikhal have arrived to gather forces to repel the Tumerok Invasion!

Rumor: A Call to Arms

Tired of sitting at home fighting only boredom?
Tired of being the only active stablehand on the farm?
Tired of just dreaming of life, not living it?
Well if you are, then the Armed forces wants you! Go see your local recruiter (in either Hebian-to, Zaikhal, or Cragstone), and you can help them build a better tomorrow. 
A Tumerok free tomorrow.

- Unknown

Recruiters:
--Lieutenant Kenneth
Cragstone - 25.8N, 49.1E 

--Shosa Kiroji Matanui
Hebian-to - 39.0S. 83.2E

--Ufet, Prophet of Blades
Zaikhal- 13.9N, 0.7E

Shosa Kiroji Matanui tells you, "Greetings! My name is Kiroji, and I am a Shosa in the Sho Army. We must rally to deal with the Virindi - Tumerok alliance. We must not allow Hebian-To to fall! I will reward any who bring me the banners of our fallen enemy." 

Ufet, Prophet of Blades tells you, "Good Day. My name is Ufet, and I am here to organize the defense of Gharu'ndim from the depredations of the Tumeroks and Virindi. If you grant me any banner, I will reward you for your heroism. The more developed the banner, the more of a reward I will provide."

Lieutenant Kenneth tells you, "Hello, my name is Kenneth. I'm here to help direct an organized resistance against the Virindi and Tumerok attacks. If you give me a banner, I will gladly reward you, as it is proof of your heroism."

Visit the Tumerok Banners & Assault Weapons pages for details.

Tumerok Tribe Locations:

Falcon: Very widespread in Osteth. They've been seen near Cragstone, Arwic, Eastham, Dryreach, Rithwic, Holtburg. North near Bandit Castle and the Essence of Enchantment, and near Zaikhal, Qalaba'r and Tufa.

Serpent: South of Hebian-to, on the way to the Web Maze from Baishi, as far South as Kara, between Shoushi & Sawato, W of Arwic (heading to GW)

Shreth: North of Zaikhal near the Mountains, Southern Mount Espar, to the North and West of the Essence of Enchantment.

Reedshark: Linvak Mountains from Qalaba'r to Mayoi, near Nanto, Hebian-to and Tou-Tou (south of Tou-Tou before the road forks; it's near the beach). 

Gromnie: Danby's Outpost, Three Towers area, near Lightless Catacombs, near Artifex Vault

Mask: Southern and SE Dires, Three Tower, between Ayan Baqur and Lightning Vault, near Sylsfear LS, near the drop off point from the North Dires Portal by GW (21.2N 25.9E) 


New Creatures!!
Thanks to Graydon of TD for helping compile stats!

Repelling the Invasion!
Gheres Reficul of TD sent word of his first-hand experiences at the Hebian-to Tower!

You bring Hebian-To Camp Standard Bearer to a fiery end!
The dying Tumerok casts a portal to the Hebian-To Advanced Camp dungeon as it falls!

(Restricted to Levels 12-25.)

"The dungeon was REAL bad.... filled with High Priests, Priests, and Warriors... near the end it was Stalkers and Innocuous Dolls.... In the Tower itself were 2 Fighters and a Hebian-To Control Doll."

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A second account from Hussein of TD:

Heya
Here are the belated screenies of my exploits. :)

Unfortunately I didn't get that many screen shots. I would particularly have liked to get one of the largish room with the many tumies in, but I was too busy trying to stay alive to think about it. I also couldn't ID the controller doll, but I could see it was lvl 35.

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It was Patch Day!!

Expecting the usual lag and bugs, I teamed up with Silvermoon to find out what Turbine had deemed fit to add in this patch. Soon after logging in, I went to Mayoi to restock my components. On the way to the mage I ran into a Tumerok Standard Bearer and a couple of his friends. Three firebolts later I searched their corpses, but found nothing special. I proceeded to hunt down and kill a Tumerok Major and a Tumerok Liutenant in the immediate area before going to the mage.

After restocking we got word of a floating Virindi tower and naturally went to inspect. Instead of my mage, I logged on my lvl 24 UA fighter, Shim Po. First we went to Cragstone, and while we did find a tower, we didn't find anything else. Near Hebian-to, however, we found two Tumerok fighters and a Controller Doll (lvl 35) in the floating tower. There were a few other people there as well. Slightly east of the tower, we found a small group of Tumeroks, including a special Standard Bearer. Upon his death, a portal spawned. The level requirements were 12-25, just as we had heard.

I immediately enter the portal, and after a slow download I stand in a dungeon. Lag is incredible. I see my actions at least 5 seconds after I order them. A small way down a hallway I meet my first foes; 1 Tumerok Priest and 2 Tumerok Fighters. These I dispatch fairly easily, but I do get a little worried, since I wear no protections other than Armor Self. In two side rooms I find and eliminate two similar groups. Further down it escalates to Tumerok High Priest, a Priest (or two) and a couple of Fighters. The High Priest proves to be too much for me. In a large blast of fire, I became Shim Po Kebab.

Silvermoon and the other people are still outside waiting while I run back to the Tower. They have organized a few more low level people to go enter the dungeon. While they get there, I use my mage to buff Shim Po properly with lvl VII spells. Before the last person arrives, someone jumps the gun and kills the Tower Standard Bearer and opens the portal again. I jump in with a couple of other people. One, then the other get disconnected or lag out, so I'm all alone after the first two rooms.

The dungeon is fairly straightforward. In a large room there are several Tumeroks, including a High Priest and two or more Priests. That is probably the hardest place in the dungeon and I nearly died there to their spells. Further on I ran into Dolls and Stalkers, but they were relatively easier to handle. At the end, I stand before a portal leading into the Tower. I jump in, arrive in the tower, and get disconnected right as I'm about to attack the Controller Doll. Wheeee. I manage to log in again five minutes later and make short work of the Doll.

And that was basically it. :)

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Maggie,
thought you might like a little more info on the new towers. This is what Kokujin, Kathos, Harvester of Sorrow, and I were able to gather:

Outside of each of the capital cities are three virindi towers, each tower is accessible only to characters within a specific range of levels (as noted on your site). In order to reach first tower (Advanced Tower) you must find & kill the "Hebian-To Camp Standard Bearer" Tumerok outside the tower (usually within 1 or 2 "clicks" of it). When he dies a portal is opened into the tower dungeon. This dungeon has more Tumeroks, along with a Doll and 3 Drudge Lurkers at the end. Once the Doll is killed another portal opens, which leads to the inside of the tower. Here resides the "Hebian-To Control Doll" and its 3 Tumerok Fighter bodyguards. After killing this Doll, the forces laying siege to the capital will retreat to defend the mid-level tower (Middle Guard Tower) and a new band of Tumeroks will appear outside of the mid-level tower.

Here, you repeat the process, encountering much the same arrangement but with more difficult enemies. At the end is another Control Doll and Drudge Raveners. After killing this Doll, the forces laying siege to the capital will retreat to defend the high-level tower (Reinforcements Tower) and a new band of Tumeroks will appear outside of the high-level tower.

At the Reinforcements Tower you must defeat the High Tumeroks and Virindi Servant outside to gain the portal. Then you face a series of High Tumeroks and Tumerok Gladiators, followed by 2 Pristine Dolls and a Virindi Master. I attempted this one solo, but could not get far due to the fast spawn inside these towers (2-3 minute cycle). As you can see from the attached screenshot, I had my hands full.

I'm very curious to see what happens once you defeat the final tower, or all three towers near the capitals, but that shall have to wait until tomorrow. =)

I hope that you find this information helpful. I wish I had taken some notes, but I'm sure others will correct me if I am inaccurate in the least.

Mitsuya (of Solclaim)

 
An finally, from Vangar of FF:
I noticed that you have very little info on this. It has been a mission of mine to crack this puzzle. I have a number of screenshots showing the towers, the inside of them and so forth. We are doing this again tonight, I found out that the third tower takes chars of lvl 36+. If you are interested, please e-mail me and I can zip you a bunch of rough screenshots for you to use to make a page on this really interesting and unusual quest.

So Far I know there are 3 towers, low mid and high level. They must be completed in order, and can be found west of Cragstone. Even is not interested in solving this quest, they are a must see! More to come, let me know how much you want on this.