Conflux/Items/Gaze of Fate

Summary

You can find a special artefact, a unique Emerald, the "Gaze of Fate".

This Gem allows you to "hide" exactly one living, active Champion in a parallel dimension.

Purpose

• Using its "see inside" action removes the Champion from your party, making room for one more.
  • The Emerald then drops onto the floor while the world becomes dark for a short time.
  • If you use it again, the Champion currently holding the Emerald will be exchanged with the previously removed one.
  • This means that you can have up to five Champions, one of them "hidden".
  • Their inventory is kept intact, and time is suspended for "hidden" champions, so they don't consume food and water, and don't suffer from being overloaded with heavy items, or poisoning, and so on.
• Many minor Champions have their own personal quest item.
  • Once they obtain this item they get the first (UM) Master Priest message when examining the Emerald.
  • See Champion Item Quests.

This offers useful possibilities:

• You can use the "hidden" character's inventory to store seldom used or very heavy items (exceeding the maximum load doesn't harm the "hidden" person or your active party members), such as massive amounts of food, reducing the need to return to storage areas.
• You can enter all four guild leader levels if you choose the right characters. See also the Advanced Guide for Champion Selection.
• You can rescue a severely injured party member, because no more damage will be inflicted on a "hidden" person.

Location

The following works only once! It is best to rest and save your game after defeating the monsters in the Oracle's room before you proceed. You can also write down the location in case you must interrupt playing. If you save, save to another slot, keep a saved game before consulting the Oracle.

1. First go to the Oracle's room.
2. Stand at {7,30,6} in front of "THE ORACLE".
3. At {7,29,6} you see an inscription "A FATE IS AWAITING FOR YOU IN A DISTANT PLACE" and a button.
4. Press the button.
5. You receive one of the following messages (text in capitals):
   1. {6,8,18}: REACH THE TRIBUTE TO THE ORCKIN UPON THE SIXTH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   2. {5,15,14}: REACH THE CENTER OF THE CRYPT UPON THE SEVENTH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   3. {4,24,29}: REACH THE FIRST STEP TO THE TREASURE OF THE DWARVES UPON THE EIGHTH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   4. {3,23,15}: REACH THE AQUANTANA FOUNTAIN IN THE SEWERS UPON THE NINETH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   5. {2,10,6}: REACH THE PURGING CELL OF THE RUSTED TEMPLE UPON THE TENTH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   6. {1,10,9}: REACH THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM UPON THE ELEVENTH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
   7. {0,18,29}: REACH THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PIT OF EPHESUS UPON THE TWELVETH GONG TO FIND IT OUT.
6. Go immediately to the correct location from the list above. From time to time, a gong sounds between 6 and 12 times as the oracle told you. If you stand at the right place when the gong sounds for the last time, the Emerald will appear on the floor. You must stand exactly on the correct map square, and reach it before the last sound!