Against the Demon Queen (quest)

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The Court of Lailat is the heart of the demon queen's desert kingdom. From her throne, she commands a legion of servants; gnolls, efreet and demons all bend to her will.

Against the Demon Queen
Level:	12
Duration:	Very Long
Base XP:	6,400 6,700 7,000
Takes place in:	The Court of Lailat
NPC contact:	Zawabi the Elder Djinni
Quest acquired in:	Zawabi's Refuge
Patron:	The Free Agents
Base favor:	8
Against the Demon Queen map (legend)

Overview

This is the pre-raid leading up to Zawabi's Revenge, a 12 man raid featuring Lailat, the Demon Queen. You must flag for this quest by completing Chains of Flame, An Offering of Blood and the Chamber of Raiyum. However, since this is a regular quest, you may enter even if you are not flagged as long as one person in your party is.

This quest must be recompleted before you can repeat the Zawabi's Revenge raid, but the three flagging quests do not need to be. Talk to Zawabi twice in Zawabi's Refuge to reset the quest chain.

Be very careful that you are on the correct chapter of the quest chain before entering the quest - as of Update 3, because of a bug, you will not get a warning that you are on the wrong chapter if you are in a party.

Spoiler Warning: Information below this point can be considered spoiler material!

Objectives

• Read the Tome of the Six Swords
• Recite the Glyphs of the First Sword
• Recite the Glyphs of the Second Sword
• Recite the Glyphs of the Third Sword
• Recite the Glyphs of the Fourth Sword
• Recite the Glyphs of the Fifth Sword
• Recite the Glyphs of the Sixth Sword
• Confront Queen Lailat
• Kill Lailat's defenders and force her to retreat
• Investigate the chest in Lailat's summoning circle
• Force Queen Lailat to retreat into the Circle of Eternity
• (Optional) Defeat Vinaldor the Faithless (?% of base XP)
• (Optional) Defeat Edrassa the Betrayed (?% of base XP)
• (Optional) Defeat Dwalni Demonsbane (?% of base XP)
• (Optional) Defeat the Hand of Olladra (?% of base XP)

What to Expect

• Traps (fixed, some undisarmable)
• Riddle
• Collapsible floor
• Spawning/respawning monsters
• Randomly placed lever (the second lever from the Octopus wing)

Known Traps

• Dropping floor and poison traps (Scorpion area)
• Spinning blade (Octopus area underwater)
• Sonic traps (Bat area)
• Mordenkainen's Disjunction Traps (Main Floor, Circle of Eternity and Monkey area) - Epic Difficulty only

Tips and Misc

Against the Demon Queen requires you to solve a riddle - the riddle is different each time. It requires you to read inscriptions from each of the six chambers in the correct order:

* Monkey (Wildmen)
* Bat (Mephits)
* Wolf (Gnolls)
* Scorpion
* Snake (Trogrodytes)
* Octopus (Mindflayers)

For more detail about riddle, see this article: Against the Demon Queen riddle
Map notes:

• 1 - Tome of the Six Swords
• 2 - Glyphs
• 3 - Iron key

Loot

• Chests: total 4, 1 in Octopus area, 1 in Scorpion area, 1 in wildman area behind secret door, 1 spawns after end fight

• NPC rewards: None

Monsters

Efeeti Guards, Wildmen, Mephits, Gnolls, Scorpions, Drow Scorpions, Trogrodytes, Mindflayers, Prince of Swords, Flesh Renders, Fire Reavers, Queen Lailat