The Spinner of Shadows

Deep within Khyber, near Tarath Marad, lies the prison of the Demon Overlord known as the Spinner of Shadows. For ages she has waited for just one moment of freedom so that she may once again spin her web of treachery.

The Spinner of Shadows
Heroic level:	16
Epic level:	21
Duration:	Long
Heroic XP:	♣3,544 Solo/Casual  ♦6,150 Normal  ♥6,392 Hard  ♠6,634 Elite
Epic XP:	♣14,188 Solo/Casual  ♦19,040 Normal  ♥19,403 Hard  ♠19,766 Elite
Takes place in:	The Spinner's Prison
NPC contact:	Orex
Quest acquired in:	The Harbor
Patron:	The Silver Flame
Base favor:	7
Free to Play:	Yes
Extreme Challenge:	No
The Spinner of Shadows map (legend )

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Overview

Rakshasas and Drow who worship the Demon Overlord known as the Spinner of Shadows have managed to break into the prison where the Spinner of Shadows has been trapped for countless ages.

Go to the Spinner's Prison and prevent the Spinner of Shadows from returning to Eberron. If this Overlord is let loose upon the world, the consequences will be catastrophic.

This is the third and final quest of the Web of Chaos story arc. To flag for this quest, you must complete the first two quests in the story arc, in the correct order - The Lords of Dust followed by Servants of the Overlord. You may not enter the quest to join your party members if you are not flagged either, regardless of their flagging status. You must complete this quest and its follow up Beyond the Rift, to travel to Eveningstar in the Forgotten Realms.

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Objectives

• Find the Spinner of Shadows inside her prison.
  • Restore the Spinner's eternal prison
  • Relight the wards with recaptured Ward Crystals (Light 9 wards total)
• (Optional) Save The Silver Flame (~ 15% of base XP)

Known Traps

None

Tips and Misc

• Although the entrance to this quest is at the end of Servants of the Overlord, you don't have to continue directly from there; you can exit to sell, repair and buff, and then return to the Harbor entrance.

• Four ward shards are needed to ignite one of the warding pillars. There are 9 pillars, so you will need 36 shards total.

• The Silver Flame
  • The Silver Flame will heal you every few seconds with a cure moderate wounds, mass.
  • The Silver Flame will also remove Demonic Poison every few seconds. There is no other way to rid yourself of it, so stay close to him while you engage the Spinner.
  • The Silver Flame will provide twice during the encounter, a stack 12 Sphere of Silver Flame Essences thrown projectiles to use against the Spinner of Shadows. One stack may be taken immediately, and another after you save the silver flame during the optional.
  • The Silver Flame will cause the Spinner's shield to drop after 1 stacks of its aura, allowing you to harm her as long as the aura is at 1 or more stacks. If you reach 4 or more stacks, her damage mitigation aura will drop completely. Note her aura is not damage reduction, but rather a percentile mitigation that applies to ALL damage. 5+ stacks will render her more vulnerable to certain damage types. Known types: Cold, Force, Sonic, Acid.
  • At some point in the fight red Flame Eaters will attempt to kill the Flame. (Seems to be after enough shards to light 4 warding pillars are dropped by blue Flame Eaters - needs confirmation - regardless of whether or not the shards are picked up.)

• The Spinner of Shadows
  • The Spinner cannot be harmed while her shield is up. It can be lowered by positioning her near the silver flame, even a single stack of it's debuff will lower the shield, partially. It starts at 100% damage mitigation, and drops to 75%/50%/25/0% for 1/2/3/4+ stacks respectively.
  • Harming the Spinner enough will eventually cause more blue Flame Eaters to appear.
  • From the second wave on, the Spinner will cause either Khyber Reavers or Hezrous (Depending on quest difficulty) to spawn to attack you.
  • Similar to Xyzzy, the Spinner is immune to weapon procs initially. She loses this immunity once the silver flame debuff is applied, even a single application does this.
  • You may also apply the silver flame debuff yourself, by asking the silver frame to grant you his essence. It functions as throwing weapon. It applies the effect even if you only score a grazing hit, so your to hit bonus is irrelevant as long as your aim is accurate.
  • The silver flame debuff also damages the spinner, it deals 10d10 damage every 2 seconds, light damage. Higher stacks may or may not increased the damage, untested.

• Blue/Red Flame Eaters
  • The blue Flame Eaters can be killed to drop a Ward Crystal.
  • The red Flame Eaters are spawned in a single wave by the Spinner, to attempt to destroy the Silver Flame.
  • More blue Flame Eaters can be spawned by hurting the Spinner. You do not have to kill the previous spawns before spawning more.
    • After the initial defeat, she will retreat and summon more reinforcements in waves, including the additional eaters. You can do this twice at specific points of the encounter. Further defeats after the first two will only result in her "hatching" two blue flame eaters and healing to full again instantly, she will also be more resistant to the silver flame debuff at this point, causing it to take longer between stacks.
  • Blue Flame Eaters seem to spawn in equal numbers on the lava and maze side.
• As the battle progresses, the monster respawn rate becomes more and more aggressive.
  • On Normal/Hard: Khyber Reavers spawn more frequently and eventually in larger numbers.
  • On Elite/Epic: Khyber Hezrou spawn more frequently and eventually in larger numbers.
• Protection from Fire and Death Ward are highly recommended here.

Bonus XP

• Aggression bonus: 40 monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣354 ♦615 ♥639 ♠663 )
• Onslaught bonus: 48 monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣532 ♦923 ♥959 ♠995 )
• Conquest bonus: 56 monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣886 ♦1,538 ♥1,598 ♠1,659 )

Loot

• Chests: Two total:
  • 1 bonus chest at the end for the optional: (Save the Silver Flame)
  • 1 end chest at quest completion
    • Epic difficulty: The Epic Chest replaces the end chest. It contains a single dungeon token and a small chance at shards.

• NPC rewards: Standard, Choose from 7, Up to ML:14

Named Loot

• Doublecross Bow - Repeating Light Crossbow - +4, Poison BurstPoison Burst: This weapon is dripping with poison, and deals 1d6 poison damage each hit. In addition critical hits deal an amount of extra poison damage depending on the weapon's critical multiplier: x2 - 31d10. x3 - 2d10. x4 - 3d10., CripplingCrippling: A crippling weapon is infused with binding power so that when a target is critically hit their movement is slowed by half (making it crippled)., Armor-Piercing - 10%Armor-Piercing - 10%: If the target of this weapon has Fortification, it will be treated as if having 10% less Fortification than it actually possesses. This stacks with bonuses granted by any relevant feats such as Opportunist., Nightshade VenomNightshade Venom: Any creature struck by this weapon must succeed on a Difficulty Check 22 Fortitude save or fall unconscious. The target may attempt a new save to end the effect every several seconds; otherwise the sleep lasts for 20 seconds. (End Chest (to the right of The Silver Flame))
• Luminous Truth - Quarterstaff - + 4, (Enhanced threat: 19-20/x2), Spellcasting Implement +12Spellcasting Implement +12:Provides a +12 Implement bonus to wearer's universal Spell Power., Combustion +72Combustion +72: Provides a +72 Equipment bonus to wearer's Fire Spell Power., Radiance +72Radiance +72: Provides a +72 Equipment bonus to wearer's Light and Alignment Spell Power., Major Fire LoreMajor Fire Lore: Your Fire spells gain additional 9% chance to make critical hits and their critical multiplier increase by 0.50x, Major Radiance LoreMajor Radiance Lore: Your Light and Aligned spells gain additional 9% chance to make critical hits and their critical multiplier increase by 0.50x, Flaming BurstFlaming Burst: This weapon is sheathed in fire. A fire weapon deals an extra 1d6 fire damage on a successful hit. In addition critical hits deal an amount of extra fire damage depending on the weapon's critical multiplier: x2 - 1d10. x3 - 2d10. x4 - 3d10., IncandescenceIncandescence: This weapon glows with the light of Irian. This weapon deals an extra 1d6 light damage on successful hit. (End chest)
• Templar's Bastion - Medium Armor - +4, MithralMithral: Mithral armor is one type lighter then normal. Arcane Spell Failure decreased by 10%. Maximum dexterity bonus increased by 2. Armor check penalty reduced by 3., DR 5/EvilDamage Reduction 5/Evil: Reduces physical damage by 5, except from Evil weapons., Spell Resistance (25)Spell Resistance (25): This item grants its wearer 25 spell resistance., Light GuardLight: This armor blasts those that attack the wearer, causing 1d6 light damage on a successful melee attack. (End chest)
• Templar's Docent - Docent - +4, DR 5/EvilDamage Reduction 5/Evil: Reduces physical damage by 5, except from Evil weapons., Spell Resistance (25)Spell Resistance (25): This item grants its wearer 25 spell resistance., Light GuardLight: This armor blasts those that attack the wearer, causing 1d6 light damage on a successful melee attack. (End chest)
• Templar's Justice - Dwarven Axe - +4, Cold IronCold Iron: This iron mined deep underground, known for its effectiveness against fey creatures, is forged at a lower temperature to preserve its delicate properties. When combined with Good damage types, Cold Iron weapons are able to overcome the damage reduction of most Demons like Fire Reavers or Flesh Renders. See Monster DR and weaknesses for specifics., Holy BurstHoly Burst: A holy weapon is imbued with holy power. This power makes the weapon good-aligned and thus bypasses the corresponding damage reduction. It deals an extra 2d6 damage against all of evil alignment. In addition critical hits deal an amount of extra damage depending on the weapon's critical multiplier: x2 - 3d6. x3 - 4d6. x4 - 5d6., IncandescenceIncandescence: This weapon glows with the light of Irian. This weapon deals an extra 1d6 light damage on successful hit.}, Godly WrathGodly Wrath: This weapon is filled with the power of a wrathful deity. Occasionally, this holy power is unleashed, applying a lasting effect that deals 2d4 light damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. If the effect is reapplied before it wears off, the effect with stack and the duration will reset. The effect can be stacked up to 3 times. (End chest)
• Templar's Retribution - Bastard Sword - +4, Cold IronCold Iron: This iron mined deep underground, known for its effectiveness against fey creatures, is forged at a lower temperature to preserve its delicate properties. When combined with Good damage types, Cold Iron weapons are able to overcome the damage reduction of most Demons like Fire Reavers or Flesh Renders. See Monster DR and weaknesses for specifics., Holy BurstHoly Burst: A holy weapon is imbued with holy power. This power makes the weapon good-aligned and thus bypasses the corresponding damage reduction. It deals an extra 2d6 damage against all of evil alignment. In addition critical hits deal an amount of extra damage depending on the weapon's critical multiplier: x2 - 3d6. x3 - 4d6. x4 - 5d6., IncandescenceIncandescence: This weapon glows with the light of Irian. This weapon deals an extra 1d6 light damage on successful hit., Godly WrathGodly Wrath: This weapon is filled with the power of a wrathful deity. Occasionally, this holy power is unleashed, applying a lasting effect that deals 2d4 light damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. If the effect is reapplied before it wears off, the effect with stack and the duration will reset. The effect can be stacked up to 3 times. (End chest)

Monsters

Monster Information

• Bloated Flame Eaters
• Drow Priestesses - just a few near the start
• Drow Warriors - just a few near the start
• Flame Eaters - both blue and red
• Jarilith Guard - only appears on Elite+
• Khyber Hezrou - only appears on Hard+ - appear in greater numbers on epic
• Khyber Reavers - only appear on Normal
• Rakshasa Lords - just one near the start

Named Monsters:

• The Spinner of Shadows - Red-named demon; end boss

Dev Quote

Quote: Originally Posted by Tolero ... Also don't forget to complete the Spinner of Shadows quest!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tolero All characters need to do it once (even if on casual). Quest is free, and also if you already ran it back when U13 launched in February you're good, you don't need to repeat it on Monday.