Orchard of the Macabre (epic)

Overview
Orchard of the Macabre (epic) is a level 29 Wilderness Adventure Area accessible from The Necropolis, allowing characters from levels 20 through 33 full XP rewards. Requires minimum character level 20 to enter. See also Orchard of the Macabre (heroic).

Quests
In addition to the Rare Encounter / Slayer / Explorer missions typical to all wilderness adventure areas, the following quests can be found in this zone:


 * Desecrated Temple of Vol
 * Flesh Maker's Laboratory
 * Ghosts of Perdition
 * Inferno of the Damned



Random Encounters
4,800 XP per encounter, 45,600 bonus XP for solving all
 * A Rift of Fire
 * A Rift of Ice
 * It's Alive!
 * The Suspect
 * The Maruts
 * Slay Lord Varnath
 * Slay Lord Tristin
 * Slay Isanar
 * Slay Tahareh (Doomsphere)
 * Slay Mal'takalon
 * Slay Blightcrawl
 * Slay Ciona the Grey
 * Slay Thorfl
 * Slay Commander Tarkor
 * Slay Talvis Samit
 * Slay Daros
 * Slay the Mummy Karthonep the Restless
 * Slay Lanarin
 * Slay Hieronymus

Slayer

 * Slay 10 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 3,615 XP
 * Slay 25 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 4,853 XP
 * Slay 50 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 6,493 XP
 * Slay 100 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 9,360 XP
 * Slay 200 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 14,505 XP
 * Slay 400 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 24,495 XP
 * Slay 750 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 40,185 XP
 * Slay 1,500 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 81,810 XP
 * Slay 3,000 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 163,905 XP
 * Slay 5,000 enemies in the Orchard of the Macabre. : 227,475 XP

The Black Abbot's Journals
2,400 XP per discovery, 7,200 bonus XP for discovering all
 * Find Black Abbot's first journal
 * ''Those accursed adventurers disrupted my ascension to godhood! I'll make them pay for their foolish arrogance when my full power returns. Fortunately the simpletons think I have been destroyed. That will allow me to plan my next attempt in peace.
 * Find Black Abbot's second journal
 * ''Interesting. I have been investigating how to tap the power of the darker planes to power my ascension to godhood. In all the ancient texts, the same name comes up time and time again. I shall have to re-discover the long-lost secret of House Vol!
 * Find Black Abbot's third journal
 * ''Who could have imagined that the last scion of House Vol survived as a lich? All I need to do is convince her to teach me about her Dragonmark. Then I will be unstoppable!
 * Find Black Abbot's fourth journal
 * ''It took some doing, but Lady Erandis and I have come to an agreement. I am to teach her about planar magics, and she will teach me about her Dragonmark. My plan couldn't be going any better.
 * Find Black Abbot's fifth journal
 * ''It seems that Lady Erandis is an expert on Dolurrh and necromancy. Her knowledge, combined with my own mastery of planar magic, will make the ritual almost trivial...though of course there is some risk of manifesting Dolurrh in Eberron...
 * Find Black Abbot's sixth journal
 * ''Lady Erandis is impressive. She's an eager student of my planar sorcery, and an accomplished wizard in her own right. So trusting, the poor fool! I'll soon know all I need from her.
 * Find Black Abbot's seventh journal
 * ''She's not as trustworthy as I believed. I've learned that her Emerald Claw lackeys helped disrupt my ascension! She swears that she knew nothing about it, and that her underlings have been properly chastised. But I'll keep a closer eye on her in the future.
 * Find Black Abbot's eighth journal
 * ''I have finally learned all I deem useful from Erandis. I've set my plans and followers in place to eliminate her before she suspects my intent. Pity. She was a competant assistant for a time. But we mustn't have another lich about who could possibly perform my ascension!
 * Find Black Abbot's ninth journal
 * ''How is this possible?! She not only thwarted my attempt on her existence, but she took control of my followers and defeated my magics! She even managed to craft a spell that allows her to control another lich, and had the audacity to use it on me! ME! I'm the one worthy of godhood...and now I must become her lapdog.
 * Find Black Abbot's tenth journal
 * ''That lich has fed me nothing but lies from the start! I never should have trusted her after her Emerald Claw lackeys helped thwart my ascension the first time. Now her minions infest the entire Orchard.
 * Find Black Abbot's eleventh journal
 * ''My brilliant plan lies in ruins. Not only has she used her foul magics to compel me, but she's taken control of my most powerful lieutenants - the doomsphere, the cinderspawn. She even had the audacity to kill Mentau! And I had such plans for an army of flesh golems...
 * Find Black Abbot's twelfth journal
 * ''I was so close - so close to being a god! I will not let her win. Her magic compels me to obey her, but she'll slip up someday. And when she does, I will destroy her!

Erandis Vol's Missives
2,400 XP per discovery, 7,200 bonus XP for discovering all
 * Find Erandis Vol's first missive
 * Find Erandis Vol's twelfth missive
 * Find Erandis Vol's twelfth missive