Chapter 2 (detective work)

In chapter 2, you awake in a room with a girl in it. She is your fan. In the next room Aribeth and Aarin Gend inform you about your mission. And again it seems that you will have to do all the work while those two “think” very hard. Or in other words – do nothing.
I’m going to write this walkthrough by listing quests from now on. Hope this will be better. Alright so here are the quests for Chapter 2. I might have missed some so feel free to correct me.

Main quest:
Locate at least 2 pieces of evidence about the location of the cult.

There are numerous ways of doing this. You can collect 2 pieces of evidence from Neverwinter Wood and the Haunted Forest (?) down the South Road if I remember correctly. It would be enough but I suggest you go to the caves by the North Road as Aarin Gend suggests.

North Road

This will be a good place for a level-up and will reveal some details about the cult. In the caves there are some things for you to look at. Each cave has some sort of a king(s) for example a goblin chieftain or a bugbear leader and so on. They have some nice treasures and are worth killing for experience alone. The caves belong to an orc named Dergiab and you face him and his lackeys in Ogre Caves. Fighting him can be hard but I found that Ganon (the cultist) is a harder opponent because his attacks cause fear and you could be in trouble if you don’t have any anti-fear items or spells.

Enemies:
Dergiab – king of the caves. I personally went straight for him and didn’t look at other enemies because his magic can hurt you a lot. Thankfully he goes down quite easily so whack him in the head before he casts his spells.

Ganon(?) – cultist. A fat looking human person who has throwing axes and his attacks cause fear. He’s not a bad fighter and can kill. The problem is that if you don’t have any anti-fear-gear then you will have to rely on your luck or saving throws to avoid fear effects. Once fear overwhelms you – you’re dead. Best dealt with at range.

Once you’ve dealt with them search the cave for Ganon’s journal and other loot. You can show this journal to Aribeth. Oh and pick up Dergiab’s head too.

North Road – other quests:
Gerrol’s wife and Dergiab’s head: Gerrol is a farmer whose son asked you for help once you entered Port Llast. His wife is held in the prison within the goblin/orc caves. The prison is in the Bugbear Caves area. Once you free Leah and have dealt with the situation in the caves return to Gerrol and the quest will be completed.

North Road – Green Griffon Inn: you will be able to go to Luskan from here once you’ve found all the evidence.

Mutamins Challenge: inside the inn you can speak to inn-folk and then to Mutamin and enter his “little” competition. You have to exit his labyrinth. I personally hate this side-quest because it takes too much time to complete for a side-quest. Sure it’s a great place for a level-up but I hate it. Anyway the goal of this quest is to locate special items scattered in the area to be able to leave the dungeon. The items are: crystal skull, crystal frog (from a Yuan-Ti), crystal insect from a minotaur like creature (Mingon?), crystal egg. I believe you only need the crystal egg to be able to exit. Personally I placed the crystal egg in the chest after I spoke to the statue near exit and was able to exit. This quest is about exploring so you should explore :) but as I said I hate this quest.