Song and Stone

Overview
Summary
 * 1) Patrol the area and protect the Stone Singers from the raiding Luxon forces. 5 Stone Singers must survive. You have 8 out of 8 remaining.
 * 2) See Count zu Heltzer for your reward.

Obtained from
 * Count zu Heltzer in House zu Heltzer

Requirements
 * None

Reward
 * 5,000 XP
 * 1,000 Kurzick Faction
 * 350 Gold
 * Equipment Requisition

Dialogue
 * "I cannot tell you how happy I am that the plague is under control, but it has come at a price...the Luxons are growing even more bellicose. It's high time we healed the living stone and rebuilt the cathedral, but their raids are keeping all of my usual forces occupied. You look like a fair hand in a fight. I need someone to protect the Stone Singers while they complete the ritual songs that will heal the cathedral stone. The Luxons are sure to make it difficult, so you must be wary. Help us complete the rebuilding process, and the gods will surely smile upon you. And it that's not enough compensation, House zu Heltzer will make it worth your while."

Reward Dialogue
 * "You have done a great thing for the Kurzick people, and the gods will surely reward your efforts. But if you're looking for more immediate gratification, please accept this with my personal thanks."

Walkthrough
Follow the quest markers to the stone singers then protect them.

''Note: Currently, this quest is a bit strange because a few markers (about three of them) will contain nothing. As you approach the marker, the quest will just update and point you to the next one. There is no need to worry about where the stone singer went, just keep following the marker.''

When you get to the markers that do have stone singers, as soon as you get close, the stone singer will plead for his/her life and a two or three groups of Luxons will spawn nearby and rush towards the stone singers. Each group of Luxons usually have about three units.

If there is only one stone singer, make sure your party surrounds him or her. The Luxons will aggro your party and engage the soft targets, ignoring the stone singer. If you have a Ritualist in your party, setting up spirits around the stone singer helps distract the attackers.

The one location where it might be problematic is point 3 in the map above. There are three singers there and it could be hard to cover them all, since the Luxons approach from three directions. If you are playing with other players, spread out further and take on the individual groups. If you playing this with henchmen, try to stand near the middle and move about as the Luxons approach to take the aggro. Please note that henchmen do not heal the stone singers. If this is difficult, then try to protect just one of them, since the quest can still be completed even if you lose all three stone singers.

''Tip: If you will be following the path put forth by the quest markers, take note if you also have the quest Wardens On the March active in your Quest Log. Getting to the last marker will require you to go through the lumped up groups of Wardens from that quest who will be waiting on the stairs between points 7 and 8 above. But of course, it can save time to do both at once.''

''If you find it too difficult to get past the mobs of the wardens in order to get to point 8, you can purposely die to get to the Resurrection Shrine. From there, you can backtrack all the way to the Altrumm Ruins exit and then use the back door to the cathedral. While it is a long way, there are no enemies along this route, so it easily lets you complete the quest.''

Tip: Having the quest Charting the Forests at the same time is a also good idea as you will be easily able to complete the charting of the area with only minimal extra effort.

''Tip: Make sure you watch your map when defending the stone singers. Sometimes you or a member of your party may accidentally aggro nearby monsters and protecting the stone singers will become much more difficult.''