Cleansing the Steel

Overview
Summary
 * 1) Deliver the carved buckeye to Soar Honorclaw.
 * 2) Meet Dao Weng in Panjiang Peninsula and kill him.
 * 3) Return to Soar Honorclaw to let her know you have succeeded.
 * 4) See Headmaster Lee for your reward.

Obtained from
 * Headmaster Lee in Shing Jea Monastery.

Requirements
 * Primary profession: Assassin
 * Assassin Insignia

Reward
 * 2,500 XP
 * 100 Gold
 * Sai
 * Piercing damage: 5-10 (req 4 Dagger Mastery)
 * Damage +10% (while Health is above 50%)

Dialogue
 * "Much as the Ranger safeguards Nature's balance, the Assassin's purpose is to right social imbalance. But you have achieved the opposite. Relations between humans and the Tengu are strained in the best circumstances, but we at the monastery make it a point to treat them with honor and respect"


 * "The village of Aerie is quite angry, and you and Panaku are to blame. This is not the first time Panaku has enticed a student to do his dirty work, so Master Togo and I have agreed not to expel you, but you will be required to pay a visit to Aerie and convey our respects and apologies."


 * "Present this carved buckeye to Soar Honorclaw, your victims daughter. It looks like any Tengu to me, but Talon assures me it is the very likness of Swift Honorclaw, and that it is the appropriate offering to a grieving Tengu Family."

Intermediate Dialogue 1
 * "You are from the monastery. I have expected you daily"


 * "Do not look for a welcome; you slew my father unjustly, and there are many here who wish you harm, but you are under my protection for the moment"


 * "Just so you understand, my father earned his death when he offered Dao Weng, a dishonest merchant who refused to pay a fair price for our grain. An argument with a Tengu in front of his associates was enough to injure the man's honor, so Dao Weng hired an Assassin to kill him"


 * "My thanks to the monastery for the offering, but I have one requirement before I consider matter repaired between Aerie and the monastery. I have arranged a meeting with Dao Weng, and I want you to appear in my stead and kill him."

Intermediate Dialogue 2
 * "Where is Soar Honorclaw? Who are you?"


 * "Guards! Kill this Assassin immediately!  I will await you... somewhere else."

Intermediate Dialogue 3
 * "With Dao Weng's death, my father's spirit can finally fly away into the Sky Above the Sky. You may return to Master Togo and tell him that the score is settled.  He is one of the few humans in this land who deals with the Tengu honorably, and that is not something I take lightly."

Reward Dialogue
 * "Society's balance teeters on a razor's edge. Your judgment must not.  But you have done well, and if you keep your wits about you, you may yet make a great Assassin.  Now, seek out Master Togo in Linnok Courtyard.  All students who complete the advanced courses are required to speak with him."

Walkthrough

 * Walk out the west exit of Shing Jea Monastery
 * Go to Kinya Province
 * Talk to Soar Honorclaw
 * Get to Panjiang Peninsula, either by running straight to the south, or by traveling to Tsumei Village
 * Dao Weng will be surrounded by several Crimson Skull Raiders. Kill them and Dao Weng
 * Return back to Kinya Province, and talk to Soar Honorclaw again
 * On the way back you should talk to Tahbo Paa right after the entry to Kinya Province. He will give you the quest The Agriculturist quest, that can be finished at the same time as you finish this quest.