Gate of Pain (mission)

Mission Objectives and Rewards
Dunkoro must be in your party before going on to the mission.

Objectives
Find a way to release the tortured souls from the River of Souls.
 * ADDED Destroy the Emissary of Dhuum.
 * ADDED Kill Tortureweb Dryders to free the souls they captured from the River of Souls.
 * BONUS Kill the additional elite emissaries. 0...3 elite emissaries destroyed.

Primary
Upon entering the mission, your party has several choices for directions, all of which lead to a small area with several Terrorweb Dryders. On the way to this area, you will encounter many of Abaddon's Torment Demons as well as Terrorweb Dryders similar to those in The Underworld. The shortest path is to take the far left fork in the road.

Lightbringer's Gaze (especially if used by more than 1 party member at once) is extremely effective at quickly dispatching the demon groups, however, it does not work on the Terrorweb Dryders. It is imperative to coordinate fire power so that the beasts not be allowed to use their very powerful Call to the Torment skill, which creates a duplicate of the user if that user is not killed within 5 seconds.

Once you have passed out of the area that resembles a mutilated digestive tract, you will find yourself on the bank of the River of Souls. Your party will hear a conversation between the soul of the Undead Lich and an Emissary of Dhuum. Feel free to eliminate all the various Terrorweb Dryders infesting the immediate area while listening, once the conversation is over, Dunkoro will instruct you to kill the Tortureweb Dryder and the Emissary of Dhuum that comes to rescue it.

Tortureweb Dryders can pose a problem to the party, especially a party containing heroes or henchmen who tend to bunch up in one spot. As they are bosses, a single Liquid Flame from the monster can put a group of adjacent foes at the brink of death. It is best to prepare for them instead of hoping they always miss. The best approach is to bring skills that will completely shut down their ability to cast such as Shroud of Silence or to daze them so they cannot get spells off. When you destroy a Tortureweb Dryder, one or two souls will be freed and will head to the same spot at the entrance of the structure that dominates the center of the map.

After eliminating the first Tortureweb Dryder, you must explore the area and slaughter any more of them in the area (six total). The Tortureweb Dryders can be found in a circular path and the party can eliminate them going around in either direction. Between each Tortureweb Dryder and the next there can be groups of Torment Demons or Terrorweb Dryders.

The mission concludes once all souls are freed (sometimes a soul is consumed by a Tortureweb Dryder, in which case, the mission completes when the remaining souls are freed).

Bonus
After crossing the first bridge, there should be a set of stairs leading up to a large structure which houses one of the three Emissaries of Dhuum. The remaining two are to be found on the far west of the mission map, one north of the structure and the other to the south. Three Terrorweb Dryders accompany the Emissaries of Dhuum, so be prepared to interrupt Meteor Shower. In some cases, it is possible to lure away the Terrorwebs without luring the Emissary, allowing you to dispatch them separately.

If going for the bonus, you must kill the remaining Emissaries before killing the last of the Tortureweb Dryders. If you have freed 8 or 9 of the tortured souls, you must kill the Emissaries. Killing the last Tortureweb Dryer will trigger the mission ending cut scene once the spirits reach the proper spot on the river.

It is possible to just pull the emissary and his terrorwebs in the central fort without getting the rest of the demons. Be mindful of the patrolling demons, and when they are away pull a dryder. The emissary along with 2 other dryders and the dryder you pulled should come out of the fort to attack you.

Monsters
Demons
 * Dryders
 * 28 Terrorweb Dryder1
 * Torment Demons
 * 28 Blade of Corruption
 * 28 Arm of Insanity
 * 28 Word of Madness
 * 28 Herald of Nightmares
 * 28 Shadow of Fear
 * 28 Rain of Terror
 * 28 Spear of Torment
 * 28 Scythe of Chaos
 * Other
 * 28 Emissary of Dhuum
 * 1) Not subject to Lightbringer's Gaze.

Bosses

 * 28 Tortureweb Dryder: Ether Prism

Follow-up

 * Upon completion of the mission players will find themselves in the Gate of Fear.
 * To continue the storyline, take on the Primary Quest Kormir's Crusade.