Enemies in this sector:

• Devil shades
  
• Duergar sappers
  
• Elite orogs
  
• Gibberlings (regular and mutated)
  
• Orc archers
  
• Shadows
  
• Shadow fiends
  
• Umber hulks
  
• Yaga-Shura mages

Magic items in this sector:

• On the enemies:
  Studded leather +2
  Battle axes +2
  Quarter staff +1
  Short swords +2
  Composite longbows +1
  War hammers +2
  Arrows +1
  Arrows of ice
  Potions of extra healing
  Mage scroll of protection from the elements

Gromnir's Tower

This area is well trapped, and some of the traps are difficult to uncover, so use a find traps spell if necessary and increase the abilities of your thief by buying potions of perception in town. The locations of all of the traps are summarized under a separate heading below.

The route to Gromnir's tower is fairly direct. If you came through the sewers, you'll arrive in a room that opens into a larger room, and the entrance to the tower is directly north. If you came through the jail, you'll immediately be faced with a group of fighters and thieves, which won't initially be aware of your presence, which you can use to your advantage to launch a pre-emptive assault. Use your big spells against the fighters and thieves guarding the sewer because they are dangerous opponents. Potions of giant strength and haste or slow spells will make the battle considerably easier.

Release Vinke and the other nameless prisoners for +1 reputation points each.

Ensure that you have missile weapons loaded for each character and climb up the tower. Pause immediately and have all your characters target the Il-Khan battle mage with missile weapons, magic missiles, or other offensive spells that can be quickly cast (sequencing several magic missiles works great for this purpose). You can take him out before he can move, netting yourself a quick 21,500 experience points. Once the mage is gone, the three Il-Khan fighters on the floor won't pose much of a fight (and are worth 12,000, 12,000, and 12,300 experience points, respectively).

Climb up the stairs and witness a confrontation between Melissan and Gromnir. You won't have a choice but to fight Gromnir, and your first targets should be his two battle mages (including Karun the Black), who are each worth 21, 500 experience points. Once again, use missile weapons and magic missiles to ensure you take them out before they can raise their defenses. His other guards include Berena Elkan (12,500 experience points), Elder Had (thief, 12,500 experience points) and an Il-khan soldier (12,300 experience points) equipped with magic arrows. Gromnir himself is worth 22,500 experience points and 30,000 experience points per party member as quest experience points. Gromnir is a berserker and an excellent melee fighter, so ensure that whoever engages him is stocked with healing potions and ideally has been strengthened by a potion of giant strength. Elder Had will take potions of invisibility to attempt backstabs.

Wizard Woes. Gromnir's mage guards are more dangerous than he is, so ensure you take them out with ranged attacks and sequenced magic missiles before they can raise defenses.

Traps in this Area:

• Outside the first gate when you enter from the jail
  
• By the corner directly south of that location (two traps)
  
• Outside the cell north of the first gate (Vinke's cell)
  
• On the other side of the corridor across from the nameless prisoner's cell to the south
  
• In the floor just north of that cell, in between the cells
  
• On the chest in the first room in which you encounter the elite orcs