
Two Sides, Same Coin
Travel to the mausoleum in Divinity's Reach. Meet the Shining Blade exemplar at the mausoleum. Access the hidden entrance. Shining Blade Headquarters Talk to Anise. Follow Anise. Pledge your confidence. Participate in "Quenching the Spirit." Participate in "Steeling the Mind." (Survive.) Survive for as long as you can: x:xx (timer counts up) Give Shadow time to flee: x:xx (timer counts down from 2 minutes) Slay as many White Mantle as you can: x Follow Anise. (Confront your own guilt and self-doubt.) Destroy your self doubt. Speak with Exemplar Mehid. Take the Oath of Confidence. Honorary Blade Give the aspect to Anise. Talk to Anise.
Run inside the house and speak to Anise. She will lead you back outside and engage you in a few cutscenes before the first combat section begins.
In the Henge of Denravi section, players beyond the first can observe from a balcony and have their skill bar replaced with Grenade ([&BsSXAAA=]) and Freeze Grenade ([&Bs+YAAA=]). After initial step of meeting Shining Blade exemplar in mausoleum (and before accessing the hidden entrance) game stops tracking quest on the map, so if you stepped aside and can't find the mausoleum, it's located slightly north from Manor Hill. Re-entering this section of the story when it is not the player's active story instance with a female character will cause buggy dialogue, and will cause several lines of dialogue that should use 'she' to instead say 'he'.