Crunch Time

 Crunch Time is a Quest in Villagers & Heroes.

 I must help the Lumineers escape the marshlands and additionally retrieve the Orb of Tanzine.

Prerequisite
 * Learned in Covigne Lore

NPC
 * Nadia in Zorian Marshlands B4

Objectives
 * Speak with Lysander at the Lumineer Camp in the Zorian Marshlands.
 * Find the Orb of Tanzine in the Zorian Marshlands. It is hidden somewhere in plain sight.
 * Meet the Lumineers and escape the Zorian Marshlands.
 * Speak with Xiphi in the Zorian Marshlands.

Rewards
 * 68 silver
 * 1,8m XP

Walkthrough
 * Talk to Lysander (B4) and ask him where he hid the Orb of Tanzine.
 * The orb is hidden in plain sight = go to the empty campsite with the oranges looking fruit on the table: D/E5.
 * Meet the Lumineers at F6 but it seems that Lysander has been killed - talk to Nadia but she's mad and gone after the killers.
 * Talk to Xiphi, give the orb.
 * This ends the quest but keep talking to him to get the follow up quest: A Hero's Passing.

Dialogue Lysander: "It's , isn't it? Thank you for all you've been doing."

You "You're no longer suffering from the Crimson Rot, what a relief!"

Lysander: "Yes, though the remedy Nadia gave me has made me quite groggy. So I must be brief. I have hidden the Orb of Tanzine here in the marshlands."

You "So you did steal Queen Zoria's Orb?"

Lysander: "I am no thief. However the details are... complicated. I will fill you in later on how the events transpired. But for now we must make haste, the four bounty hunters will never stop searching."

You "I can retrieve the orb."

Lysander: "I was hoping you would say that. Once I realized that the bounty hunters were after me, I knew I had to hide it. But because the bounty hunters are trained with eagle-like eyes, I knew that they would be able to find anything I tried to hide."

You "So what did you do?"

Lysander: "I hid the orb in plain sight, I knew it was the only way to keep it safe. Those bounty hunters are too clever for their own good, they will never think to look for it where I hid it."

You "But you can tell me, right?"

Lysander: "I'm sorry, . I don't dare say its location out loud. But seeing as you have been so capable thus far, and Nadia and Xiphi continuously praise your feats, I trust that you will be able to find it."

You "I won't let you down. I'll find the orb."

Lysander: "Make haste, for the bounty hunters could be right behind you."

You "Stay safe, Lysander."

Lysander: "You as well, !"

You looted The Orb of Tanzine!

Nadia: "No, no, nooooo! Lysander!"

You "They killed him? He's..."

Nadia: "Dead. Lysander is dead. I failed him. I failed Lysander. They came upon us so suddenly. Baldok threw me into a tree, and before I even knew what was happening, the four bounty hunters just launched themselves at him...and...and...then it was over. In the space of seconds. Lysander gone."

You "This is so horrible. Nadia, I'm so sorry."

Nadia: "The bounty hunters have gone back to the Crux to claim their reward from Queen Zoria. I can still catch them! I won't stand here and weep, when I could be hunting down his four murderers! I WILL KILL THEM ALL, and I will do it NOW before they even reach the queen! I'm not waiting."

You "Okay. But Nadia, you're really upset right now, maybe you should just take a minute to--"

Nadia: "Goodbye!"

Xiphi: "Where did Nadia just go? She's gone after them, hasn't she? On her own."

You "Yes, she's gone after the four bounty hunters by herself, I'm afraid."

Xiphi: "Blast it! Nadia's rage will get her killed! The Lumineers need to get to her before she does something reckless and stupid! What about the Orb of Tanzine, did you find it?"

You "Yes, it's here."

Xiphi: "At least we have this. But Lysander. We can't...leave him like this. He was one of us, maybe the best of us. A true hero."

You lost 1x The Orb of Tanzine.

Gained 1,8m experience!

You "We'll need to bury him."

Xiphi: "I know of a place, in the short last moments I had with Lysander, he mentioned his fondness for Melly and her late husband Max. We should bury him there, next to Max."

You "That seems fitting."

Xiphi: "Meet me at Melly's, . We'll say some words over his grave together." Continued in: A Hero's Passing.