Destroying Terikan is a step of the main quest in chapter 4 of Icewind Dale.
Quick walkthrough[]
- Talk to Norlinor in the forge of Upper Dorn's Deep. (optional)
- Find Terikan's Key in the Tiers of the Dead.
- Find Terikan's Phylactery in the Hall of Heroes.
- Enter "Jamoth's Tomb" in the Hall of Heroes.
- Report back to Norlinor. (optional, for extra exp)
- Take the Forge Key from the forge.
Walkthrough[]
When you arrive at the Great Forge, it is cold and inactive.
You can optionally talk to the ghost Norlinor on the platform at the top of the stairs, in order to learn that a necromancer called Terikan has taken up residence in the halls ahead and needs to be dealt with.
Take any of the three top doors to get to the Tiers of the Dead, which are swarming with hostile undead.
Terikan stands on the elevated central platform, and attacks on sight. You can kill him[1] if you want, but that does not solve the quest because he simply respawns after a short while.
Instead, the you must take Terikan's Key from the sarcophagus at (1400, 600) near him, and then take the northern door to the Hall of Heroes.
Continue to watch out for Terikan, who can respawn in this hallway, too. Walk along the hallway, enter the 4th room on the left (marked "Lich's Tomb" on the map), and take Terikan's Phylactery from the trapped pedestal at (440, 980) there. (Terikan's Journal from the sarcophagus here can also give you some hints for the next step, in case Norlinor did not explain it to you.)
statue of "Jamoth's Tomb"
Return to the hallway, and this time enter the 2nd tomb on the right from the entrance (marked "Jamoth's Tomb" on the map). As soon as you do, Terikan's Phylactery disappears from your inventory and you can hear Terikan's scream as he is finally destroyed for good.[2] This earns you 52,500 exp.
If you walk to the end of the hallway, you find that the exit (marked "To Wyrm's Tooth Glacier" on the map) is still locked.
So, backtrack all the way the Great Forge. With Terikan's influence removed, the forge is now active again.
You can optionally tell Norlinor (who now stands at the bottom of the forge) about your success in destroying Terikan, and if you have not previously disgruntled Norlinor, this gets you another 84,000 exp.
Inspect the newly-active forge to find that there is now a lootable container at (1370, 1140) on the receptacle behind Norlinor. Open it, to find the Forge Key.
Loot the many treasures of the Tiers of the Dead and Hall of Heroes if you want (and haven't yet). When you are ready to move on, return to the gate at the end of the Hall of Heroes hallway, which is now guarded by hostile bronze sentries that weren't here previously. Thanks to the Forge Key, you can open the gate and exit to Wyrm's Tooth Glacier:
Appendix[]
Journal entries[]
| “ | Important Events We met a ghost named Norlinor near an ancient dwarven forge. Norlinor told us of Terikan, a lich that was attempting to unleash a horde of undead from the Plane of Negative Energy into Dorn's Deep. Norlinor told us that to destroy Terikan, we would need to obtain his soul container from the Hall of Heroes and bring it into the tomb of Jamoth, also within the Hall of Heroes. |
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| “ | Important Events Norlinor feels the only way to restore the Dorn forge and return the dwarven spirits to rest is to dispose of Terikan. |
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| “ | Important Events We defeated Terikan and restored the forge of Upper Dorn's Deep. Norlinor thanked us, and he told us the key we would need to allow us to travel to Wyrm's Tooth Glacier lies in a receptacle in the forge. |
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