some Chilen Tea. The exotic foods merchant in Midova normally sells this
Tea, but is out of it and promises to have some for you in a week. Burn a
week of game time and then go back to Midova. Sleep. Walk aound. Whatever.
Unfortunately when you go back the Tea--along with all of the mechant's
other goods--have been reposessed by the city's moneylender for defaulting
on the loan. Talk to the folks in Midova's Inn to find out why.

The High Mage (who looks curiously like a cross between a bum and Friar
Tuck) still refuses to speak with you unless you have the Tea. The
moneylender in Midova will agree to return the Tea (and the other
merchandise) if someone goes and finds yet another mage who owes him money
and collects the debt. The only information you are given is that this mage
is "near Montari territory." The problem is none of the game documentation
(or characters) bother to tell you where Montari territory IS. Well... I'll
save you days (real days, not game days) of looking. Montari territory is
the mountainous quadrant between the towns of Ligano, Aspreza, Balmestri and
Sortiga. The mage is located on the North---South road between Sortiga and
Ligano. He will immediately give you jewels to repay the moneylender--but
also a quest. He gives you a dowsing rod and tells you to plant it "in the
Montari Warren" to bring back the region's dwindling water supply. Again,
the documentation, on-line help and even the characters have no information
on how to find the Montari Warren--or even if it is a cave, a cul-de-sac, or
canyons in the mountains. This is important because there are extensive
canyons contained within the stretch of road between Imazi and Aliero and
you can get distracted looking there for hours. It turns out that the Warren
he is speaking of is a series of caves located just EAST of Sortiga around
the very same area where the ambush is in Chapter 1. Hidden in these caves
are many treasures (boost your lockpicking skills before getting here) as
well as a friendly Montari and a hidden spring. Contrary to what the mage
tells you the Dowsing rod he gives you will NOT help lead you to the
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