OK call me simple call me stupid. I am in the Champion Academy and have fought skeletons and see hands of different colours. Also found some pressure plates. But what the heck am I actually doing here?
Other answers to Champion Academy here all talk of orbs and clues. But I am not even that far. All I was doing was helping the tree and killing undead for quest. There are still lots of other quests I need to finish off and I have not completed the orb quest yet either.
So anyway, now I am fighting endless undead in the Champion Academy and there is no hint or clue as to what I am supposed to do about those multicoloured hands. The game suddenly jumped to Beligar, then it suddenly jumped to Champion Academy.
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