Strategic Control  

Not a day passes that I do not hear another troubling report. Such news rarely surprises me, but I must admit that I was not anticipating the developments in Talabecland.

The Forbidden Pass has served for centuries as Talabecland's shield against the horrors of the high passes. Passwatch has been battered and besieged, but it has always held. Now the forces of Chaos have built one of their aberrant structures in Stoneclaw canyon, at the very heart of the pass itself. They have never been closer to breaking through, and even Passwatch may not be able to stand unaided.

We must hold that line. Protect Passwatch and gain control of Stoneclaw. If Chaos has a hold there, we must break it.

Help defeat a Chaos Keep Lord at either Passwatch Castle or Stoneclaw Castle.

Tear a shred from the Chaos Keep Banner dropped by the Lord, and return it to Emperor Karl Franz as proof of your deeds.