Red Canyons


 * Also known as "Red Canyons",   this area of red rocks and boulders is a probable destination of parties seeking the 5,000 GP reward for Basillus' death. The quest giver, Keldath Ormlyr, is an important figure in other D&D literature about the Beregost area.


 * Kissiq at 2600, 1500, tells the party of the 'fiendish' talking chicken, which turns out to be Wizard Thalantyr's apprentice after a polymorph experiment gone wrong. Find Melicamp at 4545, 405, and return him (he fits nicely in inventory) to High Hedge keep to restore him, but save first; the remedy has only a 50% chance of working. The chicken clucking sound files play intermittently thereafter in the High Hedge sanctum.
 * Basillus, at 4229, 2797, within a stone circle populated by his undead 'family': his quest yields 5,000 GP; go see the priest Keldath Ormlyr in the Temple, 1230, 1060
 * A Short Sword +2 drops from Zargal the Hobgoblin, 650 XP, at 2888, 2455. Hobgoblin allies Malkax and Geltik, each 165 XP, moderate loot.

Enemies: Wolf, 65XP; Dread Wolf; Skeleton; Ghast; Ghoul, 175XP; Hobgoblin; Hobgoblin Elite

Rest anywhere on the map, with a moderate chance of sleep being interrupted by Dread Wolves or Skeletons

Nearby locations

 * Exit once to the north to open up the High Hedge area; 16 hours travel thereafter, or after it is opened up from another area, from any edge of the map
 * Exit once to the south to open up the Northwest of Nashkel area; 8 hours travel thereafter, or after it is opened up from another area, from any edge of the map
 * Exit once to the west to open up the Lighthouse and Archaeological Dig areas; 16 hours travel to each thereafter, or after each is opened up from another area, from any edge of the map

Links

 * Red Canyons Dudleyville http://www.forgottenwars.com/bg1/ar3700.htm
 * 'Red Canyons' Bioware http://www.forgottenwars.com/bg1/ar3700.htm