The Crypt

A-Stairs to Warehouse B-Stairs to Snake Cult Estate C-Dire Spider Lair D-To Great Graveyard

Both passageways to the central chamber have a fair number of monsters--beetles and cultists occupy the west side, zombies and shadows the east side. The central chamber is home to a powerful dire spider, and its venom can be a problem. You may want to pay Aribeth a quick visit if you get infected. Once the spider is gone, head out of the crypt and into the graveyard.

The Great Graveyard

A-To Crypt B-Tomb C-Warrens of the Damned D-To Beggar's Nest

What's so great about a bunch of zombies? Regardless of whether or not you are disappointed by the reported greatness here, there are a few areas of interest in the graveyard.

Tomb

Those doing the Search for Never's Tomb quest will want to open the chest near the tomb to the west. There you'll find a riddle: "A wall at arm's length." Put the ceremonial shield from the peninsula tomb in the chest, and the door will open. Inside the tomb, open the sarcophagus to find the Ancient Chronicles of Halueth Never. Return the book to Oleff (or Gilles) for your reward.

Warrens of the Damned

A-To Great Graveyard B-Torin's Body C-Store room D-Jared E-Gulnan's Chamber

Follow the passage to the east, and unlock the door in the far chamber. There you'll find the corpse of Torin, Jemanie's lost brother, who has passed to the other side. Search the body for an ancient key and Torin's ring.

You can find this same key in the room in the northwest corner. Here, you'll also find Gulnan's journal in a cabinet. If you haven't guessed by now, Gulnan is the Yuan-Ti necromancer needed for the main quest. Before you face her, you may want to check the small prison at the west of the warren, where you talk with the Snake Cult leader, Jared. He won't tell you much, and you can let him go or just let him sit there.

Now, it's into the main chamber. Gulnan is a level-12 cleric who will cast some pretty serious direct-damage spells. You can halt the tides of undead guarding her by destroying the pedestal in the western section of the chamber (as alluded to in her journal). When Gulnan is dead, take the Yuan-Ti heart (as well as some good items) from her corpse.

Return to Jemanie to deliver Torin's ring and its accompanying bad news (you'll get to keep the ring, which is worth a bit of gold). Then visit Harben to get your reward for stopping the undead. You may be ambushed by assassins near the Shining Serpent. If so, search their bodies for a note, and take it to Fenthick at the Hall of Justice Sanitorium. Finally, teleport to the Hall of Justice and deliver the heart to Aribeth.