I recently bought both IDW and HOW and am playing it for the first time. I am currently in the Vale of Shadows crypt #5 where there is a lever that leads to the next level. It keeps saying that it's locked. I back tracked many times to make sure I didn't miss anything and never found anything new. I then looked at the walkthrough I found here. I had already done everything that was on the walkthrough, and I have all the keys that you can get up to this point. The lever is still locked. Am I missing something? The only thing I did different than the walkthrough was the order of the crypts that I went to. I wouldn't think that they would HAVE to be done in any certain order in regards to the 1st through the 4th, but maybe I'm wrong. Do I need to start all over and do them in the order the walthrough shows? I don't know what to do. I've tried just about everything. Any suggestions???

Hi,

I've played the Vale a few times, and have had trouble myself even after I had all the keys, and the Holy Symbol of Myrkul, or whatever. The key that opens the lock on the column is in a passageway lined with burial vaults, right of the main room, or rather in a chamber north of the passage (chamber is filled with Zombies) and then to the west is a chest. I found that I still couldn't open the lock until I went to a more southern passage and fought monsters there, where I found the Black Wolf Talisman. If you haven't found that area with the Talisman, go back and check. Hope this helps.

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and the flaming sword turning every way, guards the tree of life.

I would like to say thank you to Zateel for reminding me of the Black Wolf Talisman, which I had sold. It was the one thing I hadn't tried yet, and it was the key. Thank You. SirVancelot

you SOLD the blackwolf talisman?! that's the only necklace i KEEP.. it's one of the coolest ones, and they give it to you right away. currently my thief has it so he won't die so quickly http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/wink.gif