Children of Garkul, Unite!

Children of Garkul, Unite! is a quest in the Embers of Rage campaign. The player is granted this quest when they finish either This is our land!, A Ritch Party, or Stargazers. Upon starting this quest, the player is also granted the Stargazers quest (unless they have already finished it), and advised to complete that quest first.

The goal of this quest is to rescue the orcs trapped in the Internment Camp. All of the remaining orcs on the mainland of Var'Eyal have been captured by the Sunwall and their western allies. They are kept in the Internment Camp, where Mindwall uses his psionic powers to project calming illusions and keep the orcs subdued and obedient. The orcs are also guarded by ogres from Elvala, hired by the Allied Kingdoms.

Mindwall is encountered alone in the entrance area of the Internment Camp, with no exits visible other than the way in. Mindwall's psionic powers allow him to repeatedly confuse the player, without checking confusion immunity or any saves. In order to resist this confusion, the player needs to wear the Cap of the Undisturbed Mind. Acquiring this cap is one of the goals of the Stargazers quest, hence why the player is advised to complete that quest first. (However, it is possible to defeat Mindwall without wearing the cap.) When the player kills Mindwall's body, his mind lives on and splits up, taking direct control of all the subdued orcs. With the body dead, Mindwall's will falters and the illusion is dispelled, and exits to further sections are revealed, one for each of the four captured Orc Prides (Rak'Shor Pride, Vor Pride, Gorbat Pride, Grushnak Pride).

Each of the sections is filled with mind-controlled orcs from the corresponding Pride, as well as ogre guards, and a Mindcontrol Pillar on the far side from the entrance. The orcs will initially be hostile. Destroying the Mindcontrol Pillar will cause all the orcs in the section to be freed from the mind control, and they will stop attacking the player, and potentially start attacking any remaining ogres.

Upon destroying all four Mindcontrol Pillars and thereby freeing all the orcs, the quest is complete, and the player earns the achievement Reclaiming Garkul's Heritage. If the player did not kill a single mind-controlled orc, they also earn the achievement True Savior. (This includes not killing orcs after freeing them.)

The first time you complete the Internment Camp, you will randomly either unlock the Mage or Rogue metaclass for use in the Embers of Rage campaign. (You can play as the classes from that metaclass that you have already unlocked in the main ToME campaign, as well as ones you unlock in the future.) The next time you complete it on a new character, you will unlock the other metaclass out of Mage and Rogue. The third time you complete it on a new character, you will unlock all the metaclasses (that you have unlocked in the main campaign) for use in Embers of Rage.

Upon completing this quest, the player is granted the quest The Deconstruction of Falling Stars.