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[*]After you have defeated the Shadow Lord and freed Amaunator and his followers, Amaunator's Avatar approaches you, telling you that something terrible is occuring within the Temple of Amaunator, and he would like you to aid in finding out what it is. He also tells you that 'One who was born long ago is born again', and 'needs to be protected from Shadow', though you don't know what this means.
[*]When you go to the Umar Hills, Mayor Jermien approaches you, worriedly saying that a new group of people have arrived at the Inn, and that they are telling the villagers cock-and-bull stories about one of the village's new babies being the reincarnation of Amuana, the Child Prophetess, and that if you can help make them go away he'd be willing to reward you.
[*]the new people in the village are some of the splinter group Shadovar, and tell you of Lord Shadow's plan to 'invade' Toril. 
[*]the villagers give you 'Amaunator's Tears', supposedly the tears from the statue of the dead god Amaunator.
[*]One of the old female Shadovar gives you the 'Broken Rod', catching your eye for a moment before the group of Shadovar leave without a word.
[*]One of the villagers insist on accompanying you with the baby Amuana, who needs to be protected. Even if you refuse she'll follow you. 
[*]On the outskirts of the forest, three Shadow Dragons appear, and after you have 'killed' one of them (they hold items so you they don't die), the baby Amuana destroys them. All that is left are melted Shadow scales.
[*]The villager smiles at you, telling you that Amuana needs to return to the village, and leaves. 
[*]At the temple, Shadows are once again swarming, and you need to refix the Light Crystal, which is borked. Once you have, the shadows are weakened but not destroyed, so you can actually fight them and win.
[*]Once you've defeated them, You enter the temple, and when you ge to Amuana's grave, a Shadow Amuana appears, telling you that it isn't really her but more of an echo of the original Amuana. She says that she can aid you in completing your quest, and forges the 'Rod of Amaunator' from the 'Tears of Amaunator' and the 'Broken Rod'. If you have the Melted Shadow scales, she will use the Rod to create some armor called 'Amuana's Blessing', which she says will aid you when times become dark.
[*]There are some shadows in the temple, but everything is pretty much clear from your previous visit, so it doesn't take long to go to the room where the Shadow Dragon was last time. It is here, that you see a group of strangely garbed people, with the symbol of Shar on their hoods. 
[*]Because you have the shadow armor, they are courteous to you, seemingly accepting you as one of them. They mention that 'the time has come', calling you brother/sister. Then there is a cutscene, where a being is summoned [*]it is a Shade, an envoy of Lord Shadow, who tells the group of cultists that the time is soon, and Netheril will once again rule the world.
[*]The Shade, called Neria, looks at you, saying that you and the 'false-believers' will not stand in the way of the Rise of Netheril, and leaves. The cultists incredulously ask you who you are, and attack you. 
[*]After you have 'killed' them all, their leader, Iros, flees, telling you that you will pay.
[*]Someone in the party comments that you should probably search around, perhaps there will be some clues as to who these people are, and what their intentions are.
[*]One of the items lying on the floor is a scroll in ancient Netheril, which none in the party can decipher. Someone suggests they find a translator (well duh.)
[*]The Shadovar staying in the Inn at Umar Hills can translate the scroll.
[*]On the scroll is some information about what the Shadovar and Lord Shadow are planning, and it indicates that this was the first of several small groups to be scattered over Toril to prepare the world for the imminent arrival of the Shadovar. It tells of a meeting place, a small clearing not far from Umar Hills. The good Shadovar ask you to help them, saying they will disguise you. If you refuse, the quest ends.
[*]If you agree, the Shadovar take you to the clearing, where the cultist Iros and some new followers summon Neria again. She tells the followers that the scroll has been prepared, and the resurrection can begin.
[*]The cultists disperse, until it is only Iros, your party, 2 good Shadovar and 5 bad Shadovar. Iros snaps at you irritably, asking why you haven't left, and one of the good Shadovar steps forward, pulling back his hood. He has a talk with Iros, asking why he is doing this, and Iros replies that he has no choice in the matter, and attacks. The good Shadovar can't die, but after taking a certain amount of damage fall unconscious on the ground unable to battle.
[*]After you've defeated Iros and his cronies, the good Shadovar tell you that Iros was once one of the followers of Amaunator, but he didn't escape Shade when he had the chance. They say it was sad to kill him, for it was probably not his fault, and they ask you not to blame him.
[*]They also tell you there is a way to stop the Shade Lord and indeed, Lord Shadow, from coming to Toril, but it requires an item of immense power. Once they see that you have the Rod of Amaunator, they tell you awedly that they thought none such items existed- it has a fragment of a [i]mythallar[/i] in its tip, giving it lots of power. They ask you to meet them at the Temple of Amaunator in 3 days, the date of the summoning of the Shade Lord.
[*]The group of good Shadovar are waiting for you at the entrance to the Temple. They tell you to hurry quickly downstairs, the ceremony has already begun.
[*]You're 'taken' to the lowest level, where about 50 cultists are crowded into the circular room. A cutscene follows, where the Shade Neria is summoned, who gives a speech about equality, power, and a whole lot of other bullshit which the cultists lap up. 
[*]She then takes the cultists to the Altar, upon which a human sacrifice is laid out. She says that 'to give life, one must first take life', and several of the cultists begin to doubt her motives, asking why a *human* must die and not a summoned creature or animal, and Neria uses a spell to kill them. She then asks if there are any more objections. One of the good Shadovar say it is time, and tells you to place the rod in the slot on the altar.
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