Essenceless Harbinger Quest

Quest Overview
Quest to kill the Harbinger after it has been weakened by destroying all four Essences of Magic.

Important:
 * The Weakened, Essenceless and Empowered Harbinger quests all share timers for the free skill point and the Harbinger Arm Token.
 * You will need one quest item to give to Issk or Vincadi to enter the Tunnels to the Harbinger. The items are all dropped randomly by certain creatures. Each item is also tied with a skill and on completion of the quest you will get one free point into that skill (see also quest XP reward).

Flagging Items

 * There is currently no known item for the Salvaging, or Gearcraft.
 * Updated as of 11th of March 2012

Walkthrough

 * Make sure everyone from your fellow has a Harbinger Item before starting.
 * 1) From Yanshi, run to either Issk @ 12.9S, 46.5E or Vincadi @ 12.6S 46.7E.
 * 2) * Note: Each NPC offers the same quest, however the lore is different for each. Flagging with one will prevent you from accessing the other, so be sure your whole group flags with the same NPC.
 * 3) * Tip: Soft tie to the surface portal @ 13.0S, 47.3E for convenience. If you die, you'll want an easy way to get back quickly.
 * 4) When your group is ready, everyone should hand their Harbinger Item to the NPC (either Issk or Vincadi) and then use the nearby Tunnels to the Harbinger portal to begin.
 * 5) Once inside, the dungeon is linear to the bottom (keep heading down).  The only obstacles are a series of 4 jumps that must be made.
 * 6) * Jump 1: Acid Pit - Full jump ahead (land on invisible platform)
 * 7) * Jump 2: Lava Pit - Jump into the pit and take the hallway to the North
 * 8) * Jump 3: Ice Shelf  - Shift-jump down onto the platform above the ice shelf, clear the spawn, and wait for your group.
 * 9) * Jump 4: Ice/Acid Pit Combo - Dispell, then shift Jump down onto the ice shelf and quicky run to the edge and full jump across the acid pit (land on invisible platform). The ice hurts, so be quick.
 * 10) * Jump 5: Staging Area - Shift jump down and quickly move to the south (near the portals).
 * 11) Take the Essence Chamber Portal
 * 12) Kill each of the 4 Essences, the Essence of Strife, Essence of Enchantment, Essence of Artifice and the Essence of Verdancy
 * 13) Each will drop multiple crystallized essences used in the Essence Recovery quest.
 * 14) After all 4 are killed, a portal will spawn to the Harbinger.
 * 15) Kill the Harbinger, loot a Harbinger Arm Token, and take portal which spawns after he dies.

Rewards

 * 1) Talk to Issk or Vincadi for experience and 1 point into your skill (depends on which Harbinger item you used).
 * 2) Hand the Harbinger Arm Token to the Emissary of Asheron in old Yanshi for the title "Harbinger's Bane"
 * 3) Alternatively, you can hand the Harbinger Arm Token to Ciandra for a vial of Shimmering Prismatic Oil used to upgrade a Diamond Shield or a Helm of the Elements. The oil can also be given back to Ciandra for 6,500,000? xp.

Lore & Dialog
Handing Ciandra a Harbinger Arm Token for the Shimmering Oil
 * You give Ciandra, Arcanum Alchemist Harbinger Arm Token
 * "Ah, excellent, an arm from the Harbinger! You must have killed the Essences before you fought the Harbinger and retrieved this limb. You can tell by the lack of thaumic glow I've seen on the Essence bolstered Harbinger limbs. I can't wait to begin testing this! Here take this as a reward for helping to keep the Harbinger in check. Return it to me if you would prefer a less tangible reward."
 * Ciandra, Arcanum Alchemist gives you Shimmering Prismatic Oil.

Applying shimmering oil to a diamond shield
 * You apply the oil to the surface of the shield. The oil hardens into a hard prismatic crystalline shell. A soft glow surrounds the shield and storms become visible in the prismatic coating.

Applying prismatic oil to a piece of shadow armor
 * You apply the oil to the surface of the armor. The oil hardens into a hard prismatic crystalline shell. A soft glow surrounds the coat and storms become visible in the prismatic coating.