Finished today, and I noticed some things:
Vhalen Nostrolo is in SOUTH Karana.
When you hail the Kithicor "a cloaking figure" today, it disappeared on me, and spawned 4 or so "Malignant Spirits" that looked like the cloaking figure, we killed them and eventually, the Shadow Thief spawned and we iced him. Two good parties all you need. The Thief casts AE fear, BTW.
You need to talk to Welethin twice: Once to bring him any of your crystals before you combine them, and if you have shown your orb to Lantric, you can ask, "what note" and he will give you the note. I cannot tell you if you need that note or not, but I bet not. You can then give Welethin one of your finished prisms, and he will get you kicked off for the Kithicor encounter. So, I made all 8 of my prisms, totally independent of any other timing without any trouble, showed Lantric my dark orb, took them plus one leftover foraged Earth Dragon Crystal to Welethin on the same trip, got all my business with him done in one stop. No muss, no fuss.
The DN fights are VERY well described in this forum. FANTASTIC JOB!
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