At Any Cost

At Any Cost
General
Location	Halfgate/Plainsgate → Stone Down Gorge
Given by	Haygren
Faction	Anarchist
Reward	Azure Shield
Related quests
Previous	Blood Trophy
Leads to	Standing Tall
Related	Bound by the Blade The Forge Master's Prize

At Any Cost is a quest in Tyranny.

Synopsis

The Stonestalkers tribe has possession of the legendary Azure Shield. Seek out the beastmen and find a way to recover the artifact.

Walkthrough

• Head to Stone Down to begin your search for Hundred-Blood. A band of Scarlet Chorus stand between you and the Beastmen. Cut the Scarlet Chorus down.
• Find Hundred-Blood to the north-east and find out what she know about the Azure Shield.
• Hundred-Blood asks you to kill the humans at Jagged Maw Shrine. In exchange, she'll tell you what she knows about the Azure Shield.
  • Alternatively, you can kill her and interrogate her in her dying throes. Or, if you have high Lore, her mentioning Gulfglow will automatically unlock the Aurora Spire.
  • Having the Hunter background allows you to challenge Hundred-Blood for the position of Prima.
• After you wipe out the opposition, Hundred-Blood will tell you that Red-Fang at Gulfglow Oldwalls near the Aurora Spire knows the location of the Azure Shield.
• Head there. You can strike her down or eliminate the Disfavored and their Earthshaker allies for her.
  • If you have "helped the Stonestalker tribe" (1 Favor, 0 Wrath, and doing all the side quests without harming any Beastfolk is enough), or are the new Prima, you can just ask for the shield and she will hand it over.
  • Killing the Earthshakers now will save you time as you can immediately assault the Earthshaker Fort at Howling Rock after eavesdropping on Rolo.
• Return to Red-Fang if you took the second option and deliver the good news; allow her to lick the blood off your hands for Stonestalkers Favor. The Azure Shield is yours, along with the path to Howling Rock (after talking to Hundred-Blood again).
• Return to Bleden Mark at Ashweald. This must be the last step if you want to access Howling Rock, kill Cairn and resolve all the edicts).

Quests Act I Welcome to Ruin → The Conqueror's Will → The Battle of Echocall Crossing Taking the Outer Valley → Assault on the Citadel Act II Spires Stirring Visions → Seats of Power Disfavored Blade Grave: Into the Maelstrom → That Which Remains → A Breach Between Worlds → Making a Stand Contested Lands: Extinguishing the Flames Lethian's Crossing': Blades of Iron → Iron and Blood → The Bronze Thief → Forbidden Passage Stone Sea: The Tiers Will Shake → Carving the Path → Securing The Sea Endgame: Standing Tall → Call to Arms and Final Judgment → The Armies in the North Scarlet Chorus Blade Grave: A Broken Chord → That Which Remains → A Breach Between Worlds → Making a Stand Lethian's Crossing': The Symphony of the Forge → Blood and Bronze → On the Hunt → Finding a Madman Contested Lands: The Silence of Secrets Stone Sea: Cairn's Final Song → Fangs and Fury → In Pursuit of Cairn Endgame: Standing Tall → Strike at the Hearth and Final Judgment → The Armies in the North Vendrien Guard Lethian's Crossing': Forging an Alliance → Guardian's Return → In the Shadow of the Oldwalls → Crossing the Oldwalls Blade Grave: Battered but Unbroken → A Daunting Path → That Which Remains → A Breach Between Worlds → Making a Stand Stone Sea (Stonestalkers): Unlikely Allies → Purge the Stone Sea → Followers of Cairn Stone Sea (Earthshakers): Unlikely Allies → Forging the Way → The Rise of the Earthshakers → Fortifying the Sea → Arcane Preservation Contested Lands: Heated Words Endgame: Standing Tall → The Defense of Haven → Against All Odds and Final Judgment → The Armies in the North Anarchist Contested Lands: Path to Power Lethian's Crossing': The Forge Master's Prize → Assault on the Crossing → Artifact Hunter → Finders Keepers Blade Grave: Undaunted → Relic Hunter → Bound by the Blade Stone Sea: Blood Trophy → At Any Cost Endgame: Standing Tall → The Final Hunt and Final Judgment → The Armies in the North Side Vendrien's Well The Way of the Horde · Forge-Bound Iron · Earthshaker Reinforcements · Uncommon Ground Haven A Widow's Revenge · The Missing Shipment · Leave No One Behind · Blind Ambition · A Person of Interest · Remnants Blade Grave The Stones of Elucidation · Fickle Winds · Breaking the Enemy · Cleaning Out the Junkyard · Isolated Scavengers · Broken Spear Stone Sea Search and Rescue · Treasure Hunter · In Chains/Return to the Wild · The Conquest of Howling Rock · Divide and Conquer · The Culling Dance · Chorus Disposal · Opportune Offensive · Foes, Befriended · Conscripting the Beasts Contested Lands Snuffing Them Out · The Ties That Bind · Language of the Ancients · An Eye for an Eye