Abandoned Thaig

The Abandoned Thaig is an old thaig at the west end of Sundermount in the Free Marches. It becomes accessible in Act II via a cave entrance marked Recently Opened Passage.

Background
The thaig contains one of the Evil Tomes of Tarohne from the Forbidden Knowledge quest, and perhaps in consequence has become infested with undead and demons. There are also some Stone Golems and a Nexus Golem, presumably left behind when the thaig was abandoned.

Characters

 * Nexus Golem

Enemies

 * Abomination
 * Arcane Horror
 * Desire Demon
 * Rage Demon
 * Revenant
 * Shade
 * Skeleton
 * Stone Golem

Strategy
The battle of the central room is divided into 5 phases, each with many simple enemies and 1 boss except the last two phases. The battle is long and it's best to save your talents, while using up to kill the boss of the phase after kill all simple enemies (because when you kill the boss of the phase, the next boss come just after no matter if you killed the other enemies). If you're too slow to kill all enemies of a phase, the next phase can begin before the end of the last.

Never let your mage stay in the middle of the room since it will often be the preferred target of your enemies when they appear, the best place is next to your group as no creatures use AoE. You will rest between phase 4 and phase 5. For the last phase, the best bet is to kill the Arcane Horror first as it uses a lot of AoE attacks and could severely injure your group.


 * The first phase consists of one Rage Demon and four Shades.
 * The second phase consists of one Desire Demon, two Abominations and Shades.
 * The third phase consists of one Rage Demon and three Shades.
 * The fourth phase consists of two Abominations and Shades.
 * The fifth phase consists of one Arcane Horror and Revenant.