Who Pulls the Strings is a side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Who Pulls the Strings side mission.
- Starting Location: Svartrau
- Quest Giver: Crake
- Requirement: Complete What Moves the Dead
- Fail State: Kill Crake
- Reward: 1000 XP, Life Lock Witchcraft Ability
- Time Required: 7 time segments
- Questline: The Firebrand > Under Watchful Eyes (optional) > Taking Back What’s Mine (optional) > Shadows in the Woods > Where Loyalty Lies > Old Friends, New Friends (optional) > What Hunts the Night > What Moves the Dead > Who Pulls the Strings > Distant Shadows (optional) > A Closer Look (optional,
The Manumit) > Rise at Dawn (Ending) > Fall Before Dusk (Ending) - Quest Description: The infamous mage, Aurelius holds the book we need, and Marat has already told me where to find his tower. Time to go.
Objectives:
- Go to Aurelius’s Tower
- Find a way to enter the tower
- Search the tower
- Show Marat the book
- Ask Marat how preparations are going
Starting Location: Who Pulls the Strings
This quest starts immediately after completing What Moves the Dead.
If you have already been to Aurelius’s Tower and obtained the book, the steps for this skip immediately to “Show Marat the Book”.
Go to Aurelius’s Tower
If you have not already been to Aurelius’s Tower (Silts Tower), you will need to go there now to look for the book with information about the Gargoyles.
Find a way to enter the tower
At the tower you will be attacked by another Gargoyle. The difference is that this one can fly, so it will go up in the air and then do a swipe attack at you in the same direction as the arm it uses, but you can block this like the other scythe attacks.
After it is defeated, go up to the base of the tower, and you can enter by going through the door at the top of the first set of stairs.
Search the tower
Make your way up to the third floor of the tower, where you will need to defeat another miniboss.
After she is dealt with, inspect the book on the wooden pedestal to pick it up and receive Silas’s Book.
You will also unlock the Witchcraft ability Life Lock when you obtain the book.
Note that if you go up one more floor and try to go through the door you will trigger the quest Home Sweet Home which includes the missable trophy/achievement 
Together Forever. You aren’t required to complete this quest right now and can still do it later.
Show Marat the book
You can now return to the manumit hideout to show Marat the book. If you had already obtained the book before the start of this quest, you will immediately jump to this objective.
Ask Marat how preparations are going
Crake will then explain about his plan. You will start the next quest Rise at Dawn immediately, but you need to wait at least 2 in-game days (32 time segments) before you can actually start it to progress into Crake’s ending.
This finishes Who Pulls the Strings side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.
For all other Quests refer to The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough.
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