Cross the imperial city, sewer and church to Hismar.
Pickups in this mission
01Doomed city entrance: follow the stairs and take the elevator down
Travel to the newly unlocked final region and begin Empire's End.
Descend the stairs on arrival; the left side is empty.
Follow the main route to an elevator and absorb the memory before it.
Take the elevator afterward.
02Nexus below the elevator: break the right wooden barrier for the Soulstone
Rest at the new Nexus below.
Look right and break the wooden railing.
Find the Soulstone inside.
04Paired lower stairs: supplies on the left and Reese's record in the room on the right
Drop left toward two soldiers.
Defeat them and climb left for a purple item.
Take the right stairs toward more soldiers.
Collect the golden material behind these two soldiers.
Follow the main route through the left door.
Clear the soldiers inside and collect About Reese I in the upper-right corner.
06Adjacent fork and gate beyond the bridge: search the chest and lower the Nexus shortcut ladder
The next room forks. Explore left first for a chest.
Return, climb the stairs and continue left.
Leave the room and cross the bridge.
Defeat the enemies on the platform and open the left gate.
Clear the group to the right beyond it for a white item.
Lower the ladder in the left house to reconnect with the earlier Nexus.
07Left room branch and purple-mist route: search the record before the statue
After resting, return and climb these stairs.
Explore the small left branch first.
Climb into the room, then descend inside for a chest on its ground floor.
Return to the main route afterward.
Absorb the memory on the right.
Open the nearby gate. Destroy the purple growths that inflict chaos buildup. Their explosions can also exhaust nearby enemies, and some foes appear protected while the growths remain.
Collect the purple item in the farthest corner ahead.
Collect The Day the Black Moon Rose IV in front of the right statue.
09Streets blocked by growths: search the right stair chest and Soulstone inside the wall
Continue, destroying the growth blocking the path.
Watch for a pouncing ambush from the left here.
Climb the right stairs ahead for a chest.
Descend afterward and continue forward.
Explore right first for a Soulstone embedded in the wall.
11Nexus beyond the gate and bridge: descend by elevator and meet Andell
Search nearby for additional minor items if desired.
Take the main route through the iron gate.
Cross the bridge to a new Nexus.
Rest and absorb the memory on the left.
Turn back and take the stairs descending on the right.
An enemy jumps down to block this part of the staircase.
Enter the left door afterward.
Take the elevator inside.
Speak to Andell ahead after descending; you met him earlier in the campaign.
12Lower edge and zombie slope: drop along the left to the ghostly hammer
Follow the edge across for a purple item.
Descend the ladder toward the undead below.
Continue to the slope and turn left.
Drop along the ledges for the Ghostly Hammer below.
14Paired fireball foes below the water: use cover and search the pipe Soulstone
Continue down toward two dangerous fireball casters. Use nearby cover to fight them safely.
Collect the purple item beside the pipe after clearing them.
Absorb the memory inside the central pipe.
Look below the water pouring from your arrival route for a Soulstone.
16Elevator at the pipe's end: reach the upper Nexus, then descend the stairs
Check the opposite corner for a chest.
Return to the main route afterward.
Follow the path to an elevator at its end.
Rest at the new Nexus above.
Descend the left stairs; the right room is empty.
On the next level, clear the right room for a white item.
17Elite guard and purple mist: climb through the side door to the diary balcony
Descend again. Collect the purple item on the left before approaching the memory ahead.
Defeat the elite soldier in front of the memory, then absorb it.
Go right and detonate the purple mist to exhaust nearby enemies.
Collect the red material on the right.
Collect the white item in the left corner.
Enter the small doorway beside it.
Climb the ladder inside.
Collect Hismar's Transport Diary on the right balcony above.
19Upper rooftop drop: enter the fireplace room through the left door
Return inside and climb the stairs. Clear the apparently civilian figures above to avoid hostile ambushes.
Leave onto the roof. When dropping, land beyond the pillar as marked; otherwise you return to the earlier area.
Collect the white item in the corner below.
Continue for a memory on the right.
Turn back into the left doorway; the right side is empty.
Continue indoors.
Collect the white item before the fireplace.
20Bard's room and chapel: search the chest, then the Soulstone behind the statue
Climb the stairs and open the right door.
Speak to Digor in the room to learn more of the story.
Before leaving, open the chest in the corner.
Leave through this door.
A church on the left contains a new Blade Nexus.
Rest, then find the Soulstone behind the statue.
22Streets outside the chapel: clear purple mist and circle to the spiral-stair building
The church's side door cannot yet be opened from inside.
Leave by your arrival route and explore right. Detonate the growths against the enemy groups.
Collect the purple item beside the enemies.
Collect the white item on the left.
Turn back for the purple item on the small right steps.
Return to the main route and take the purple item in the left corner.
Continue along this road for a blue item on the left.
Climb the stairs and enter the building.
The left door is locked, so go right.
23Paired doors at the spiral stairs: descend to meet the NPC first
Climb the spiral staircase, defeat the mage and open both right-hand doors.
Clear the hostile figures in the room and collect the white item in the corner.
The staircase runs both ways. Explore downstairs first.
Speak to the living NPC in the downstairs right room for information.
The left door reconnects with the earlier locked entrance.
24Return to the upper study: search the jar in the left room
Return upstairs and defeat the corridor enemy.
Collect the purple item on the left platform.
Continue climbing.
Clear the study above and collect the white item ahead.
Go left for a Jarling in the pot at the room's corner.
26Narrow edge outside the study: drop below and break the wall for the swords
Leave behind the Jarling's position and follow the ledge carefully.
Drop here for a white item.
Break the wall below.
Open the chest inside for equipment and the Ghostly Dual Blades.
28Lower chapel shortcut: return to the street fork for the waterwheel Soulstone
Continue descending along the edges after the chest.
Collect the purple item in the middle of the ground-level area.
The left door reconnects with the church Nexus if you need to recover.
Return to the main route and use the growths against the enemies ahead.
Collect the purple item beside the road.
At the fork, explore right toward the two water carts first.
A Soulstone stands on the platform behind the carts.
30Pavilion on the left and main stairs: reach the Nexus before the dragon
Return to the left main route toward a pavilion and mage. Detonate nearby growths against the enemies.
Continue up the stairs for an item in the left corner.
Resume the main route and collect another purple item on the left.
Continue straight to the Blade Nexus.
Absorb the memory on the left.
Prepare for the boss.
31Hall of the dragon's remains: Hismar revives with lasers and purple flames
Enter to find the corpse of Hismar, once defeated by Khazan and Ozma, now tainted by chaos.
Khazan grasps his old weapon. Chaos dissipates around it, but Hismar's corpse stirs and becomes the boss.
The following covers its distinctive attacks in addition to ordinary melee strikes.
Attack ①:
A forward charge preceded by a backward step and wind-up.
Attack ②:
A downward bite leaves its mouth embedded in the ground. Punish the recovery.
Attack ③:
An aerial bite adds a leap and a small hitbox as the head rises again. Throwing attacks can knock it down in flight.
Attack ④:
A laser breath attack with a bright glow charging in the mouth.
Attack ⑤:
Purple light surrounds its body and purple flames appear on the floor. Avoid standing in them.
Attack ⑥:
It rises, charges with a purple glow in its chest and breathes fire downward twice.
Attack ⑦:
Another charged laser fires once but lasts longer than the earlier beam.
32Defeat the dragon again and receive the Slaughterer Scroll
Defeat Hismar to obtain the Slaughterer Scroll.
The cinematic shows Khazan slaying Hismar once again.
A memory recalls Ozma once believing Hismar's defeat would improve the world. The chapter ends with that hope now lost.
Related side missions
Disobedience →
Help Yulian find his family.
Charon’s Chains →
Continue the relic mission and prepare for consecutive bosses.
The Birth of Evil →
Accept the mission from Yulian.
The Vow →
Collect the Aldevir, Vaisar and Rovelion disc fragments, then speak to Daphrona.
Reference: 3DM Guide Team
GAME NOTE has reorganized and rewritten the routes from this walkthrough.