But I don't know if you accept the quest (it is 1st in the line) can you later still do the quest which gives access to a ship or you will have to wait until you return from Demonis and give the last artifact to Gilford.

another quest with two options, "elementals against experiments" in hades. Which way is better?

Just for testing purposes, I tried killing the elemental. There was no special reward for that, so I reloaded and picked the other option (haven't killed him yet, though).

Were you able to buy items from the guy?

I saved the elemental, but I can't quite remember what else I got. I think I recall it was a good choice though. He doesn't stay as a shopkeeper though.

I'm more interested/worried if the "mage" turns into a shop keeper.

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No, he just says he is busy if you talk to him afterwards (just had another check, since I did not remember... luckily, there was a savegame left not too long before the point)

edit: the fire elemental gave me three magic runes and a summon phoenix scroll. So pick the fire elemental ;-) (now again I'm not 100% sure that Arkton did not give me runes, but pretty sure)

Which one is better?

Because for most part of the game you have to skill a massive amount of undead so Sword of Light seems to be better.
SoL give +10Att during day, +7 in the evening and 5 at night and -20% Def of undead and demon too.

I think the outcome is pretty much the same, but you get a different title based on your choice.

It's morale goes up by 5 when you fight undead or demon armies, down by 5 when you fight humans, elves or dwarves (not sure how it reacts to orcs and vikings). When it reaches 100 it becomes light, when it reaches 0 it becomes dark. If memory serves, this continues with the new version, so if you kill many undeads with the sword of darkness it goes neutral/equilibrium again.

Light: +10 Att during the day, +7 in the evening and +5 at night, -20% Def for undead, demon, orcs, lizardmen
Dark: +10 Att at night, +7 in the evening and +5 during the day, +20% Def for undead, demon, orcs, lizardmen

Or something along those lines.

Given how many undead you fight (including the final battles), Light is not only the easier option, but also the better. Darkness is only interesting if you want to play with a demon or undead army.

Edit: Just got the sword of light ingame, it has been changed slightly. the def effect also applies to lizardmen and orcs now. Presumably this goes for morale change aswell, so its the same good/evil split as Power of Light / Power of Night.

Thanks. I thought that after going light i couldn't have darkness (i'm planning using demons later on)