Dark Omens/Okri's Challenges

KEEPSAKE
Find the lost cameo pendant

After the ambush event (or going through the OFF THE BEATEN PATH challenge) you'll end up in a large area. If you stay left and climb on some higher ground, you may see that there is a ledge you can jump to. If you jump to the ledge and continue alongside the river you'll make it to a chest and a beastmen banner decoration. On the left side of the banner decoration, the cameo pendant is hanging from the end of the horn.



DARK TONGUE I
Locate all of the runes left by a band of Beastmen

There are a total of 10 beastmen runes in the map, 1st and 2nd being in the Encampment area, before dropping down to the ambush event, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the following area after the ambush event. The 6th and 7th are in the next drop-off area, where you can see the vortex and the damage the meteor has done. The 8th being in the area where you cross the chasm via crossing the fallen tree. After dropping down, in where you have to jump over a small gap to continue into the destroyed forest, the 9th rune is down in the gap and the last rune is in the burned forest, after you've made it to the open, turn left and keep heading back where you came from until you come to a rock with the rune on it.


 * 1) Rune is on the other side of a tree in front of the first drop-off
 * 2) Rune is on a rock face next to the cliff where the first tome is located
 * 3) Rune is on the other side of a tree in front of the first drop-off point after the ambush event
 * 4) Rune is on a rock face behind some red-leaved shrubs in the middle of the area
 * 5) Rune is on a tree on the right top of the area before the next drop-off
 * 6) Rune is on a tree that is leaning towards the chasm after the drop-off, but to reach it you have to jump to the platform the tree is
 * 7) Rune is on a small rock ledge next to the cave with the second tome
 * 8) Rune is on a tree to the left from the fallen tree you use to cross the chasm
 * 9) Rune is on a rock face next to the chasm in the bottom of the gap you have to jump to get into the destroyed forest
 * 10) Rune is on the face of a big rock in the right side of the zone

DARK TONGUE II
Locate and enter the Beastmen lair

Quite simple if you know the location of the specific runes you have to find. The runes in order you have to find are the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 8th rune. If you did it right, you should hear a sound, signalling that you have to backtrack to the cave where you found the second tome. There, you have to go to the boulder at the other end of the cave and push it out of the way. When you enter what the boulder was blocking you should get the challenge completed. This is also a vital part in getting DARK TONGUE III

DARK TONGUE III
Recover the Beastmen spoils

When you follow DARK TONGUE II challenge, when you're in the beastmen lair, there should be a key that opens the chest at the end of the level. When you find the key, continue through the mission like normal until you jump down the final drop-off point before the finale event. The locked chest should be in the cave entrance with a paint scrap in it. Picking up the painting scrap should complete the challenge.

OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Take the alternate route towards the crater

This alternate route allows you to get around the ambush event and end up to a Grimoire. As such, this and "Saw it coming" cannot be obtained in one playthrough. After dropping down into the Encampment, if you hug the right you'll come across a small mine entrance that has been barricaded. This barricade can be blown up with an explosive barrel, one of which quite often spawns in the vicinity of the river that leads towards the ambush. After blowing up the barricade, you get into Old Muntz Mine, where you have to climb some ladders and jump between platforms to reach the top of the mineshaft. From there continue along the mine until you come outside of the mines. There you have to jump a broken bridge to cross the river. After that there is a drop to where the first Grimoire is located. After exiting the cave players should get have completed the challenge. (And during testing, most times there was a guaranteed monster fight)



SAW IT COMING
Finish the ambush within 27 seconds

To get this challenge, players have to trigger the ambush event and finish it in 27 seconds. This is done easiest with Heroes that have good crowd control and/or multikill abilities, like Sienna's Unchained or Kerillian's Waystalker career skill. You should get challenge completed if you manage to kill the Gors and Ungors and the makeshift wall is crushed by Bestigors in the given time.