Bashal'Aran - Part 5?:

Acquire 8 Grell Earrings for Asterion in Bashal'Aran.

Asterion: If I were to relate the story of my life, I have no doubt it would surpass the limits of your patience. Let us say that mine has been a long and painful life, and this spectral form is perhaps the worst torment of all.

I am held here by the means of magic. Though my words may seem disingenuous, I assure you I would be grateful beyond words if you would help me find the means of my imprisonment. A seal binds me, and by examining the earpieces of the sprites and grells, I may find a trace of it.

Asterion: Once I have the earrings, I will cast the spell to search for the whereabouts of the seal that binds me. For centuries I have thought on the freedom destroying the seal would bring to me... Perhaps those centuries have taken a toll upon my mind that I might never recover...

Asterion: Indeed... The grells of Bashal'Aran do not possess that which I am searching... however they have come into contact with it recently. Recently... I would reckon that by your time, not mine. Recent for me stretches into the veil of the past, almost another Age...