Letter for Freyja

Type

Key Item

About this item

A letter written by Sir Ansbach to Freyja the Redmane.

Presumably written in answer to her query, but the page is neatly folded to keep prying eyes from reading it.

Ansbach in the first-floor Storehouse side room

Shadow Keep

Starting Site of Grace: Storehouse, First Floor

1. At Three-Path Cross, speak to Redmane Freyja. Follow the western rocky passage to Main Gate Cross outside Belurat and speak to Sir Ansbach. Return to finish their new conversations after Miquella's great rune and charm break near Shadow Keep.
2. Enter the Realm of Shadow after defeating Starscourge Radahn and Mohg, Lord of Blood, by touching the withered arm in Mohg's arena.
3. From Highroad Cross in Scadu Altus, follow the main road north to Shadow Keep's southern gate. Ride the entrance lift and activate Shadow Keep Main Gate grace.
4. Defeat Golden Hippopotamus in the plaza. This is the front-door route; the flooded Church District provides a different way into the keep.
5. From Main Gate Plaza, leave through the west-northwest doorway, pass through the armory and climb the stairs. Continue up the wooden steps to the dining hall, where two Black Knights guard the route.
6. Leave the dining hall through its southeastern exit to the upper rampart. Follow the rampart past the burning boats and watch for the small Shadow Militiamen hiding beside them.
7. Take the stairs leading north-northeast toward the large lift, passing the Fire Knight in front of it. Ride up and activate Storehouse, First Floor grace.
8. From Storehouse, First Floor, take the stairs beside the large horned specimen and follow the shelves toward the northern side. Before climbing to the next level, take the right-hand passage down into the side room with the altar and skeletons.
9. Ansbach is in the corner of this room. Finish his dialogue about his investigation, but hold on to Secret Rite Scroll until you have spoken to Freyja upstairs if you want her shield.
10. Return upstairs and follow the shelf-lined walkways up the next two levels. Watch for Shadow Militiamen beside the stairs and the Fire Knight on the third-floor walkway.
11. Continue southwest past that Fire Knight to the walkway corner where more militiamen approach. Find the large feet of the suspended specimen, climb onto it and follow its body upward.
12. Jump from the specimen's horns onto the balcony with the cross and activate Storehouse, Fourth Floor grace. The ordinary stair route does not directly replace this climb.
13. Leave the fourth-floor grace through the western doorway. Follow the outer balcony south, climb past the Fire Knight casting from the next stairs and continue east.
14. Before continuing up toward the next Storehouse entrance, take the stairs down on the left near the bats. Enter the lower room and collect Secret Rite Scroll beside the shelves at the far edge.
15. Keep the scroll for now if following Freyja. Picking it up is safe; handing it to Ansbach before discussing her investigation is the step that can make him leave too soon.
16. Return outside and climb the stairs past the turnoff for the scroll. Take the left doorway around the eastern corner to re-enter the Storehouse.
17. Follow the shelves northeast and north past the Fire Knight near the corner. Continue by the deer specimen and climb the stairs toward the sixth floor.
18. Keep taking the upward stairs, then turn west up the final flight to Storehouse, Seventh Floor grace. Freyja is reading beside the fireplace here. Finish her dialogue about the information she needs from Ansbach.
19. Fast travel to Storehouse, First Floor and return to Ansbach's lower side room. Tell him about Freyja's investigation before handing over Secret Rite Scroll, then finish his new dialogue.
20. Ask about Freyja again until he gives Letter for Freyja. If the option has not appeared, rest, return and finish the next conversation after both the scroll and her question have been discussed.
21. Return to Storehouse, Seventh Floor and give Freyja the letter. Speak again to receive Golden Lion Shield, then finish her dialogue. Pass on her response to Ansbach if he is still in his room.

Notes

• Take the letter back to Freyja on the seventh floor and speak to her until she gives the Golden Lion Shield.
• Handing Ansbach the scroll before discussing Freyja can make him leave before you receive the letter.
• Delivering the letter advances Freyja's decision about the coming conflict. Her later involvement can differ if you leave her investigation unfinished.
• You must obtain Secret Rite Scroll and progress Ansbach's investigation as well as hear Freyja's question. Speaking to only one character does not produce the letter.
• Golden Lion Shield is received from Freyja after delivering the letter and speaking again. Her greatsword and armor are separate later rewards.
• Finish this handoff before burning the Sealing Tree. The letter does not let you choose Freyja as a friendly summon in Leda's final confrontation.