# Caphras: The Life of Light and Shadow

**Quest No Raw**: 489766
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 31014
**Entry (questId)**: 7

## Giver Label

_Alustin_

## Objective

The Black Spirit claims Caphras's Journal is showing unusual movements again. Go talk to Alustin in Velia for more details.

_Find Alustin in Velia;_

## Requirements & Objectives

Known requirements and objectives for this quest.

### Encounters

- **Meet** — [Alustin](/npc/40014.md)


## Summary

Oh, this isn't the journal you showed me before.
Something's different, compared to back then...
Some unknown power is seeping from within.
A power that may be controlled by Caphras Stones...

## Contacts
- **Turn-in** — [Alustin](/npc/40014.md) — _Velian Alchemist_

## Related Quests

Nearby quests from the same group, prerequisite quests, quest chains, and branch choices.

### Earlier Steps

- [Righteous Betrayal](/quest/66426.md)
- [Nightmare Begins](/quest/131962.md)
- [An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth](/quest/197498.md)
- [Impossible to Handle](/quest/263034.md)
- [Catastrophe Wrought by Delusion](/quest/328570.md)
- [The Faraway Vision](/quest/394106.md)
- [Caphras: Book of Immortality](/quest/424230.md)


### Quest Group Entries

Other entries in the same quest group, shown in in-game order. This list does not necessarily mean each quest unlocks the next.

- Entry #1 — [Remnants of Someone](/quest/96550.md) — Zaaira, Velia's material vendor, claims to be able to get her hands on an interesting object related to Caphra...
- Entry #2 — [Traces He Left](/quest/162086.md) — As soon as Velia's alchemist Alustin saw the ore you received from Zaaira, it appears he has something to say.
- Entry #3 — [Tragedy Revealed](/quest/227622.md) — Alustin says he needs an essence to mix with the finished powder. Go find Alustin's daughter to mix it with th...
- Entry #5 — [Caphras's Lady](/quest/358694.md) — Iliya Island's Chief Diega rages after hearing the name, Caphras.
- Entry #6 — [Caphras: Book of Immortality](/quest/424230.md) — The Black Spirit says the leaf given by Diega and the book are reacting to each other. Let's give Caphras's Jo...
- **Current:** Entry #7 — [Caphras: The Life of Light and Shadow](/quest/489766.md) — The Black Spirit claims Caphras's Journal is showing unusual movements again. Go talk to Alustin in Velia for ...
- Entry #8 — [Caphras's Journal, Mysterious Power](/quest/555302.md) — Alustin thinks you can use the power contained within Caphras Stones to break the seal binding the journal's p...
- Entry #9 — [[Repeat] Caphras's Journal, Mysterious Power](/quest/620838.md) — Alustin thinks you can use the power contained within Caphras Stones to change the flow of the journal's power...