While completing Chapter 6, I was unable to find the "Book of Unknowing" in Candlekeep. I did however find one "Normal Book" on the first level of the Candlekeep Library. I tested, but this is not the book that Shaella wants. In fact, whether you have even been to Candlekeep or not, if you take the conversation path with Shaella (in either Chapter 5 or 7) that you have searched Candlekeep and cannot find the book, she tells you that "the lady has been kind to you for you have found it". Quest solved? No reward! RED HERRING!

You can also go to the 3rd floor and battle 9 Doppelgangers (who are not problem if you approach them so only a couple are revealed at any one time and used ranged weapons) and get a nice haul of gems.

Turns out that Aldeth is the only one who can unlock the door to the League, you cannot unlock it by any means at your disposal. Furthermore, do not leave the League building until you have done everything you want to do in there and don't plan to 'store' any items in the League. If you depart the League after completing the quest and getting your reward from Aldeth, then the League's door will again be locked and you can never (as far as I can tell) re-enter. It appears that if you depart the league before completing the quest and getting your reward from Aldeth, then the door remains unlocked and you can re-enter. However, just to be safe be sure to complete all your tasks prior to departing the League building.

If you go outside and talk to Scar and agree to help him, he will take you up to Duke Eltan's (causing Scar's murder, for which you are blamed) for the quest that will end Chapter 5. If you want to continue exploring the city (without the Flaming Fist chasing you), don't talk to Scar at this time. Scar will wait for you outside the Flaming Fist until you are ready to do this last quest.

Anyway, when you get to Degrodel, he offers you the quest. If you refuse, he and some more Doom Guards, Invisible Stalkers, and Helmed Horrors attack you. If you accept he tells you that one of 5 statues has the Helm, and gives you 5 Stone-to-Flesh scrolls.

Go to Underceller (can enter through west part of West sewers, or through the Blushing Mermaid Tavern (Area-H, #15) ) where Quenash is in a room near the center. You can talk Quenash into giving you the Cloak of Balduran, and when pressed, she will also tell you that Vail planned to hide both the Helm and Cloak of Balduran in a location "practically named for the purpose" - hint, hint!

Go to the, you guessed it, Helm and Cloak (Area-F, #4), second floor (use the stairs in the back of the tavern), and behind a trapped picture on the back wall you'll find the Helm of Balduran.

Go back to Degrodel's and he will take the Helm, give you $5000, and depart after calling more Doom Guards, Invisible Stalkers, and Helmed Horrors down on you - such gratitude!

A word about the Cloak of Balduran. This Cloak has 25% magic resistance. I gave it to a character, and later wondered why I couldn't heal him with Cure Light Wounds spells. And my mage's Haste spell worked on everyone else except him! I discovered that the Cloak was causing these spells to frequently fail, so had to remove it when casting them - DUH!

Emailers write - 1) if you return to Degrodel's home, drop the Helm on the ground (don't have it in your inventory), when you talk to Degrodel he will attack (alone). Kill him for the experience points, rob his body, then pick up your Helm and depart. 2) OR, return to Degrodel's home, save the game, give him the Helm for the $5000 reward, kill him (you have to be 'very' quick), then recover the Helm from his body. You lose no reputation for killing Degrodel. This second approach may require several attempts to accomplish.

To verify this, I went to a save game (boy do I have save games!), and went north of Tenya's house, killed the Ankheg, and found that it left: Ankheg shell, Fire Opal Ring, and Nester's Dagger! So now, much later in the game, I have the quest, but no way to get the dagger.

Algernon's Cloak raises the wearer's Charisma by +2 and can be used to "Charm Person" ('reported' that it has 65,000 charges and can also Charm Monsters). This may be the most important item in the game and is of great value when confronting those pesky Flaming Fist Enforcers in Chapter 7.

When you first enter the east (east of the wall) part of Area-H, you are immediately approached by Marek and Lothander. Marek warns you to stop investigating the Iron Throne, then he and Lothander disappear. You are NOT poisoned until you encounter Lothander in Area-I (tested - I rested for 15.5 days and no one died).

If you have the encounter with Marek, then as soon as you meet Lothander in Area-I, the 10-day clock will start on your poison quest. If you don't solve it within 10 days, your party will die (I have tested this too!). If you have not encountered Marek, then Lothander will not be in Area-I, and you will not get poisoned.

Follow Lothander to the Diviner (in a nearby tent, #30) who will answer one question per day. Pay Diviner $50 to tell you who has the ability to cure the geas. He will tell you to go see Jalantha Mistmyr at the Water Queen's house. Exit the Diviner and talk to Lothander who will tell you that he will be waiting at the Blade and Stars (Area-B, #63).

Go to Jalantha (Area-C, #61) and humbly ask her to remove the geas from a companion. She says she will help, but first you must do something for her. She wants you to bring her a Book of Wisdom possessed by the clergy of Tymora at Lady's Hall.

Go to Lady's Hall (Area-E, #24) and talk to Chanthalas Ulbright. All conversation paths seem to lead to him giving you the book (I always got it). If you offer to pay $500 for the book, he accepts, gives you the book, but doesn't take the gold.

Go back to Jalantha at the Water Queen's House with the book. She takes the book and gives you a Geas Removal Scroll. I attempted to pick pocket the book back, but could only get a gem and a child's body - after them, there was no valid item to pick pocket. So I guess if you want the book, you have to attack Jalantha and the others in the house. I left without the book.

[Update from an emailer (not confirmed by me) - After you receive the tome from the priest in the Tymora temple and want to keep it without attacking the priestess (Jalantha) in the Water Queen's House, just say that you don't trust her and want the remove-geas scroll first. Jalantha will give you the scroll and you get the option to 'give her the tome' or say "wereally didn't have the tome, now don't you feel stupid". Pick the laterand you get to keep the tome and the geas scroll without fighting the priestess and you don't lose a reputation point].

Go to see Lothander at the Blade and Stars (Area-B, #63), he is on the second floor. Give him the scroll and he gives you 1500xp and 1/2 of the antidote and tells you Marek has the other 1/2. Lothander tells you that Marek is at the Blushing Mermaid. (Lothander only gives you a regular Antidote potion.)

Go to the Blushing Mermaid (Area-H, #15), Marek is on the second floor. Talk to Marek and you get a "You are cured of Marek's poison" message and 10000xp. Marek attacks, but I had him surrounded, so he couldn't get a spell off before he was killed. Search his body and pick up the Eagle Bow and Dagger +2 and a few other items including, and most importantly, "Marek's Potion of Antidote". If you examine this Antidote, it will tell you that it can be used 10 times. I had everyone drink from Marek's Antidote. (Tested - I then rested for 11 days and no one died).

Go back to Nadine and she will give you a Necklace of Misslies and +1 reputation.

Meet up with Narlen back at the Thieves Guild and he gives you $100 and the chance for another caper.

Depart and go back to the Thieve's Guild and talk to Narlen. Narlen will take the Rogue Stone and you will get 3 pearls.

This quest must be completed within 10 days. After 10 days (without solving the quest), Alatos won't talk to you.

You need to steal a "spell book", "statuette", and "fragment of powerful artifact" from Oberon's house.

Return to the Thieves Guild and talk to Alatos who gives you 4000xp and takes the three items.

Return to the Thieves Guild and talk to Alatos who gives you 4000xp and takes the three items.

If you do Alatos's quest before Narlen's, I don't know if you have the opportunity to later do Narlen's (anyone?).

Your job is to gather incriminating evidence against the leaders of the Iron Throne. Go to the Iron Throne (Area-C, #60), and work you way to the 5th floor of the building. There are some scrolls to be found in the basement and in the Library on the fourth floor. Along the way you will encounter some NPC's who may give you some information about the Leaders on the 5th floor. The guards on each floor can either be talked into letting you pass, bribed, or fought.

The battle starts as soon as you enter the 5th floor. I found that going up by the stairs on the right was a better tactic as the leaders seem to be spread out more towards the left stairs. Since the battle starts as soon as you get to the top of the stairs (you don't have time to look around), it was hard to tell if there were any friendlies in the area. Emissary Tar appears to be there, but I believe she is also a doppelganger. From the stairs you will have to battle the leaders Gardush, Ali, Neaman, Dryab, and Aasim and a couple doppelgangers. I didn't use area weapons for fear of hurting friendlies (actually, there were not any friendlies on this floor), so I stuck with ranged weapons, Animate Dead spell, Wand of Monsters, Wand of Heavens (a great graphic), and the Purge Invisible spell. For ranged weapons I used Arrows of Acid and Bullets +2.

As soon as the battle starts, some leaders cast Dimension Door and some cast Invisibility. So be ready with the Purge Invisibility spell (I had to use it twice before the battle was over). I was also prepared to use Protection from Magic potions, but never needed them. Branwen's Skeletons (from the Animate Dead spell) and War Dogs from my mages Wand of Monsters did a good job of keeping the Leaders busy. (Ever notice how these summoned monsters are able to attack the monsters/characters that are invisible to you - neat huh!) Things got a little confused when one of the Leaders cast Confusion, which caused half of my War Dogs to attack my Skeletons and some party members. But in the end all the Leaders went down with very little damage to my party. After the battle I avoided my confused War Dogs until they were unsummoned, then commenced to search the bodies. Be sure to search as there are some good things to pick up (e.g., Ring of Free Action, Halberd +2, Wand of Heavens, and more).

After bashing the Leaders, search the rest of the 5th floor. In a nearby room you will find Thaldorn who will immediately attack. Missile weapons took him out quickly. Thaldorn carries a Short Sword +1 and Studded Leather +1 (probably not of much use to you at this stage of the adventure). Continue searching and be sure to check out the desk in the back room. This contains two letters, one from Tuth to Reiltar and the other from Sarevok to Reiltar. ****You need to find these letters to complete the chapter****.

After picking up the two letters, and anything else you want, go back to the Flaming Fist HQ and talk to Duke Eltan (don't bother to look for Scar as he disappeared as soon as you took this quest from the Duke). At this point you can tell the Duke you have other business in the city and will return (so you can do some more city adventuring, but remember that Scar is now murdered and you may be pursued by Flaming Fist Enforcers - not tested!). Or, you can tell the Duke that your evidence shows that the answers he needs can only now be found in Candlekeep. If you tell him this, he will tell you to go to Candlekeep to investigate further, give you $2000 and a book ("History of Nether Scrolls") to use to gain entry to Candlekeep, and teleport you to the Candlekeep map sector.

I have been emailed that as soon as Scar disappears, you are blamed for his murder and your life in the city streets is hectic as you are pursued by Flaming Fist Enforcers. I have not tested this, so cannot comment on it.

Since Duke Eltan teleports you to Candlekeep on completion of his quest, you should perhaps visit a shop or two, prior to that last visit to the Duke, to sell items and buy supplies.

UPDATE: Now that I have completed Chapter 6, I can say that it is something you do in Chapter 6 that causes the Flaming Fist Enforcers to pursue you when you get back to BG in Chapter 7. You are NOT blamed for the death of Scar when you do the Duke Eltan quest in Chapter 5.