Elden Ring's eldritch monstrosity that is Lord Rykard awaits your presence at Volcano Manor. There are two different ways to get to Lord Rykard: one of them is to offer your services as a hitman to the masked owner of Volcano Manor, Lady Tanith.
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With a total of three contracts to follow and three difficult opponents to vanquish, you will need all the help you can get. From returning to Limgrave to ascending the Mountaintops of the Giants, there is no duty too insurmountable for a lowly Tarnished to complete.
In order to trigger the questline, you must have reached Volcano Manor. Once you open the main doors, head down toward the end of the main hallway where a fireplace and roundtable reside. There you'll find Lady Tanith and her bodyguard.
Talk to her and she will ask you whether you would like to join Volcano Manor, to which you must agree. She will hand you the key to the manor's drawing-room.
After speaking to Tanith, turn right down a corridor and open the second or third door to the left-hand side with Tanith's key. There you will find Rya, Diallos, Knight Bernahl, and a long table in the center of the room.
Go down the other end of the table in front of where Bernahl is sitting, and you will find the first contract letter -and subsequent contracts - on a plate. Tanith will reward you for each completed assassination, so don't forget to speak to her after each one.
All targets are able to heal only once.
After reading each letter, a red mark will appear on your map. The first target, Old Knight Istvan, can be found in the Limgrave region, near Stormhill Castle. You can get there from the Warmaster's Shack Site of Grace.
Istvan wields a two-handed blade that deals massive
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