“Sombra blanca” (the Spanish name of the tale) triggers when you pick up any petal of the Blizzard Blademaster Memory Flower and is completed with all 6 petals (+10% health). Vandal (Spanish guide) counts it as a Meigu Lake tale; the petals are in the Phantom Illusionist Ruins, which you enter from the lake with the 4 acolyte masks. It’s missable if you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House without finishing it.
Where does Sombra blanca start?
There’s no NPC: it triggers with the first petal of the Blizzard Blademaster’s flower, and the rest are marked on the map as soon as you pick it up. The petals are in the Phantom Illusionist Ruins. To get in, go through the Four Guardians’ Mirror, on an icy islet northwest of Meigu Lake, with the four acolyte masks (see how to open the Four Guardians’ Mirror and the acolytes and their masks). The Ruins have no map and their seven bells don’t let you fast travel between them.
Step by step
Book and petal titles are translated from the Spanish version of the game; the in-game English wording may differ.
- DangerOn the deck of the sunken ship in the Ruins.
- PursuitOn a scaffold next to a snowy roof, east of the village.
- Into the DepthsBehind the tent, next to the climbable wall.
- The TrapIn the cave below the wounded illusionist’s tent.
- FrenzyNext to the bell of the floating ruins.
- The SealOn the walkway over the blue water of the Forbidden Path.
The boss of the Ruins is the Blizzard Blademaster, who drops the two-handed weapon Whiteshadow (see two-handed weapons). After beating him, examine the statue: it opens an extra fight for the true ending. All the flowers in the Memory Flowers guide.
Rewards
Vandal doesn’t list any reward of the tale’s own. The complete flower adds +10% health.
According to Vandal, when you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House (Pangzhen) almost every pending tale fails, and this one isn’t spared. SoloJugadores also advises finishing everything related to Whiteshadow before the Mirage Estate. More in the points of no return.
Frequently asked questions
How do you trigger Sombra blanca?
By picking up any petal of the Blizzard Blademaster Memory Flower.
How do I get into the Phantom Illusionist Ruins?
Through the Four Guardians’ Mirror, northwest of Meigu Lake, with the masks of Yanru, Lei Ting, Guhe and Hansui.
Does the tale give the Whiteshadow weapon?
No: the weapon is dropped by the Blizzard Blademaster, the boss of the Ruins. The tale only asks for the petals.
