Note: After you cross the bridge east of Florentina, your foes change from Orcs and Goblins to Sakkara Priests, Evil Mages, and Thieves and Bandits. Henno becomes a Merchant, who just happens to be standing right next to another Merchant. Once you successfully complete the mission, return to Henno in the plaza! Speak to him, and you'll be rewarded with the grand opening of Bravemart, the Trader's dream. Do his quest, which entails running some goods out to Wakko in the extreme eastern end of Braverock, across a bridge. Standing right next to him is Henno the Trader. In the lower western portion of Braverock, there is a large merchant plaza. You'll need that for convenient return trips. When you find it (there's a Combo Master and Merchant loitering around near it), activate it. I suggest scouting around until you find the Braverock portal. Turn east - which will be to your right - and let it lead you into the castle complex. The road from Bravesbury dead-ends into the path to Braverock. This will send you straight to Braverock castle, where Bravemart awaits. Turn north once you hit the junction, then bear northeast, skirting around Bravesbury. If you check your world map, you'll notice that the road running through Florentina goes east to west, crossing over a river in the eastern direction. Here is where I am going to suggest something revolutionary to you: take a detour to Braverock Castle before you complete the next step in the main quest at Crow's Rock Castle! Along the way you should pass through Florentina, and Faerie's Crossing. You should find yourself in mid-game: after you get around to rescuing Wilbur, you head north towards Crow's Rock Castle (DeMordrey's digs), following your main quest pointer. If you decide to do this, you will of course start the game all over again. Highlight your character, select the Silver difficulty from the drop-down menu, and you are are on your way. After you export, exit to the Sacred start up menu, choose Ancaria Campaign, then Import instead of new. You do not have to complete Bronze in order to start a Silver game. How do you take your Bronze character and start a Silver game with them, you ask? Simple: export your character.

By the time I'm running between Silver Creek and Porto Vallum, all of the bad guys are grays. The reason why: I level up too fast for Bronze. In a single player game, I rarely stay in Bronze past level 6, the time of your second skill pick.

If you haven't been running in a Silver game already (if you're doing single player), let me take this opportunity to strongly recommend leaving Bronze SP behind for Silver SP.

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