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Struggled with a lv7 party a bit, then decided to ditch him and just sneak past. On the way back I had to use Shadowing Beyond to avoid being one-shot, and while I was at it, I hit the bastard with Gouging Strike as a kind of a parting gift. For some reason, I was never out of combat, though I already ran all the way to the edge of a map. Turns out, this thing literally never ends: the poor bastard just bled pure damage until death and I just had to hide and wait. I guess it's a suitable way for an assassin to kill the big game after all. TLDR: Gouging Strike then wait.

What spell did you use to paralyze exactly?

Today I have an event that stated that Solmar the Shackler has arrived requesting a prisoner to buy. However, I can only 'Pay off' or 'Send escort', without any option to actually sell him a prisoner (which I would like to do), and he (Solmar) can't by found anywhere.

Oh nevermind. As it happens, you get an extra special troll with a heart of ice after you receive the quest.

Actually, ordinary trolls have no heart. It is a special troll with a heart spawned at the area after you receive the quest.

I killed all the Ice Trolls in Russetwood prior to receiving the quest, and no heart was dropped. Since the mobs are dead, the quest therefore seems to be impossible to finish. I'm rather upset(