Shade, a puzzle?

[borak]

I have been unable to get on the shade board and can't seem to get ahold of anyone about it so I apologize if this is answered there.

I heard Shade itself is a puzzle. You have to figure things out to unlock them. The chaos seal was broken which opened bal'rak. The portal near tor was gone through and I heard the DD was beaten. Then something about a town called north is located there but is locked. Is this true? If it is does anyone have any ideas?

[martymar69]

I want to know the story, too...

I want to know what there is to know about 2 portals?
One was opened by breaking seals? How many and how were they broken?
I assume the 2nd portal still needs to be unlocked?

I want to help with the puzzle, but it is impossible without being caught up on what has happened thus far. I can't seem to find a single board with all the info in one place.

[borak]

I actually wrote that before I had shade board access. I'll answer what I can.

Bal'Rak was opened with the seal spots. 6 seal spots being stood on for 6 min. This was the Chaos seal.
First portal near Bal'Tor (don't quote me on this one) was opened by standing on the seal spots near Bal'Rak, killing all the elders, killing the 2 ancients and the 2 demon lords on xian trail.
The 2nd portal near the DD is still inactive

[wolfdidditz]

maybe the 2 dracs the 2 dl's n the dd gotta be killed, or a newb (w/ 0 exp) sacrifice to the d.d.! Imagine how hard it would b 2 get a lvl 1 w/ 0 exp n 0 kills 2 tor n 2 the d.d.

[borak]

Word has it that all you got to do is drop the DD. Not a small task. The last attempt the DD got attacked for 1.5 hours. It identified as healthy.