Jamel

Hello. This is what I did. After being forever there, unshackling minds and killing skeletons, I saw that I was going nowhere. I loaded the saved game previous to the entrance to the soultaker's chamber. Then, when one of my chars got possesed, I killed him/her, unless it was my strongest one (melee fighter), augmented and with Enduring Armor and Steel Skin from before. I placed her on the door with a bow equiped (Ebony bow) in case she got possesed (when she did, she didn't move from there to attack, since she had ranged weapon, but she didn't attack neither with her bow, no idea why). You need to make sure that your strongest char survives. The rest can die (for now). Once the soultaker has no one to jump to, he will split into several shades. You need to make sure to have your surviving char on the entrance door of the chamber, so only one (at one point two) shades can hit you. Then they will attack you. Kill them one by one. Assault crystals or potions are very usefull here since they damage the attacker and heal you over time. When there are no shades left (you will probably have to kill the remaining skeletons too), the cursed Soultaker will appear. Make sure you are hasted and RUN like hell to the stair that bring you back to the surface. Go back to the town (maybe using a Raise Dead scroll could work and save you time, but I don't know if they revive with full energy. May be worth a try though) and once you get your full party again, rebuff and go to kick Soultaker's ass. It worked very well for me and was quite fast (specially letting the casters die). Note: make sure that your remaining character kills all the shades and you get the message about the Soultaker appearing (you will see him/her/it) before leaving the entrance door of the chamber, otherwise, it will reset the room and you will have to start over. I hope it helps, and thanks to those that posted the order of the orbs. You saved me several hour of sleep