I went for the amulet, sword was very lackluster.
On a sidenote, I had just read about Syllara in the Nivarian library (there's like 4 tomes there you can read) before doing that quest, and she's like the Sorceress-Queen of the Orogg Witches, more powerful than any human or Varannari sorcerer in her time (might also be a good idea to give her a wiki page, Loreseekers!). So when the statue called herself Syllara, I freed her. Mostly since I wanted the amulet, but also because it felt so anti-climatic to have her die just like that. I sincerely hope David makes an epic follow-up quest for her, hell maybe even like a mini quest-chain of like 3 quests, she seems to be big enough of a threat to warrant that. If he ever has the time after 1.2, that is.
On a sidenote, I had just read about Syllara in the Nivarian library (there's like 4 tomes there you can read) before doing that quest, and she's like the Sorceress-Queen of the Orogg Witches, more powerful than any human or Varannari sorcerer in her time (might also be a good idea to give her a wiki page, Loreseekers!). So when the statue called herself Syllara, I freed her. Mostly since I wanted the amulet, but also because it felt so anti-climatic to have her die just like that. I sincerely hope David makes an epic follow-up quest for her, hell maybe even like a mini quest-chain of like 3 quests, she seems to be big enough of a threat to warrant that. If he ever has the time after 1.2, that is.