Act 2 Quests question. Spoilers I guess?

[Malicite]

I managed to kill Kar'niss and the convoy and I took the moon lantern from his corpse. I have a couple questions now that I've gone into the darker part of the shadow cursed lands. I have also already played hide and seek with Oliver and met his family. I was honestly coming in here to complete the quest for He Who Was and his annoying white raven lol.

Can I cleanse the shadow cursed lands before going into Moonrise Tower?
Will this affect the quest to release the prisoners in the Tower or for that matter anything related to Moonrise?
Will taking a long rest (1st long rest in Act 2) affect the quest to save the prisoners in Moonrise, or the cleansing quest?

I'm sure these questions seem vague, but I don't want to bork my game by doing quests out of order. Although I can honestly say this game seems pretty forgiving when it comes to doing quests in nonlinear fashion. My Act 1 questing was all over the place and I feel it worked out just fine without screwing anything up in Act 2. Thanks in advanced for the help.

[Jeronimosss]

You can't cleanse the shadow cursed lands before going into Moonrise Tower. The final piece of the cleansing is the Act 2 boss fight. You can, however, do the first part of the clensing (related to the hide-and-seek with Oliver and Halsin).
Also going to Moonrise Towers does not mean you'll be instantly thrown into fight, you'll be free to come and go as you please (even after freeing the prisoners).

[Sistalis]

I just finnished act 2 , Yes & No. you can free the lands from the shadow curse by doing 2 (Technicaly 3 major story points)

1. Free and rejoint Nathanel with his frangmented half. You need Helsin for this and it lead you to one of the greatest batles I've seen so far.

2. Liberate dame Aylin. You will see her power liberate a little bit the land.

3. Kill Ketheric Thorm.

The curse will be lifted but, the people mention it will takes years for the results to be seen. So you wont see the land healed accept a little bit in Aylin's cut scene ( The vines recoil at her presence)

[Malicite]

Originally posted by Jeronimosss:

You can't cleanse the shadow cursed lands before going into Moonrise Tower. The final piece of the cleansing is the Act 2 boss fight. You can, however, do the first part of the clensing (related to the hide-and-seek with Oliver and Halsin).
Also going to Moonrise Towers does not mean you'll be instantly thrown into fight, you'll be free to come and go as you please (even after freeing the prisoners).

Ah, thank you so much! This helps my understanding of Act 2 immensely.

[Malicite]

Originally posted by Sistalis:

I just finnished act 2 , Yes & No. you can free the lands from the shadow curse by doing 2 (Technicaly 3 major story points)

1. Free and rejoint Nathanel with his frangmented half. You need Helsin for this and it lead you to one of the greatest batles I've seen so far.

2. Liberate dame Aylin. You will see her power liberate a little bit the land.

3. Kill Ketheric Thorm.

The curse will be lifted but, the people mention it will takes years for the results to be seen. So you wont see the land healed accept a little bit in Aylin's cut scene ( The vines recoil at her presence)

I see, we start the steps to lifting the curse but ultimately that's what the epilogue is for. Thanks!