The tunnel gives way to daylight, and the western woods stand strangely still. Tuiwen and Eldred step into a narrow clearing where the undergrowth bends away from them as if afraid.
Eldred
The stain is calling to them. If we linger, more will come.
He halts at once, lifting a hand toward the trees. In the branches beyond the light, something pale shifts, then vanishes. The bark-wrapped corruption in Tuiwen’s grasp feels suddenly heavier, almost pulsing.
Eldred
Radagast must see that sample, now. This thing is a beacon, and Dol Guldur is answering it.
Tuiwen
The path west leads straight to help, if they reach it before the forest closes around them.
A low rasp answers from the brush, and a dark shape slips between the fir trunks. Eldred raises his bow. The way forward is clear only for a heartbeat, toward Radagast’s home and the chance to name the corruption before it spreads any farther.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach Radagast with the corruption sample
“"I don't have time for these games." She casts a ball of light to turn the way ahead into bright daylight, which no creature of shadow can endure, then boldly continues.”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled -1)