Neris
Octavius, leave the firewood. Come quickly. Savin’s dressing has soured despite our care, and his breathing is turning shallow.
Neris lifts the soiled dressing just enough to inspect the wound, then covers it again. Savin struggles to remain conscious beneath her steady hands, while Edrin waits by the woodpile within shouting range.
Neris
I need frostwort. It looks harmless among the wild plants, but the wrong leaf will worsen this. I need an eye trained to distinguish it, and yours is the best available.
Savin
Do not... leave me in the forest. I can still hear you. I think.
Neris begins preparing a fresh dressing, setting clean linen, water, and her sharp-smelling herbs within reach. Savin’s eyelids flutter as his breath catches shallowly, then resumes.
Edrin Vale
I am here, Octavius. If Neris calls, I will relay it. Tell me where you are searching, and I will keep the house in your hearing.
Neris
The frostwort grows in the damp shade near the house, usually beneath broadleaf cover. Find the plant with the pale blue-veined underside, and bring me only what you can identify with certainty.
The forest edge lies only a short distance beyond the healer’s house, its wet leaves shining under the gray sky. Neris turns back to Savin as his breathing grows faintly more labored, leaving the identification to Octavius.
✓ Quest Accepted
Obtain frostwort
“Yes ma'am." I answer, and sharply turn, setting down the firewood at the soonest availability without leaving it to rot. I know what plant she means, and the type of ground I can find it in. The faster I can get there, the faster I can find it and return. "On my way!”
SUCCESS (Legendary Survival, rolled -2)
Octavius
Yes, ma'am. On my way!
Octavius sets the firewood beside the pile before turning. His weakened left thumb fumbles one rough length, and his scarred hip protests the sharp change of direction, but he keeps moving.
His keen senses find the damp shade beneath broadleaf cover, while the enchanted bow’s quiet pull confirms a living plant rather than a dangerous signal. He reads bent stems and old tracks, choosing ground that holds water without pooling.
A slick root catches his boot. Octavius drops hard to one knee, scraping his palm and wrenching his hip, but shields the bow and keeps the forest floor from swallowing his attention.
Under a mat of broad leaves, he finds frostwort: pale blue veins show beneath each harmless-looking leaf. He identifies it with certainty and cuts only the amount Neris requested.
Octavius wraps the frostwort in a clean leaf, rises carefully against the ache in his hip, and returns toward the healer’s house with the medicine secured and his scraped palm bleeding lightly.
Edrin sees him emerge and calls toward the house. Neris answers from inside, and Octavius reaches the doorway with the frostwort intact, despite the strain and scrape exacted by the hurried search.
Quest Complete
Obtain frostwort
+ New Item Acquired
frostwort