The cracked crescent on the black tablet goes dull, then flares once more as the Nomad Envoy points into the dunes. Beyond the spires, a buried camp lies hidden under a veil of sand and ward-smoke.
Nomad Envoy
There. The ones behind the sigil keep their heart in that hollow. If you want the corruption ended, you go there now.
Annika Mal
And if this is a lure, they mean to split us from the brood.
The Lead Scout stays low in his saddle, eyes fixed on Huarti, fear and duty wrestling in his posture as the caravan line loosens behind him.
The Lead Scout
I will guide you to the edge. Past that, I want no part of their bargain.
A thin red pulse answers from beneath the sand, matching the tablet's dim sigil. Huarti feels it, a sour knot of evil arcana tugging from the hidden camp straight toward the nursery.
The way forward is clear now, the nomads' secret leads directly to the faction challenging his hold on the desert and the brood.
✓ Quest Accepted
Stop the encroaching power of the red crescent
“I become enourmous and walk without crushing with my feet or trailing with my body anything good and quickly with strides walk there”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled +1)