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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4407687" data-attributes="member: 74526">The narrative continuesDardus chuckles. "Yes, Todarr, you are right - I would not call on heroes such as yourselves for help in farming matters. Your mission is one of rescue. But the one you are rescuing is no farmer, either. Let me explain.""Mardrick, a man born in Greensfen, was one of the few who decided to stay in the town after the second year of blight. A thin, bookish sort, I must admit I never assumed him to be a man of much courage, meaning no offense to you, Joshua, of course. Unlike those of us trained in arms, he decided to put his mind to the problem that has beseiged our town. He began doing some arcane research, gathering samples of blighted crops nearby, even venturing into areas I do not permit my men to visit, for the danger from bandits and wild creatures is too great.""After a short time, Mardrick became convinced that the blight was unnatural - magical, even. He became a quick student of the dark arts, so that he might understand better what was happening. The last meeting I had with him, he claimed to be closing in on the source of the blight. That meeting was over a week ago.""Fortunately, I know from our last talk where he was gathering his samples. My forces are too thin to send a search party and defend the town from brigands at the same time, which is where you come in. Find Mardrick. I do not hold out much hope that he is alive, but whatever he was researching out there could prove invaluable to us.  Anything you can find, no matter how small, could mean the difference in the very survival of our town.""As for your reward," he said, glancing furtively at Karis, "we haven't much. Alive or dead, if you can find Mardrick, you may have whatever arcane objects he owned. I have been made to know that they are quite valuable, even if I have no idea how afforded such things. If you find a way to reverse the blight, we can promise you 500 gold, paid after the town has begun to mend.""Before you decide to go or not, I would like you to meet Elloen, Mardrick's wife. She feels certain Mardrick is dead, and out of respect for her deep grief, I have not bothered her. Even if the reward seems meagre to adventurers such as yourself, I feel certain that once you meet Elloen  her grief alone will be enough to spur you on. But to convince you is not the only reason we must see her.""Mardrick brought most of his magical devices with him on his forays, but not all. Some may remain with Elloen, and they may provide clues to his whereabouts. We must convince Elloen to lend them to us, even though she is convinced the cause is lost. Come, let us go!" Without giving you any time to object, he heads out of the smithy, and you follow.[sblock=OOC]Your characters will receive the gold immediately for purposes of tracking on your character sheet (assuming you complete the quest, of course) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/sblock]</blockquote>

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