+Cadia's Quest+

The quest following the initial Bandit Ambush, the trio continued to the town of Brayweth where Sang was approached by a follower of the nature goddess, Cadia. Gravely wounded and carrying the key to the goddess' power in the mortal world, the creature (revealed to be a dryad) beseeched the swamp elf for help. While he had long since become an acolyte of the blood god, Sang had never forgotten his roots and agreed. Together with Carden and Erigash, they made for the Whispersilk woods in the dead of night to return the token to Cadia before her eternal rival, Sarecian the goddess of decay, could capture it again.

Unfortunately, the timing could not have been any worse for the journey. The fae swarming season was upon that area of the continent and it wasn't long before the annoying magical pests had caught up to their carriage. While overall harmless for the most part, the fae's magic is as unpredictable as they are and the trio found themselves quickly surrounded and falling under enchantments from the dust left behind by their tiny pursuers. Their dwarven carriage driver, heavily charmed, ended up fleeing the carriage in glee -- fleeing his clothes and senses in the process -- and abandoned them to run off into the woods with his new 'friends'. Erigash herself was charmed and rendered harmless; content to merely watch the chaos in blissful calm. Carden found himself paralyzed by the swarming fae, Sang was deafened and even one of the horses (lovingly named 'Plopgallop') was stunned.

In the end, they managed to lose the swarm and reach their destination, but it was embarrassingly close.

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Sang belongs to Fishbug
Carden and Erigash belong to me.
The dwarf belongs to the fairies now.