Beast in the Sand
Follow the trail of the Dearg Due to the south, and retrieve the body of its victim.
On the map
5- Tribe C.Task1.Mirage2 (Area), Manafem Plains
- Tribe C.Task1.Mirage3 (Area), Manafem Plains
- Tribe C.Task1.Mirage4 (Area), Manafem Plains
- Tribe C.Task1.Mirage1 (Area), Manafem Plains
- Tribe C Taskgiver1 NPC (NPC), Manafem Plains
Steps
3- 1
Track down the Dearg Due through the sandstorm
- 2
Give Efina - The Lost some clean water
- 3
Return to Manathep - The Bereaved
On completion
You followed a mythical beast to find a lost Moon garou and rescued her, earning the support of some of the Manafem tribe.
Dialogue (21 lines)
Efina - The Lost: Don't worry, I'm safe and healthy. I'm just making the hardest choice of my life.
Manathep - The Bereaved: I'm beside myself! Please, talk to the Elder then come back to me after. I have need of you.
Efina - The Lost: I am so lost... the sand it... it obscured everything. Water, please, do you have any clean water?
Manathep - The Bereaved: Efina's alive? Efina's alive! Glory upon the River Goddess!
Efina - The Lost: I can feel the strength coming back to me. Thank you.
Efina - The Lost: Have mercy, I'll die without water. Please help.
Efina - The Lost: I am so lost... the sand it... it obscured everything. Water, please, do you have any clean water?
Manathep - The Bereaved: The Dearg Due! The Dearg Due! It killed my poor Efina!
Manathep - The Bereaved: Please, we will get no peace until the Dearg Due is dead. It watches us from the south of the camp. Kill it, then find my Efina's remains.
Manathep - The Bereaved: Well, if the beast didn't kill Efina, then it must have tricked her. Efina wouldn't go into the desert alone.
Efina - The Lost: I ran away from Manafem. I couldn't do it any more: the Mark, the overbearing sadness, my mum keeping watch over me every waking hour.
Efina - The Lost: Have mercy, I'll die without water. Please help.
Manathep - The Bereaved: Efina was taken three days ago, and every night the Dearg Due has been watching me from the south of the camp with a glint in her eye and blood on her lips. She be gloating!
Manathep - The Bereaved: I can barely wait for my Efina to come back. And don't you worry - I'll tell the Elder all about what you done for me.
Efina - The Lost: Tell mum that I'm safe, that I'm on my way back. It may be the truth, it may not. I have a decision to make.
Manathep - The Bereaved: The Dearg Due is a wicked beast. Lures you into the sands then snaps your bones. Oh, Efina!
Efina - The Lost: Whichever way I am heading - thank you. And thanks to you, Dearg Due. I was brought up to fear you, but I know now that was wrong.
Manathep - The Bereaved: You have to kill it! Kill the Dearg Due! Go south where it prowls, an' make sure it never kills another. Then, please, bring back my Efina's body.
Manathep - The Bereaved: Please, make space in your inventory so I can give you what I owe you.
The Dearg Due howls.
You get the sense that a curse has been lifted and the Dearg Due can move on from this world.