Part 1 — first steps of a Shaman
Grind bone chips and skulls into ritual dust and receive the novice hoop.
Minimum level 1
Shaman Starter Quest (Faelindral)
A six-stage Listener and Preserver initiation involving bone dust, faerie corruption, the Circle of Spores, purification, and faction-sensitive choices.
Starts with Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald · Shaman
Rewards
Part 2 — solving the faerie problem
Use the bone dust to reveal and defeat a mischievous faerie.
Part 4 — spirit-blessed headdress
Continue the investigation and receive the spirit-blessed headdress.
Part 6 — become a Listener
Complete the faction-sensitive final stages and receive the Listener robes and hoop.
Faction changes
Circle of SporesRaisesConfirmed
PreserversRaisesConfirmed
Fellstone OrcsLowersConfirmed
FossergrimLowersConfirmed
Naelira's CourtLowersConfirmed
Gaming view
Walkthrough
1
Meet your Listener mentor
Give your Folded Leafscroll to Varilis at the Balanced Branch.
GIVE
Give Folded Leafscroll to Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Folded Leafscroll
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Old Mortar and Pestle from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Old Mortar and Pestle
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What task?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What disturbances?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (9 entries)
Varilis Thornvine cracks open a well-wizened gaze as you offer him the scroll, which he accepts at the pace of an old treant.
The whispers of your arrival have reached my ears well before this scroll ever did, young shaman.
I have been preparing for you. Here, please accept this mortar and pestle. You will need it for your first task.
You say
You enter
/say What task?
Old forces threaten the balance of the Weald and beyond. The fae grow restless and resentful. The spirits of the dead find no rest.
We must do what needs be done to preserve the balance, young one. My old bones are not up to this task, but perhaps a young listener such as yourself could quell some of these... disturbances.
You say
You enter
/say What disturbances?
You should start with the undead that have begun to crawl out from long forgotten places.
Gather four chips of their bones, along with two of their skulls. Crush them within your mortar and return the dust to me.
2
Prepare the bone dust
Combine four unstacked Bone Chips and two Shattered Skulls in the Old Mortar and Pestle. Return the Mortar of Bone Dust.
TRAVEL
Go to the newbie area and kill a rotting skeleton until you get 4 Bone Chips and two Shattered Skulls. Combine these in the Old Mortar and Pestle.
1 × Bone Chips
1 × Old Mortar and Pestle
· Evershade Weald
GIVE
Upon combining 4 unstacked Bone Chips and 2 Shattered Skulls in the container, it becomes a Mortar of Bone Dust.
1 × Bone Chips
1 × Mortar of Bone Dust
2 × Shattered Skull
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Novice Hoop of the Listener from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Novice Hoop of the Listener
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Scroll: Invisibility versus Beasts from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Scroll: Invisibility versus Beasts
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Pouch of Bone Dust from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Pouch of Bone Dust
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (1 entries)
Varilis Thornvine carefully reaches out to collect the mortar of ground up, chalky bone dust. He carefully pours the dust into a small pouch, whispering out soft unheard words as he does.
3
Expose the mischievous faerie
At the wolf cave entrance, hold the dust on your cursor and /throw dust. Defeat the faerie and take the strange toadstool.
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say I cannot hear their cries.
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say I understand.
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
COMMAND
Go down the fungal lift and past the druid ring, fungal ring, and ruins. The wolf caves are there, in the entrance. Pick up the dust on your cursor and use /throw dust.
Enter command
/throw dust
1 × Strange toadstool
· Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (13 entries)
You shall take what remains of those who were scorned and have them reveal the source of the wolves' agony. Can you hear their cries?
You say
You enter
/say I cannot hear their cries.
The mournful howls of the Weald's wolves haunt my dreams of late. More of their number fall to savagery and madness by the day.
I have altered the bone dust that you collected, so that it may cling to the dismal agonies of woeful spirits.
There is a wolf pack amongst the western cliffs whose cries concern me most. Locate and scatter the dust at the entrance of their den to reveal the source of this dismay.
Throw, or simply pour out the contents of the pouch. It should make no difference. Once revealed, you must confront the spirit and, if need be, cleanse it. Do you understand?
You say
You enter
/say I understand.
Learn from the scroll I have given you to conceal yourself from the gaze of any wolves who have fallen to madness.
Return to me with anything that you uncover, along with your novice hoop. You may also return and ask me for more dust, should you lose what you have.
a mischievous faerie that looks like a small drake will spawn. It is light blue to a level 3, and casts. Kill it and loot a strange toadstool. Return this and your Novice Hoop of the Listener to Varilis.
Game
You gain experience!
Game
Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Game
Your faction standing with Fellstone Orcs got worse.
4
Return the toadstool and hoop
Give Varilis the toadstool and Novice Hoop to receive the Apprentice Hoop.
RECEIVE
You receive Apprentice Hoop of the Listener from Varilis Tornvine.
1 × Apprentice Hoop of the Listener
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What clue?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What whispers?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (11 entries)
Varilis Thornvine furrows his already well-weathered brow as you present the toadstool to him, alongside your novice hoop.
So the fae have had a hand in this? Their antics grow bolder by the day, despite our tenuous agreement.
You were not wrong to mete out punishment for the imbalance they caused. I would say you deserve this.
Varilis Thornvine proceeds to whisper something into the small hoop, as though it were an ear yearning to hear one of his tales. He smiles softly and offers the hoop back to you, now empowered further by the spirits.
Well done Listener. Though now we must see about this strange toadstool. Perhaps it can tell us a clue.
You say
You enter
/say What clue?
Varilis Thornvine slowly brings the toadstool up toward his elongated ear, as though listening to murmurs that only he could hear.
Tell me, young Listener, do you hear the whispers?
You say
You enter
/say What whispers?
I believe you will be capable of hearing a great many things before long, young one. Not just from toadstools, but from all manner of objects in which the spirits reside.
Even from objects that have been with you from the near beginning. Please, allow me to see your apprentice hoop so that I may listen to all it has experienced in your journey thus far.
5
Accept the Sporeweaver errand
Show the Apprentice Hoop and collect the Toadstool Box.
GIVE
Hand Varilis Thornvine your Apprentice Hoop of the Listener.
1 × Apprentice Hoop of the Listener
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Apprentice Hoop of the Listener from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Apprentice Hoop of the Listener
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Toadstool Box from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Toadstool Box
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What circle of spores?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (12 entries)
Game
Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Game
Your faction standing with Fellstone Orcs got worse.
Varilis Thornvine takes your hoop and brings it close to his own ear. He nods along with it thoughtfully, as it seemingly tells the Elder Whisperer of your travels.
An interesting journey you have taken to get here. Your hoop is excited to experience more, so I shall return it to you. Be sure to hold onto it so it can take in more of your continued story.
You will also need to bring this toadstool with you for your next task. We are now being whispered toward a group who lives reclusively among the roots of Faelindral.
Tell me, young Listener, do you know of the Circle of Spores?
You say
You enter
/say What circle of spores?
They are a cloistered cult of druids who have a strong connection to fungus and mushrooms. If there are any within the Weal who would be able to tell us the source of this strange toadstool, it would be them.
I have safely packed the toadstool within the box I provided you. Deliver it to a member of the Circle of Spores, who seclude themselves beneath Faelindral in Sporehave Karts.
I know not the name of the particular druid who may be able to help us, but the Circle are not unwelcoming of guests. Their experiments on the other hand...
You should be strong enough to call upon the spirits to conceal yourself. If the Circle's experiments have gone awry, as they are known to, it may be prudent to learn such a spell before departing.
Spirits watch over you, young Listener.
6
Visit Underveil in the spore caves
Find Underveil along the stream beneath Faelindral and hand over the Toadstool Box.
Hostile sporelings patrol this area, especially at night. Prepare invisibility or another way to handle them.
TRAVEL
Travel under Faelrindal into the Spore Caves along the stream. If going at night, make sure to invis, or else the sporelings will gank you, then find Sporeweaver Underviel.
· Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Empty Box from Sporeweaver Underveil.
1 × Empty Box
· Sporeweaver Underveil · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Sporeweaver Underveil.
Enter command
/say What agreement?
· Sporeweaver Underveil · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Sporeweaver Underveil.
Enter command
/say It is acceptable.
· Sporeweaver Underveil · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (17 entries)
Game
BEWARE A NUMBER OF SPORELINGS PATH RIGHT PAST THE NPC, DO NOT RISK CONVERSATION WITHOUT INVIS/HIDE HANDY!!!
Game
You gain experience!
Game
Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Game
Your faction standing with Circle of Spores got better.
Game
Spreweaver Underviel carefully examines the contents of the box you offer him, pursing his lips in thought. He meticulously removes the toadstool before returning the empty box to you.
Sporeweaver Underveils
Hmm... this is quite the interesting specimen that you have brought me, shaman. I can tell at a glance that is has been manipulated by a magical force, not unlike our own myconids.
Though I could not tell you much more without a thorough examination. Perhaps we could come to an agreement?
Sporeweaver Underviel looks at you expectantly.
You say
You enter
/say What agreement?
I am looking to produce a new strain of fungus that is far more robust than previous generations.
To further my research, I need some components from out in the Weald. If you can gather them for me, I will look further into the origins of this toadstool for you.
Does that sound acceptable?
You say
You enter
/say It is acceptable.
Sporeweaver Underveil bows his head politely, a faint glimmer reflecting from his shaven scalp.
Then we have an agreement. You can use the empty box that you brought the toadstool in as a container. It seems sturdy enough.
All I require are the scales of green drakelings, along with some wax from wasp workers. Five of each should suffice for my needs.
By the time you return with the box filled and sealed, I should have some more answers for you regarding this mysterious toadstool.
7
Trade scales and wax for the resealed box
Combine five Green Drakeling Scales and five Wasp Worker Wax in the Empty Box, then return it.
TRAVEL
Go collect 5 Green Drakeling Scales from a green drakeling, and 5 Wasp Worker Wax from a wasp worker.
1 × Green Drakeling Scale
· Evershade Weald
COMBINE
Combine 5 stacked scales and 5 stacked wax in the Empty Box to create the Box of Scales and Wax. Then return to our friend Underveil.
1 × Box of Scales and Wax
1 × Empty Box
· Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Resealed Toadstool Box from Sporeweaver Underveil.
1 × Resealed Toadstool Box
· Sporeweaver Underveil · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Sporeweaver Underveil.
Enter command
/say What results?
· Sporeweaver Underveil · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (13 entries)
Game
You gain experience!
Game
Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Game
Your faction standing with Circle of Spores got better.
Sporeweaver Underveil examines the contents of the box with a satisfied nod, retrieving the strange toadstool and exchanging it for the materials you collected. He then returns the box to you.
You return at a most fortuitous moment, young shaman. I have just finished my examination of the toadstool and I must say, the results are quite intriguing.
You also have my gratitude for your efforts in procuring these components. Drake scales and wax are notoriously resistant to fungus, which shall aid my endeavors to strengthen our strains.
Though I imagine you must be curious to hear the results?
You say
You enter
/say What results?
The toadstool by itself is not so significant; rather, it is the odd hex that seems to be afflicting all of its contained moisture.
This hexed moisture makes its way into the numerous spores released by the toadstool, and once a great number of these spores are taken into the lungs... well...
The victim is afflicted with a terrible malady that assaults the mind directly, causing hallucinations, emotional strain, and potentially even madness.
I daresay that whoever conjured such a hex has a sinister imagination. Though, it would appear the moisture is the key to all this, as it is what drips with malice. A malice that feels all too familiar to me...
I hope this was as much help to you as your efforts were to the Circle of Spores. Thank you once more, friend.
8
Deliver Underveil's findings
Return the Resealed Toadstool Box and collect the Spirit-Blessed Headdress.
RECEIVE
You receive Spirit-Blessed Headdress from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Spirit-Blessed Headdress
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (7 entries)
Game
You gain experience.
Game
Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Your return was whispered to me, young Listener. As was the conversation you had with the Sporeweaver.
It seems that moisture is the key to what has been ailing the great bears, yes? If our clues are to be the fae and moisture, then there is only one possible direction to look toward next.
Though that direction must wait for now. I must confer with the spirits on this matter, but you have the thanks of the forest, along with my own, for all that you have uncovered.
Take this headdress so that you might be protected from any intrusions into your own mind. It may prove useful, should this path lead us toward those capable of causing madness and grief.
When you feel you are ready to confront this threat to the Weald, bring me your apprentice hoop while donning the spirit-blessed headdress. I would hear from them both to gauge your capabilities regarding our next task.
9
Ask about the next investigation
Wear the new headdress and show Varilis your hoop.
The source records a refusal at level 4 and continuation at level 8; the exact minimum is not confirmed.
GIVE
Hand Varilis your earring while wearing the new headpiece.
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive your items back from Varilis Thornvine. (At level 8)
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Apprentice Hoop of the Listener from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Apprentice Hoop of the Listener
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What next task?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What Whispering Pools?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (17 entries)
Varilis Thornvine carefully cradles the hoop next to his own ear, closing his eyes and nodding along wordlessly to silent whispers.
Game
(At level 4)
It appears you have more to learn before I can entrust you with your next task, young Listender.
Return and present me your hoop once you have learned how to effectively dispel harmful magics, and the next task is yours.
Varilis Thornvine carefully cradles the hoop next to his own ear, closing his eyes and nodding along wordlessly to silent whispers. He smiles and presents it back to you.
It appears the spirits vouch for your capabilities, young Listener. As such, I am confident I can entrust you with the next task.".
You say
You enter
/say What next task?
As you already know, spirits of the Weald are succumbing to a terrible malady of the mind.
From the myconid creatures of the Circle of Spores to the bestial spirits of the great wolf packs, it seems any who settle themselves close to the banks of the river are prone to bouts of inexplicable madness.
This, I believe, is being perpetrated by the naiads of the Whispering Pools.
You say
You enter
/say What Whispering Pools?
The naiads have long since been bound to the Whispering Pools. They are forbidden from leaving, due to a pact with the Queen of the Winter Court herself.
Though being bound does not mean the naiads are without their own ambitions.
Many of them yearn to be free of the Whispering Pools, and this latest act of whimsy is likely an attempt to expand their means without breaking the terms of their pact.
If we are to do something to counteract the ploys of the naiads, we must first understand what sort of enchantments they are dispersing into the Weald's waters.
I advise you to seek out Laenyth Windharp of the Lambent Wanderers. She is their tale keeper, and the bards are known to study and even conduct performances that mimic the alluring call of a siren.
If any in Faelindral would know of water nymph enchantments, it would be them. Show her your hoop to present yourself as a Preserver, then glean what you can about the magics of the naiads. Return to me with anything you manage to uncover.
10
Consult Laenyth
Show your hoop to Laenyth on the first floor of the Lambent Lantern and collect her theories.
SAY
Speak with Laenyth Windharp.
Enter command
/say What siren's song?
· Laenyth Windharp · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Laenyth Windharp.
Enter command
/say What old rumors?
· Laenyth Windharp · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (21 entries)
Game
Off we go to the bard guild (Aka the Lambent Lantern)!
Game
You will find our gal on the first floor in the bard side of the lantern. Hand your hoop to Laenyth Windharp.
Laenyth Windharp regards the hoop with a smile before offering it back to you.
Ah, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, apprentice? I'm fond of Listeners joining me for a tale. You lot are remarkably attentive to our stories.
Is there anything in particular that you wish to hear about?
You say
You enter
/say Naiads.
Laenyth Windharps
The naiads? I'm quite familiar with their tale, as young bards are often stricken by their songs... competitively or otherwise.
Laenyth Windharps
They're a beautiful people, if not prone to wickedness and uncaring whimsy. Their songs can flow as gently as a stream or crash with the cacophonous roar of a waterfall, as befits their mood.
Do you wish to hear what's known of their Mistress Naelira, or are you more interested in their siren's song?
You say
You enter
/say What siren's song?
The siren's call... it's a popular and powerful technique capable of fully capturing a person's attention. They're also prone to suggestion while captivated, turning a once alluring song into a dangerous one if used with ill intent.
Many of the faerie courts are impressive singers in their own right, though the naiads' sirens occupy a league of their own. Did you know a voice can carry over great distances when delivered across a span of calm water?
The sirens utilize their affinity with water to naturally enhance their own voices, so a mere conversation can cause one to become enraptured if they're not careful.
Some also believe the naiad sirens are capable of singing into the currents of flowing water, so their voices can reach those downstream. I personally don't believe such a thing is possible... unless you believe the old rumors.
You say
You enter
/say What old rumors?
The naiads have remarkable voices, though even with their affinity for water, they cannot sing with their full cadence while submerged in the very pools they call home.
A voice, no matter how strong, would be drowned out by the flow of a river as it crashes against the banks and weaves its way through rock and reed.
However, there were rumors of a technique one could use to protect a song on its journey through a perilous river. Something to enshroud it is a pocket of air, such as... a bubble or river foam.
I've made notes on such a theory before. Now where did I...
Laenyth Windharp searches through her belongings before a moment of recognition strikes her. She then withdraws a section of leafscroll.
Ah, here they are! These notes cover the methods one might use to enhance a siren's call. You're more than welcome to them, should the Perservers have use of my old theories.
11
Collect the enchanted water
Bring back the theories. At the river edge before the fall toward Keeper's Bight, inspect the water and take it with the flask held on your cursor.
The source is uncertain whether Sense Magic must be active.
RECEIVE
You receive an Empty Water Flask from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Empty Water Flask
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
COMMAND
Run to the place where the river falls into Keeper's Blight (southwest of the cave with the wolves for the dust earlier). Use /inspect water on the north side of the river right before the edge of the river, and you should see a message about the enchantment. Then pick up the flask on your cursor and use /take water. You might need to be using 'Sense Magic' as well. Return to Varilis with the newly filled flask.
Enter command
/inspect water
· Evershade Weald
COMMAND
Run to the place where the river falls into Keeper's Blight (southwest of the cave with the wolves for the dust earlier). Use /inspect water on the north side of the river right before the edge of the river, and you should see a message about the enchantment. Then pick up the flask on your cursor and use /take water. You might need to be using 'Sense Magic' as well. Return to Varilis with the newly filled flask.
Enter command
/take water
· Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (6 entries)
I see that you do not return empty-handed, young Listener. Let us see what knowledge Laenyth has documented regarding the magic of naiads...
Varilis Thornvine carefully and slowly peruses Laenyth's notes. His elderly lips purse in interest at some points while frowning at others, accentuating his already weathered features.
Voices carried through bubbles or foam... quite curious, indeed. Could the naiads be sending their very voices through the currents of the river using this method?
You must investigate this for us, <name>. Your talents should allow you the means to sense magical influences upon the world, if you have studied your scrolls.
I bid you venture out to the very end of the river, furthest from the Whispering Pools, to the crest of the mighty waterfall that spills out into the Twilight Sea.
Use your spell to sense magical flows and determine whether the naiads' enchantments have extended so far out from their domain. Should you discover enchanments at the falls, take a sample of the water using this flask and return it to me.
12
Receive the purging sigil
Return the Filled Water Flask and collect Sigil of Purging.
TRAVEL
Return to Varilis Thronvine and hand him Filled Water Flask
1 × Filled Water Flask
1 × Water Flask
· Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Sigil of Purging from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Sigil of Purging
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
SAY
Speak with Varilis Thornvine.
Enter command
/say What recipe?
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (10 entries)
A curious thing, this sample you have brought me. Even while contained, I can hear the intrusive melodies that are bound within.
This is a disturbing revelation. If the naiads have somehow found a way to carry their voices down the span of the entire river, it threatens the very balance of the Weald.
We must take action to purge this enchantment before more minds are drawn into madness.
Take this sigil. young Listener. You will need it to fashion a totem that can be used to cleanse the waters of the naiad's influence. It is but one component of this specific recipe.
You say
You enter
/say What recipe?
To fashion the totem, you will need to acquire some fine wood for the base. Four timber should be enough. If you have a talent for logging, you may find some in Keeper's Blight.
While in the Blight, you will also need the skins of four serpents that roam the fields. The serpent's flesh is well suited for warding away moisture.
Lastly, you will need something from the river water that is both born from it, but also immune to a siren's song. I believe Selstie Kelp will serve the purpose well.
Scour the river's floor here in Evershade for at least two strands of kelp, then fashion everything together along with the sigil of purging at one of the carpentry tables on Traders Terrace.
Worry not if you are unskilled with such labors, the totem need not be a masterpiece. Return to me with your crafted totem, and I shall guide you further.
13
Build and empower the totem
At a carpentry table, combine two Selstie Kelp, four Fine Wood, four Bight Serpent Skin, and the sigil. Show the fashioned totem to Varilis.
COMBINE
Combine the 10 items above along with your Sigil of Purging at a carpentry table to create Fashioned Totem of Purging. Then return to Varilis Thornvine and hand Fashioned Totem of Purging to him.
1 × Fashioned Totem of Purging
1 × Sigil of Purging
· Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Empowered Totem of Purging from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Empowered Totem of Purging
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (7 entries)
Game
You gain experience! Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
Varilis Thornvine looks over your work with a pleased, serene smile. He raises the totem into the air and beseeches the spirits of the forest to empower your creation. This time, you begin to hear the murmurings of a response through the boughs of the trees, and your totem takes on weathered appearance.
Varilis Thornvine offers the empowered totem to you.
Take this totem to the top of the falls, which cascade over the Whispering Pools the water nymphs call their home.
Invoke the totem's powers to purge the waters of the enchantment. But be warned, the naiads will not appreciate us denying them their amusement.
If you are challenged, then do what you must to restore balance to the Weald. Should your totem lose its potency, return it to me and I will do my best to empower it once more.
Spirits watch over you, young Listener.
14
Confront Delugia at the waterfall
Ride down the Kennel Lift, cross the ruins and two bridges, then turn left to the waterfall. Activate the Empowered Totem and defeat Delugia Coldsong for Coldstone Shard.
The source reports red/yellow enemies at level 8; prepare a group.
TRAVEL
Head over to the Kennel Lift and ride it down. Walk east through the ruins and across two bridges, then make an immediate left to the waterfall. Stand at the edge of it and right-click your Empowered Totem of Purging to start the event.
· Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (7 entries)
Game
(The enemies for this part of the quest con red and yellow at level 8)
Action
Delugia Coldsong emerges from the waterfall as if stepping through a doorway.
Delugia Coldsong
You will not defile our waters with your horrid magics, mortal! Our voices shall spread across all rivers, in the name of Mistress Naelira!!
Action
Delugia Coldsong (click for fight details) will spawn and immediately start attacking you. She was stuck in the wall when I fought her and I had to move away to get her to out.
Game
Your faction standing with Circle of Spores got better. Your faction standing with Fossergrim got worse. Your faction standing with Naelira's Court got worse. You gain experience!
Delugia Coldsong
H-how could you... a mere mortal..." Delugia Coldsong falls to the ground, her body slowly dissipating back into the waters.
Delugia Coldsong
Once you defeat her, loot the Coldstone Shard and return it to Varilis Thornvine.
15
Return the shard with your other items
Give Varilis the Coldstone Shard, the expended totem, and your Apprentice Hoop of the Listener together.
GIVE
Give Varilis the Coldstone Shard, the expended totem, and Apprentice Hoop of the Listener together.
1 × Apprentice Hoop of the Listener
1 × Coldstone Shard
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Weathered Leaf Token from Varilis Thornvine.
1 × Weathered Leaf Token
· Varilis Thornvine · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (10 entries)
Varilis Thornvine shivers visibly as you offer him the coldstone, though he refuses to accept it alone.
It seems that you have had to confront a particularly vile spirit, young Listener. Your efforts are already being felt throughout the Weald.
Return to me the expended totem, the coldstone, and your apprentice hoop. I would hear all three of their tales of your triumph this day.
Game
You gain experience! Your faction standing with Preservers got better. Your faction standing with Naelira's Court got worse.
Varilis Thornvine carefully clutches the coldstone with one hand, while your hoop remains in the other. He brings both items up to either elongated ear and soon begins nodding along with their supposed tales, which you feel you may begin to perceive.
It appears that this Delugia Coldsong was driven by a desire to appease her Mistress Naelira. So much so, that she would risk breaking the pact they made with the fae courts.
It did not matter which minds she was forced to break, so long as her voice could reach out to someone capable of freeing them from their bond. A tragic tale, if also misguided and malevolent.
Already the spirits of the river and those surrounding it sigh out in relief at her passing. You have restored balance to the Weals, and for that I recognize you as an accomplished Listener, Chamois.
Varilis Thornvine offers you a simple leaf pulled from his silvered hair.
Bring this to the Elder Whisperer, Eraeldor Lowmist. He shall already know its meaning.
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Claim the Listener rewards
Give Eraeldor the Weathered Leaf Token for the robes and final hoop.
GIVE
Turn around and go in the building. Give your Weathered Leaf Token to Eraeldor Lowmist.
1 × Weathered Leaf Token
· Eraeldor Lowmist · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Robes of the Listener from Eraeldor Lowmist.
1 × Robes of the Listener
· Eraeldor Lowmist · Evershade Weald
RECEIVE
You receive Hoop of the Listener from Eraeldor Lowmist.
1 × Hoop of the Listener
· Eraeldor Lowmist · Evershade Weald
Show dialogue (7 entries)
Game
You gain experience! Your faction standing with Preservers got better.
The promising apprentice makes their appearance at last. It was heard, and it is now known.
We have you to thank for calming the spirits of the waters and all those who are fed by its life.
Only one who truly listens could have heard the cries and comforted the daunted.
You are a true preserver of the balance, deserving to bear the symbol of such.
My gift to you, Listener Chamois.
Eraeldor Lowmist produces a folded bundle of fine cloth and leaf, offering it to you with a serene smile.
Quest stages
Part 1 — first steps of a ShamanNovice Hoop of the Listener
Grind bone chips and skulls into ritual dust and receive the novice hoop.
Turn in to Varilis Thornvine in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Part 2 — solving the faerie problemApprentice Hoop of the Listener
Use the bone dust to reveal and defeat a mischievous faerie.
Turn in to Varilis Thornvine in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Part 3 — Circle of Spores
Work with Sporeweaver Underveil and gather drakeling scales and wasp wax.
Turn in to Sporeweaver Underveil in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Part 4 — spirit-blessed headdressSpirit-Blessed Headdress
Continue the investigation and receive the spirit-blessed headdress.
Turn in to Varilis Thornvine in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Part 5 — purging sigil
Empower the Sigil of Purging and improve Preserver standing.
Turn in to Varilis Thornvine in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Part 6 — become a ListenerRobes of the Listener · Hoop of the Listener
Complete the faction-sensitive final stages and receive the Listener robes and hoop.
Turn in to Eraeldor Lowmist in Evershade Weald.
Required
Rewards
Connected world
NPCs
- a mischievous faerie · objective target
- A rotting skeleton · objective target
- Laenyth Windharp · participant
- Sporeweaver Underveil · participant
- Varilis Thornvine · starter
- Eraeldor Lowmist · turn in
Zones
- Evershade Weald · objective
- Evershade Weald · start
- Evershade Weald · turn in
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