[attr="class","questh"]BASICS

[attr="class","questh"]OF THE KNIGHT & THE HUNTSMAN

[attr="class","questblock"]There’s a story in Wolf’s Glen. A beautiful young woman captivates the heart of a knight and a huntsman. She’s kidnapped by a terrible monster and the two men bound together vowing that they will help each other and allow the lady to pick who gets her hand.[break][break]

The knight is brave and strong, six feet tall with blonde hair and bright blue eyes like diamonds. The huntsman is smart, a skilled marksman, cunning as a fox and tricky. They compliment each other, perhaps there’s a comment on how people with different gifts ought to work together in the story. [break][break]

Some people have certainly likened it to witches and humans working together.[break][break]

However, the Princess does not want to be saved. Her heart is broken when the devil is slain and in retaliation; she whispers sweetly to both of them. Duel for my hand, she says, I cannot stand the other, and you are the only one who can make me happy.[break][break]

They both die come the midday sun. The knight fights valiantly, but the huntsman poisons. The Princess cries - but the princess is the first witch according to these people’s traditions, and she is gifted with a familiar for each of their lives.

[attr="class","questblock"]On various tavern walls in Delphi, several large posters have been erected. Pressed wildflowers native to the Lorraine Valley create borders on the parchment (who uses parchment, in this day and age?) as well as drawings of a cat standing atop a rifle and a wolf carrying the flag a knight might hoist upon their lance. In bright, bold letters;[break][break]

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[attr="class","questh"]A LORD AMONG HOUNDS

[attr="class","questblock"]There’s something wrong with the wildlife near Wolf’s Glen. They’re smart and co-ordinated, more so than the regular wildlife. The wolves seem to be following something, stalking and following witches as they make their way through the Highlands. There’s stories - there are always stories - stories of werewolves that lead a pack of dire wolves that feast on the flesh of witches, snapping their familiars up whole.[break][break]

Of course, this is lunacy.[break][break]

But on the night of the full moon, the howls still strike fear into people traveling. There are still people being attacked by usually complacent packs of wolves with all the prey to hunt that they need. Something is going on in the Highlands.

[attr="class","questh"]THE HOUNDS OF THE MILITARY

[attr="class","questblock"]A blonde woman meets with Cerberus late at night, a week before the festival. She demands her audience. Her brother is sick with a mysterious disease and she’s willing to trade in a member of the New Dawn for help. Her town will not give over the man easily though, and she advises them to work with her and her militia. [break][break]

Initially, they laugh at her.[break][break]

But she has more information, and promises them that she’ll help them flush out New Dawn members out of all of their wilderness hiding spots as long as they promise to help her brother. She knows that she is inviting the wolves into her home, but she has to save her brother from his fate. [break][break]

On the festival, she plans to capture the New Dawn preacher. By then, her men will have the information that they need to expose other members of the cult. She has to show her people that they don’t need this false witch, otherwise there will just be another sent to replace him, and her town will be truly under the influence of the New Dawn permanently.[break][break]

Then, her brother will die. She’s seen what happens when there’s no cure; she can’t risk that happening to him. There isn’t enough time to strike a better deal than the one that she has now.

[attr="class","questh"]THE WOLF OF FLOWERS

[attr="class","questblock"]Anima Blair disappears, on a day like any other. She runs away - or perhaps it would be more apt to say that she flies, taking wing as fast as she can once she knows that she cannot be followed. Her days are growing numbered, but she still has things to find in the town of Wolf's Glen. She still has goodbyes left to say.[break][break]

She will need more a strong will alone to survive what is to come.