Elven Priest Anariel
Greeting
"The grove temple welcomes you. The gods speak through the ancient trees."
Dialogue Topics
Town
An ancient elven kingdom founded in the Second Age by elves who refused to abandon the mortal world during the Celestial War. The songstones preserve records older than any human city.
Faith
The wardstones are being sabotaged from within. Vaelith knows our defenses -- he helped build them. The songstones warn of the Corruptor's return, but the warning was written in the Second Age. We thought it was history. It was prophecy.
corruption
The Elder Bough flowered at dawn -- it has never done that. The seam is still thin, but nothing pushes against it now.
Corruption
The wardstones are being sabotaged from within. Vaelith knows our defenses -- he helped build them. The songstones warn of the Corruptor's return, but the warning was written in the Second Age. We thought it was history. It was prophecy.
blessing
May the bough shade you and the seam stay closed behind you.
Threat
Dark Elf Lord Vaelith, once a Silverwood prince, has returned with dark elves. He's sabotaging the wardstones from within -- the grove's protection is failing, and the Corruptor's next target after Silverwood is Dunespire.
Government
Lady Sylvara rules as elven lady, advised by Bard Thandril and the elven masters. The wardstones maintain the grove's protection -- when they fall, the grove falls.
Trade
Elven weapons, elven armor, elven magic -- all forged with techniques older than the Third Age. The songstones contain records of the Celestial War -- knowledge worth more than any weapon.
Faction
The Grove -- we are the ancient order of the forests. The Ashen Order burns what they fear. We preserve what we love. That is the difference between elves and demon hunters.
The Lost Patrol
A patrol of Silverwood sentinels went missing in the western woods three days ago. They were investigating reports of dark elf activity near the wardstones. The wardstones are our protection -- if the dark elves are sabotaging them, we need to know. The patrol was last seen near the old grove. Find them. Bring them home. Or bring me news of what took them.
Darkling Stalkers
The darkling stalkers appeared when the wardstones began to fail. They're creatures of shadow -- not natural, not undead, something in between. Lady Sylvara says they're the Corruptor's scouts, testing the wardstones' boundaries. Where the wards are weakest, the darklings are thickest.
Forest Shades
The forest shades are the ghosts of Silverwood's ancient trees -- trees that died when the corruption seeped in. They drift through the grove at night, wailing in a language older than the elves. Bard Thandril says the songstones can translate their cries. He says they're warning us. He says they're saying 'it's coming from below.'
Phantom Stalkers
The phantom stalkers are worse than the darklings. They're invisible until they strike -- and by then, you're already bleeding. The elven wardens have lost three scouts to them. Lady Sylvara believes they're Dark Elf Lord Vaelith's creations, bred in the underground grove where he sabotages the wardstones.
sealkeepers
The grove remembers the first sealkeepers -- they sang the oath rather than spoke it. On a thin place, a sung oath binds better. That is why the songstones still hold verses of it.
history
Founded in the Second Age by elves who refused to abandon the mortal world during the Celestial War. The songstones preserve records of that ancient conflict.