First Steps Among the Forsaken at Deathknell
Shadow Priest Sarvis greeted me with a grim line about how no race has suffered as our people have, and how laughing at death has become second nature. I finished The Mindless Ones for him. He allowed that it was unfortunate the Scourge could not be brought into the fold, since their numbers would be useful, but said we have no choice but to destroy them.
He then set me a harder task, Rattling the Rattlecages. He said the skeletons are a tougher foe than the zombies, and that I must thin twelve of them, then return to him. Only one has fallen so far. He also handed me a scroll that had arrived while I was away, bearing the seal of the rogue trainer David Trias. I read it and went to the inn to find him, and so finished Encrypted Scroll. Trias said he spends most of his time in the inn watching for new faces and promising talent. If I keep my nose clean, he will teach me a thing or two.
Novice Elreth gave me a third request, The Damned. She tends the wounded, tailors armor and helps Sarvis with whatever he needs. She guessed I'd been enlisted in his service. If I bring her six Scavenger Paws and six Duskbat Wings, she'll find armor for me. She said the wolves and bats lie to the south. I have not yet gone looking.
