A wise scholar. A welcoming friend. A request that takes you beyond the familiar road.
In Everlund, Elaris Vaunthel is known as a wise elven scholar and wizard: friendly, helpful, and careful in both his words and his work. Those who know him regard him as trustworthy—a patient listener who offers thoughtful counsel and takes the troubles of others seriously.
Elaris Vaunthel has invited you to Everlund. Behind Moongleam Tower, he welcomes those willing to investigate the troubling signs he has been studying: old catastrophes, fallen stars, celestial disturbances, and places where the ordinary has become unsettling.
His first request leads northwest, into the Moonwood, to the Silent Coin Tavern—once a bustling stop well known among traders, but abandoned years ago. Its location has faded from memory for most, yet Elaris has heard troubling rumors from hunters who have recently passed through the area. The woods around it have become unsafe, and traders are said to have vanished nearby. Most now avoid the old route altogether, afraid that they, too, might never return.
Elaris believes something rests within or beneath the tavern—perhaps a fragment, perhaps a relic touched by one. He asks you to investigate what is happening and help recover the dangerous object if you find it.
At dawn, the road awaits.Lodging at Moongleam Tower. A carriage arranged for the journey. Beyond that, the first steps belong to you.
Elaris offers these words as a guide to the fragments—and to the work he asks you to begin.
When the wound of the world yet bleeds,
and broken stars stir beneath mortal hands,
gather the sundered light.
Let claw, wing, heart, and crown be made one.
Let the scattered divine remember its shape.
Let the hand of wisdom bind what fear once broke.
For only the whole may heal the wound,
and only the bound may wake without ruin.
As shared by Elaris Vaunthel
