Arieluma--you've come at the right time. The sample of contaminated forest water has just been returned to me from the analysis lab in Sanctum... with grave news.

The contamination is Meslamtaeda's Blood... the result of an experiment by Kato and Garnis that went very wrong. It's a dangerously powerful poison that spreads quickly.

I sent Lepios into the forest with the antidote, but he should've returned by now. Would you go find him? I do hope darkness hasn't befallen him...

Thank you, Daeva--you're a blessing from Ariel herself!

I came out here to investigate the contamination, but a Tiny Arachna bit my leg. At first it didn't seem like much of a wound, but suddenly I found myself unable to walk.

Ah, good to know he didn't send me off to a poisoned forest just to forget about me.

This potion here will neutralize the toxicity of Meslamtaeda's Blood. your character, please go to the Contaminated Swamp in my stead and identify the source of the contamination.

You'll have found the source when you locate where the poison is the strongest. Using this antidote there will solve the problem. But be careful. Just... be careful.

Aaaah! What...?

Was that me? I was a monster?!

I remember now.... That potion we made... it was a curse!

I am Kato. I know it sounds like nonsense, but that potion turned me into that... that monster. Garnis and I made it--we had no idea how destructive it would be.

The Seraphim Lords expelled us from Sanctum. Garnis was terribly bitter about it. He disappeared one day--I haven't seen him since.

I tried to formulate an antidote, but before I could finish it... I was... transformed.

1. Talk with Lepios in Frillneck Woods.

2. Defeat Poisonous Bubblegut. (/1)

3. Talk with Kato.

Eliminate the source of contamination at the Contaminated Swamp to stop it from spreading.

Geolus lost contact with Lepios in the Contaminated Swamp and asked you to find him.

When you found Lepios, he said he couldn't continue the mission because he was wounded. He then gave you the antidote and asked you to carry out the mission.

At the Contaminated Swamp, you used the antidote and defeated Poisonous Bubblegut, which turned into Kato. He explained that the poison changed his appearance and the poison accumulating in his body started contaminating the forest.