It isn't bad enough that people are missing? Now I've got everyone around here in an uproar over rumors about crazy happenings in some cottage in Mahisha's Nest.

The rumors grow more far-fetched with every passing day.

Everything from Lepharists to talking beasts to mad Empyrean Lords.

I need someone like you--someone trustworthy, brave, and strong to check out The Lone Cottage so we can stop all the crazy rumors from getting any crazier.

Could you go to the house and see what's there, your character?

I appreciate having a Daeva around I can count on.

While they're only rumors, I don't need any citizens doing anything crazy. Let me know what you find at The Lone Cottage in Mahisha's Nest.

I probably should go myself and put these rumors to rest. Only I don't know when my duties here in the Fortress will allow me.

I really need a Daeva I can trust, your character. Let me know if you reconsider.

Shhh! Don't let them know I'm here!

I thought this would be a good place to hide.

I joined the Lepharists a while ago to help Humans, but things weren't what I expected. At first, we were doing great things, but little things bothered me. Those little things piled up over time. Then one day, I got into an argument with my superior.

I punched him, and now I don't think he'll give up the chase. A Lepharist Revolutionary doesn't get to walk away. You don't know the things they're capable of....

Just pretend I'm not here....

Huh...Human... Talk to me?

Cuh...can't...can't speak well.

Huh...Hild...Human...was Human. Cuh...cursed...

Huh...hide in house from...huh...hunters each evening.

Juh...just want to be Human again....

Are you...? I sense unusual Aetheric energy around you, but you couldn't be...

And yet...you will be crucial to Pandaemonium.

Waiting... The thirteenth comes. I have foreseen it.

The thirteenth comes here only once--upon a midnight--without warning.

I await the thirteenth. Every midnight I am here to greet the eventual theophany of the thirteenth Empyrean Lord. You should wait, too.

You're back! You found The Lone Cottage?

Are any of those wild rumors true?

So, a Lepharist runaway named Freki is in the house?

Well, at least it's not a Lepharist camp. I'll have to think a bit about what we should do about that.

Truly? A talking Ribbit? I've never heard of any Human being cursed and turned into a Ribbit.

Curses scare people. I don't think we can leave it like this.

So, an old man is ranting that the thirteenth Empyrean Lord will appear there?

Oh...that's not a good thing.

1. Find out if anyone is in The Lone Cottage.

2. Report back to Gnalin.

People in the fortress are uneasy due to rumors about strange goings-on in an isolated house in Mahisha's Nest. Go to the Lone Cottage and see what--if anything--is happening there.

Gnalin, an Archon of Dusk, said the fortress residents were uneasy due to rumors about strange things going on in an isolated house deep inside Mahisha's Nest.

She wanted someone to check the Lone Cottage and put the rumors to rest. You went to the house, met an interesting individual, and let Gnalin know about it.