Axe to the Roots

🌿 Quest: Axe to the Roots

Level Range: 1–3

Type: Nature Corruption • Exploration • Roleplay & Combat Hybrid

The forest no longer whispers — it groans. Trees bleed black sap. Axes return warped and rusted. Something ancient and angry has taken root beneath Hollowpine’s southern wood, and the villagers blame a vengeful dryad. But the true rot lies deeper, festering in a forgotten ritual circle twisted by time and neglect.

In this mystery of nature and guilt, players must choose their path: fight through corrupted blightspawn, earn the trust of the grieving dryad, or cleanse the land through sacred rites. Balance hangs in the roots, and every decision leaves a scar.

🌱 Choose Your Approach:

• Battle blight creatures in the twisted grove
• Parley with Aravael, the Dryad of Birchshade
• Cleanse the ancient circle in a nature-based skill challenge

🧠 Skill Highlights: Survival • Nature • Arcana • Religion • Persuasion

🎁 Rewards: Tree Spirit’s Blessing, Seed of Whispering Growth, Bark Armor Fragment

👹 Enemies: Minor Blight Spirit, Thorned Rootling, Blightheart Tendril (Optional Boss)