Mira's Tomb

Mira official artwork by @Dark\_E\_Arts

Mayor's map from Acorn to Mira's Tomb. Art by @MontyGlu

A powerful druid named Mira was buried in the forest northeast of Acorn in Hearthlen. She rested peacefully until disturbed by a follower of Necrecta that corrupted the Bead of Hoketh in her staff, causing her to come back as an undead mockery of what she once was. The tomb is a hollow beneath the stump of a massive oak tree, and while Mira was in her undead state, the forest around was reddish-brown and sickly, though still living.

Mira's tomb originally, and in its restored state, is actually a very pleasant location with copious greenery surrounding the burial mound. The interior has her sarcophagus as well as a small decorative pool and beautiful mushrooms.

## Mira

*"I was warned about you! You who would cut down my trees, kill my animals! You should have stayed home, let my curse bring back what was lost, and yet you persist!" ~Mira*

Mira was a powerful arch-druid who cared for the forest around the village of Acorn. She rested peacefully until brought back to unlife when the magic orb in her staff was corrupted. Upon her awakening, Mira flew into a rage when she saw how the people of Acorn had been overlogging the forest.

In her undead state, her druidic powers were a perversion of what she could accomplish in life, so her actions to restore her forest were equally corrupted. The forest around her tomb was living, in a sense, but sickly and warped. She also 'remade' trees from their stumps, stretching out the stumps like taffy to form twisted abominations of foliage. Dead animals around her also returned to life in horrific mockeries of what they once were.

### Mira's Curse

*"You loggers, all you do is take!" ~ Mira*

Her ultimate revenge on the people of Acorn was a curse that affected anyone within the village's boundaries. The curse had four stages:

1. The victim would find themselves invigorated by the sun on clear days. (Gaining 2 temporary hit points.)
2. The victim would then be affected by a permanent *barkskin* spell, and leaves and twigs sprouted from their skin.
3. The victim would have their movement slowed by half as their transformation continued, leaves sprouting where their hair would be.
4. The victim would transform completely into a tree, bearing only the faintest indication that it was once anything else.

### Mira's Fate

*"They cut down my trees, the people of the village had cut them all down when I woke up, I lived to safeguard this forest, but if I go again, what will happen to my forest?" ~ Mira*

Mira was defeated by the adventurers. She was protected by an undead bear who's unlife was linked to her own and it could not be destroyed as long as she lived. She also kept herself from destruction by sapping the life from a series of nearby trees when she suffered a mortal blow. After Ky struck a final blow and she had no more linked trees to absorb, she died. But before passing on entirely, Ky was pulled into a vision where he saw Mira as she appeared in life, weeping not only over the destruction of her forest, but also over what she had done in her maddened state. She presented Ky with her satchel, filled with 60 acorns which would sprout immediately when planted in good soil.

*"It cannot be remade, and it cannot be reborn, but it could be renewed, Thank you." ~ Mira*