Living on the Hedge

**Living on the Hedge** is a series of quests given by the High Priestess during the Fall. It requires you to enter the Gloaming using the first Keystone and gather 6x Hedgehog Grass, distill them into Essence of Sight, and brew 6x Spectare Potion to distribute to the coven so they can see through the glamour covering the coven circle once they cast it. The reward for completion is 3x Sapphire.

## Dialogue

Quest intro:

* High Priestess Lina: Autumn is the time when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest. Traveling to the Gloaming is easier than ever, which means we must re-cast the glamour over the stone circle.
* Tara: The glamour? I’m sorry, what is that?
* High Priestess Lina: It’s a spell that conceals our circle from prying eyes. Gloria and Giacomo were our best glamour-casters. They kept the rest of Fairhaven from getting too close by accident. Now that they’re both gone… the task falls to us. The Farseer, Adept, and I will cast the glamour. But once we do that, we’ll all need to drink a potion that allows us to see through the glamour and find the stone circle. The potions are brewed from the flower of the hedgehog grass, which only grows in the Gloaming. Two of you will need to go retrieve it.
* Acolyte Violet: I want to go! Can I?
* Farseer Shelby: You’re still an acolyte, and acolytes can’t go into the Gloaming.
* Acolyte Violet: Oh…
* High Priestess Lina: So it’s time for you to be promoted. From this day on, you will be known as Herbalist.
* Journeyman Damon: And to celebrate, I whipped you up some Spirit Flame. Where you go – Herbalist.
* Adept Amira: Little will visitors to your shop know they’re dealing with a bona fide, certified member of the Fairhaven coven!
* Tara: Congrats! Gramma would be so proud of you!
* High Priestess Lina: Novice and Herbalist, the two of you will visit the outskirts of the Gloaming and retrieve six hedgehog grass flowers. Adept, you will accompany them.
* Adept Amira: I can’t think of better company.
* High Priestess Lina: When you’re ready, speak to me again, and I will place the first keystone in its column.
* Farseer Shelby: About dang time…

Part 1: Speak to The High Priestess when you’re ready to enter the Gloaming.

* High Priestess Lina: Are you ready, Novice?
* Tara: As much as I’ll ever be.
* High Priestess Lina: Very well. Novice, Herbalist, Adept, follow me to the stone circle. This keystone opens the path between the stone circle and the least dangerous part of the Gloaming. I was hoping we could all stay out of the Gloaming for decades, but the rate at which magic is flowing from the Wellspring means that’s not possible.
* Adept Amira: I will keep them safe. I promise.
* Tara: You know, I shouldn’t be surprised by all the flashing sparklies at this point, but they are soooo pretty!
* High Priestess Lina: Make good decisions, please…

Part 2: Collect enough hedgehog grass to make potions for every coven member.

* Tara: What… what is this?
* Adept Amira: Ah yes, the barriers. We’ve never really understood where they come from. They are impervious to everything but pure magic. So you’ll need to blast it with your wand!
* Tara: Blast it? Which spell should I use?
* Adept Amira: No spell! Just point and shoot!
* Tara: Ok…

* Adept Amira: Good! Give it a couple more hits. You’ll need to watch your magic reserves in future encounters with them.

* Tara: This place is amazing!
* Adept Amira: I know, but be on your guard. It’s beautiful but dangerous. Like me.
* Herbalist Violet: Sweet snapdragons!! I just saw a vine move!
* Adept Amira: Everything here is alive with power from the Wellspring. But they each translate that power differently.
* Tara: We’re just looking for a flower, right?
* Adept Amira: Yes, but these ones defend themselves from being picked. That’s why they’re called hedgehog grass flowers.

* Tara: Yikes! I think we must be getting close!
* Herbalist Violet: Just keep blasting them with your wand!

* Tara: Is this it?
* Adept Amira: Yes! Now we just need five more.

* Tara: Got it!
* Adept Amira: Good work. Let’s get back to the stone! The vines won’t attack us as we retreat. We’ve cowed them into submission.
* Herbalist Violet: Ooh. Hold up. I’ve never seen a plant like this before.
* Adept Amira: I’ve only heard of them, but I think this is an Echo Blossom.
* Tara: Woah. All the petals are covered in crystal.
* Adept Amira: Echo Blossoms look normal, but if you grasp the stem, the flower takes a short impression. And if you crack the layer of crystals…
* Herbalist Violet: Oops! It’s so slippery! No. No way.
* Gloria: I hope this works. Echo Blossoms are powerful magic, and my mama said not many of them are left… … but if I don’t make it out of the Gloaming tonight, I want someone to know I was here. And these will be my little breadcrumb trail.
* Adept Amira: Gloria…
* Tara: Is it true, Violet? That was your mom?
* Herbalist Violet: I – I can’t believe I just – yeah. That was her.
* Tara: So we know she came this way the night she disappeared!
* Adept Amira: It seems so. Violet, are you all right? What a shock to your system.
* Herbalist Violet: Oh my god! I saw her! I really saw her!!! Yes!
* Adept Amira: We should look for more of these.
* Herbalist Violet: Are you kidding? I’m not letting a single one get away! I need to know everything!
* Adept Amira: Well, before we get into the search we need to get back and speak with the coven about it.
* Herbalist Violet: Ugh, *fine* but then I want to come right back and begin looking!

Part 3: Return to the coven and speak to the High Priestess.

* Tara: Six hedgehog grass flowers, just like you asked.
* High Priestess Lina: Wonderful. Well done, you three. Novice, distill the essence from the flowers in your sanctum. Then brew six potions.
* Amira: We have something else to tell you as well.
* Violet: We found an Echo Blossom in the Gloaming. And – and it had an impression of my mom! She was there the night she disappeared!
* High Priestess Lina: By all the starts of the First Witches… I didn’t think Echo Blossoms grew there any more! But if all three of you saw the impression of Gloria… We’ll have to look into this. For now, Herbalist, rest up. Oh honey… what a day you’ve had. In the meantime, Novice, please attend to the glamour neutralization potion. I hope you can have several cauldrons going. This potion takes a while to brew.
* Tara: I’ll get to work on them right away.

Part 4: Make 6 Spectare potions so the coven can see inside the glamour.

* High Priestess Lina: Are the potions ready?
* Tara: Yes, here they are.
* High Priestess Lina: Wonderful. I’ll take one now – give the rest out to each member of the coven.

Part 5: Give a Spectare potion to each member of the coven.

* Farseer Shelby: Thanks.
* Tara: For what?
* Farseer Shelby: The potion, of course.
* Tara: I haven’t given it to you yet! Ah, nevermind. Here you go, Farseer.

* Tara: Here you go.
* Journeyman Damon: Thanks, new witch! This smells great. I’ll mix it with some of my own stock when I get back to the bar.

* Tara: Here you go, Adept.
* Adept Amira: Appreciated. Plants certainly can be powerful, no?
* Tara: I always thought so, just maybe not so… literally.

* Tara: Here you go… Herbalist.
* Herbalist Violet: Thanks! I could get used to this new title.

* Tara: I’ve handed out the potions to everyone.
* High Priestess Lina: Well then, all that is left is to drink your own.
* Tara: Ew, tastes like grass.
* High Priestess Lina: If you want to quibble over taste, speak to the Journeyman next time. Thank you for all of your help. I’ve been saving these for an emergency, but your propensity for trouble suggests you could use an emergency supply, too.

* Farseer Shelby: Dawn, dusk, morning, night, hide this place from plainer sight.

* [Reward: 3x Sapphire.]