The Elixir

**The Elixir** is a sidequest which can be started in the Farmers Coast by talking to Mirell Hoofbeat directly or by reading one of his note that he is looking for a mercenary. He can be usually found near Bridgehead Farms. Despite having no money to reward you, he asks if you can help him with this quest.

Mirell explains that he needs a mercenary to collect ingredients for a potion, which can cure the disease of bellyworms, which is currently affecting his daughter, Bea Hoofbeat. She was examined by a wandering apothecarius, who sold him the recipe for 200 gold. As the ingredients are too difficult for him to find, he asks you to find them, brew the elixir and then bring the elixir back to his farm, where he and his daughter reside.

The ingredients needed are Garlic, Rat Meat, Vynroot and Yellow Butterfly Wing. There is a farm store selling the garlic, Rat meat can be looted from any Mad Rat, which are nearby on the farms on Lobek. Yellow butterflies appear during daylight hours and Vynroot can be found at many locations around the world. When the ingredients are gathered, head towards any Alchemy workbench to brew the potion and head towrds Mirell's house, which one the houses most of west of the Farmers Coast.

When entering the house, it's is empty, so wait on the marked chair until Mirell returns. Before he returns though, you will hear a strange sound out of the basement, which must then be investigated. The entrance to the basement is found north in the room in the northeastern corner, semi-covered by some hay. Lockpick the novice lock to enter the basement. You will find Bea wandering in the room behind bars with a door which requires a key. She displays clear signs of the Red Madness. Return to the living room and wait a little longer for the arrival of Mirell. The decide on how to proceed the quest.

## Decision

### Comply

If you give him the elixir, he thanks you and gives you the Family Hoofbeat's Amulet as a reward. Return 24 hours later and you will find out that Bea and Mirell both died while he was attempting to give her the elixir.

### Confront

In case you decide to tell him that his daughter has Red Madness and this elixir won't work and that she should be killed, Mirell will get angry and attempt to kill you. After he is killed, take the amulet from his corpse, but the key itself can be left on his corpse or take it from him to kill Bea as well. In case you don't kill her, she will presumable die of starvation or dehydration in one day. With this ending, the achievement Coup de Etat is unlocked.

### Convince

With 40 Rhetoric, you convince Mirell peacefully that the recipe he bought was from a quak doctor who saw a business opportunity in his desperation for a cure. He won't cure Bea with this potion, because Red Madness is untreatable. When you ask if he needs help with putting his daughter out of suffering, he will then decline, saying that it his responsability as a father. He will give her the elixir, but he will add a poison to it. He will give you his amulet. Return a day later and the quest will finish with only Bea being dead. With this ending, the achievement Sleep, My Child is unlocked.

In case the player has progressed in the storyline quest beyond Part of Something Momentous, Part II, you can tell Mirell that the League of Apothecarii in collaboration with the Order of Light is looking for Red Madness patients to study and hopefully find a cure. He give you his amulet and report it to the guards, who will send a message to Ark and arrange her transport to the Sun Temple Curarium. This will unlock the achievement There is Always Hope.