'Now I understand why Amarion fears the Fields of Fornost and does not want travelers journeying there; this corruption that has taken the bears sounds dreadful.

'I have hated the bears that stole my livestock for years and years, Vanadin, but hearing what this evil lives on the Fields of Fornost has given me pause. I would not call it fear, exactly, but my heart beats faster when I hear the howls of the hounds on the fields now.

'Throughout the Fields of Fornost, even near to that fell city, corruption spreads. The bears are made corrupt by the bite of the Barghest near as I understand. I have no love of the bears, but they need not suffer such a twisted madness.

'I say we cut the heart out of the source and stem the corruption from spreading further. Search for barghests all along the Fields of Fornost and return to me when you have finished.'

Agnes Martlet listened to the tale of your time in the Fields of Fornost and feels some pity for the creatures corrupted by its dark past.