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 ==== '''1. Receiving the Quest''' ====
 The heroes might receive this quest from any notable figures in Kendaria: the Sutians, Reston, Leon, Queen Astaria, or Queen Amelia. If the heroes are embroiled in the conflict between the two queens, this quest serves as a potential point of unity, as both queens want the forest rot to be cleansed.
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+==== '''Dangerous Foes''' ====
+The heroes may face all manner of creatures as they seek to defeat the corruption in the forest. Whenever they engage in combat with these creatures, the combat should be at least moderately difficult (ML = ½ party level). Some encounters should be difficult or deadly (ML = (½ party level) +2 or +4), especially when the heroes confront a Dergue.
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+The following creatures are good choices to utilize when running these encounters. You can also use any environmentally appropriate beast from CC chapter 3, but describe how they have glazed eyes and fungal growths in their fur, feathers, or scales. The rest of these monster suggestions can be found in CC chapter 2.
+* [[Blightweed]]
+* Any Bloodoak of appropriate ML
+* Dergue
+* Fungal [[Dryad]]
+* [[Fae Stalker]]
+* [[Grash]]
+* Slaugh
+* Spore Bat
+* [[Thresher Moss]]
+* [[Forest Warden]]
+* [[Wilting Warden]]
+* [[Wilderguard]]
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+==== '''2. The Old Forest''' ====
+The corruption that has so affected the land obviously originates from the Old Forest. Heroes may be asked to head into the forest to try and find the metaphorical or literal roots of the corruption and put a stop to it.
+Reference the Old Forest in chapter 6 when determining where the heroes might venture. Intermingling the various points of interest and side quests presented in the Old Forest with the heroes’ current quest is a great way to add texture and complexity to this adventure.
+Note the Dergue Blight subsection below when the heroes confront any Dergue in this region. One of the main Dergue strongholds is in the Levidian Mists. If the heroes go there, see the Dergue Blight section below.
+If the heroes venture into the Wychwood, make it clear to them through narration and through combat that this may be above their heads at the present. Any combat in the Wychwood should be deadly or even very deadly (ML = party level), unless the party is already level 8 or higher.
+The Wychwood is the primary location for a showdown with Grunhilde, the witch that is responsible for this wave of corruption from the Old Forest.
+==== '''3. Redleaf Dale''' ====
+One of the three major epicenters for the growing network of Dergue is Redleaf Dale. If the heroes arrive in Redleaf Dale and confront the Dergue, see the Dergue Blight subsection below.
+==== '''4. The Dergue Blight''' ====
+Blights of Dergue have an especially strong presence in Redleaf Dale, the Levidian Mists, and the Wychwood.
+Their stronghold in the Wychwood is their capital of sorts, and heroes should not attempt to take them on in that environment until they are at least level 8. Details on this environment are in the Late Fall Quests: Kendaria section below.
+In the ruins of Fort Levidia and in the town of Redleaf Dale, the Dergue maintain a strong presence. At any given point, there may be as few as three or as many as a dozen Dergue in either of these locations.
+'''Spore Bed.''' Each Dergue has a patch of mushrooms that their life force is magically dependent upon. Burning this mushroom patch will cause a lesser Dergue to spontaneously combust. There are four Dergue in this adventure strong enough to resist this immolation: _________________. These four Dergue are especially powerful and are considered the leaders of the blight. They have the normal stats of Dergue, but have additional features as noted below.