Seed of Tarfilerquar

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The Seed of Tarfilerquar, said to the heart of an evil god, is a baleful corrupting thing that disguises itself as a gnarled and dried seed. In the Lith-Crillion Era, the Kriavfahliil of Herfarel explored the deep canyon east of this city. In the deeps of Tân'ndith, they found a lone seed in a ancient sarcophagus of petrified wood.

Attacked by a marauding band of Jara, the Seed of Tarfilerquar was taken far west. In 994, a Jara by the name of Ushnagdú was born. An imp in service to some dark power was tasked with secretly feeding the Seed of Tarfilerquar to this young foal. Ushnagdú, later to be known as Bone Pounder, was made extremely hardy from the indigestible seed in his stomach.

In 1790, the Mound of Bone Pounder was plundered by Crimson Eye. One of the treasurers they found was a gnarled and dried seed that radiated only very weak magic. Traded to an outlaw druid named Black Wood, a year later on 4 Bloom 1791, Black Wood planted the seed in the Maegorion Forest. In a span of a decade, it corrupted and darkened the forest and all within it. Animals and beasts became dire beasts, treants became dark treants, and many fey turned wicked, with sprites and quicklings made cannibals.

To destroy Tarfilerquar, you must destroy Maegorion, an impossible task, since even one seed of the forest, be it deer, seedling, or bee could carry on its taint to some other area.

- Oakenbeard, of the Nature Protectorates, regional report at a Glade Summit - "Nature's Quandry"