Herbalist of Adamina

The Herbalist of Adamina is an old woman who stands over a bubbling pot in chapter 2. She used to be one of the mothers of Adamina and now brews an anesthetic to ease the pain of the women waiting to deliver the Holy Father's children. She sends the Courier on a fetch quest in two stages. The quest itself (flags, rewards, the failed-refusal branch) is The Pain of Newborn; this page covers her dialog.

Quest steps#

1. Talk to her. She explains that the cries from the place of the Newborns are the mothers in pain and that her brew makes them forget it. She asks for Adamina herbs.
2. Accept or refuse. If you refuse, she scolds the Courier for disrespecting the Holy Father and warns him to cause no trouble. This is not a dead end: her next greeting simply asks for herbs again.
3. Bring 5 Adamina Herbs (item 70021). The herbs are anesthetics with a side effect. She takes all 5 and says it only covers half of what is needed (flag 25051).
4. Bring one Active Sendril (item 80011, a lump of the living Sendril matter that makes up the Marred; see Materials). She says it strengthens the effect of the herbs and insists she would not hurt her family. The Courier doubts the brew will really ease their pain.
5. Reward: 3 Elixirs of Hallucination (item 20021), which instantly cost Sanity when used. She calls the Courier the most generous person apart from the Holy Father.

The quest log entries are titled "Adamina Herb" and follow the messages 20602 and 20603.

Hidden mechanics#

• The "Give her Adamina Herbs" and "Get her Active Sendril" options only appear while a bag-check flag is true (quest type 16): 22601 is true while you hold 5 Adamina Herbs, 22602 while you hold 1 Active Sendril. Until then the only answer is "Not yet".
• The reward is not a healing item. An Elixir of Hallucination drains Sanity at once (item text: lose Sanity immediately); see Sanity and Lunatic state.
• Quest 95022 completing at the end counts as a Tale for the Witness achievement (Side Quests#Witness: "Finish all the Tales").
• The topic flags 90018 and 90019 (read marks) are set when you hand over each item.

Sources#

• Table StoryMonster: story 2, monster 2002 (hero 20013). Entry 21283;21295;21294;21314, hidden after quest 21006.
• Table StoryDialog: story 2 dialogs 21283-21317, 22288-23315.
• Table StoryQuest: 25049 (message 20602), 25051 (removes item 70021 x5), 25052 (message 20603), 25053 (removes item 80011 x1), 25064 (item 20021 x3), 95022 (action type 30).
• Table ItemData: 70021, 80011, 20021 (descriptions).