Marvin continued browsing the two exhibition areas on the first floor, but in the end, he found no treasure more useful than the [Radiant Lantern].
Not long after, Jaheira returned.
She held a glass bottle containing a dried, brown branch.
"Have you made your choice, Marvin?"
"Yes, ma'am. I choose the [Radiant Lantern]."
Jaheira nodded, took out a key, opened the glass case, and handed the [Radiant Lantern] to Marvin.
After Marvin put the [Radiant Lantern] into his storage ring, she handed him the glass bottle as well. "This is a weapon capable of dealing with hags, personally made by Elminster..."
According to Jaheira, the unremarkable dried branch in the bottle had a very distinctive name: the Twisted Origin Branch.
This dried branch came from the Dark Swamp region of the Feywild. It fed on warped natural power, and its origin was the same as that of hags.
The legendary archmage Elminster used the fifth-circle divination spell [Legend Lore] as its foundation and carved a complex magic array onto the branch, granting it a special function:
As long as the branch came into contact with a hag herself, or magic cast by a hag, it could reveal detailed information about that hag.
When dealing with hags, the most important thing was not combat power, but intelligence.
Elminster truly was impressive to have created an item that could be called a hag's nemesis.
As expected of Faerûn's strongest mage.
Marvin placed the glass bottle containing the [Twisted Origin Branch] into his storage ring, and the quest panel updated accordingly.
``` Quest: Search the Sunlit Wetlands and find Ailei Teshir Stelmane
Difficulty: Medium
Scale: Village/Town Level
Base Reward: Treasure Map [Sequence Turntable]
Current Success Rate: 320% (Open dropdown menu for details)
[Personal Strength]: Your strength is more than enough to deal with