After leaving the Royal Manor, Tel'arn had lost his job. With nothing else to do, he gathered herbs around the Meredil Ruins.
He was used to spending his days with flowers and plants. Suddenly being unable to see the trees and flowers he had so carefully cultivated left him feeling stifled.
Unlike most Nightborne, the botanist Tel'arn suffered only mild Mana Addiction Syndrome symptoms. He had spent two days in Meredil without drinking any Mana Wine, yet his body showed no adverse reactions.
That left him with even more energy to pursue his own interests.
In the morning, he followed the Duskwither Lilies' arcanists in search of ancient mana. Unfortunately, Tel'arn was poor at detecting mana, and his efforts yielded little. He barely found a few pieces of ancient mana in half a day.
Elisande simply sent Tel'arn back to the ruins to prepare brewing equipment and gather herbs for making Mana Wine.
As a botanist, Tel'arn had maxed out his gathering skills.
Even with a rare species like starlight rose, Tel'arn gathered four hundred plants in a single morning.
He cleared a patch of ground beside the stream in the ruins and planted it entirely with starlight roses.
Flowers shimmering with specks of starlight swayed in the breeze, giving off a refreshing fragrance.
When Rowan and Thalyssra found Tel'arn, he was carrying a large armful of starlight roses to his newly established little garden.
At the sight of so many starlight roses, Rowan's hands itched terribly. He wondered whether it was a conditioned reflex.
Back when he ran Mythic+ dungeons, he could never bear to use a flask unless the key was at least level ten. Ultimately, it was because starlight roses were far too expensive.
"Speaker Thalyssra, Lord Rowan." Tel'arn set down the rose plants in his arms