Midsommar

Midsommar (Slayer Contract)

 * Slayer Contract, technically. There will probably be slaying, but mostly it's flower picking.
 * Archmage Vrawell of Asherglade has hired the Mobula Fleet to deliver petals of a rare lotus that grows in the Sunken Valley. They contacted us to go do the actual harvesting. You have one week after accepting the contract to complete it.
 * 5 Petals (1250 GP Each)
 * Pays 6,250 at minimum.
 * The lotus grows in a gorge protected by a great ape.
 * One of the petals can greatly enhance your ability to recall or remember past events, and increases your constitution/hardiness. But, the petals need processing before they are safe to consume. They do smell like candy, and it's a temptation to eat them, but they are very poisonous in their natural state.
 * Do not damage the flower itself. The petals will grow back, but if the flower is damaged, they will immediately shrivel and rot.
 * Mr Flastin will be the contractor/contact for the Fleet. Meet him in The Drunken Ape for details.

Travel Information: The Irieden Region & the Sunken Valley
There's a lyceum in the city of Eswill (cost: 250 GP). The region is constantly sunny with very bright, long days. Eswill is a small town, but is the town closest to the Sunken Valley, which is where we really need to go. The Sunken Valley is beyond a set of mountains filled with scary harpies. Beware their ability to fling razor-edged metal feathers.

Within the Valley, things are dangerous and big. The lotus is critical to the mating ritual of giant apes, as it attracts the females, so they are very territorial about it. Maybe best not to be seen.

Secondary Quest: Lamium Serata

 * Alyx would like some extra Spitting Orchid blossoms. They are a purple orchid with a white throat and three barbs in the center. She needs at least one, and gave us a pretty significant discount for supplies since we were doing an errand for her.