Phase 6: the forest, the fairy and the Nature Goddess
One chain from the forest gate to the swamp — plus the ink that the mailbox and Agatha both want.
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The forest guards want a pass; Jully helps you get one through the Royal Mailbox. In the forest, the bandits will lower their bridge to the swamp for a Royal Pardon and the fairy’s map. Across that bridge waits the Nature Goddess — and meeting her is what starts both the election and the portal hunt.
Checklist
| Quest | Who | What it takes |
|---|---|---|
| Into the Forest (Eventually) | Forest guards | Get turned away at the Forest Outpost. |
| Into the Forest | Jully | Repair the Royal Mailbox and collect the Forest Pass. |
| Forest Pass | Forest guards | Show the pass; meet the Old Bandit. |
| Nun of Your Business | Agatha | Clean Paper x5, Ink x2. |
| Go Wild in the Wild Lands | Old Bandit | A Royal Pardon plus the Fairy’s Swamp Map. |
| Chasing Fairy Lights | Wispy | Dream Dust, Comet’s Tail and Tooth. |
| Heart of the Swamp | Nature Goddess | Follow Wispy and ask about all three topics. |
| Any Portal in a Storm | Larry, then Gunter | Ask both about the portal. |
The Forest Pass
- Leaving the Town Warehouse after Jack’s visit starts this. Walk to the Forest Outpost west of the village: the guards turn you away without a Forest Pass.
- Back at the tavern, Januarius fetches Jully; pick Ask about the forest. Before helping, he wants the Royal Mailbox next to the tavern working again.
- At the mailbox choose Repair the box... → Repair Full Functionality, then either Use Royal Signet (the signet from the prison is checked, not taken) or the long The 42-Step Verification Process. Either way: 1 Town Gratitude.
- Choose Collect Head of the Village certificate, take it to Jully with Ask about papers (1 Town Gratitude, 1 Story II), then ask for the Forest Pass.
- Back at the outpost, Show the pass. Explore to the bandit camp and talk to the Old Bandit: that unlocks Friends in Low Places and his request for a Royal Pardon.
Paper and ink
- In the Writing Room, research Writing Basic (5 red, 5 green) and place a Writing Desk: Wooden Plank x4, Bronze Nails x6, Polished Bronze x1 (Hammer, Building 2). Then research Writing Supplies (10 red, 5 blue).
| Item | Recipe | Mastery |
|---|---|---|
| Leather Scroll x4 | Skin x1 (from an autopsy) | Book writing 1 |
| Clean Paper x6 | Leather Scroll x1 | Book writing 1 |
| Ink x4 | Ash x1, Water x1, Melted Fat x1 | Book writing 2 |
- Water comes from the well in your garden (10 per draw). Ash is only sold — at the Apothecary.
- Agatha has been at the Crossroads since your first sermon. Bring her 5 Clean Paper + 2 Ink with Here are your writing supplies...: 10 Agatha reputation.
The Royal Pardon
- At the mailbox choose Get Royal Pardon, then Pay the fine (5 silver). The box then runs out of black ink: Refill the ink with 3 Ink to receive the Royal Pardon.
Summoning Wispy
| Ingredient | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Dream Dust | The one Albert checked (or make or buy another). |
| Comet’s Tail | Sold by Gunter and by the Apothecary. |
| Tooth | Formulation Bench: one Skull (bronze, silver or gold), Anatomy 1, research Skull and Teeth. |
- The Formulation Bench comes from Church Lighting I (5 red, 10 green, 5 blue) and goes in the lab or the Writing Room: Wooden Plank x4, Bronze Detail x4, Polished Bronze x1.
- At the Kitchen Table at home, choose Summon Fairy (Cooking 3). Wispy appears and leaves you the Fairy’s Swamp Map.
Across the bridge
- At the bandit camp, Give the Royal Pardon with the map in your bag. Both are taken; the bridge to the swamp comes down and you get Town Gratitude, a Story II and a Cheese.
- Cross south and follow Wispy deeper into the swamp until you reach the Heart of the Swamp and the Goddess’s statue.
- Ask about all three topics: Man with the Red Eye (she needs a worshipper in a wooden mask to perform a ritual), The magic portal... (look for someone obsessed with the symbols of the days) and Shining crystals (her tears appear by the statue).
- Collect the tears by hand for 4 Blue Crystals — no tool, no mastery. Meeting her starts Election Fever (Phase 9) and Any Portal in a Storm.
The portal lead
- At home, ask Larry About the portal...: it once stood north of Town and vanished before the outbreak. He suggests the astrologer.
- Ask Gunter Ask about the portal: a man who helped activate it is now a monk in the underground foundry beneath the old bathhouse, reachable by a water tunnel that starts near the port’s ship lock. You get a Story II. Jack used to maintain that lock — you’ll ask him after the election.