Deep within the foothills of the Wrothgarian mountains lies a hidden Reachman lair known to the locals as the Coldperch Caverns. The remote cave system serves the Winterborn as a perfect base from which to launch raids upon the Northern roads out of Orsinium, and the hunting ranges of the Shatul tribe. But the caves are also home to another savage that even the Winterborn Reachmen fear. At its heart stands an alter belonging to a fearsome hagraven named Kraala Birdsong who is believed to have the power to transform both men and mer into birds to serve her. Indeed, her victims are not only the unlucky Orsimer who wander too close to the foothills, but also the Reachmen themselves.

It was a wood elf egg merchant back in Morkul who first tasked me to venture into these caves. He claimed that whilst he usually only deals in goose, kwama, loon, and spider eggs, the bird eggs found in Coldperch Caverns, whilst unnatural, are special and highly sought after.

I head into the caverns with the sole purpose of killing the hagraven and hopefully discovering a way to turn the birds back into people. But what of the eggs I find, even the wood elf admitted that they are an abomination? Some people believe that those who profit from a rotten deed are as culpable as the evil doer themselves. Yet the egg collector would argue that the Hagraven will do what it does whether he profits from it or not. Instead of fulfilling the merchants order, I could just leave the unnatural eggs with the Winterborn, or perhaps I could smash them all.

When every answer seems wrong, and there seems no lessor evil, I usually find it most prudent to go with the one that pays the most.

S.K