```col-mdflexGrow=2.5===# Arriving Back in the Village This story starts when the players arrive back in [[settlements/oakridge|Oakridge]] after completing the events of [[plots/mine-your-own-business/mine-your-own-business|Mine Your Own Business]]. After completing any fallout from that quest they learn about a strange sickness that has left Thomas, a local farmer's, children in a deep sleep. Either Thomas or the village mayor asks the party for help.The village includes a temple devoted to [[antheros/religion/ariel|Ariel]], the goddess of love and beauty. Her followers often visit [[settlements/oakridge]], bringing happiness and celebrations to the village. [[person/lanita|Lanita]] is a priestess there. # Thomas' Children Once the adventurers accept the invitation to Thomas' house, they find the two boys lying in a deep slumber. No matter what they try, the children cannot be awakened.Thomas shares his concern, explaining that not even [[person/lanita|Lanita]], a priest of Felicida, could awaken the boys. [[person/lanita|Lanita]] suspected some sort of magical disease, spell or curse had fallen upon them.Thomas reveals that the day before the boys fell into this mysterious sleep, they had been playing in the nearby forest. The boys mentioned they had crossed the meadow where the Hag resides, and she had chased them away.In the past, the villagers of [[settlements/oakridge|Oakridge]] had maintained a friendly relationship with the Hag. She had been known to offer cures and even help to control the weather for the crops when needed. With a worried expression, Thomas wonders if the Hag's involvement could be behind this puzzling disease.Thomas can only provide a little in terms of gold, but he does offer the party food and a place to stay at the village inn. With a heartfelt plea, he implores the adventurers to seek an audience with the Hag and secure the cure to awaken his beloved boys.# Lanita's Flower Priestess [[person/lanita|Lanita]], as the party sets out to confront the Hag, asks for a favour. She requests them to sneak into the Hag's herbal garden and steal a flower from the [[flora/sunstone-creeper|Sunstone Creeper]] vine growing there. This flower is crucial for her alchemy, as she intends to brew a potion to cure a disease outbreak in a mountain village.The flower is distinct with its large, meaty yellow petals adorned with white stripes. [[person/lanita|Lanita]] insists there's no mistaking it for any other flower. The party, understanding the urgency and importance of the task, agrees to help [[person/lanita|Lanita]] with this discreet mission. <u>[[person/lanita]] explains that Ludmilla, the Hag, has her garden hidden, and a magical item, tree, or rock can transport the players there.</u> To help them find it, she gives them a detect magic spell scroll.As a reward, she offers unlimited healing to the party and a *potion of cure disease* .``````col-md![[plots/the-hag-the-bear-and-the-goblins/table-of-contents]]![[~attachments/dndline.png]]```