It turns out that Sirsir was incapacitated by those scary Tiny Bump Slimes... But fortunately, his even more evil twin, Siresire, can continue in his stead!
Luckily, the Guthixian Druids were greatly impressed by the adventurer's mastery over
hard dru
potions, with which he befriended an initiate named Fiddlestyx. She was learned as both a healer and a doctor, and the adventurer eventually trusted her enough to confess the existence of the Bump Monster's enigmatic mark. Her examination uncovered an amount of leaked anima reminiscent of a dead god...