Lydia blinked as she passed the letter over, "If what I remember hearing is correct," And she shot everyone a grin, "As it always is." She started ticking off fingers, "This curse, or blight... depending on where you hear it, settled in about 200 years ago... it's pretty much effected everything from the people to the land and the very air and is pervasive..."<br/><br/>She leaned her head back for a moment and continued to summarize what she knew about the situation there, "There were 3 shrines in the area devoted to the essencials, but not too long after the taint started to appear, not too long after the shrines were dedicated, if I recall,  the shrines were effected and made things much worse... the very land was tainted through the shrines... the water and even air contains the curse by now... we may want to make sure that we bring in anything that we eat or drink... set double watches at campsites and the like... lay in a good supply of holywater maybe?"<br/><br/>She looked back at the assembled group and nodded to the alchemist, I'm going... it would seem that such a thing would not be happy with just one little place... and I'm in need of some excitement since none of these... fellows... have enough teeth to make nibbling fun." She grinned again.