"Please... I know I must look a fool, asking strangers for hope. But my Harlan—he don't have long. And them crystals... they’re the only chance I’ve got left."

An elderly woman will approach the party, when stopping in a nearby town, and plead with them to help her to save her husband. He is on death’s doorstep, but the crystals have the power to heal him. She will give the players the notes that her husband found on the location of the crystals.

Description

A frail woman in her late sixties, with deep crow’s feet etched into her weathered skin. Her hands shake slightly when she speaks. She wears a threadbare grey shawl and faded gloves, her boots long patched. Her hair, once auburn, is streaked with white and pulled back in a loose bun.

Traits and Motivations

Her speech is tremulous, with a rural drawl, but she is earnest, emotionally vulnerable, clings to hope. Driven by love and desperation; genuinely believes in the crystals’ power to heal her husband. She has no ulterior motives and will spend every copper she has to see him live. She will tear up often, clasp the player characters’ hands while speaking, and bless them with old superstitions.