Garden of the Gorgons

Seer Manakia He views these lands in his own way: since the fall of the orcish kingdom, Giran has been ruled by humans, and humans are weak—and the outsiders the orcs once defeated have taken up arms again. Sending his apprentice to the east of Giran, he says simply: medusas, related to snakes, live there. They have been ordered to remove Hermodt's remains, and the most important ones, Manakia warns, are being held by the Gorgon Queen Stenoa.

Everyone here talks about jellyfish who need their body parts. Elder Kasian sends for jellyfish blood, which he says are found in the northern part of Giran. Blacksmith Pushkin orders wyrm claws and remarks in passing that wyrms are common in Giran. And the merchant Victor asks for ten jellyfish scales and almost blurts out: “In Giran there is a monster called Medusa. Have you seen it yet? Well, this one Medusa "Actually... oh, no, it's a secret. Sorry, but no one can hear that."

A mystery is a mystery, but Victor's research is quite specific: he studies bezoars. Master Terry He's investigating strange transformations and has four suspects, one of whom is the bugbear warrior Turak, who lives nearby. According to Terry, each of them has a bezoar implanted in their body, which is causing the creatures to act much more viciously than usual.