Rooting Out Corruption

I fear there is no recourse but to destroy the treant lest it cause harm to our people or the creatures of Teldrassil. From the information Tasala provided, we can safely assume that it will be patrolling the eastern banks of the Wellspring Lake.

Seek the Distorted Treant out, give it a merciful end, and bring back a sample of its roots that I may better understand what possessed it. Exercise caution; a Protector is not likely to go without a fight.

Go quickly now. That treant may hold answers to what lies at the heart of nature's unrest here in Teldrassil.

Have you found my treant? We cannot allow it to roam freely and wreak havoc in the forests.

<Malos contemplates the roots you hand him with great concern.>

It would appear that the roots are decayed, suggesting the treant was already deceased by the time you found it. What a horrible fate for a protector of the forests... No, for any of nature's creatures. I cannot begin to fathom how this could have happened.

This is a disturbing revelation indeed, and I am afraid that it has only created more questions. My research continues without the breakthrough we had hoped for, it seems. Nonetheless, you have done a great service to the forests and myself.

Please take one of these items as a token of my gratitude.