\section{Side Quests}
These quests are not required to follow the main story line, but might provide useful information, training or items.

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\subsection{Drive off wolves}
Carrying out this quest will lead Marcella near the {\sc Abbot's Hut}. 

In the {\sc Mountain village}, the shepherds will tell Marcella of wolves that haunt the valley where they usually keep their sheep. The valley is located north of the village. The wolves reside within a small cave, a bit further into the mountains. {\sc Andare the Ranger} might know how to get rid of the wolves without killing (all of) them. Otherwise Marcella will have to fight.

The shepherds won't offer much in return for Marcella's help. If she refuses to take what little money they have, she'll recieve some rare herbs instead.

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This quest is no longer available if the Abbot dies. This will happen when Marcella visits after \hyperlink{free_monks}{rescuing the monks}.

When offering help to {\sc Abbot Tham the Learned}, he might tell Marcella not to worry about his person. Only a Sister of the Green would be able to cure him now. Some other folk, like {\sc Andare the Ranger} might direct Marcella towards Ella. She'll brew some medicine to deliver to Tham. He will not recover on the instance, but he won't die either.

As a reward, Marcella will recieve a summons from Tham that asks friends of the Yetin Monks to aid her. {\sc Lady Rhayne Frostbloom} would be one of them, for example.

\subsection{Convict praline thief}
If Marcella agrees to \hyperlink{deliver_pralines}{deliver the pralines} to the {\sc Hunting castle}, she will be attacked on the way. A ranger will come to her aid, and after driving the robbers off, he will ask Marcella about her business.

If she tells him the merchant's story, his suspicion will fall on {\sc Elgar Basil}, the dockmaster. He'll tell her that Elgar is a shady type, somehow associated with the Men of Knife. Then he leaves her alone.

When Marcella returns to Waste's Edge, she may get the guards to search the dockmaster's office. There they'll find some pralines of earlier shipments and a few other things that have gone missing around Waste's Edge.

Once the crime is solved, the merchant will be very grateful. As a reward, he asks Marcella to keep all payment when finally delivering the pralines.
