Dear Fern,

Much hearfelt sorrow I imagine you have had as a result of losing your precious ring. I do hope that when this letter reaches you, that you have located it. Who could have taken such a thing from a good natured and very helpful and kind priestess out in the wilds of the 'Dark? Surely it did not just slip from your finger when that giant armoured lizard tried to squash you. There must be a deeper explanation for all this. We will find it. Surely, your God, Brandobaris, would not let such a precious gift go to unseen hands for no good reason. Maybe there is a deeper riddle at work here, Fern, with the disappearance of your ring? Look into it.

Question others in Sanctuary about that hin we encountered called Shadowstep. Quite the surprise to see him at the foot of danger... he may know something about your missing ring. At least he was there when you got knocked out. I did not make it to your side for quite sometime, due to that damned shrieking mushroom calling attention to all manner of beasts in the area. I was just exceptionally happy to find you alive.

Something else i have wanted to talk to you about, you being a priestess I can trust and all, what do you make of all this talk of 'the Chosen'? Is it some cult? I have encountered both rats-on-two-legs that fellow expeditioners have called 'damned Chosen' - why, I do not know. I have also encountered, dark flying creatures, like large bats-on-two-legs, that I heard other also call 'Chosen' lavishing a great hatred and loathing upon them. Out in the Dunwarren Ruins, I went with a group into a maze of caves that eventually led to a ruinous underwater complex, full of dead svirfnebli (swimming takes on a whole new meaning in armour and carrying equipment, AND fighting and shooting crossbows underwater). When we did find air, we found more dirt, larger caverns, and buildings... and more 'Chosen' rats-on-two-legs. To be sure, I nearly drowned several times, and then nearly got chewed by the Chosen.. But I did hear that there was a way to get to the same buildings via Lower Sanctuary. If you ever enter into an expedition underwater (I hope you can swim) that leads to a 'Chosen' realm, take great heed and care. And swim fast!

Anyway, I'm asking you if you can find out more about this Chosen Cult for me, because you being a priestess and all, I'm hoping you might have an inkling about the divine nature of the cult, its beliefs, the way it thinks, its origin, and what in the blazes the Chosen are doing so close to Sanctuary. I have located another source of information about the origins of the Chosen, but I want to hear your perspective first, and it would be better to talk about such things in person, I think.

Lastly, I've been thinking... You being a priestess of great ability and all, from what I have seen - I am hoping you might teach me some ways of praying that work for you. I do pray to my goddess, Mystra.. But I think it is a great boon to learn the ways of prayer from a divinely connected one. Well I imagine that is what Brandobaris is doing for you, so.... I ask you, teach me, I am open to new practices of prayer that work.

I hope you are having a good dark, and you are well rested.

Take care, seeyou soon,

Kepler Szul.