Rootmother & Green Children

Rootmother & the Green Children

Location: Eastern E'ergreen

Type: Fae Realm NPC & Side Quest

Reward: Evergreenhouse Blueprint

Time Restriction: Green Children are only visible between **6am and 6pm**

About the Rootmother

The **Rootmother** is a Fae entity who resides in a glade in the eastern part of the realm of E'ergreen. She is a nature spirit who gives life to the land and births the Fae who dwell there.

All inhabitants of Evergreen begin as **Buds**, grow into **Sprouts**, and are collectively known as the **Green Children**. Eventually, they mature into either Mossmen or Dryads.

First Encounter

Upon entering her glade, the Rootmother awakens and speaks to the player:

Hmmmmm. Who are you? Are you one of my children? You look too soft to be one of mine. Where are they all? Are they hiding behind you? Oh, deary deary me. My children have run off again! They are such naughty little sprouts.

Could you help an old lady out and look for them for me? I am the Rootmother, and my Green Children usually play close to me until they become fully grown. You might find them here and there, in this realm or yours. Such naughty sprouts!

Find all ten, if you can. Then, I shall reward you, soft one. Oh, those naughty sprouts. Zzzzzzzz.

• Task Added: Find the Green Children

Rootmother Guide

You receive a book titled: Rootmother Guide It contains riddles hinting at the locations of the ten **Green Children**:

Oh deary, deary me, My sprouts nowhere to be seen. Would you help a mother root, Find her sprouts, It might be a hoot, Oh deary, deary me!

Each verse provides a clue:

1. *"Where the pebbles mill"* — Near a broken mill cart.
2. *"Taste for apples"* — Near an apple orchard or tree.
3. *"Magic Bean...rabbit ears"* — Use a Magic Bean in a rabbit-shaped hilltop.
4. *"Special lamp...Gnome camp"* — Near the Gnome encampment, using the Obscura lantern.
5. *"Master with fame...stones"* — A combat or archery trainer who uses stone arenas.
6. *"Croaks a song or two"* — Near frogs or a frog choir.
7. *"Tiny houses...ringed figures"* — At the fairy ring with tiny homes (likely near standing stones).
8. *"Tree through a roof...prime of youth"* — A location with a roof-piercing tree.
9. *"Roof made of leather"* — Inside a tent or yurt (possibly in a swamp or fairground).
10. *"Home in a mound...fighter renowned"* — Twig's home or a hill-based dwelling of a known combat NPC.

• Note:* Green Children only appear **between 6am and 6pm**.

Completion

Once all 10 Green Children are found, return to the Rootmother.

Hmmm? Hmmmmm? HMMMM! My sprouts! Oh, you little darlings! You have been found. You have shown a tremendous kindness, soft one.

A gift I give to you, yes? Let me see what I have in my roots... Hmmm, perhaps this may be of use? Someone hid it in a tree hollow in your realm once. My roots touch all, soft one.

Now, children, say thank you to the kind soft one, and do not run off again, my naughty little sprouts!

Reward

• Item Unlocked: Evergreenhouse Blueprint

 * Added to your Customisation Catalogue.  
 * Allows year-round plant growth in your homestead with a Fae aesthetic.