Dear Charm,
During the time of the last big famine, a group of dark elves attacked Vale. It was reported that the leader was a female with long white hair, mounted on a demon horse. The horse was solid black with red eyes and a horn growing from its head. Many of the attackers clothes had images of this demon horse. The priestess of Katia was tortured and slain, the shrine descecrated, most of the inhabitants slaughtered, and the very ground made barren.
I have been digging bat poo into the ground around the shrine for many years, hoping to bring life back to the earth around it, but with almost no visible result. I don't know what it would take to resanctify the earth and the shrine, but I am willing to do it.
Sincerely,
Fern Fiddlehead, Priestess of Katia