# [Drakania Awakening] Witches and Dragons

**Quest No Raw**: 131443
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 371
**Entry (questId)**: 2

## Giver Label

_Macalod Tavern_

## Objective

You were told to seek out the old geezer in the tavern at Macalod Hill. Go check out the tavern.

_Continue your search at the Macalod Hill Tavern;Hear about the seventh witch's wisdom;Hear about the seventh witch's sins;Hear about the seventh witch's death;_

## Rewards

Rewards this quest can give. Choice rewards are marked separately.

### Other Rewards


- **Quest Reward** — [Drakania Takes Flight #1](/knowledge/11171.md) — Knowledge

- **Quest Reward** — [Erethea, the Witch of Erasure #4](/knowledge/11164.md) — Knowledge


## Summary

"Build your paradise upon my body.
With my death, I will usher in the ruination of the golden mountain."
Although she appeared powerless, her past slaughter of countless Dragons
had filled her heart with their life energies,
which would produce the power required
to bring the golden mount to ruin, or so she claimed. 
And her heart, overflowing with such mighty strength,
required a vessel to bear it all...
Apparently my distant ancestor
bore witness to that ritual itself.
A young Dragon chose to
tear out one of his eyes,
and its pupil, a ravenous hole,
swallowed the abandoned witch, Erethea, whole...
Time passed,
and then a very special being was born...
By the eye of Markthanan and the heart of Erethea
came the last hope of Dragonkind...
Apologies for the interruption! The food supplies of the faithful
who serve the brazier of the Ynix have been tainted...
It's the poisons endemic to Tshira at work!
You there! Would you help us hand out fresh food?

## Contacts
- **Turn-in** — [Guardian Awakening Sub NPC](/npc/59167.md)

## Related Quests

Nearby quests from the same group, prerequisite quests, quest chains, and branch choices.

### Earlier Steps

- [[Drakania Awakening] Traces](/quest/65907.md)


### Quest Group Entries

Other entries in the same quest group, shown in in-game order. This list does not necessarily mean each quest unlocks the next.

- Entry #1 — [[Drakania Awakening] Traces](/quest/65907.md) — You sense the presence of Labreska's incarnation at the Hasrah Ancient Ruins. Defeat the Ancient Weapons there...
- **Current:** Entry #2 — [[Drakania Awakening] Witches and Dragons](/quest/131443.md) — You were told to seek out the old geezer in the tavern at Macalod Hill. Go check out the tavern.
- Entry #3 — [[Drakania Awakening] Memories of the Sister](/quest/196979.md) — There's a brazier which rekindles the flames of the Ynix, which also grants Labreska's spawn their powers. Def...
- Entry #4 — [[Drakania Awakening] Cup of Erethea](/quest/262515.md) — There's a cup bearing the unique power of Erethea, the seventh witch, in the location uncovered in the dead si...
- Entry #5 — [[Drakania Awakening] Wings Unfurled](/quest/328051.md) — Defeat Erebjork, then absorb the power of oblivion from the Cup of Erethea.
- Entry #6 — [[Drakania Awakening] Piercing Trion: Combo](/quest/393587.md) — The rune engraved into the cup by the witch tells you how to wield the trion.
- Entry #7 — [[Drakania Awakening] Piercing Trion - Practice](/quest/459123.md) — The rune engraved by the witch onto the cup tells you how to wield the trion.
- Entry #8 — [[Drakania Awakening] Cup of Erethea](/quest/524659.md) — There's a cup bearing the unique power of Erethea, the seventh witch, in the location uncovered in the dead si...
- Entry #9 — [[Drakania Awakening] Wings Unfurled](/quest/590195.md) — Defeat Erebjork, then absorb the power of oblivion from the Cup of Erethea.