# Nightmare Begins

**Quest No Raw**: 131962
**Quest Group (questGroupNo)**: 890
**Entry (questId)**: 2
**Event quest**: yes

## Giver Label

_Item_

## Objective

The Path to Destruction Begun

Without a moment's rest, I hastened to the Kingdom of Balenos. Upon my return to the ruins of Cron Castle, I beheld a sight most dreadful. The Black Sacred Tree's sapling had taken root within the castle, just as I had feared. Hadum had indeed crossed into our world.

I hurriedly unearthed the sapling and placed it in my pocket. And in that instant, visions of immense pain and hellish torment unfolded before me. With each step I took, a fear akin to death gripped me, yet I could not abandon my quest for the sake of my wife and daughter left behind at home.

Barely, I reached a nearby village. From the general goods vendor, I obtained a crystal marble to contain the sapling. I needed to purge Hadum's power from the tree sealed within the marble. The task was so perilous that I had no choice but to head to a rarely frequented, remote place. There, I found a cave and set up camp deep within.

_Give the present to his daughter;_

## Rewards

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

### Item Rewards

- **Quest Reward** — [Caphras Stone](/item/721003.md) ×20


## Summary

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## Related Quests

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

### Earlier Steps

- [Trampled Earth](/quest/66423.md)
- [Mystery of Ancient Magic](/quest/131959.md)
- [Torn Wings](/quest/197495.md)
- [The Black Sun](/quest/263031.md)
- [In the Pit of Destruction](/quest/328567.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 — [Righteous Betrayal](/quest/66426.md) — Turning Away from the Divine
- **Current:** Entry #2 — [Nightmare Begins](/quest/131962.md) — The Path to Destruction Begun
- Entry #3 — [An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth](/quest/197498.md) — Death-stained Earth
- Entry #4 — [Impossible to Handle](/quest/263034.md) — The Risen Black Sun
- Entry #5 — [Catastrophe Wrought by Delusion](/quest/328570.md) — The End of Destruction
- Entry #6 — [The Faraway Vision](/quest/394106.md) — Into the Abyss