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Sandbur's only hope for peace.

You can hear the pity in her voice when she realizes he must think they're still research partners. She says they were searching for opal gems when his forgetfulness began. If you can find a few of these, she hopes they would give him some semblance of peace. Pointing out into the swamp, she lets you know they can be found off the Tormented Spirits that wander the shallow water amongst the graves.

With your new found powers, taking out the Tormented Spirits should provide little, if any, challenge for you. Gather the gems and head back to Iliya. When you return, the slight smile that crosses her face as she gazes upon the gems is almost enough to break your heart. She says the gems won't cure Sandbur's memory, but with his research complete, it may finally bring him peace.

Needless to say, Iliya was right. Sandbur talks about how brilliant she always was and how he knew she would find them. He can finally rest now. With Sandbur at peace, it's time to head back to Osgood. While he's grateful to you for your help with Sandbur, he's decided you're still not quite powerful enough for that wand, so you need to come back when you hit level 15.

Now I know why Sony Online Entertainment made Osgood such a friendly and kind-looking old man. Because if he wasn't, I'd probably strangle him right now.

Head back to Natali to see what wild scheme she's got going with her research this time. Oddly enough, she wants you to gather some Poisondart Polliwog poison from eh toads in Blackspore Swamp and some ice shards from the Elemental Guardians on Misty Mountain in Shrouded Glade. While I hope she's not planning on making magical poison Sno-Cones out of them, the experience is always needed, so off you go.

The Poisondart Polliwogs are the only creature I found in the game that *really* poison you. They'll DoT you up multiple times and each one hurts. Since I'm here to warn you first though, at least you can avoid being knocked out multiple times before realizing there are Poison Cure frogs in there too. Once you discover this, the rest is easy. Kill a big Poisonous Polliwog and then click on a Poison Cure frog. Piece of cake.

Gathering the ice shards from the Elemental Guardians proved to not only be much more interesting, but much better experience as well. This is one of the larger instances in the game and it has a ton of targets to gather experience from. Each of the three Elemental Guardians also drops a knapsack with a piece of loot in it, so this is a great place to get some decent gear, or at the very least, some good stuff to sell. Aside from the Elemental Guardians, there's The Rose that Knows to discover along with the scripted encounter that goes with it. This area roved so enjoyable in fact that I spent quite a bit of time here gathering loot and levels.