Ditta Hammerstar's father doesn't eat anything except chicken eggs, and she is worried because the egg shipments from Skolheim have been slowing down recently. She has heard rumor that Gryphonites sometimes drop eggs when they die, and that a Gryphonite egg equals several chicken eggs. The problem is that neither Ditta's father, who is old and weak, nor Ditta herself, who is young and inexperienced, can hunt Gryphonites, even young ones. Ditta asks that you collect 6 Gryphonite eggs in case the egg shipments from Skolheim slip again.