Velman says, "I have received word that Tursh's food supply has come under siege by a band of dastardly brownies, redcaps in fact. The behaviors exhibited by these brownies - a desire for human flesh, the construction of fearsome effigies - all exemplify an extreme corruption; one which I would theorize is linked to the portals our wayward faculty seem intent on opening." "Go, speak with Inquisitor Tomas at the Storehouse Guardpost atop the hill to the west. Help as you can, and discover what you may." "Before you head out, speak with Novice Aplhonse in the courtyward here as well."