Preserved Red Iris Flower

The Preserved Red Iris Flower is located in a chest at the southern end of the explorable area Barbarous Shore in Nightfall. Its use is unknown at this time.

Only one Preserved Red Iris Flower is dropped each spawn, regardless of the size of the party.

This item is obviously reminiscient of the Red Iris Flowers one can collect in pre-Searing Ascalon in the Prophecies campaign to give to Gwen.

The Frog has insisted that this Iris flower is an indication that information about Gwen's current condition and whereabouts will be revealed at some point in the near future.

New Gwen, she's in the new Temple of the Ages. Her NPC name is "Lady Gwen" now, though. If you talk to her, she just says

"You think I look like who? I'm sorry, you must be mistaken."

Your only reponse available is "Nevermind then."

However, if you have the Preserved Red Iris Flower in your inventory when you enter the Underworld, the NPC there named "Sarah" has an exclamation mark over her head, and a quest you can take called "The End of Eternal Suffering". Her quest dialogue is

"That flower! It's exactly the same as the ones my daughter loved so much. How I miss my beloved daughter. I've been searching this vile place for such a long time, and yet have not seen so much as a trace of her. That flower brings back so many memories, as it's the first thing in this cold, unforgiving plain that's reminded me of her loving warmth.

Please, I know you owe me nothing, but I would be forever grateful if you could help me find my darling Gwen. I just want to know that she's at least happy, if nothing more."

The quest reward is 10,000 experience.

Now, go back to Lady Gwen, and there's a new response option that says "Does this bring back any memories?" She then replies with

"It seems I may never be able to put all those years behind me. I had to watch my mother be slain as I was dragged away by the Charr. The people I was imprisoned with attempted to escape, and I was the only one who got away alive. After walking for days on end, a travelling merchant found me, and decided I was now his property to sell. I was locked away in the back of his wagon for many weeks, given only the bare necessities of food and water to survive. At some point the wagon was attacked, and completely destroyed, killing the merchant. I was not found by the attackers, hidden beneath the wooden boards, and I stayed there until nightfall. I saw a ship passing nearby, and I ran out from my hiding place, across the cold sand, screaming louder than I ever had before. There was actually someone on the deck who heard me, and it wasn't long before the boat had come to pick me up. It was a merchant ship, filled with kind people who looked much different than anyone I had ever seen. Of course, since then I've become much more accustomed to the Elonian culture, as you've probably guessed.

I'm happy now, so please, just let me put my past behind me."

Now you return to Sarah, and she replies to you with

"My little Gwen is still alive?! Thank the heavens! I am so pleased to hear that she has grown into a lady, living a happy life in lands free of the Charr. There is no news you could have brought me that would have been more welcome than this. Thank you, kind soul, thank you so much. I can finally rest, knowing that my lovely daughter did not meet an untimely end, and that she can live peacefully for a long time before our reunion.

Thank you again, you've lifted a great burden off my heart."

Then you get the quest reward, and she fades out. If you reenter the Underworld by yourself, she still isn't there.

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