Black Recluse Study (CY0024)

• Brief: Collect 20 Black Recluse Legs for Cypress
• From: Cypress
• Location: Etherea
• Prerequisites: CY0023 completed, 1 Black Recluse killed.
• Objectives:
  • Collect 20 Black Recluse Legs (20/20)
  • Bring the remains to Cypress to study
  • Wait for Cypress to study the specimens
  • Return to Cypress
• Quest giver: I've heard about these terrible Mimics called Black Recluses, which captured a bunch of our Rooks earlier. It seems they produce webbing to climb across gaps, and a Black Recluse can also use the webbing to slow down its prey.
  They sound very dangerous, but I'd really like to learn more about their anatomy. I've heard you handled them quite well earlier, so would you mind helping me out with them?
  The leg should be the most likely part to be left behind by a Black Recluse. Try to gather 20 of these for me, and let me know when you've found enough.
• After completion: Welcome back, [player's name]. I was expecting these legs to resemble of the small spiders,but they're wildly different. Some of these legs have a single sharp curved claw,which doesn't seem to grip its webbing, but instead curls around it sort of like a clothes hanger. A few of other legs you brought me also have curved claws, but also have a jagged edge,and lots of hair at the base. That webbing must be as tough as steel to hold a creature that large,and I hear that it can support the weight of Ferrics and Crags climbing on it. Strange that the Black Recluses hooks its claws around it, instead of developing an appendage with fingers to grab the webs. Why the Mimics choose the adoptions they do, and just how this choosing takes place if at all is still a mystery to us. I've rambled on enough,thanks for helping out again. I made a new Sprocket featuring this horrid creatures, so please take one for your collection.
• Reward: A New Sprocket (Mimics of Ridgeback Highlands: Black Recluse), 30 XP