Hive and Seek is the rescue at the end of the uriash thread: Brencis’s maker is alive, and reaching him means going through a cave complex full of kobolds. The journal files it under The thirty days and records Rockfalls as its journal region — an NPC band of roughly 10–16. The introduction sets the objective: “Isbrand, Brencis’s maker, had been locked in the caves for two years. We have to find him and talk about any weaknesses Brencis might have.”
Where the quest sits
This is the middle link of a three-quest chain. The journal hands the player here from A Friend Like This and Song of the Mountain, both of which end with the location of the uriash village, and the quest’s outcome feeds Our Rotten Roots, where Isbrand cannot yet answer and Lacra tries to help him. Lacra is present throughout, and the step list contains an alliance with the kobold hive before the fight with Chonk and the corrupted kobolds.
Journal objectives
The journal records these eleven entries, in this order:
- Talk to Lacra — “I should talk to Lacra. We know our next steps.”
- Go to the caves with Lacra — “We know where Isbrand is – locked inside the caves near the uriash village. We have to go find him.”
- Look for Lacra by the caves — “We know where Isbrand is – locked inside the caves near the uriash village. I should catch up with the impatient Lacra and we should search for him.”
- Find and question Isbrand — “We’ve entered the cave complex near the village. Isbrand should be somewhere inside here. We must find him.”
- Follow kobold guidance — “The kobolds want to show us a better way to Chonk. We can follow their lead.”
- Ambush Chonk using the secret tunnel — “We’ve struck an alliance with the kobold hive. They showed us a secret tunnel leading to Chonk’s – the corrupted kobold leader’s – chamber. We can use it to ambush him.”
- Defeat the corrupted kobolds — “We found the lair of the kobolds corrupted with vrakhiric essence. We must dispatch them.”
- Defeat the kobold hive — “I shouldn’t be surprised – with Chonk and his corrupted kobolds gone, the hive sniffed their chance to taste vrakhiri meat and attacked us. Now they all die.”
- Talk to Isbrand — “The kobolds are gone. We can finally talk to Isbrand.”
- Talk to Lacra when you’re ready to leave — “I decided to take a look around the chamber before leaving.”
- Talk to Lacra when you’re ready to enter the cave — “Lacra is waiting for me by the cave near the uriash village. When I’m ready, it’s time to go find Brencis’s sire.”
Before you go
Rockfalls at 10–16 is comfortable mid-game territory, and the cave run is combat-heavy from entry six onwards, so bring a kit you are happy to fight a hive with. The quest assumes the uriash village location is already known; if it is not, run Song of the Mountain first. The Rockfalls region guide and the mid-game walkthrough cover the surrounding routing.