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DemonicDarkwraith -> Hatred Exhumed (2/14/2026 11:57:50)
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Hatred Exhumed
Location: Book of Lore -> Hatred Exhumed
Requirements: Completion of All in Your Mind
Release Date: February 13th, 2026
Objective: Love needs your help hunting down the cultists of Odium and putting a stop to their plans!
Objective completed: Big Daddy will turn up sooner or later. He's not in the habit of letting Love down, baby!
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(2) Odium Cultist (1)
(6) Odium Cultist (2)
(8) Odium Cultist (3)
(10) Odium Cultist Monstrosity
(5) Odium High Cultist
(1) Shade of Valentidus - Boss
NPCs
Big Daddy
Helpful Cultist
High Cultist
Love
Missy
Shade
Rewards
Staff of Odium (I-VI)
Access to EH Loot for DCs.
Dialogue
*You, Big Daddy, and Missy are in Love's Shack on the Forest of Infinite Terror; Love has recruited you to hunt down the Odium cultists and stopping their plans.*
Love: Thank you for coming, <Character>. I fear I may have underestimated the latest plans of the cultists of Odium.
<Character>: It's no trouble at all. I knew it was truly important when the letter was from you, and not Big Daddy.
Big Daddy: That's mean, baby!
Love: Valentidus is my champion, <Character>. Regardless of how trivial his requests may seem, they are all in service to my will.
<Character>: Er... Right. Sorry.
Big Daddy: It's all good, baby! Oh yeah!
Love: Moving on to the current matter, it seems that a group of cultists have taken root in my lovely forest.
Love: The poor things must have found some dark reaches of the forest to hide in, their fears and hatred only amplified by their extended stay.
Big Daddy: It's all my fault. I should have kept a better watch. I could have—
Love: Calm yourself. You are not to blame. Just as Love has power, so too does Hate.
Love: Odium's power shields them from my influence, and from your everpresent sight, Valentidus.
Love: And that brings us to this mission. <Character>, you must scour the deepest reaches of the forest.
Love: Those dark places that Odium obscures even from me, where his influence is greatest...st.
Love: Where his pieces were scattered after his last defeat.
Love: I can guide you to them, but it will be up to you to resolve whatever you may find there.
Love: The cultists cannot be allowed to resurrect Odium.
<Character>: ...Do I have to wear the SnuggleBear suit for this?
Love: Ahaha! Fret not, as adorable as that may be, these cultists are beyond such charms.
<Character>: Okay, I'm in.
Love: My dear Valentidus, while my attention is focused on those terrible parts of our old foe, it will be up to you to keep the forest guarded.
Love: We cannot let more infiltrate this terrible land.
Big Daddy: You got it, baby! It'll be a piece of cake, oh yeah!
Love: Good. Thank you.
Love: <Character>, shall we begin?
*You are in the deepest parts of the Forest of Infinite Terror; you fight Odium Cultists along the way; however, you face a barrier, which can only be dispelled by defeating more Odium Cultists; you must find and defeat 5 Odium Cultists closer to Odium's pieces.*
Love: I can sense the cultists ahead, be on guard!
Love: I hope Valentidus isn't getting into any trouble while we're away.
Love: Aha! A box of potions! The healing kind, don't you worry.
Love: That barrier is being fueled by channeled hatred... The cultists have been very busy, it seems. We'll have to come back after clearing them out.
Love: This forest is both home and prison... Only once a year can its power be briefly released to the outside...
Love: I do enjoy walks through the forest. Moreso when it isn't infested with cultists, but perhaps they have a charm of their own...
Love: The barrier is down. You may proceed. But be careful. I sense a powerful source of hatred ahead.
*After dispelling the barrier, you move further to the forest, where you see more of Odium Cultists; it also appear that some parts of the Forest of Infinite Terror lack color, signifying that there is more to this Forest that Big Daddy and Love have not told you.*
<Character>: Enough, this ends now!
*Scene focuses on a High Cultist, who found a head of Odium; your words reach the Odium Cultists as its High Cultist turn around to face you.*
High Cultist: What's this? Who are you?
Helpful Cultist: That's <Character>! Hero of Falconreach!
<Character>: You know who I am. Good. Then you know why I'm here.
High Cultist: You are here to lend your hate to the resurrection of our Lord Odium?
Helpful Cultist: No, <he's/she's/they're> probably here to stop us, actually.
<Character>: Your buddy has the right idea. I've already stopped the rest of you in the forest!
High Cultist: Well, that's going to be a problem. We are supposed to be on a very tight schedule.
Helpful Cultist: We actually have a couple hundred years of—
High Cultist: No matter. Hate can never be stopped. Never!
*The High Cultist uses his staff to ask Odium to give some hatred from him.*
High Cultist: Lord Odium! Lend us but a small fraction of your hatred!
*With the hatred from the Odium Cultists, eyes from the head of Odium glows red as it summons a twisted shade of Valentidus from the distant past.*
High Cultist: You may think you've won this time, but as long as we remain, our hate will ever grow and spread!
High Cultist: There are depths to this forest that your patron could never even imagine.
Helpful Cultist: We're running away now, right?
High Cultist: We are.
*The Odium Cultists leave, leaving you to contend with the Shade of Valentidus.*
Shade: The enemy draws near...
Battle! - begins battle with Shade of Valentidus.
Heal - fully replenishes HP, MP, and potions.
Run Away! - returns to player's last location.
*After defeating the Shade of Valentidus, you think what to do next.*
<Character>: Now what do we do about this? Love?
*There is a brief pause as you see more of Odium's influence coming from this side of the Forest.*
<Character>: Odium's influence must still be strong here. I better start heading back, then.
*You leave the deeper parts of the Forest as you report back to Love; back in Love's Shack, Love is worried about the revelations from your report.*
Love: What you saw is indeed worrying, <Character>. And the cultists do speak the truth.
Love: The Forest of Infinite Terror was not originally my domain, and while I've tried to spread my influence...
Love: It still rejects my love. It twists and turns and hides itself from me. Truly a frustrating situation.
Love: I shall have to send Valentidus and his lovely assistants on more scouting missions.
Love: Hmm. Speaking of whom...
*Missy enters Love's Shack with urgent news.*
Missy: Love! <Character>! It's terrible! Big Daddy... he's... he's gone missing!
<Character>: What happened?!
Missy: A poor heartstruck lover was in need of assistance! And you know Big Daddy, he can't say no to helping out with true love!
Missy: He went to help, and never came back! Oh, his pure heart was the end of him, I just know it!
<Character>: Could it have been Odium's doing?
Love: It's... possible. But it also isn't out of character for Valentidus to wander off on his own without telling anyone.
Love: Missy, can you and the other assistants please continue the search? Of all the times for him to...
Missy: *sniffle* Yes, of course, Love!
*Missy leaves; you turn to face Love if they need some help to find Big Daddy.*
<Character>: Is there anything I can do to help?
Love: Not as such. Your work here today has already dealt a blow to Odium's resurrection.
Love: You have bought the precious time I need to reinforce my hold on those shadowed parts of the forest.
Love: And while I secure Odium's excavated pieces, the Forest of Infinite Terror will not allow Odium's cultists to leave.
Love: If they enjoy staying in the forest so much, then I will lock them in here!
<Character>: So that means I have to...
Love: Yes. You must leave, lest you get caught in the ritual.
Love: Fight against hate in your own lands. I will call you back should you be needed here.
<Character>: I can't believe I'm asking this, but is Big Daddy going to be okay?
Love: Ahaha. Do not worry. I am sure my dear Valentidus will turn up sooner or later.
Love: Hurry, now. The ritual must be done before the cultists can regroup.
<Character>: Okay. I'll go. Take care, Love.
Love: And you as well, dear.
*Scene fades to black.*
Complete Quest
Loot for DCs - opens EH Loot for DCs shop.
Other information
A box of potions, capping at 2 HP/MP potions, can be found during the quest.
Pop-up headlines during the quest:
quote:
These potions apparently contain over 300% of your daily recommended amount of sugar. Terrifying.
With the defeat of the cultists, you feel the hatred in this area withdraw.
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