I wonder... Bask in the glory of this moment where my hypothesis is proven true!
Player, I am certain that this here is a Black Stone!
While its components aren't exactly identical to those first discovered in the Great Desert,
its energy signature measurements make it clear that it is indeed a Black Stone.
I just need to make a few more tests before I'm absolutely sure.
Could you gather blood samples from an animal corpse nearby?

Eastern Calpheon will be in chaos
if I don't do anything about this..!

The blood... It's pitch black...!
How can this be? It almost looks like ink.
Even the Black Death which made your skin rot and turn black wasn't like this.
And look... Do you see this strange texture?
What the-? The.. the corpse moved? Oh my!
That animal was dead long before we got here, right?!!

Completion Target: Martha Kiyen
- Collect blood
- Hand over the blood to Martha Kiyen

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Required actions:

1. Meet NPC: Cow Filled with Black Energy
   Conditions:
   Accepted quest [Blackstar Shoes] A Mysterious Death
   or
   Meet NPC: Cow Filled with Black Energy
   Conditions:
   Accepted quest [Blackstar Shoes] A Mysterious Death
2. Meet NPC: Martha Kiyen
   Conditions:
   Accepted quest [Blackstar Shoes] A Mysterious Death
   or
   Meet NPC: Martha Kiyen
   Conditions:
   Accepted quest [Blackstar Shoes] A Mysterious Death