The Ash Brine Cistern

Field	Value
Quest_ID	Q0004
Title	The Ash Brine Cistern
Biome	B001 Ashplain Expanse
Layer	Aquatic
Level	6
Giver	Elara Hollowbane (NPC0004)
Giver NPC ID	NPC0004
Completer	Elara Hollowbane (NPC0004)
Completer NPC ID	NPC0004
Items needed	the cistern flask
Prerequisites	Q0003
Giver source	Role token lore. Ashplain Expanse has one lore_keeper: Elara Hollowbane NPC0004.
Giver settlement	Scorch Root Vale
Faction	Ashen League
Side	Holy
Line	Biome line (B001 Ashplain Expanse)
Favor	+10 biome favor in B001 Ashplain Expanse. The Ashen League contests B017 Bramblecoil Wastes, B024 Cragveil Shardlands, B027 Scorchglass Brink, B076 Thorncradle Wastes, so this quest also costs 5 favor there.
Difficulty	Elite
Fail state	Yes
Mystery chain	No

Briefing

Elara Hollowbane wants a flask drawn from the ash brine cistern, and under no circumstances should you taste it.

Fill a flask at the lip of the ash brine cistern and deliver it back completely untasted. Thorn Crawlers and Thorn Hunters hold the lip.

Whatever else you do, do not taste the cistern water.
Sandite forms wherever drifting grit meets old brine.
The Vale keeps two precious things: its water and its words.
Fill the flask at the cistern lip, where Thorn Crawlers and Thorn Hunters prowl, and deliver it to me untasted, because nobody drinks from it. I record this step at the Scorch Root Vale.
Leave the singers exactly where they stand, undisturbed.