The Mongoliensis Mystery (The Recital)

A thread the System’s monster-examine text flags as important: dinosaur-class monsters didn’t exist in the Hunting Grounds before Scolopendra’s nine-tier attack, yet here they are, every pack all-female, growing bolder by the day. The System hands Donut a quest, “The Recital,” when the Ursine complain the raptors keep probing Point Mongo’s walls: exterminate them, or find out what they want and give it to them, for a Gold Quest Box and a free town upgrade. As the dinosaurs withdraw, Carl catches a prism-like glint of light in the trees, plus spots a single very large dino watching from deeper in the jungle: a hint that something is drawing them, and that Mongo is at the center of it.

Book 5 appearances

• Chapter 11 — The System’s examine text flags the all-female, post-Scolopendra dinosaur packs as important; the System issues Donut the Recital quest after the raptors keep probing Point Mongo.
• Chapter 12 — As the dinosaurs withdraw into the jungle, Carl catches a prism-like glint of light in the trees, and Donut spots a single very large dino watching from deeper in the woods.
• Chapter 28 — The culprit is named: Big Tina, a boa-wearing juvenile dino who keeps slipping the Mongoliensis pack to maul the river towns. The quest updates: kill her, or learn why she’s like this and fix it.
• Chapter 44 — Solved: the dinosaurs are transformed ursine. Scolopendra’s nine-tier attack changed the “sinning” female bears into reptilian demons. Kiwi is Big Tina’s mother, making Mongo’s mate one of the cursed women, and the all-female packs the survivors of that congregation.

Related entries

• Kiwi, the Mongoliensis Pack Leader (Creature)
• Mongo (Creature)
• Point Mongo (Large Ursine Settlement) (Place)
• Achievement: Double-Billed! (Notification)
• Big Tina (Creature)

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