A Brood Apart

Khânai suggested that the scholars of Umbar are trying to cultivate a brood separate from the nest in the desert. To do so, the scholars require a matron and hope that collecting some eggs might yield what they desire.

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'Scholars and outfitters in Umbar City concocted a plan to produce silk at reduced risk to people like us. They desire to gather enough eggs from the brood mother in the desert nest to cultivate a brood within the city.

'Should they succeed, perhaps our lives would be less fraught with danger. I will carefully package and deliver the spider eggs if you will collect them for me.'

An inventive answer to the dangers presented in harvesting spider-silk is to control the brood in the city. Khânai asks that you collect spider eggs from the nest in the desert so she can deliver them to the scholars and outfitters.