In an original story, Cyliena takes Qho Augren on a journey to discover the joys of Brewday harvesting!

Many adventurers and crafters have had the misfortune of crossing Qho Augren's path while working on the Gathering Obsession series. The infamous brat of Mara nagged us to bring him back more and more harvests every time we returned to him. Yet we put up with his nagging just so we could earn the Cloak of the Harvester, and once that was obtained, we hoped to never lay our eyes on him again.

However, in Destiny of Velious he worms his way back into our lives. Any level 90 crafter who had assisted him in the past receives a letter in the mail from him begging for us to pay him a visit. With much chagrin many of us returned to Qho, who is still swimming in the pond at the Village of Shin, only to be once again sent out to get him even more harvests. We embarked on the Return of a Gathering Obsession, again in hopes that it would sate his interests once and for all.

Upon returning to Qho with our heavy sacks of harvests, we then learned he's managed to convince his mother that we would be the perfect guardian for him to take a trip to Velious with! Much to our amusement, he becomes a pet that follows us around. While I'm sure many people had fun jumping off of cliffs with him in tow, or battling the nastiest of beasts, I saw the opportunity to teach Qho more about harvesting.

Coincidentally Brewday was just around the corner when I picked up Qho from his mother. Continue reading for my tale of Qho's adventures learning all about Brewday and, finally earning the respect of the local Bar of Brell patrons so that he could harvest from their special gardens.

"Well, let's go already", I grumbled as I yanked Qho onto my gryphon with me and took off into the skies.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Qho screamed, causing my ears to be on the verge of bleeding. "Wait, aren't we supposed to be going to the turtle, Cyliena? My mommy said that you could take me to Velious and we could find some harvests and we could go on a tour of Thurg..."

I began to laugh. "Qho, I'll take you to Velious, but not right at this moment. You're fortunate today, for Brewday has just begun! We will celebrate Brell, beer and you can learn what special harvests he has laid on the lands for you to gather once you earn his respect."

Qho thought about this for some time. "Well, okay then, but will it take long? My mommy said that..."

"Your mother said that I was to be your guardian, but she never said when I needed to return you to her. I'm sure she won't mind you being gone a bit longer!" I replied.

Qho seemed at a loss for words. I smiled to myself and banked toward Antonica, where our adventures would begin.

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