(NPC) Sumeil

Sumeil is the druid of sand and wind, one of the four corrupt druids that uphold the withering. Sumeil is is a straight standing man. His broad shoulders grow rare desert flowers. He is barefoot clad in a simple burlap toga that looks fused to his coarse, sandstone resembling skin. Unlike his fellow druids Sumeil seems younger and instead of being aggressive and confrontational he seems distraught.

Sumeil, like the other druids, is under the effects of the Black Blood but to an lesser effect. He is self conscious of his actions of making and using the druidic circle to drain the Taem'an lands for years. He is unable to break the circle, but he's not uncaring of the effects his actions have brought to the Taem'an lands and people. Sumeil is central to the Taem'an questline Black Harvest.

Sumeil is fervently distilling the black blood of the Sun-Prince in an effort to produce a less damaging, less euphoric and dependency forming version of it that would provide nutrition to the people and the land to grow crops to undo some of the damage he has done. Sumeil's intentions are sincere in his wish to provide aid for the nation and its people. He however has so far been unsuccessful in creating an effective version of the black blood and the failure weighs on him heavily. He's distraught and somewhat incoherent when talked to. The party should only be able to gather, where the black liquid comes from and that it is Sumeil's intention to use it to feed his people.

When asked about the Sun-Prince, he will only tell the party he tricked him and captured him, to use him and his blood to feed his people, that there was no other way. Otherwise the famine would kill hundreds of thousands.

When asked about the druidic circle, the leylines or the withering in general, Sumeil will only answer he had no choice and might mention the name Urifiel, depending how many druids the party has dealt with so far.

Killing Sumeil destroys the druidic circle and stops the Taem'an withering, ending the Black Harvest questline.