Harvest Valley

Harvest Valley sounds like a lovely place, full of sun-drenched crops and butterflies! Souls serves us up an area where the undead are processed into poison as far as I can tell. Poison is everywhere. You have to get through a ditch filled with toxic ooze just to get to the bonfire! I did meet an attractive young lass mind who appears to be the blacksmiths daughter. She harps on about rare stones but has none to sell nor can she create weapons with them it seems.

The poison fog that dominates a lot of the area isn't as toxic as it is off-putting. I went for a couple of explorations through it with enough time to heal and grab all of the goodies. I met Gavlan the merchant dwarf again but by the time I'd gone back to my item box to get all my junk to sell to him he'd disappeared.

The only enemy who poses any threat were these two-storey high troll things that hurl dark hexes at you. They don't aggro unless you're right in there face though. There are a few hammer wielding muscle men later on but they're so predictable they cause minimal stress.

The boss, The Covetous Demon, is also a cinch. He's just a giant slug-like thing that can barely move. With him dispatched I headed on to Earthen Peak.