Dreams.

I dreamt that the player characters somehow ended up in a dungeon teeming with monsters, where they were teleported to different locations and had to survive. Not only monsters, but also all sorts of assassins were hunting them. I don't remember what happened to the others, but a thin, bald guy in rags (no, not Gollum) was hunting Alaria, and he would immediately run away after attacking. Each time, he inflicted injuries, and by the final attack, she was missing two feet and one hand. The creation of the character was abruptly saved by NPCs – mercenaries who appeared out of nowhere, who had previously seemed like decent guys. After finding Alaria unconscious, they initially engaged in some inappropriate conversations, but then decided to save her and even gave her a potion that healed all her injuries... but also allowed the healer to cast a curse that altered her personality. In Alaria's case, they made it so she believed she was some kind of forest maiden from a story, which manifested in the following ways: 1. She called herself by that name. 2. She imitated the sounds of wild animals. 3. She believed she could play the flute (and the description immediately clarified that this didn't actually give her the skill). Another effect also stated that her personality would become "friendly/peaceful." After this, the leader of the mercenaries clearly hoped to make her fall in love with him, in some way that only he understood. I only remember that I intentionally annoyed the NPCs by constantly performing point 2 at inappropriate times. I also remember that they were heading on a quest to the forest from the story, intending to kill the witch who, it seemed, was the creator of the potion. Perhaps, saving Alaria from this unfortunate fate was the purpose of this quest, but I didn't watch the dream any further. I'm not sure what caused this strange dream. Perhaps it's related to the upcoming quest for Locke in the coven, where there might be personality-altering curses.