Book: The Ladies of the Wood

The Book The Ladies of the Wood reads as follows:

The gods have abandoned us. The mighty of this earth care not for our fate. Only the Ladies of the Wood watch over Velen. In foul times, when plague and famine reap their harvest, we must beg the Ladies for help. If they see fit, they will hear our pleas and knock back fortune’s foul blows.

This is how one begs help from the Ladies:

Find a child, young and innocent, and take it to Crookback Bog. Seek out the Ladies’ shrine - ‘tis where the Trail of Treats begins. Set the child off on the trail and it shall follow the sweet track and find the Good Ladies. The child will never want for anything again, for the Ladies are kind and generous.

Stand before their shrine, pronounce your supplication and the Good Ladies will hear, for they see and hear all that takes place in their demesne. If you made the offering as it must be done, your plea shall be heard.