Spore Warden's Chitka

Balanced on its long gentle curve, resting atop a broken piece of luggage, the slender rib bone spins slowly in the changing breeze of the hills. Its movement is likely propelled by the cluster of feathered adornments tied to the tip, an assortment of fine root, herbs and locks of hair. Looking closer at the wooden case it balances atop of, you see a curious collection of instruments, baubles, and containers all smashed and scattered. The old dwarf in robes at the center of this field of carnage wears the colors of Shodnah Earthsong and the cordage marking him as one of the grovesingers. To the last, the shieldbearers sprawled around the old priest fell defending him and his case of treasures. The demon cursed band of goblinkin that attacked the dwarves must have imagined they were carrying a load of gems or gold, and their frustration at finding instead the precious cargo of a Spore Warden is evident.
The young priest who accompanied the search party out from the new colony kneels by the crumpled old Spore Warden, and begins to delicately pull items from his case of treasures. Taking off his own tabbard and folding it neatly, he plucks the Spore Warden's Chitka from its perch atop the pile and soothingly tells the spirit of the old priest that his years of collecting the sanctified herbs and bristles of crones and maidens will not go to waste as he cushions it in new protections. He tells the spirit how the freshly carved chambers under the new colony will be innoculated by the instrument he crafted and blessed groves with for over a century.
From the shattered vessels of the case sacred spores the Chitka will disperse into the new groves were also collected with tender care, as blankets were held over the priest and the Spore Warden to prevent the wind from stealing away more. When the precious cargo of the old priest is recovered, and the Chitka safely nestled in a map case, the young priest comments that in a century or two the colony will need to send some grovesingers back to this area to search for any natural caverns that may have received the blessing of Shodnah from the spores spilled by the demon spawn attackers, and perhaps this Spore Warden's boughs will then grace a new generation of Chitka's used to bless groves with the feral spores collected from those caves.