A Merciful Fate is the last mission of Part 1 of the Season 1 questline, where you will be tasked with meeting Cormond to obtain the Invoker of Varshan recipe. Completing this questline will also reward you with the Malignant Purifier title.
After A Merciful Fate Season Quest, Cormond will be back at his wagon outside of Velkhova and you will need to meet him there.
You will need to interact with Cormond to speak with him and he will explain that the Malignant will slowly die off on their own.
This means that even after Varshan has been put to rest, you may still find Malignant enemies, allowing you to continue capturing their Malignant Hearts.
Cormond will confess to why he had lied to you in the first place and once you have finished speaking, the quest as well as the Season of the Malignant questline will be complete.
After reaching and speaking with Cormond, the quest will be complete, and you will be rewarded with the following:
Varshan’s Modest Effects contains the Invoker of Varshan Recipe, which can be used to craft an Invoker that can be used to summon Varshan in Malignant Tunnels after taking a certain path.
You will also obtain Varshan’s Prayer Necklace and a Sealed Cache of Ichor from Varshan’s Modest Effects when opening it.
Additionally, completing this quest will complete the Cormond’s Ally Challenge and you will be rewarded with the Malignant, Purifier (Player Title) as well.
Players will obtain the recipe to craft the Invoker of Varshan from Cormond after completing the final Season of the Malignant quest, A Merciful Fate.
After this, you can craft an Invoker of Varshan at Cormond’s Workbench using:
The easiest workbench to find in-game is the one located in Kyovashad, slightly west of the Waypoint. On your map, it will appear as a table with a small leaf icon on the right side.
Invoker of Varshan: upon defeating Varshan the Consumed in the quest ‘The Cold Hard Truth’, which triggers the quest ‘A Merciful Fate’ in which Cormond will reward you with Varshan’s Modest Effects reward bag. Upon opening it you will receive the Invoker of Varshan recipe to learn. Once learned, you can then craft it at one of Cormond’s Workbenches. Finishing this questline, also unlocks the wooden doors / Malignant Pustules in Malignant tunnels. Note: the doors appear at random in a Malignant tunnel, thus are not guaranteed. In these Malignant Pustules, you can use the Invoker of Varshan to call upon the Echo of Varshan.