Magister Ladd:
Those two people rekindled my long-dormant interest in research. When I was young and fearless, I didn't hesitate to take the chances necessary to gather ingredients... But time has mellowed my fervor. I've come to appreciate the simpler things in life.
Would you gather the ingredients I need to make the elixir? First I must have Pure Silver.
Go and find Merchant Wesley beneath the Ivory Tower. He will teach you the basics of manufacturing reagents and using a mixing urn. Make some Pure Silver by combining Lunargent and Quicksilver in equal amounts. Wesley doesn't know this formula, so remember it well...