New Neighbors, New Lore [UGH]

Other early quests in Ammen Vale involve killing creatures that have been mutated and/or turned aggressive by the radiation. These include "mutated lashers" (the large flowers that walk around) and the all-new "volatile mutants," which look like aborted alien fetuses crawling around on the ground. The damage to nature in the area is so bad that even the earth elementals have gone bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO, and one of the last quests before leaving the safety of the Vale tasks you with killing a number of "restless spirits of the earth" as they battle against air, water, and fire elementals.