Healing your new-character debuff "Battered and Bruised" is an optional step to the "starter quest" of Book of Travels. Due to the intentional design of the game, it is both potentially missable and entirely optional to remove as it harbours no known ill benefits to your stats. (There's even a hidden quest and reward for those who wish to
Read step one of this "starter quest" guide if you are seeking only the Reached Safety achievement.1. During most new-character spawn points, you'll be guided by nearby NPCs to a teahouse which you can get optionally healed at for the
Reached Safety achievement.
2. The workers there will guide you to
Bat Saha island to find the
Dandelions Temple. Both of these locations are achievements.
3. Speaking with the guardians at the Dandelion Temple will guide you to the Deeplander, usually found in their cave on the western side of Bat Saha.
4. The Deeplander guides you to the robed teacher in the upper/northern part of the city itself. You must "Rest" (sit) down before them to trigger their dialogue. Afterwards, they provide the skill card for Vellan. You must use the item in your Inventory, then go into your Skill Book and "Learn" (equip) it.
After this is complete, there is no direct story arc to follow. However, the
Singer and Kasa Incident questlines as well as their connected
Vastila and Nightbathers arcs contain most the lore revolving around Chapter Zero's reason for Kasa being closed.