The forgotten urn sits haphazardly in the grass, its lid ajar. Elven runes upon the urn's surface begin to glow softly as you approach. In reading them, you learn that the urn does not contain the remains of an Elf, but shelters instead the remains of an Archmage's companion, a creature of the forest that died many hundreds of years ago.
To leave such an item open to the elements seems inappropriate. Perhaps you should take a closer look.