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The battle continues, with the aberrations growing more and more horrifying. =OBSERVATION: GREATER DEGREE OF ABNORMALITY WITH RESPECT TO OUR EXPERIENCE IF THEY HAD NOT DONE SO= The old mage-thing erupts in shadowy tentacles, which also coalesce to form a new beast-thing. We continue to devastate their ranks, eventually leaving the elf-thing unconscious and the mage-thing escaped, but marked. By me. =CHASE PROTOCOLS INITIATED= Following the echo of my mark, Skye and I pursue the fleeing creature, while Drizzle goes for help from the watch and Zakar and Tani tie up our current captive for later questioning.

The chase goes well*=ERROR: POST EVENT ANALYSIS OF BYSTANDER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS INDICATES EXTREME STRESS AND FEAR=. Skye and I catch up to the aberration and intend to neutralize it, but Skye goes too far and disembowels the creature. *=DISCOMFORTING PLAN PARAMETER VIOLATION. IT WAS NOT EXPECTED TO DO THAT. SIGNS OF EXTERNAL COMPULSION DETECTED.= The poor timing of its failure to control itself is exacerbated by the sudden arrival of Drizzle in a skycoach of the city watch. They react poorly to our current situation, with the body lying on the ground and Skye’s blade soaked in its ichor.

After some tense discussion, Skye and I surrender to the watch and catch a ride on their skycoach, along with the mage-thing’s body. During the course of the ride, Drizzle convinces the guards to give us a 24 hour reprieve before coming in for questioning, although it is unable to secure our full release =SURPRISE AT IT GETTING AS FAR AS IT DID WITH THE WATCHMEN= We return to our inn to plan our next move, which now includes preventing our arrest and imprisonment for killing a monster.

During these events, Zakar and Tani wisely stay out of sight, meeting us back at the inn with the elf-thing so that we can interrogate it. The first item of note that we find on it is some trick paper, which Drizzle activates. Unsurprisingly, it is a list of names and descriptions, including Skye, Zakar and myself, as well as an “unnamed gnome”. Once more, they seek us.

=WE NEED TO GIVE THEM REASON TO STOP LOOKING=

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=UPDATING LOCATION SERVICES… CURRENT LOCATION: SHARN. LOWER MENTHIS. DOWNSTAIRS.=
=SCANNING REFERENCE IMAGES… NOTICEABLE ANOMALY DETECTED: TOWER COLLAPSE. PREVIOUS OCCURRANCE DURING LAST WAR.=
=VERIFY TRANSLOCATION SUCCESS… FAILURE. BALASAR: LOCATION UNKNOWN. ADDITIONAL PASSENGER TWIK: LOCATION DRIZZLE’S SHADOW (72% ACCEPTABLE)=
=RESUMING SITUATIONAL PROCESSING…=

Through Drizzle’s newfound abilities, we pass through Syrania and end up somewhere on the Menthis plateau, inside an shopkeeper’s store. We immediately assess the situation =INITIAL GOAL: SHELTER. SECONDARY GOALS: FIND INFORMATION ON SHADOW NETWORK. FIND INFORMATION ON GADDEN BREN. OBTAIN NECESSARY MATERIALS TO BLEND IN WITH POPULACE=. Goal 2.3 is particularly important, as the dragonmarks emblazoned on us now glow like the interior of a forge. Perpetually. Simple disguise is no longer sufficient for concealment. =OBTAIN ITEMS KNOWN AS “CLOTHES”. ALSO, FLESHY ARM. IT NEEDS… SOMETHING. BESIDES TO-BE-LESS-FLESHY.=

During the night, Drizzle and Skye appear to sleep fitfully, tossing and turning on their sleep platforms and muttering incoherent ramblings. =ANALYSIS: UNKNOWN. NO PHYSICAL ERRORS FOUND. NO EXTERNAL INFLUENCE DETECTED. NO FOREIGN TAMPERING EVIDENT. OTHER THAN TWIK. LOG OCCURRENCE AND CONTINUE MONITORING= Neither one remembers anything odd about their sleep. Tani does not appear to be troubled, but its maintenance slumber always appears total. This one does not suffer any ill effects that can be detected.

The following day, we head up Menthis to pursue our goals. The first process invol…

=TRUNCATE DETAILS LOCATION 0D348.1 to F1452.7=

I look for information on Gadden Bren, trying to find out where it has gone and whether it still pursues information on marked individuals. Through a variety of sources, I discover that it was disgraced sometime after our departure – the existence of the Dark Lantern became public knowledge, and it was forced from office. Bren now lives in Wroat in a public position. =LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN ABERRANT MARK AFFAIRS: LOW. POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER KNOWLEDGE GAINED AFTER WE LOST CONTACT INTRIGUING.= Interestingly, Trempus Alric was cleared of all charges against it after Bren’s disgrace. =THEORY: THOSE WORKING TO CLEAR ITS NAME MAY HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS… CONSPIRACY=

Skye tracks down one of its old contacts – a probably-black-market-dealer by the name of Zeph. It does not reveal everything of what passes between them, but Skye is obviously expecting betrayal during the process. Although we prepare to engage in combat, it is not forthcoming. The one Skye refers to as “Gareth” reportedly inquired after Skye some time after we departed, but the contact has no further information as to its current level of interest or its current position of influence in the Shadow Network. =NOTE: INCREASED THERMAL ACTIVITY IN SKYE’S ZYGOMATIC REGION. MEANING UNKNOWN= From what Skye reports, its ex-employers are currently unaware of its return, but that may change quickly.

Drizzle spends some time to procure a ritual to conceal our dragonmarks, at least while they remain dormant, as well as alchemical components to increase its size. It then proceeds to Morgrave University to attempt to obtain Mazram Dunn’s old notes. Although it has no business there and no right to the information, it does manage to convince those in charge to allow it access to the storage facility housing Dunn’s belongings. =PROBABILITY OF REASONABLE INDIVIDUAL ALLOWING THIS: 15%.= The notes are encoded, so Drizzle takes them for later decryption.

On the way back from the University, Drizzle notices that it is being followed, and after a brief ambush finds that the follower is a Deva named Zakar. It claims to have been looking for us, making vague references to the Shadow Network and confirming that Drizzle’s interactions with the scholars at the University were unusual somehow. =SELECT INTERACTIONS FROM DRIZZLE WHERE USUAL… NO RESULT= They both discover that they are being followed by yet a third party, but manage to evade them. =IN THE FLASHIEST WAY POSSIBLE=

Drizzle and its new friend return to the site of Zeph’s store and we compare notes and backgrounds, then decide to move on. Along the way, Zakar notices a begger notice us =RECURSION AVOIDED= and run down an alley. Skye pursues, unintentionally triggering a fight in the alley with a group of horrible mutations.

=BEGIN MESSAGE TO SHARN TOURISM BOARD: WELCOMING COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE MADE MORE USER-FRIENDLY=

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We perform a full search of the chamber and surrounding panels in an attempt to gather further information before departing. Two of the panels conceal data storage crystals, which we take for later analysis. One of the side chambers has the appearance of a trophy or display room, containing an array of mounted weaponry as well as a variety of creature pieces. We loot this area of several valuable-looking pieces. =DISTINCT LACK OF WARFORGED ARM NOTED=

Skye examines the extra-extra-planar aberration for a time, and it takes note that the creature is unarmed, other than an unusual tentacle wrapped around its left arm. =SIMILARITY TO TANI NOTED= Skye eventually has to cover the body because, though unconscious, it keeps opening its eyes. Which are located all over its body.

Passive auditory sensors pick up the sound of booted feet outside, fortunately blocked by the door, just as the Daelkyr =AS IDENTIFIED BY TANI. VERACITY UNKNOWN= awakens. It is a… = COLLOQUIALISM RETRIEVED – ‘TOTAL DICK’= It tells us that we are Planeswalkers, or Firebringers depending on the mythos, and that the barriers between the planes don’t block us in the same way they do other people. Although it claims that it and its kind did not give us our marks, it does give us the impression that they are curious as to what we are capable of, and that their experiments were intended to improve us. =ERROR: SELECT IMPROVEMENT FROM SYNE-ARM, SKYE-EYE RETURNS NO RESULTS= It seems to believe that we are capable of freeing the Daelkyr due to our abilities, but it is not as concerned with this as might have been expected.

=OVERALL ANALYSIS: THIS CREATURE IS A REMOTE UNIT OF THE DAELKYR, WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE INSPIRED TO FREE THE TRUE DAELKYR FROM IMPRISONMENT. WE, AS PLANESWALKERS, HAVE THE ABILITY TO END THE WORLD AND CHOOSE ITS NEW MASTERS – PRESUMABLY THE DAELKYR. LIKELIHOOD OF THIS OCCURRING: 0% IN THIS GROUP. POSSIBLE NEW GOAL: FIND OTHER PLANESWALKERS AND STOP THEM FROM ACHIEVING THIS.=

We finally have the ability to unlock our latent abilities, which seem to include trans-planar travel to associated realms (Dolurrh for Skye, Shavarath for me, Syrania for Drizzle). It might also be possible to travel to realms associated with our equipment. =FURTHER TESTING REQUIRED= Skye awakens its hairpin and its dead eye socket gains darkvision. This one awakens its flesh arm and gains a new measure of control over its disgusting fleshiness.

Tani and Drizzle set the planar device to open a portal to Fernia, the Sea of Fire, to flood the fortress with lava, and then we use a page ripped from a Codex of Infinite Planes to send ourselves back to Eberron. Sharn to be exact.

It is as if we never left.

=INCORRECT: IT IS OBVIOUS THAT WE LEFT. ODDS OF TROUBLE FOLLOWING US BACK: 100%=

EQUIPMENT ANALYSIS OF RETRIEVED OBJECTS FOLLOWS:
EXODUS KNIFE
PORTABLE MULE =COMMON EQUIVALENT UNKNOWN=
DICE OF AUSPICIOUS FORTUNE
EBERRON PAGE FROM CODEX OF INFINITE PLANES
BLACK GATE EYE =COMMON EQUIVALENT UNKNOWN=
RITUAL CANDLE – EVERLASTING
MESSENGER DOLL

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We observe the room from the overhead duct before the fight begins. Most of the doors in the room slam shut, with the exception of the door near Skye. =CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY BODIES= We leap into action.

The scientists melt into blobby creatures that latch onto us and explode. =BEING A SCIENTIST HERE IS A TERRIBLE EXISTENCE= The orrery begins to spin up, rotating faster and faster, tearing reality apart and possibly getting ready to suck us through.

Tani goes over to the glowing sphere to try to help us, but in the meantime more creatures teleport in, toxic gas begins to spill from the pipes along the ceiling, and the boundaries between the planes begins to disappear.

=OPTICAL SENSOR DISCREPANCY NOTED: SURROUNDINGS BLENDED WITH EXTRA-PLANAR BATTLE. FURTHER NOTE: ONLY ONE COMBATANT SEEMS TO NOTICE US. UNKNOWN WHETHER REAL OR…=

=STATUS UPDATE: REALITY CONFIRMED=

A creature slides through the planar gap and joins the battle in the orrery. It is more loquacious than the ex-scientists, and claims to have something to do with this one’s fleshy arm. =ANALYSIS OF STATEMENT: PLAUSIBLE. AMUSEMENT FACTOR: 0. IMPRESSIVENESS FACTOR: 1.=

The fight continues in chaos, but Tani and Drizzle eventually get control of the spinning orrery and stabilize the rift. The remainder of the group defeats the monsters, forcing some of them to other =UNPLEASANT= planes, but we leave the stalking aberration unconscious on the floor.

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We do what we can to secure the campsite and reduce power levels for the night. The dragonborn and I stand watch in case our preparations provide insufficient concealment.

=REDUCE POWER TO 20%. INITIATE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR CYCLE…=

The grayness that passes for morning returns and the non-Balasar organics return to wakefulness. Although we had no confrontation to deal with through the night, we do find that someone or something has been in the site while we rested. All of the food that was being carried has disappeared =PERSONAL IMPACT: ZERO= as well as the organic bone fragment that Drizzle was carrying. Since the bone has the capability of returning us to the Prime =38% PROBABILITY OF VERACITY= we decide to search for the culprit.

Balasar invokes a ritual to send Drizzle’s senses back through the night, and it claims to observe a small, gnome-like creature sneaking into the camp and purloining the supplies. We pursue it into the woods and find it perched in a food-stuffed tree in the dead forest. Approaching stealthily, Drizzle makes a grab for the creature… and fails. =IMPRESSIVE STEALTH. UNIMPRESSIVE ACCURACY=

Fortunately for the organics, the creature is neither willing to fight nor is it willing to flee, and after much… pressure, it agrees to give the stolen food back. =STORE IMAGE OF DRIZZLE THREATENINGLY EATING THE CREATURE’S SUPPLIES AND SCHEDULE HUMOR ANALYSIS= Upon further… pressure, it also opens up about the area, describing the egg-shaped fortress that we are approaching as the “Blinding Cairn”, describing it as “blinding” =CONGRATULATE EDGEWALKERS ON APPROPRIATENESS OF NAME WITH HAMMER= and relating to us that Jamros has recently issued a reward for our capture. We are not particularly nice to the gnome-thing. =LIKELIHOOD OF BETRAYAL: 84%=

Balasar conjures eagle spirits to carry us above the Cairn, and upon seeing it Drizzle identifies its contents as a chaotic manifest zone to Eberron, meaning that we can likely return to the Prime from here. The area is populated by creatures who are likely not friendly to us, and the entire area surrounding the zone has the look of an Edgewalker bastion. Hoping that this is, in fact, the source of the strange dreams, we descend and land in a secluded area from which to make our approach.

We manage to sneak into the building without alerting any of the external guards, and finally make our way through some vents to a source of power – an orrery with a large glowing sphere beneath. Although it is not clear what this is, Drizzle suspects that it is related to the dreaming. Skye makes its way out of the vents to the outside of the room and tries to lure the inhabitants out, but accidentally =AND VICIOUSLY= slaughters several guards, alerting the scientists (?) to its presence.

=ACTIVATE ASSAULT MODE=

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=CAUTION: LOCALIZED ELECTRICAL SURGE. REBOOTING AFFECTED SUBSYSTEMS…=

=ERROR IN LOCATION SERVICES: PLANAR OFFSET DETECTED. RECALIBRATING=

=NEW LOCATION: PLANE OF SHADOW, DOLURRH INTERFACE. UPDATING… COMPLETE=

An arm pokes through the planar boundary, looking vaguely gnomish, so I grab it and pull. It is Drizzle… and we are reunited once more. While we have been battling the impostors, it has been looting the corpses that we left behind, finding a bronze rod that shifts into a dagger, hide armor and a vertebrae that doubles as a planar gateway. We rest and discuss the situation.

The plane seems heavier and the air denser, muffling sound and making breathing difficult for those that need to do so. Time seems to pass at a variable rate. Both Drizzle and Skye seeing signs of our quarry – Skye finding tracks along the ground and Drizzle spotting a vapor trail in the sky above the tracks. The trail gives the impression of speed, so we hasten in pursuit.

The landscape is nightmarish, covered by a dead forest that we push our way through. In the distance, we can see an elven-looking tower looming above the trees, and there are spirits watching us from above. We follow the trail to a crossroads, at which hangs a crow cage with a corpse dangling inside. =CORPSE COMMUNICATIVENESS UNUSUAL ON PRIME… POSSIBLY NORMAL HERE= It tells us that we are still following the spirits that we pursued here and that they continued down the road, as well as telling us that down the other road is Jamros, whom we last dealt with in Passage. And who was a forgewraith. And who we destroyed. Oh, and there is a harpy following us. =NEED TO FIND A WAY TO REDUCE POPULARITY=

We decide to continue pursuit of the spirits and deal with Jamros later, but on the way we set an ambush against the harpy. It’s ghostly, and screechy, and calls the dead and spirits of the forest to fight us. =BAD MOVE HARPY= We finish it and its allies, and move on.

Up ahead is an egg shaped structure, and it appears as if the tracks might end there. However, it becomes very, very dark, and we are forced to give up pursuit for the… night =NIGHT IS A RELATIVE TERM ON THE PLANE OF SHADOW= We attempt to burrow into the dense undergrowth and conceal our presence through magic. =ATTEMPT IS UNIMPRESSIVE= Having no other choice, we rest.

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The battle goes well/poorly. The Tani-thing is destroyed, but the others manage to delay their obliteration through an effective use of mind control. =NOTE: PERSONAL MENTAL DEFENSES REQUIRE ENHANCEMENT. DANGER LEVEL FOR ALLIES UNACCEPTABLE= The other creatures apparently realize their plight and flee, along with a ghostly version of the Tani-thing (according to Skye). =UNABLE TO VISUALLY CONFIRM ADDITIONAL TANI PRESENCE=

=ACTIVATE PURSUIT MODE=

We chase the creatures through the streets of Tashalatora. They leave in their wake horrifically changed townsfolk, similar to what they did to the guard sent into the prison chamber with us. =DESIGNATING DESTRUCTION OF CHANGED TOWNSFOLK “MERCIFUL”= Skye ascends to the rooftops and plots an intercept course, leading us to a plaza accented by the type of sculpture only a half-aberrant psychic organic could appreciate. =SCANNING TANI FOR SIGNS OF APPRECIATION… NONE DETECTED=

The fight continues, with us facing the still-living aberrations, as well as the spirit of the Tani-thing and a horde of corrupted townsfolk. It is… grueling. Once most of the creatures are down, the remaining opponent moves close to the statue, and something inside of it begins to vibrate. =VIBRATION UNACCEPTABLE. COMMENCING ARTISTIC DEFILEMENT.= Tani crushes the statue to rubble while we crush the aberration to paste.

Something is still… wrong in the plaza. Looking through the shards of the statue, another world can be seen, a darker image of the town. And it seems as if the shard still contains the active power of whatever did this in the first place.

I activate the shard.

=WARNING: NO MAINTENANCE CYCLE HAS BEEN ENTERED SINCE THE LAST COMBAT INCIDENT. DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE?=

=YES=

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There are three individuals in the cell. Two are immediately recognizable as Kevian and Vash, who relate to us a story of their escape from the Bastion following our own emigration. =ALERT STATUS RAISED TO 7. GUARD LIFE EXPECTANCY LOWERED TO 6 MINUTES= They were helped by the girl aberration Tani. The girl aberration Tani. The girl aberration Tani. Who is in the cell with them with them with them. =INTERRUPT CONFLICT PROCESSING: TANI HAS NEVER LEFT OUR SIDE. PROBABILITY OF IMPOSTOR PRESENCE: 96%. EXACT IMPOSTOR: UNDETERMINED=

It appears to be as confused and disturbed as we are. Both have the same memories, diverging at the moment of Kevian’s separation from the group. Kevian and Vash say that it returned to them. I and Skye recall it fleeing with us. =ADDITIONAL RECOLLECTION: COMPLETE LACK OF REASONABLE GUIDANCE. EVIDENCE: DRIZZLE. UNKNOWN WHETHER ITS QUESTIONABLE USE MAKES IT MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO BE TANI=

Drizzle notes that the captured Tani gives an approving look when Skye reveals its true form. =PREVIOUS VERSION OF TANI APPROVED OF NOTHING: PROBABILITY OF CELL TANI IMPOSTOR INCREASED TO 76%= Skye explores this possibility, threatening the new Tani with death. =THREAT VERY… REALISTIC= Tani responds with panic that changes into dead calm. “You could have made this much easier,” it intones, before exploding in a psychic wave. The Kevian-thing and Vash-thing tear apart into horrifying monsters and attack.

=GUARD LIFE EXPECTANCY LOWERED TO 12 SECONDS=

=…GUARD LIFE EXPECTANCY PREDICTION CONFIRMED=

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=BEGINNING MEMORY COMPRESSION. TIME DURATION: ONE MONTH. DELETING FULL MEMORY. STORING SUMMARY=

Our memories of the last few years have been restored and we remember the people of Adar once more. =TORTURE ESCAPE CAPTURE ESCAPE= Time is expended determining our next course of action. Our original investigation into Taer Saedan was motivated by Vash’s greed, rather than by Bryn’s mission. We seem to have stumbled into our translocation to Riedra and yet it all seems somehow… related. The Day of Mourning. Dragonmarks. The attack on Bryn. The Doctor. Mazram. The map. The dossiers. Taer Saedan. The Quori. Our capture. The Daelkyr. What is the relationship? =RELATIONSHIP: UNKNOWN=

Drizzle appears to not care, continues research, determines there is a manifest zone forming nearby, possibly to Dal Quor. It believes the process will take ages, but this is not supposed to be possible at all.

One morning, the organics in the village awaken troubled. =FLAW IN CONSTRUCTION?= The gnome succeeds in enhancing the disturbance by discussing its propensity to dream after discovering that others in town have dreamed for the first time. The other flesh creatures claim that they should not have dreams. =I AGREE= It takes the ramblings of the old one to calm them, and then it requests our assistance.

The old one is concerned about the dreams of the other organics, stating that Adar is shielded from the plane of dreams. =OBVIOUS FALSEHOOD: SEE MANIFEST ZONE ABOVE= It asks us to track down the source of the “dream plague”, as it refers to the event, believing it to be centered somewhere to the east. Possibly, someone in one of the towns along the route would be able to tell us more, being closer to the purported nexus. =IMPLIED MISSION: DESTROY SOURCE OF DREAMING=

We search for the source, travelling far and wide and =CONFIRM: DELETE EXTRANEOUS CONTENT. NOTE: SHIELD EVOLVED TO INCLUDE RANGED GRAPPLING ABILITY. SEE ENTRIES ON MALSHASHAR, PYQUAT, MA’AYA AND TASHALATORA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION= The dreaming continues to worsen, sucking vitality from the organics. =SELF DIAGNOSTICS CANNOT CONFIRM ORIGIN OF INTEGRITY LOSS. POSSIBLY SOLUTION: DESTROY DREAM SOURCE QUICKLY=

We encounter a persistent rumor of other outsiders held in Tashalatora and move to investigate. Mention of Gothyuk gets us an audience with the unknown creatures, albeit it with an extraneous guard presence.

=EXTRAPOLATING FROM PRIOR EXPERIENCE. GUARD LIFE EXPECTANCY: 17 MINUTES. LIKELY SOURCE OF KILLING BLOW: SKYE=

Reference: Flying Hook

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We defeat the creatures, with the large one exploding upon its death. =INITIATE DIAGNOSTICS, SCAN FRAME FOR WORM INTRUSION= During the battle, our weapons show other dragonmarks – Storm from Balasar’s axe, Warding on my shield… The dragonborn tells us that all of these items, including Skye’s focus, came from an edgewalker outpost on the edge of a reality storm during a raid. No doubt we asked for them nicely and they were willing to share. =HIGHLY UNLIKELY=

There is another exit from this room, although the horrific sounds that we hear from the other side of its door lead us to believe that that would be the wrong way to go. Perhaps we disturbed these creatures when we investigated the chasm earlier, and perhaps they are the same creatures that attacked the library in the past. If so, then we have no desire to tangle with them now. Searching the urns, we find ancient ashes that we take for the ritual.

We leave the creatures alone and return upstairs, gluing the statue shut with Drizzle’s alchemy to prevent them from following from that direction. We then enter the Hall of Veneration, a defiled temple to Aureon, to begin the ritual. Drizzle goes through an INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF BULLSHIT before starting the ritual itself. We clean up, cuddle in blankets, chant. =REINSTATE TERMINATION PROTOCOLS= And then it does a poor job at the actual casting.

=FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. PAIN. HALLUCINATION. MENTAL INTRUSION. DO NOT bxzzzzztsgggggg=

We find ourselves confronting a… being who tells us that getting our memories back will be difficult. I demand that it be done, regardless of the consequences. Then we are ourselves, finding Taer Saedan, the first time, similar to our forced reliving in the dream prison. Apparently, we were all captured and tortured some time after fighting our way in. This lasted a long time. =EXACT DURATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED. WEEKS. MONTHS.= We had several failed escape attempts, finally succeeding by fleeing into the tunnels beneath the there-and-not-there place. But someone recaptured us, and being held by them was even worse than the initial torment. =FUCK YOU WORLD=

We were constantly questioned as to our origins, our names, our marks, our histories, our purpose, but the responses were ignored, as if the questions were only an excuse for the torture. Tani was gone by this point, but they asked about it too, referring to it as the “Progeny”. =POSSIBLE ERROR IN MEMORIES – PRODIGY? IT IS A FIRESTARTER. TWISTED FIRESTARTER.= The creatures doing this were freakish, with long necks and monstrous heads with beautiful faces inside. =POSSIBLE PERPETRATORS: DAELKYR. DREAM IMPRISONMENT FOCUSING ON TAER SAEDAN EXPLAINED – RELEASE ADDITIONAL DAELKYR=

And then we were out, without knowing why, somewhere in Adar, two years later. =REITERATE WTF=

Tani demonstrates terror when we describe the creature that we spoke with to it, calling it a “Kalaraq”, and saying it is one of the Quori. It insists that the creature should be trapped in Dal Quor, and should not be able to reach this plane. =OBSERVATION: TANI IS WRONG. THEY ARE HERE=

We load up on priceless relics and leave the library.

Treasure: +3 Shroud of Ravens, +3 Flensing Greatsword, Khyber shard of Bloody Wounds, Khyber shard of Death’s Embrace, Khyber shard of Life Drinking