Under Mount Alluren
- Inside Ziggurat
- Fight 3 corrupted Goliaths
- Do not kill them, tie them up
- Discover Gondo fighting some more corrupted Goliaths, help him out
- All corrupted Goliaths have same chant: “Rak, Lek, Lam…”
- Find some special armor & shields
- Made out of dead voidling material
- Protect against the voidling power
- Discover journal:
- May 15, 845 “Others have reported hearing the voices now too. Melvor had to be isolated for fear he would attack someone else. We’re isolating anyone who claims to hear the voice, but with the number of researchers claiming to hear it we fear it may be a side effect of prolonged exposure to the (Word translates to Sightless Infinity, or unseeing forever) or possibly a sign the exclusion zone has begun to fail. Further exploration of the (same words as before) has been postponed indefinitely.”
- May 22, 845 “There are too many now, the holding rooms have all been filled but more still claim to hear the voice. I’ve taken to sleeping in the lab so I don’t have to hear them. They keep chanting those 3 words, rak, lek, lam, over and over. I wish I knew how to help them.”
- May 28, 845 “Several of the researchers went missing today, Melvor was one of them. I’m worried about him, I’m afraid of what they might do to him if they find him. I want to leave, I know the research is supposed to be important but what good does it do anyway? Professor Eventhal concluded the exclusion zone was still in effect, and that as long as the Crystal’s remain linked to the keystones the barrier would remain in place indefinitely, so why go through the trouble…” the page ends suddenly.
- May 29, 845 “There was an incident yesterday. Some of the missing researchers got into the gate and started letting those things through. The guards couldn’t seal it so we had to destroy it. A…lot of people died. They still haven’t found melvor and 3 others yet, I can only pray to Rava that they’ll be found soon.”
- The next few pages are illegible
- June 2, 845 “We sealed ourselves in, we cant leave now. I hear them trying to tear through the doors, hear their bones breaking as they try to get in. We need to get out, Laberge said theres something in the lab we can use to escape, but the others are in there. I’m scared. I don’t want to die here. I just wanted to make our world safe again.”
- Discover another manuscript:
- “Difficulty in finding live specimens remains the greatest hardship of our endeavors. Once found, the specimens have proven to be of low intelligence and physical stature, though contact with them has proven quite deadly. Avoid physical contact at all costs.”
- “Through our study of both live and preserved specimens we have found no weaknesses in the creatures anatomy, and have found them to be immune to psychic influence. The touch of these creatures seems to cause a sudden and extreme form of petrification, consuming all matter it touches and forming a vibrant metallic crystal in its place. The crystal is extremely brittle, and through extensive testing we have found no viable use for the substance.”
- “Breakthroughs in the study of the anatomical composition of the creatures known as Voidlings have resulted in the development of an extraction and refinement process that has yielded a substance suitable for use in forging metals that are resistant to the effects of the touch of these creatures.”
- Other notes:
- Exclusion zone still in effect…crystals linked to keystones…barrier in place
- Letter from Laberge to Persephone talks about a device that can bring them together
- Discover & fight Thorian’s father, Eagkhal, all corrupted
- Discover and take this gold filigree baseball looking device
- Bottom of the ziggurat, giant black amethyst crystal, chains on crystal radiate energy
- Same runes inscribed on it as in the ancient book from the Aranica Technologica
- Torrin tries to pray to Vivictus, then all hear a voice in our heads, vertigo, “Release”
- Vertigo passes, Voidlings come out of shadows, attack us
- Powerful creatures
- Reduce you to 0 HP, turn into Bismuths stone, crumble away
- Attack in powerful swarms
- We are out matched
- Vasher and Mochi are killed, turned to Bismuth and crumble to dust
- As a last resort, Tadhg uses the golden baseball device in attempt to escape
- It seems to work as Thorian, Torrin, & Tadhg are teleported to Horus’ Tavern in Opalla