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0,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_00","Lahabrea is eyeing the frightened researchers with a mix of curiosity and derision."
1,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_01","With some encouragement, Ruissenaud and Nemjiji overcome their initial fright and introduce themselves to your allies from the ancient age. Although both sides have countless questions they could ask the other, they focus their efforts on coming up with a plan to foil Athena. While they share knowledge of the present and memories of the past, you are to begin your advance into Pandæmonium."
2,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_02","Erichthonios advises you to first secure the entrance to Pandæmonium, that he and Lahabrea might safely join your exploration of the facility. When you approach, you are greeted by a familiar face: Themis. Like Lahabrea and Erichthonios, he has been recreated by Athena's hand, though with more combat potential and less free will, if his words are to be believed. Not moments after this unsettling revelation, the spires of Pandæmonium twist into a monstrous foe─the better for Athena to test your scientifically improbable strength."
3,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_03","With Themis having vanished, you are left to face Pandæmonium's wrath alone. You know not what sort of soul inhabits its monstrous facade, but it is certain to be unmerciful.
0,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_00,Lahabrea is eyeing the frightened researchers with a mix of curiosity and derision.
1,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_01,"With some encouragement, Ruissenaud and Nemjiji overcome their initial fright and introduce themselves to your allies from the ancient age. Although both sides have countless questions they could ask the other, they focus their efforts on coming up with a plan to foil Athena. While they share knowledge of the present and memories of the past, you are to begin your advance into Pandæmonium."
2,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_02,"Erichthonios advises you to first secure the entrance to Pandæmonium, that he and Lahabrea might safely join your exploration of the facility. When you approach, you are greeted by a familiar face: Themis. Like Lahabrea and Erichthonios, he has been recreated by Athena's hand, though with more combat potential and less free will, if his words are to be believed. Not moments after this unsettling revelation, the spires of Pandæmonium twist into a monstrous foe─the better for Athena to test your scientifically improbable strength."
3,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_03,"With Themis having vanished, you are left to face Pandæmonium's wrath alone. You know not what sort of soul inhabits its monstrous facade, but it is certain to be unmerciful.
※Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
4,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_04","Though the dæmoniac dungeon attempts to ensnare you as it has so many ill-fated creatures, it is only a matter of time ere you cut clean through its web─precisely as Themis anticipated. As its walls crumble to the earth, one question echoes in the air: what, or <Emphasis>who</Emphasis>, shall be the next to face your blade?"
5,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_05","Themis reappears to congratulate you on your victory, as do Lahabrea and Erichthonios, having belatedly secured safe passage through the dark energy surrounding Pandæmonium. Before disappearing once more, Themis beckons you through the strange gate that has manifested where the prison once stood, leaving you and your companions with myriad questions."
6,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_06","It seems that while you were battling Pandæmonium, Nemjiji and Ruissenaud apprised Lahabrea and Erichthonios of major events from the past several millennia. Armed with knowledge of the Ultima Weapon and beyond, the ancient pair theorize that Athena stored her memories within the Heart of Sabik, which it transpires was created by none other than the megalomaniacal chief keyward herself. The Heart magnified the desires of its users to a fanatical degree, but by the time its dangers became apparent, it was too late. Lahabrea was forced to kill his wife, and though he closely guarded the Heart of Sabik to prevent the spread of its influence, it was this very caution that allowed Athena's memory to survive. With but one path before you, you must press forward to where Themis─and Athena─await."
7,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_07",""
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24,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_00","Speak with Erichthonios."
25,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_01","Speak with Erichthonios."
26,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_02","Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle."
27,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_03","Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle."
28,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_04","Speak with Lahabrea."
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48,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_000","H-How unexpected! I do hope we can consider them allies...?"
49,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_005","One with an aura of overwhelming authority, and another that seems uncomfortable in his own skin. I believe I understand just well enough to be thoroughly intimidated!"
50,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_010","Are those two over there researchers from this era? We must share what we know at once, that we might piece together this vexing puzzle."
51,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_020","Why do your companions hesitate to approach? We may be unusual visitors, but time is of the essence. Bring them here."
52,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_030","Although you may be but a confluence of memory, it is an honor to meet the personages I have only read of in <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s reports. As a researcher, this is beyond exciting, but I admit to no small measure of fear as well."
53,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_031","I know what you mean... I can scarcely stop my legs from shaking!"
54,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_032","We're powerless to do aught but speak. I see no reason why you should be afraid."
55,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_100_034","It isn't my life I fear for─I only fear that I might not have the chance to ask you all the questions now burning a hole in my mind! We stand before two of the ancients, who hold priceless knowledge beyond the ken of any of our peers."
56,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_034","But what purpose does fear serve if not to be confronted and conquered? To that end, we shall share with you our records, and perhaps together we can find the thread which will lead us safely out of this conundrum."
57,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_035","Information shall be our most precious resource, for that is the only weapon we can wield in these forms. Our memories are at your complete disposal."
58,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_036","We can start with Athena, whose thirst for discovery would see all life consumed."
59,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_037","Her desires haven't changed. Still she seeks to transcend her mortal existence so that she might unravel the mysteries of life. She would become a god."
60,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_038","A nebulous concept, but Athena had her own ideas on what divinity entailed. In her mind, a god can create souls at will."
61,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_039","Thus she chose the Underworld─or the aetherial sea, as it is known in this age─as the staging ground for her final experiments. Here lies a practically bottomless well of aether."
62,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_040","Even if it means stemming the flow of life itself, she intends to continue her work. She thinks of nothing else..."
63,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_041","We caught a glimpse of Athena as we came into this world. Her smile, her voice...they were just as I remember. Without even realizing it, I found myself feeling...an affection for her."
64,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_043","Don't look at me like I've gone mad! I'm not asking you to join her side─I know the true Erichthonios would never want that. But these emotions remain─in memory, if nowhere else."
65,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_044","We shall remain here to compile what information we can. You must infiltrate Pandæmonium and seek out Athena."
66,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_045","I would ask that you leave the memory crystal with us. It may hold secrets which have yet to be unveiled."
67,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_046","All that's left is to cross that menacing threshold. Shall we take a closer look?"
68,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_047","I have one question for you."
69,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_048","Does the word “auracite” mean aught to you?"
70,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_049","Auracite? Why, yes, there are a few records of its existence. It mainly makes appearances in the legends of Ivalice, and in tales concerning the Ascian Laha─"
71,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_050","Ahem, well, in tales concerning an entity known as an Ascian. This personage is associated with black auracite known as the Heart of Sabik, a source of considerable power."
72,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_051","I see...so time has not buried it."
73,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_060","Lahabrea asked me about auracite and has yet to say a word since he heard the answer. Did I say something wrong? He is quite...intimidating in his silence."
74,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_065","I've read that the ancients were much larger than the people of our era... Perhaps Athena endeavored to make them less imposing."
75,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_070","...I must think. Leave me be while you attend to your task."
76,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_080","From the outside, Pandæmonium looks no different than it does in the past."
77,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_081","However, there is no guarantee that the inside will be familiar. You would do well to secure the area near the entrance first."
78,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_082","Once it has been cleared of threats, Lahabrea and I can approach, and we shall begin our exploration of the interior."
79,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_083","The portal should convey you to Pandæmonium's gates. I hardly need to tell you to keep your weapon at the ready!"
80,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_100","(-???-)I knew you would come."
81,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_101","I never lost faith that we would meet again. I told you as much, did I not?"
82,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_102","I understand you may be confused. I was, too, at first."
83,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_103","You see, I am not the true Themis. I was made by Athena, molded from one of the many souls at her disposal. I am only an illusion built from memory, no more real than Lahabrea or Erichthonios."
84,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_104","Even so, I believe I have a grasp on the situation. This is the distant future."
85,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_105","A future where Athena lives once more, although the means of her rebirth are yet beyond me. You are here to stop her. Have I the right of it so far? "
86,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_106","Very good. I would be disappointed if you did not rise to her challenge."
87,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_107","...Although I am sorry to say that I cannot aid you. My creator has tampered with my essence, and I am oddly inclined to act in her interests."
88,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_108","I can do naught but offer you words of warning... We will fight, and it cannot be avoided."
89,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_109","There is no need for that pained expression. Remember, I am but an illusion─nothing worth shedding tears over."
90,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_100","What will you say?"
91,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_100","We can free you, just as we freed Agdistis!"
92,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_100","I would feel terrible if I had to trounce Elidibus again..."
93,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_100","..."
94,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_110","I thank you for the sentiment, but I am afraid that is quite impossible. Athena's grip on my mind is unyielding..."
95,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_111","I know not what is in your mind, but I must stress once again that I cannot defy the urge to stand against you."
96,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_112","Athena's hold over me is unyielding..."
97,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_113","Still, I would ask that you listen carefully to the advice I offer you now."
98,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_114","Athena has prepared a new vessel to replace Erichthonios, so that she may become a god. By gathering the souls readily available in this sea of aether, she tempers her own essence."
99,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_115","Yet the souls are faint, diffuse. She doubts whether they are sufficient for her goals, so she has turned her gaze to you. Despite your thin aether, you managed to lay Hephaistos low, and Athena would know the secret of your strength."
100,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_116","To that end, she has prepared an experiment for her observation. Fight for your life against Athena's creation, and in doing so give her the knowledge she desires."
101,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_117","What's happening!?"
102,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_118","Athena has made her move. We must find a way to reach her, or all is lost."
103,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_119","We can do little but hope for <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s success..."
104,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_130","Pandæmonium. Once a mass of lifeless stone, now imbued with a soul..."
105,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_131","Athena has grown much since her death at Lahabrea's hand. Although the souls she creates are imperfect, they act with absolute obedience."
106,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_132","I know you shall cut your way through this monster, as you have so many others. Then you shall come before me..."
107,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_133","Do not hesitate to do what you must, for that is the only way to stop Athena."
108,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_150","This...cannot be real... Can it?"
109,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_155","I can't see a thing..."
110,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_160","That she would give life to those pitiless stones... <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, you know what you must do. We will stay here and do what we can to decipher the nature of this space Athena has created."
111,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165","Well, it seems you can come and go from that dark space as you please. We still don't know if it's safe for us, but must find out quickly─there's no telling what else awaits you in there."
112,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_200","That was a beautiful display, as always. I stand enchanted by your grace in battle."
113,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_201","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, is that...?"
114,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_202","Pandæmonium's final gate has been cast wide. I shall await your arrival beyond."
115,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_203","Apologies for not coming sooner─this space is enveloped by some fell energy, and we couldn't risk venturing through it before taking due precautions. "
116,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_204","Were my eyes mistaken? Was that Themis?"
117,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_205","Tell us what you know. We must consider our next course of action carefully."
118,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_260","That must have been Themis... But how?"
119,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_280","I ought to have anticipated this."
120,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_280","If she bore witness to past events within Pandæmonium, Athena would have found Elidibus impossible to overlook. Few possess such a talent for magicks─to say naught of the emissary's discerning judgment."
121,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_281","And so she found his soul upon the tides of the aetherial sea, and used his memories to craft a puppet that would serve her whims."
122,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_282","But is what Themis said true? She imbued Pandæmonium itself with a soul?"
123,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_283","To breathe life into that which should never live... Athena's research is fast approaching its culmination."
124,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_284","Fortunately, with the information shared with us by your friends, we've made some strides toward figuring out how to stop her."
125,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_285","A crystal called the Heart of Sabik may be the key."
126,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_286","The researchers related a quick but thorough history of events leading to the present. The sundering of the star, the emergence of the Ascians, and the calamities that they brought to bear upon the realm..."
127,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_287","Tales that under other circumstances we would have considered childish fantasy, if not for a name that rang true to Lahabrea's memories."
128,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_289","The Heart of Sabik. To you, the secret of the Ultima Weapon's might─not least the spell known as “Ultima”─and a source of enduring mystery."
129,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_290","We are told that a general from the Garlean Empire was gifted this auracite by an “Ascian,” that the Ultima Weapon might be perfected."
130,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_291","The identity of this shadowy benefactor, however, remains a curious unknown."
131,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_291","You seem to be a veritable trove of uncommon knowledge. If there is aught you are withholding..."
132,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_292","...Very well. At present, the Heart of Sabik itself is of greater moment."
133,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_293","It is a creation of Athena's, made during her time with the Words of Lahabrea."
134,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_294","This predates even Pandæmonium's construction. She brought before us a crystal she claimed to have chanced upon, saying it contained immense power."
135,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_295","She dubbed it “auracite,” studying it with a fervor unusual even for her. The eventual fruit of her efforts was a stygian crystal unlike aught we had ever seen: the Heart of Sabik."
136,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_200","What will you say?"
137,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_200","What <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> auracite?"
138,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_200","How did she find this auracite?"
139,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_200","Did Athena encounter Ultima, the High Seraph, perchance?"
140,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_300","We theorized that it came from beyond our star. Beyond that, naught was ever known."
141,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_305","Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal. We came to believe that it originated outside our star, but could deduce little else."
142,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_310","An unexpectedly specific question. I gather that the Heart of Sabik is not the only auracite in this era? Regardless, I know naught of this High Seraph. Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal, though we came to suspect that it was not of our star."
143,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_315","Much later, we discovered that auracite magnifies the desires of those who come into contact with it. This would do much to explain Athena's actions following her recovery of the crystal."
144,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_315","Alas, this realization came too late. By the time I moved to seal the auracite and its insidious influence away, Athena's plot had already been laid."
145,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_316","...So what became of the Heart of Sabik?"
146,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_317","I took it from Athena's laboratory after I ended her life."
147,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_318","The density of the aether within was unlike anything I had observed. I knew its capacity for destruction, but further analysis proved impossible. I elected to safeguard it myself."
148,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_319","It is possible that Athena herself obscured the crystal's contents. Even were her memories stored within, I would have remained in ignorance."
149,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_320","If she included some mechanism by which to give these memories form, as she did with our own..."
150,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_321","...She would be reborn."
151,"TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_322","Ironic, that I should have protected those very memories in the name of safeguarding the star. Fate is loath to see mistakes go unpunished."
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4,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_04,"Though the dæmoniac dungeon attempts to ensnare you as it has so many ill-fated creatures, it is only a matter of time ere you cut clean through its web─precisely as Themis anticipated. As its walls crumble to the earth, one question echoes in the air: what, or *who*, shall be the next to face your blade?"
5,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_05,"Themis reappears to congratulate you on your victory, as do Lahabrea and Erichthonios, having belatedly secured safe passage through the dark energy surrounding Pandæmonium. Before disappearing once more, Themis beckons you through the strange gate that has manifested where the prison once stood, leaving you and your companions with myriad questions."
6,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_06,"It seems that while you were battling Pandæmonium, Nemjiji and Ruissenaud apprised Lahabrea and Erichthonios of major events from the past several millennia. Armed with knowledge of the Ultima Weapon and beyond, the ancient pair theorize that Athena stored her memories within the Heart of Sabik, which it transpires was created by none other than the megalomaniacal chief keyward herself. The Heart magnified the desires of its users to a fanatical degree, but by the time its dangers became apparent, it was too late. Lahabrea was forced to kill his wife, and though he closely guarded the Heart of Sabik to prevent the spread of its influence, it was this very caution that allowed Athena's memory to survive. With but one path before you, you must press forward to where Themis─and Athena─await."
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24,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_00,Speak with Erichthonios.
25,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_01,Speak with Erichthonios.
26,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_02,Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle.
27,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_03,Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle.
28,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_04,Speak with Lahabrea.
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48,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_000,H-How unexpected! I do hope we can consider them allies...?
49,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_005,"One with an aura of overwhelming authority, and another that seems uncomfortable in his own skin. I believe I understand just well enough to be thoroughly intimidated!"
50,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_010,"Are those two over there researchers from this era? We must share what we know at once, that we might piece together this vexing puzzle."
51,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_020,"Why do your companions hesitate to approach? We may be unusual visitors, but time is of the essence. Bring them here."
52,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_030,"Although you may be but a confluence of memory, it is an honor to meet the personages I have only read of in Player's reports. As a researcher, this is beyond exciting, but I admit to no small measure of fear as well."
53,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_031,I know what you mean... I can scarcely stop my legs from shaking!
54,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_032,We're powerless to do aught but speak. I see no reason why you should be afraid.
55,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_100_034,"It isn't my life I fear for─I only fear that I might not have the chance to ask you all the questions now burning a hole in my mind! We stand before two of the ancients, who hold priceless knowledge beyond the ken of any of our peers."
56,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_034,"But what purpose does fear serve if not to be confronted and conquered? To that end, we shall share with you our records, and perhaps together we can find the thread which will lead us safely out of this conundrum."
57,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_035,"Information shall be our most precious resource, for that is the only weapon we can wield in these forms. Our memories are at your complete disposal."
58,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_036,"We can start with Athena, whose thirst for discovery would see all life consumed."
59,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_037,Her desires haven't changed. Still she seeks to transcend her mortal existence so that she might unravel the mysteries of life. She would become a god.
60,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_038,"A nebulous concept, but Athena had her own ideas on what divinity entailed. In her mind, a god can create souls at will."
61,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_039,"Thus she chose the Underworld─or the aetherial sea, as it is known in this age─as the staging ground for her final experiments. Here lies a practically bottomless well of aether."
62,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_040,"Even if it means stemming the flow of life itself, she intends to continue her work. She thinks of nothing else..."
63,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_041,"We caught a glimpse of Athena as we came into this world. Her smile, her voice...they were just as I remember. Without even realizing it, I found myself feeling...an affection for her."
64,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_043,"Don't look at me like I've gone mad! I'm not asking you to join her side─I know the true Erichthonios would never want that. But these emotions remain─in memory, if nowhere else."
65,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_044,We shall remain here to compile what information we can. You must infiltrate Pandæmonium and seek out Athena.
66,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_045,I would ask that you leave the memory crystal with us. It may hold secrets which have yet to be unveiled.
67,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_046,All that's left is to cross that menacing threshold. Shall we take a closer look?
68,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_047,I have one question for you.
69,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_048,Does the word “auracite” mean aught to you?
70,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_049,"Auracite? Why, yes, there are a few records of its existence. It mainly makes appearances in the legends of Ivalice, and in tales concerning the Ascian Laha─"
71,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_050,"Ahem, well, in tales concerning an entity known as an Ascian. This personage is associated with black auracite known as the Heart of Sabik, a source of considerable power."
72,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_051,I see...so time has not buried it.
73,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_060,Lahabrea asked me about auracite and has yet to say a word since he heard the answer. Did I say something wrong? He is quite...intimidating in his silence.
74,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_065,I've read that the ancients were much larger than the people of our era... Perhaps Athena endeavored to make them less imposing.
75,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_070,...I must think. Leave me be while you attend to your task.
76,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_080,"From the outside, Pandæmonium looks no different than it does in the past."
77,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_081,"However, there is no guarantee that the inside will be familiar. You would do well to secure the area near the entrance first."
78,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_082,"Once it has been cleared of threats, Lahabrea and I can approach, and we shall begin our exploration of the interior."
79,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_083,The portal should convey you to Pandæmonium's gates. I hardly need to tell you to keep your weapon at the ready!
80,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_100,(-???-)I knew you would come.
81,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_101,"I never lost faith that we would meet again. I told you as much, did I not?"
82,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_102,"I understand you may be confused. I was, too, at first."
83,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_103,"You see, I am not the true Themis. I was made by Athena, molded from one of the many souls at her disposal. I am only an illusion built from memory, no more real than Lahabrea or Erichthonios."
84,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_104,"Even so, I believe I have a grasp on the situation. This is the distant future."
85,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_105,"A future where Athena lives once more, although the means of her rebirth are yet beyond me. You are here to stop her. Have I the right of it so far? "
86,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_106,Very good. I would be disappointed if you did not rise to her challenge.
87,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_107,"...Although I am sorry to say that I cannot aid you. My creator has tampered with my essence, and I am oddly inclined to act in her interests."
88,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_108,"I can do naught but offer you words of warning... We will fight, and it cannot be avoided."
89,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_109,"There is no need for that pained expression. Remember, I am but an illusion─nothing worth shedding tears over."
90,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_100,What will you say?
91,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_100,"We can free you, just as we freed Agdistis!"
92,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_100,I would feel terrible if I had to trounce Elidibus again...
93,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_100,...
94,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_110,"I thank you for the sentiment, but I am afraid that is quite impossible. Athena's grip on my mind is unyielding..."
95,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_111,"I know not what is in your mind, but I must stress once again that I cannot defy the urge to stand against you."
96,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_112,Athena's hold over me is unyielding...
97,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_113,"Still, I would ask that you listen carefully to the advice I offer you now."
98,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_114,"Athena has prepared a new vessel to replace Erichthonios, so that she may become a god. By gathering the souls readily available in this sea of aether, she tempers her own essence."
99,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_115,"Yet the souls are faint, diffuse. She doubts whether they are sufficient for her goals, so she has turned her gaze to you. Despite your thin aether, you managed to lay Hephaistos low, and Athena would know the secret of your strength."
100,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_116,"To that end, she has prepared an experiment for her observation. Fight for your life against Athena's creation, and in doing so give her the knowledge she desires."
101,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_117,What's happening!?
102,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_118,"Athena has made her move. We must find a way to reach her, or all is lost."
103,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_119,We can do little but hope for Player's success...
104,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_130,"Pandæmonium. Once a mass of lifeless stone, now imbued with a soul..."
105,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_131,"Athena has grown much since her death at Lahabrea's hand. Although the souls she creates are imperfect, they act with absolute obedience."
106,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_132,"I know you shall cut your way through this monster, as you have so many others. Then you shall come before me..."
107,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_133,"Do not hesitate to do what you must, for that is the only way to stop Athena."
108,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_150,This...cannot be real... Can it?
109,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_155,I can't see a thing...
110,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_160,"That she would give life to those pitiless stones... Player, you know what you must do. We will stay here and do what we can to decipher the nature of this space Athena has created."
111,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165,"Well, it seems you can come and go from that dark space as you please. We still don't know if it's safe for us, but must find out quickly─there's no telling what else awaits you in there."
112,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_200,"That was a beautiful display, as always. I stand enchanted by your grace in battle."
113,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_201,"Player, is that...?"
114,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_202,Pandæmonium's final gate has been cast wide. I shall await your arrival beyond.
115,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_203,"Apologies for not coming sooner─this space is enveloped by some fell energy, and we couldn't risk venturing through it before taking due precautions. "
116,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_204,Were my eyes mistaken? Was that Themis?
117,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_205,Tell us what you know. We must consider our next course of action carefully.
118,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_260,That must have been Themis... But how?
119,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_280,I ought to have anticipated this.
120,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_280,"If she bore witness to past events within Pandæmonium, Athena would have found Elidibus impossible to overlook. Few possess such a talent for magicks─to say naught of the emissary's discerning judgment."
121,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_281,"And so she found his soul upon the tides of the aetherial sea, and used his memories to craft a puppet that would serve her whims."
122,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_282,But is what Themis said true? She imbued Pandæmonium itself with a soul?
123,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_283,To breathe life into that which should never live... Athena's research is fast approaching its culmination.
124,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_284,"Fortunately, with the information shared with us by your friends, we've made some strides toward figuring out how to stop her."
125,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_285,A crystal called the Heart of Sabik may be the key.
126,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_286,"The researchers related a quick but thorough history of events leading to the present. The sundering of the star, the emergence of the Ascians, and the calamities that they brought to bear upon the realm..."
127,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_287,"Tales that under other circumstances we would have considered childish fantasy, if not for a name that rang true to Lahabrea's memories."
128,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_289,"The Heart of Sabik. To you, the secret of the Ultima Weapon's might─not least the spell known as “Ultima”─and a source of enduring mystery."
129,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_290,"We are told that a general from the Garlean Empire was gifted this auracite by an “Ascian,” that the Ultima Weapon might be perfected."
130,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_291,"The identity of this shadowy benefactor, however, remains a curious unknown."
131,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_291,You seem to be a veritable trove of uncommon knowledge. If there is aught you are withholding...
132,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_292,"...Very well. At present, the Heart of Sabik itself is of greater moment."
133,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_293,"It is a creation of Athena's, made during her time with the Words of Lahabrea."
134,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_294,"This predates even Pandæmonium's construction. She brought before us a crystal she claimed to have chanced upon, saying it contained immense power."
135,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_295,"She dubbed it “auracite,” studying it with a fervor unusual even for her. The eventual fruit of her efforts was a stygian crystal unlike aught we had ever seen: the Heart of Sabik."
136,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_200,What will you say?
137,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_200,What *is* auracite?
138,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_200,How did she find this auracite?
139,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_200,"Did Athena encounter Ultima, the High Seraph, perchance?"
140,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_300,"We theorized that it came from beyond our star. Beyond that, naught was ever known."
141,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_305,"Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal. We came to believe that it originated outside our star, but could deduce little else."
142,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_310,"An unexpectedly specific question. I gather that the Heart of Sabik is not the only auracite in this era? Regardless, I know naught of this High Seraph. Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal, though we came to suspect that it was not of our star."
143,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_315,"Much later, we discovered that auracite magnifies the desires of those who come into contact with it. This would do much to explain Athena's actions following her recovery of the crystal."
144,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_315,"Alas, this realization came too late. By the time I moved to seal the auracite and its insidious influence away, Athena's plot had already been laid."
145,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_316,...So what became of the Heart of Sabik?
146,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_317,I took it from Athena's laboratory after I ended her life.
147,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_318,"The density of the aether within was unlike anything I had observed. I knew its capacity for destruction, but further analysis proved impossible. I elected to safeguard it myself."
148,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_319,"It is possible that Athena herself obscured the crystal's contents. Even were her memories stored within, I would have remained in ignorance."
149,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_320,"If she included some mechanism by which to give these memories form, as she did with our own..."
150,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_321,...She would be reborn.
151,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_322,"Ironic, that I should have protected those very memories in the name of safeguarding the star. Fate is loath to see mistakes go unpunished."
152,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_250,
153,TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_255,
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1 key 0 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_00 1 Lahabrea is eyeing the frightened researchers with a mix of curiosity and derision.
2 # 1 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_01 With some encouragement, Ruissenaud and Nemjiji overcome their initial fright and introduce themselves to your allies from the ancient age. Although both sides have countless questions they could ask the other, they focus their efforts on coming up with a plan to foil Athena. While they share knowledge of the present and memories of the past, you are to begin your advance into Pandæmonium.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_02 str Erichthonios advises you to first secure the entrance to Pandæmonium, that he and Lahabrea might safely join your exploration of the facility. When you approach, you are greeted by a familiar face: Themis. Like Lahabrea and Erichthonios, he has been recreated by Athena's hand, though with more combat potential and less free will, if his words are to be believed. Not moments after this unsettling revelation, the spires of Pandæmonium twist into a monstrous foe─the better for Athena to test your scientifically improbable strength.
4 0 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_03 Lahabrea is eyeing the frightened researchers with a mix of curiosity and derision. With Themis having vanished, you are left to face Pandæmonium's wrath alone. You know not what sort of soul inhabits its monstrous facade, but it is certain to be unmerciful. ※Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
1 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_01 With some encouragement, Ruissenaud and Nemjiji overcome their initial fright and introduce themselves to your allies from the ancient age. Although both sides have countless questions they could ask the other, they focus their efforts on coming up with a plan to foil Athena. While they share knowledge of the present and memories of the past, you are to begin your advance into Pandæmonium.
2 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_02 Erichthonios advises you to first secure the entrance to Pandæmonium, that he and Lahabrea might safely join your exploration of the facility. When you approach, you are greeted by a familiar face: Themis. Like Lahabrea and Erichthonios, he has been recreated by Athena's hand, though with more combat potential and less free will, if his words are to be believed. Not moments after this unsettling revelation, the spires of Pandæmonium twist into a monstrous foe─the better for Athena to test your scientifically improbable strength.
3 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_03 With Themis having vanished, you are left to face Pandæmonium's wrath alone. You know not what sort of soul inhabits its monstrous facade, but it is certain to be unmerciful. ※Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
5 4 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_04 4 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_04 Though the dæmoniac dungeon attempts to ensnare you as it has so many ill-fated creatures, it is only a matter of time ere you cut clean through its web─precisely as Themis anticipated. As its walls crumble to the earth, one question echoes in the air: what, or <Emphasis>who</Emphasis>, shall be the next to face your blade? Though the dæmoniac dungeon attempts to ensnare you as it has so many ill-fated creatures, it is only a matter of time ere you cut clean through its web─precisely as Themis anticipated. As its walls crumble to the earth, one question echoes in the air: what, or *who*, shall be the next to face your blade?
6 5 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_05 Themis reappears to congratulate you on your victory, as do Lahabrea and Erichthonios, having belatedly secured safe passage through the dark energy surrounding Pandæmonium. Before disappearing once more, Themis beckons you through the strange gate that has manifested where the prison once stood, leaving you and your companions with myriad questions. Themis reappears to congratulate you on your victory, as do Lahabrea and Erichthonios, having belatedly secured safe passage through the dark energy surrounding Pandæmonium. Before disappearing once more, Themis beckons you through the strange gate that has manifested where the prison once stood, leaving you and your companions with myriad questions.
7 6 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_06 6 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_SEQ_06 It seems that while you were battling Pandæmonium, Nemjiji and Ruissenaud apprised Lahabrea and Erichthonios of major events from the past several millennia. Armed with knowledge of the Ultima Weapon and beyond, the ancient pair theorize that Athena stored her memories within the Heart of Sabik, which it transpires was created by none other than the megalomaniacal chief keyward herself. The Heart magnified the desires of its users to a fanatical degree, but by the time its dangers became apparent, it was too late. Lahabrea was forced to kill his wife, and though he closely guarded the Heart of Sabik to prevent the spread of its influence, it was this very caution that allowed Athena's memory to survive. With but one path before you, you must press forward to where Themis─and Athena─await. It seems that while you were battling Pandæmonium, Nemjiji and Ruissenaud apprised Lahabrea and Erichthonios of major events from the past several millennia. Armed with knowledge of the Ultima Weapon and beyond, the ancient pair theorize that Athena stored her memories within the Heart of Sabik, which it transpires was created by none other than the megalomaniacal chief keyward herself. The Heart magnified the desires of its users to a fanatical degree, but by the time its dangers became apparent, it was too late. Lahabrea was forced to kill his wife, and though he closely guarded the Heart of Sabik to prevent the spread of its influence, it was this very caution that allowed Athena's memory to survive. With but one path before you, you must press forward to where Themis─and Athena─await.
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27 26 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_02 26 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_02 Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle. Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle.
28 27 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_03 27 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_03 Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle. Enter Anabaseios: The Tenth Circle.
29 28 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_04 28 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_TODO_04 Speak with Lahabrea. Speak with Lahabrea.
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49 48 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_000 48 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_000 H-How unexpected! I do hope we can consider them allies...? H-How unexpected! I do hope we can consider them allies...?
50 49 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_005 49 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_005 One with an aura of overwhelming authority, and another that seems uncomfortable in his own skin. I believe I understand just well enough to be thoroughly intimidated! One with an aura of overwhelming authority, and another that seems uncomfortable in his own skin. I believe I understand just well enough to be thoroughly intimidated!
51 50 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_010 50 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_010 Are those two over there researchers from this era? We must share what we know at once, that we might piece together this vexing puzzle. Are those two over there researchers from this era? We must share what we know at once, that we might piece together this vexing puzzle.
52 51 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_020 51 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_020 Why do your companions hesitate to approach? We may be unusual visitors, but time is of the essence. Bring them here. Why do your companions hesitate to approach? We may be unusual visitors, but time is of the essence. Bring them here.
53 52 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_030 52 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_030 Although you may be but a confluence of memory, it is an honor to meet the personages I have only read of in <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s reports. As a researcher, this is beyond exciting, but I admit to no small measure of fear as well. Although you may be but a confluence of memory, it is an honor to meet the personages I have only read of in Player's reports. As a researcher, this is beyond exciting, but I admit to no small measure of fear as well.
54 53 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_031 53 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_031 I know what you mean... I can scarcely stop my legs from shaking! I know what you mean... I can scarcely stop my legs from shaking!
55 54 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_032 54 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_032 We're powerless to do aught but speak. I see no reason why you should be afraid. We're powerless to do aught but speak. I see no reason why you should be afraid.
56 55 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_100_034 55 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_100_034 It isn't my life I fear for─I only fear that I might not have the chance to ask you all the questions now burning a hole in my mind! We stand before two of the ancients, who hold priceless knowledge beyond the ken of any of our peers. It isn't my life I fear for─I only fear that I might not have the chance to ask you all the questions now burning a hole in my mind! We stand before two of the ancients, who hold priceless knowledge beyond the ken of any of our peers.
57 56 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_034 56 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_034 But what purpose does fear serve if not to be confronted and conquered? To that end, we shall share with you our records, and perhaps together we can find the thread which will lead us safely out of this conundrum. But what purpose does fear serve if not to be confronted and conquered? To that end, we shall share with you our records, and perhaps together we can find the thread which will lead us safely out of this conundrum.
58 57 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_035 57 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_035 Information shall be our most precious resource, for that is the only weapon we can wield in these forms. Our memories are at your complete disposal. Information shall be our most precious resource, for that is the only weapon we can wield in these forms. Our memories are at your complete disposal.
59 58 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_036 58 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_036 We can start with Athena, whose thirst for discovery would see all life consumed. We can start with Athena, whose thirst for discovery would see all life consumed.
60 59 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_037 59 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_037 Her desires haven't changed. Still she seeks to transcend her mortal existence so that she might unravel the mysteries of life. She would become a god. Her desires haven't changed. Still she seeks to transcend her mortal existence so that she might unravel the mysteries of life. She would become a god.
61 60 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_038 60 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_038 A nebulous concept, but Athena had her own ideas on what divinity entailed. In her mind, a god can create souls at will. A nebulous concept, but Athena had her own ideas on what divinity entailed. In her mind, a god can create souls at will.
62 61 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_039 61 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_039 Thus she chose the Underworld─or the aetherial sea, as it is known in this age─as the staging ground for her final experiments. Here lies a practically bottomless well of aether. Thus she chose the Underworld─or the aetherial sea, as it is known in this age─as the staging ground for her final experiments. Here lies a practically bottomless well of aether.
63 62 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_040 62 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_040 Even if it means stemming the flow of life itself, she intends to continue her work. She thinks of nothing else... Even if it means stemming the flow of life itself, she intends to continue her work. She thinks of nothing else...
64 63 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_041 63 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_041 We caught a glimpse of Athena as we came into this world. Her smile, her voice...they were just as I remember. Without even realizing it, I found myself feeling...an affection for her. We caught a glimpse of Athena as we came into this world. Her smile, her voice...they were just as I remember. Without even realizing it, I found myself feeling...an affection for her.
65 64 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_043 64 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_043 Don't look at me like I've gone mad! I'm not asking you to join her side─I know the true Erichthonios would never want that. But these emotions remain─in memory, if nowhere else. Don't look at me like I've gone mad! I'm not asking you to join her side─I know the true Erichthonios would never want that. But these emotions remain─in memory, if nowhere else.
66 65 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_044 65 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_044 We shall remain here to compile what information we can. You must infiltrate Pandæmonium and seek out Athena. We shall remain here to compile what information we can. You must infiltrate Pandæmonium and seek out Athena.
67 66 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_045 66 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_045 I would ask that you leave the memory crystal with us. It may hold secrets which have yet to be unveiled. I would ask that you leave the memory crystal with us. It may hold secrets which have yet to be unveiled.
68 67 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_046 67 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_046 All that's left is to cross that menacing threshold. Shall we take a closer look? All that's left is to cross that menacing threshold. Shall we take a closer look?
69 68 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_047 68 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_047 I have one question for you. I have one question for you.
70 69 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_048 69 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_048 Does the word “auracite” mean aught to you? Does the word “auracite” mean aught to you?
71 70 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_049 70 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_049 Auracite? Why, yes, there are a few records of its existence. It mainly makes appearances in the legends of Ivalice, and in tales concerning the Ascian Laha─ Auracite? Why, yes, there are a few records of its existence. It mainly makes appearances in the legends of Ivalice, and in tales concerning the Ascian Laha─
72 71 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_050 71 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_050 Ahem, well, in tales concerning an entity known as an Ascian. This personage is associated with black auracite known as the Heart of Sabik, a source of considerable power. Ahem, well, in tales concerning an entity known as an Ascian. This personage is associated with black auracite known as the Heart of Sabik, a source of considerable power.
73 72 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_051 72 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_051 I see...so time has not buried it. I see...so time has not buried it.
74 73 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_060 73 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_060 Lahabrea asked me about auracite and has yet to say a word since he heard the answer. Did I say something wrong? He is quite...intimidating in his silence. Lahabrea asked me about auracite and has yet to say a word since he heard the answer. Did I say something wrong? He is quite...intimidating in his silence.
75 74 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_065 74 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_065 I've read that the ancients were much larger than the people of our era... Perhaps Athena endeavored to make them less imposing. I've read that the ancients were much larger than the people of our era... Perhaps Athena endeavored to make them less imposing.
76 75 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_070 75 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_070 ...I must think. Leave me be while you attend to your task. ...I must think. Leave me be while you attend to your task.
77 76 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_080 76 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_080 From the outside, Pandæmonium looks no different than it does in the past. From the outside, Pandæmonium looks no different than it does in the past.
78 77 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_081 77 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_081 However, there is no guarantee that the inside will be familiar. You would do well to secure the area near the entrance first. However, there is no guarantee that the inside will be familiar. You would do well to secure the area near the entrance first.
79 78 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_082 78 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_082 Once it has been cleared of threats, Lahabrea and I can approach, and we shall begin our exploration of the interior. Once it has been cleared of threats, Lahabrea and I can approach, and we shall begin our exploration of the interior.
80 79 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_083 79 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_083 The portal should convey you to Pandæmonium's gates. I hardly need to tell you to keep your weapon at the ready! The portal should convey you to Pandæmonium's gates. I hardly need to tell you to keep your weapon at the ready!
81 80 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_100 80 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_100 (-???-)I knew you would come. (-???-)I knew you would come.
82 81 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_101 81 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_101 I never lost faith that we would meet again. I told you as much, did I not? I never lost faith that we would meet again. I told you as much, did I not?
83 82 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_102 82 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_102 I understand you may be confused. I was, too, at first. I understand you may be confused. I was, too, at first.
84 83 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_103 83 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_103 You see, I am not the true Themis. I was made by Athena, molded from one of the many souls at her disposal. I am only an illusion built from memory, no more real than Lahabrea or Erichthonios. You see, I am not the true Themis. I was made by Athena, molded from one of the many souls at her disposal. I am only an illusion built from memory, no more real than Lahabrea or Erichthonios.
85 84 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_104 84 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_104 Even so, I believe I have a grasp on the situation. This is the distant future. Even so, I believe I have a grasp on the situation. This is the distant future.
86 85 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_105 85 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_105 A future where Athena lives once more, although the means of her rebirth are yet beyond me. You are here to stop her. Have I the right of it so far? A future where Athena lives once more, although the means of her rebirth are yet beyond me. You are here to stop her. Have I the right of it so far?
87 86 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_106 86 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_106 Very good. I would be disappointed if you did not rise to her challenge. Very good. I would be disappointed if you did not rise to her challenge.
88 87 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_107 87 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_107 ...Although I am sorry to say that I cannot aid you. My creator has tampered with my essence, and I am oddly inclined to act in her interests. ...Although I am sorry to say that I cannot aid you. My creator has tampered with my essence, and I am oddly inclined to act in her interests.
89 88 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_108 88 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_108 I can do naught but offer you words of warning... We will fight, and it cannot be avoided. I can do naught but offer you words of warning... We will fight, and it cannot be avoided.
90 89 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_109 89 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_109 There is no need for that pained expression. Remember, I am but an illusion─nothing worth shedding tears over. There is no need for that pained expression. Remember, I am but an illusion─nothing worth shedding tears over.
91 90 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_100 90 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_100 What will you say? What will you say?
92 91 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_100 91 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_100 We can free you, just as we freed Agdistis! We can free you, just as we freed Agdistis!
93 92 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_100 92 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_100 I would feel terrible if I had to trounce Elidibus again... I would feel terrible if I had to trounce Elidibus again...
94 93 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_100 93 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_100 ... ...
95 94 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_110 94 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_110 I thank you for the sentiment, but I am afraid that is quite impossible. Athena's grip on my mind is unyielding... I thank you for the sentiment, but I am afraid that is quite impossible. Athena's grip on my mind is unyielding...
96 95 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_111 95 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_111 I know not what is in your mind, but I must stress once again that I cannot defy the urge to stand against you. I know not what is in your mind, but I must stress once again that I cannot defy the urge to stand against you.
97 96 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_112 96 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_112 Athena's hold over me is unyielding... Athena's hold over me is unyielding...
98 97 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_113 97 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_113 Still, I would ask that you listen carefully to the advice I offer you now. Still, I would ask that you listen carefully to the advice I offer you now.
99 98 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_114 98 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_114 Athena has prepared a new vessel to replace Erichthonios, so that she may become a god. By gathering the souls readily available in this sea of aether, she tempers her own essence. Athena has prepared a new vessel to replace Erichthonios, so that she may become a god. By gathering the souls readily available in this sea of aether, she tempers her own essence.
100 99 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_115 99 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_115 Yet the souls are faint, diffuse. She doubts whether they are sufficient for her goals, so she has turned her gaze to you. Despite your thin aether, you managed to lay Hephaistos low, and Athena would know the secret of your strength. Yet the souls are faint, diffuse. She doubts whether they are sufficient for her goals, so she has turned her gaze to you. Despite your thin aether, you managed to lay Hephaistos low, and Athena would know the secret of your strength.
101 100 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_116 100 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_116 To that end, she has prepared an experiment for her observation. Fight for your life against Athena's creation, and in doing so give her the knowledge she desires. To that end, she has prepared an experiment for her observation. Fight for your life against Athena's creation, and in doing so give her the knowledge she desires.
102 101 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_117 101 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_117 What's happening!? What's happening!?
103 102 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_118 102 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_118 Athena has made her move. We must find a way to reach her, or all is lost. Athena has made her move. We must find a way to reach her, or all is lost.
104 103 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_119 103 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_119 We can do little but hope for <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s success... We can do little but hope for Player's success...
105 104 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_130 104 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_130 Pandæmonium. Once a mass of lifeless stone, now imbued with a soul... Pandæmonium. Once a mass of lifeless stone, now imbued with a soul...
106 105 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_131 105 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_131 Athena has grown much since her death at Lahabrea's hand. Although the souls she creates are imperfect, they act with absolute obedience. Athena has grown much since her death at Lahabrea's hand. Although the souls she creates are imperfect, they act with absolute obedience.
107 106 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_132 106 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_132 I know you shall cut your way through this monster, as you have so many others. Then you shall come before me... I know you shall cut your way through this monster, as you have so many others. Then you shall come before me...
108 107 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_133 107 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_133 Do not hesitate to do what you must, for that is the only way to stop Athena. Do not hesitate to do what you must, for that is the only way to stop Athena.
109 108 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_150 108 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_NEMJIJI_000_150 This...cannot be real... Can it? This...cannot be real... Can it?
110 109 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_155 109 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_RUISSENAUD_000_155 I can't see a thing... I can't see a thing...
111 110 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_160 110 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_160 That she would give life to those pitiless stones... <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, you know what you must do. We will stay here and do what we can to decipher the nature of this space Athena has created. That she would give life to those pitiless stones... Player, you know what you must do. We will stay here and do what we can to decipher the nature of this space Athena has created.
112 111 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165 111 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165 Well, it seems you can come and go from that dark space as you please. We still don't know if it's safe for us, but must find out quickly─there's no telling what else awaits you in there. Well, it seems you can come and go from that dark space as you please. We still don't know if it's safe for us, but must find out quickly─there's no telling what else awaits you in there.
113 112 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_200 112 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_200 That was a beautiful display, as always. I stand enchanted by your grace in battle. That was a beautiful display, as always. I stand enchanted by your grace in battle.
114 113 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_201 113 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_201 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, is that...? Player, is that...?
115 114 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_202 114 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_THEMIS_000_202 Pandæmonium's final gate has been cast wide. I shall await your arrival beyond. Pandæmonium's final gate has been cast wide. I shall await your arrival beyond.
116 115 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_203 115 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_203 Apologies for not coming sooner─this space is enveloped by some fell energy, and we couldn't risk venturing through it before taking due precautions. Apologies for not coming sooner─this space is enveloped by some fell energy, and we couldn't risk venturing through it before taking due precautions.
117 116 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_204 116 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_204 Were my eyes mistaken? Was that Themis? Were my eyes mistaken? Was that Themis?
118 117 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_205 117 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_205 Tell us what you know. We must consider our next course of action carefully. Tell us what you know. We must consider our next course of action carefully.
119 118 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_260 118 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_260 That must have been Themis... But how? That must have been Themis... But how?
120 119 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_280 119 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_280 I ought to have anticipated this. I ought to have anticipated this.
121 120 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_280 120 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_280 If she bore witness to past events within Pandæmonium, Athena would have found Elidibus impossible to overlook. Few possess such a talent for magicks─to say naught of the emissary's discerning judgment. If she bore witness to past events within Pandæmonium, Athena would have found Elidibus impossible to overlook. Few possess such a talent for magicks─to say naught of the emissary's discerning judgment.
122 121 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_281 121 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_281 And so she found his soul upon the tides of the aetherial sea, and used his memories to craft a puppet that would serve her whims. And so she found his soul upon the tides of the aetherial sea, and used his memories to craft a puppet that would serve her whims.
123 122 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_282 122 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_282 But is what Themis said true? She imbued Pandæmonium itself with a soul? But is what Themis said true? She imbued Pandæmonium itself with a soul?
124 123 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_283 123 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_283 To breathe life into that which should never live... Athena's research is fast approaching its culmination. To breathe life into that which should never live... Athena's research is fast approaching its culmination.
125 124 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_284 124 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_284 Fortunately, with the information shared with us by your friends, we've made some strides toward figuring out how to stop her. Fortunately, with the information shared with us by your friends, we've made some strides toward figuring out how to stop her.
126 125 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_285 125 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_285 A crystal called the Heart of Sabik may be the key. A crystal called the Heart of Sabik may be the key.
127 126 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_286 126 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_286 The researchers related a quick but thorough history of events leading to the present. The sundering of the star, the emergence of the Ascians, and the calamities that they brought to bear upon the realm... The researchers related a quick but thorough history of events leading to the present. The sundering of the star, the emergence of the Ascians, and the calamities that they brought to bear upon the realm...
128 127 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_287 127 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_287 Tales that under other circumstances we would have considered childish fantasy, if not for a name that rang true to Lahabrea's memories. Tales that under other circumstances we would have considered childish fantasy, if not for a name that rang true to Lahabrea's memories.
129 128 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_289 128 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_289 The Heart of Sabik. To you, the secret of the Ultima Weapon's might─not least the spell known as “Ultima”─and a source of enduring mystery. The Heart of Sabik. To you, the secret of the Ultima Weapon's might─not least the spell known as “Ultima”─and a source of enduring mystery.
130 129 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_290 129 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_290 We are told that a general from the Garlean Empire was gifted this auracite by an “Ascian,” that the Ultima Weapon might be perfected. We are told that a general from the Garlean Empire was gifted this auracite by an “Ascian,” that the Ultima Weapon might be perfected.
131 130 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_291 130 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_291 The identity of this shadowy benefactor, however, remains a curious unknown. The identity of this shadowy benefactor, however, remains a curious unknown.
132 131 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_291 131 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_291 You seem to be a veritable trove of uncommon knowledge. If there is aught you are withholding... You seem to be a veritable trove of uncommon knowledge. If there is aught you are withholding...
133 132 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_292 132 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_292 ...Very well. At present, the Heart of Sabik itself is of greater moment. ...Very well. At present, the Heart of Sabik itself is of greater moment.
134 133 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_293 133 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_293 It is a creation of Athena's, made during her time with the Words of Lahabrea. It is a creation of Athena's, made during her time with the Words of Lahabrea.
135 134 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_294 134 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_294 This predates even Pandæmonium's construction. She brought before us a crystal she claimed to have chanced upon, saying it contained immense power. This predates even Pandæmonium's construction. She brought before us a crystal she claimed to have chanced upon, saying it contained immense power.
136 135 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_295 135 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_295 She dubbed it “auracite,” studying it with a fervor unusual even for her. The eventual fruit of her efforts was a stygian crystal unlike aught we had ever seen: the Heart of Sabik. She dubbed it “auracite,” studying it with a fervor unusual even for her. The eventual fruit of her efforts was a stygian crystal unlike aught we had ever seen: the Heart of Sabik.
137 136 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_200 136 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_Q1_000_200 What will you say? What will you say?
138 137 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_200 137 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A1_000_200 What <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> auracite? What *is* auracite?
139 138 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_200 138 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A2_000_200 How did she find this auracite? How did she find this auracite?
140 139 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_200 139 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_A3_000_200 Did Athena encounter Ultima, the High Seraph, perchance? Did Athena encounter Ultima, the High Seraph, perchance?
141 140 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_300 140 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_300 We theorized that it came from beyond our star. Beyond that, naught was ever known. We theorized that it came from beyond our star. Beyond that, naught was ever known.
142 141 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_305 141 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_305 Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal. We came to believe that it originated outside our star, but could deduce little else. Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal. We came to believe that it originated outside our star, but could deduce little else.
143 142 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_310 142 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_310 An unexpectedly specific question. I gather that the Heart of Sabik is not the only auracite in this era? Regardless, I know naught of this High Seraph. Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal, though we came to suspect that it was not of our star. An unexpectedly specific question. I gather that the Heart of Sabik is not the only auracite in this era? Regardless, I know naught of this High Seraph. Athena was never forthcoming as to how she found the crystal, though we came to suspect that it was not of our star.
144 143 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_315 143 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_315 Much later, we discovered that auracite magnifies the desires of those who come into contact with it. This would do much to explain Athena's actions following her recovery of the crystal. Much later, we discovered that auracite magnifies the desires of those who come into contact with it. This would do much to explain Athena's actions following her recovery of the crystal.
145 144 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_315 144 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_100_315 Alas, this realization came too late. By the time I moved to seal the auracite and its insidious influence away, Athena's plot had already been laid. Alas, this realization came too late. By the time I moved to seal the auracite and its insidious influence away, Athena's plot had already been laid.
146 145 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_316 145 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_316 ...So what became of the Heart of Sabik? ...So what became of the Heart of Sabik?
147 146 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_317 146 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_317 I took it from Athena's laboratory after I ended her life. I took it from Athena's laboratory after I ended her life.
148 147 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_318 147 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_318 The density of the aether within was unlike anything I had observed. I knew its capacity for destruction, but further analysis proved impossible. I elected to safeguard it myself. The density of the aether within was unlike anything I had observed. I knew its capacity for destruction, but further analysis proved impossible. I elected to safeguard it myself.
149 148 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_319 148 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_319 It is possible that Athena herself obscured the crystal's contents. Even were her memories stored within, I would have remained in ignorance. It is possible that Athena herself obscured the crystal's contents. Even were her memories stored within, I would have remained in ignorance.
150 149 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_320 149 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_320 If she included some mechanism by which to give these memories form, as she did with our own... If she included some mechanism by which to give these memories form, as she did with our own...
151 150 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_321 150 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_ERICHTHONIOS_000_321 ...She would be reborn. ...She would be reborn.
152 151 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_322 151 TEXT_AKTKRA302_04757_LAHABREA_000_322 Ironic, that I should have protected those very memories in the name of safeguarding the star. Fate is loath to see mistakes go unpunished. Ironic, that I should have protected those very memories in the name of safeguarding the star. Fate is loath to see mistakes go unpunished.
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