0,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_SEQ_00,Y'shtola is appraising the voidgate with a scholarly eye.
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24,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_TODO_00,Speak with Y'shtola.
25,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_TODO_01,Speak with Varshahn at the High Crucible of Al-Kimiya.
26,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_TODO_02,Speak with Varshahn again.
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48,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_000,Perhaps I might linger a touch longer...
49,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_URIANGER_000_001,"Even in the learned halls of Sharlayan, 'tis forbidden to throw wide the gates to the abyss. The peril is far too great..."
50,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_002,Can such a tiny portal truly be so dangerous?
51,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_003,I expect you have more questions...
52,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_MATSYA_000_004,My boat is at your disposal!
53,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_Q1_000_005,Proceed to Weaver's Warding?
54,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_050,The Thirteenth... What chaos must consume that world...
55,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_URIANGER_000_055,"Vrtra's grief for a lost sibling will be no mystery to Estinien. His hath been a life entwined with sorrow, even before he became host to Nidhogg's essence."
56,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_060,I wondered how one of the first brood could simply vanish and leave no trace of her passage. Now I have my answer.
57,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_065,"Millennia have passed since last I saw her. But I see Azdaja in memory still, clear and vivid..."
58,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_070,"So they managed not only to expand the fissure, but also manipulate it as one might a gate..."
59,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_071,Astonishing. Is there any chance I could learn more of how this feat was accomplished?
60,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_072,"I will tell you what I can. First, however, I must return to the High Crucible, and arrange to replace the guardians you so handily destroyed. It will not do to leave the gate undefended."
61,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_073,"Ah, my apologies─we were perhaps a touch zealous in our rush to uncover the vault's secrets. If the constructs can be repaired, we would be happy to offer our assistance...?"
62,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_074,"That will not be necessary. Much as I retain spare vessels for myself, we keep duplicate guardians on hand for such eventualities. In any case, we should return to Radz–at–Han."
63,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_100,"While I am loath to keep Krile waiting much longer, I cannot bring myself to leave before hearing more of Vrtra's tale..."
64,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_URIANGER_000_105,"'Twas a most enjoyable expedition, for which I am grateful. As for mine evaluation, I shall impress upon the Loporrits that a treasure vault is incomplete without daunting sentinels to test the mettle of any would-be intruders."
65,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_110,Vrtra speaks as if Azdaja is a lost cause. But I wager he feels differently in his heart of hearts.
66,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_115,There is much about the voidgate that I cannot even begin to explain. I must convince Vrtra to share everything he knows...
67,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ALCHEMIST04530_000_120,This is quite the gathering. To what do we owe the pleasure...?
68,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_130,"I promise we will discuss the voidgate further, but first I must attend to the matter of the vault's sentinels."
69,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_131,"As your instruments have no doubt informed you, the Kapikulu has been reduced to so much scrap. Please bring a new one out of storage, and see that it is conveyed to its post along with some few lesser constructs."
70,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ALCHEMIST04530_100_131,"Was it tomb robbers? Fiends born of the Tower of Zot? By the Sisters, do not tell me a blasphemy yet roams free!"
71,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ALCHEMIST04530_000_132,Why such guilty faces!? Surely it isn't *you* who are responsible for this... Oh.
72,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ALCHEMIST04530_000_133,"Ahem, well...the details aren't important! I shall see it done immediately."
73,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_134,"And with that, the vault will soon be secure once more. Now, I believe you had questions?"
74,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_135,"Quite a few, in fact. But I'd like to begin with the gate itself. It is still functional, yes?"
75,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_136,"Indeed, which is why I saw it sealed with an alchemically forged lock and warded it with my magicks. Such power must not fall into the wrong hands."
76,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_137,"In truth, the primary reason for the vault's construction was to keep the gate hidden from the outside world."
77,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_138,So much effort for such a little door.
78,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_139,That “little door” you speak of leads to an abyss teeming with unspeakable horrors.
79,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_140,"That said, in its current state, it would admit only the lowliest of voidsent. And from this side, no man would be able to pass through."
80,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_141,"No man? I should think Alphinaud would fit, given a firm enough push."
81,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_142,Physical size is only one consideration. The true restriction hinges upon the aetheric density of the soul in transit.
82,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_143,And yet you succeeded in expanding this diminutive portal and sending your simulacrum to the Thirteenth...
83,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_144,"Thanks to my brilliant alchemists. I should have destroyed the anomaly when I found it, but instead, I bade them devise a means to control it."
84,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_145,"After much experimentation, they accomplished the impossible. A method was conceived by which my magicks could manipulate the fissure and transform it into a serviceable gate."
85,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_146,"But the process has long since been forgotten. Once I had given up searching for Azdaja, there was no need to preserve such esoteric and dangerous knowledge."
86,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_147,"Thus has the gate lain dormant, for years uncounted."
87,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_148,Our own passage to the Thirteenth was made relatively simple thanks to the Crystal Tower.
88,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_149,An ancient mechanism channeled the tower's vast stores of energy to open a voidgate─one bound to a covenant made with the Cloud of Darkness.
89,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_150,"Once that sovereign entity was beaten back, however, the covenant was broken, and the doorway severed from its connection to the void."
90,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_151,"Theoretically, it should be possible to reconnect the gate by forging a new pact with another voidsent...but such deals usually end in betrayal and death."
91,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_152,"You seem to have struck a bargain of your own, Player. Though it serves you well in battle, be aware that the beneficial nature of your “arrangement” is the exception which proves the rule."
92,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_153,"In any case, we should attempt to gain an understanding of the Bounty gate. Mayhap you could resume the search for your sister..."
93,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_154,"As I have already explained, I put those futile hopes to rest centuries ago. My place─and my duty─is here now."
94,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_155,"Ah, I had meant to ask... What prompted you to search for the vault in the first place?"
95,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_Q1_000_000,What will you say?
96,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_A1_000_001,To see if the legends were true.
97,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_A1_000_002,It was all Estinien's idea.
98,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_157,"As you have seen, the “fabulous wealth” from the stories is quite real, if not its rumored origin. But I'm afraid I must assert a prior claim."
99,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_158,"I've been adding to that trove for years, little by little. But the time has come to spend it, that I might alleviate my people's suffering."
100,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_100_158,"As I recall, 'twas you who was chasing tales of undersea ruins."
101,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_200_158,"Well, as you have seen, the “fabulous wealth” from the stories is quite real, if not its rumored origin. But I'm afraid I must assert a prior claim."
102,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_300_158,"I've been adding to that trove for years, little by little. But the time has come to spend it, that I might alleviate my people's suffering."
103,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_159,Then we are of one mind. We had no intention of taking it for ourselves.
104,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_160,"Isn't that right, my friend?"
105,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_161,"Your Excellency. Would you object if I were to conduct a closer examination of the gate? I will make no attempt to open it, of course."
106,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_162,"I owe you and yours a debt that can never be repaid. Whatever boon you ask of me, you shall have it."
107,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_163,You are most gracious. I shall take full advantage of your permission.
108,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_URIANGER_000_164,"Would that I could join thee in thy study, but the Loporrits will be anxious to receive my report. I beg my leave of you."
109,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_165,"And I must be off to Sharlayan, as well. "
110,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_GRAHATIA_000_166,"Mistress Krile was eager to speak with you about that request, so please come back to the annex as soon as you are able. Farewell for now!"
111,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_YSHTOLA_000_167,We can discuss my findings once I return. You'll not be rid of me so easily.
112,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_SYSTEM_000_170,You may now undertake the Chronicles of a New Era quest series “Myths of the Realm.” Speak with the fresh-faced Student at the Baldesion Annex to accept the first quest.
113,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_200,"I hope you enjoyed the expedition, at least. Otherwise it was a heavy purse to pay for a treasure map leading to a treasure we couldn't keep."
114,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_210,The difficult part in all this will be deciding how best to put these riches to use...
115,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_211,Will you lend me your assistance in these deliberations?
116,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_Q2_000_000,What will you say?
117,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_A2_000_001,Of course.
118,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_A2_000_002,Anything to make up for the constructs we broke...
119,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_213,"Thank you, Player."
120,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_VARSHAHN_000_214,"Then think of your employment as recompense. Serve me as guest advisors, and I will consider the broken constructs paid for in full."
121,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_ESTINIEN_000_215,Player and I are in this together. I will follow her example.
122,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_SYSTEM_000_250,"Meanwhile, elsewhere..."
123,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_EARTHMONOLITH_000_250,"(-Throne of Earth-)I sssensed the breaching of a gate, but it was not inssstigated from this ssside. 'Twas thrown open from the other..."
124,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_FIREMONOLITH_000_251,"(-Throne of Fire-)I, too, felt it. A rare occurrence, yes, but such a tiny portal is beneath our notice. There are more pressing matters at hand."
125,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_FIREMONOLITH_000_252,"(-Throne of Fire-)An opportunity is upon us, the coming of which we have awaited for nigh on ten thousand years. We dare not let it slip our grasp."
126,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_WINDMONOLITH_000_253,"(-Throne of Wind-)Yet we must not underestimate she who bested the Cloud of Darkness. Even restrained by a covenant, the Cloud was no feeble wisp to be dispersed by some flesh-and-blood mortal."
127,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_WATERMONOLITH_000_254,"(-Throne of Water-)Bah, let her come! I will drown the world and watch this fleshling gasp for breath in her final moments!"
128,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_BLACKKNIGHT_000_255,"(-Knight in Black-)Your zeal is admirable, but forget not our cause."
129,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_BLACKKNIGHT_000_256,(-Knight in Black-)Think back on our struggles beneath this sunless sky. Remember why we cede not our will to fight.
130,TEXT_AKTKMH105_04530_BLACKKNIGHT_000_257,"(-Knight in Black-)'Tis time we set the war in motion, and win redemption for our star!"