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40TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_00Lahabrea watches over Claudien with concern.
51TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_01While waiting for Claudien to regain his senses, Lahabrea asks you about the Ascian that shared his name, confessing that he sees the Paragon's actions as a logical evolution of his own devotion to duty. Knowing now what is to come, he soundly rejects the now-awakened professor's attempts to express gratitude, though this may be out of principle rather than contrition. Regardless, having fulfilled his role to the last, Lahabrea fades into the aetherial sea once more, leaving you with the tantalizing suggestion that should you return to the past, Pandæmonium's final mysteries might be solved.
62TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_02While Erichthonios and Themis greet you warmly in Pandæmonium, Lahabrea reacts with characteristic curtness. Apparently, he was just on his way to settle some matters of grave import, so you follow him to an empty chamber where Hegemone awaits. Lahabrea accuses her of setting Hephaistos free, surmising that she has been under the influence of Athena's mind-controlling magicks for some time. With this truth come to light, Lahabrea's decision is made: in order to gain the strength required to break Athena's hold, he will rejoin Hephaistos's essence to his own. After absorbing those bitter memories, the change in his personality is immediately apparent─in him you see the Lahabrea who will one day stand against you as an enemy, and he seems well aware that your respective wills must one day clash. While far from an ideal farewell, the questions that led you back to the past are answered.
73TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_03You return to the present-day's aetherial sea, where Claudien informs you that a new memory has surfaced within the crystal. It shows you a vision of Erichthonios, apparently from the Final Days, wherein he resolves to set the crystal adrift as a warning to survivors about the nature of Pandæmonium. Ere you have time to reflect on your comrade's fate, however, Claudien reveals that the Heart of Sabik has come into his possession, now empty of Athena's memories. As it remains a powerful specimen, Claudien seems keen to devote his coming days to exploring its secrets. Though this is perhaps not the wisest idea, you have more pressing matters to attend to for the moment─namely, one last farewell.
84TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_04You have your final conversation with Themis, during which he reveals that he now possesses some of a later Elidibus's fragmented memories. From what he can make out, he speculates that he agreed to send you to Elpis because of vague recollections of your time together in Pandæmonium, though given the great change wrought upon his personality by the intervening millennia, it is impossible to be certain. Reflecting with fondness upon your time together and the meaning it may hold, he dissipates into the aetherial sea, leaving you to contemplate the vast expanse.
95TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_SEQ_05Back in Aporia, Claudien affirms his resolve to continue research into the Heart of Sabik and follow such traces as Erichthonios has left behind, thanking you for your brave contribution. Although history may not remember your journey into Pandæmonium, the memories of your allies and their unfaltering courage will be forever etched into your memory.
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2824TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_TODO_00Speak with Lahabrea at the Stygian insenescence cells.
2925TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_TODO_01Speak with Claudien at the Aetherial Lens.
3026TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_TODO_02Speak with Themis.
3127TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_TODO_03Speak with Claudien at Aporia.
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5248TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_NEMJIJI_000_000At least on the surface, Professor Claudien appears unharmed. We must wait for him to regain consciousness to judge anything beyond that, I fear...
5349TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_RUISSENAUD_000_005Questions, questions, and more questions! Why did Claudien set out by himself? What did he see? Oh, I do hope he wakes up soon!
5450TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_010We shall stay here and wait for Claudien to regain his senses. Pray rest while you can.
5551TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_020It seems we can do naught but wait.
5652TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_400Perhaps we might discuss a matter which has been troubling me.
5753TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_401While your colleague Nemjiji was enlightening us on the historical events which led to this era, she let slip the name of one of the Ascians...Lahabrea.
5854TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_402Although she knew of the figure only from her research, she was most insistent that there is no evidence connecting the Ascian to myself.
5955TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_403Yet I am aware that this Lahabrea used the Heart of Sabik to sow chaos throughout your world, and I would be a fool to deny such strong connections between us.
6056TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_404You are the only one present who has met the Ascian in question, so I would ask you directly. Are he and I one and the same? Is my fate to work in the shadows and bring about untold destruction?
6157TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_Q1_000_100What will you say?
6258TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_A1_000_100You are him.
6359TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_A2_000_100I cannot be certain.
6460TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_A3_000_100...
6561TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_405...I see. If you say it is so, then there is no reason to disbelieve it.
6662TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_410A diplomatic answer. I understand the Ascians often use the bodies of others to enact their plots, so it is impossible to say who they truly are...
6763TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_415Perhaps silence is the most prudent response. I understand the Ascians often use the bodies of others to enact their plots, so it is impossible to say who they truly are...
6864TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_420These Ascians─or “Paragons,” I'm told─were ruthless in their schemes to rejoin the sundered worlds. I have heard but a small number of their deeds, and still I find it difficult to comprehend the depths to which they were willing to sink.
6965TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_421To choose a path of evil, all for the sake of the star...
7066TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_422...I admit, 'tis a decision I would make under the right circumstances. Although the ages may take their toll, my devotion to my duty will never waver.
7167TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_423Paying no heed to what might be lost, I will treat the Heart of Sabik as a mere tool for my own ends.
7268TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_424Never caring to look beyond the surface, I will unleash forces that I fail to truly comprehend...and remain blissfully ignorant of my hypocrisy all the while.
7369TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_425Ah, it appears Claudien has awakened.
7470TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_426<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>... I have some faint memories of what transpired. You stood against Athena and won.
7571TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_100_426And...you were there, too.
7672TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_427Lahabrea. Erichthonios's memories of you dwell within me still.
7773TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_428Through unyielding discipline you hoped to forge a son equal to yourself, but the crucible you placed him in left scars which were loath to heal.
7874TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_429Yet you were never motivated by selfishness. All you did was in service of your duty. At the least, I...
7975TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_430...I will hear no more. Though you may possess Erichthonios's memories, you are not him. In rebirth you have become someone else entirely, and you belong to this age.
8076TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_431As such, I am your enemy. And an enemy does not deserve sympathy.
8177TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_432Of course, I would never condone the actions of the Ascian. But you are not him─you are Lahabrea, of the Convocation.
8278TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_433You spared no effort in saving us from Athena's machinations. For that you deserve the utmost praise─and my personal thanks.
8379TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_434...If you insist on deceiving yourself, then so be it. My stance remains unchanged.
8480TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_435The most difficult of your trials is behind you─but you may find that Pandæmonium has yet to relinquish the last of its secrets.
8581TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_436Among them is the identity of Hephaistos's liberator, who set the very first wheels in motion. There is but one place to find these answers: the past.
8682TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_437However, I must insist that you keep silent about Athena's fate. While I doubt it would change the decisions I make, you should not tender us information we could not uncover ourselves.
8783TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_438Now that I have said my piece, I shall follow in my son's footsteps.
8884TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_439These odious memories will fade to nothing, as was always their fate.
8985TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_440Farewell.
9086TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_441My time, too, draws near, but I believe I can stay long enough to see this matter through.
9187TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_442You shall journey to the past to seek out the truth of Lahabrea's words, yes? While Themis himself may have been there to see this encounter, I have the unique opportunity to hear your perspective on the matter. That is, of course, if you will share it with me.
9288TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_443I look foward to it. I shall take in the aetherial sea one final time as I await your return.
9389TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_200I, too, shall stay here and await your return. I could use the rest, and there is a matter I would discuss with you and Themis before we say our farewells.
9490TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_NEMJIJI_000_205Ruissenaud and I shall return to Aporia and make our report to Master Fourchenault at once. Oh, where to begin?
9591TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_RUISSENAUD_000_210I believe we've yet to see the full effect these events will have on the aetherial sea. Once Professor Claudien recovers, we must conduct a thorough investigation!
9692TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_215Now all that is left is to return to Pandæmonium and ask Lahabrea to shed light upon its few remaining mysteries. I look forward to your return.
9793TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_220Ah, you must be <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I am Hegemone, keyward of Abyssos─but I suspect you may already know that. We did meet once before, after all, although I was not entirely myself at the time.
9894TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_221Thanks to you, however, I can rightly say my faculties are mine once more. At present, I am taking stock of the damage done to the facility.
9995TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_225<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! I didn't expect to see you again so soon, but 'tis always a joy. You seem...quite happy to be here.
10096TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_230Thank you for checking up on us. Did you speak with Hegemone and the other warders on your way here? The work is long, but we have made great strides in undoing Athena's meddling.
10197TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_250<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Truth be told, I thought you would have little reason to ever visit this place again. It seems I was wrong.
10298TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_Q1_000_200What will you say?
10399TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_A1_000_200I'm looking for answers.
104100TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_A2_000_200I just wanted to say hello.
105101TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_255How neatly you obfuscate your motivations. Do as you will, then.
106102TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_265<If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If> has gone through the trouble to visit us, so I hardly think curtness is in order. We braved Pandæmonium together─why not at least share with <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> our progress?
107103TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_266I have relinquished control of Pandæmonium to Lahabrea. I was never meant to hold it for long, and now such authority resides in rightful hands.
108104TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_267With Lahabrea's help, we have pored through Athena's research into the hemitheoi. Thus were we able to restore Hegemone's mind and body.
109105TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_268Yet there is still much work to be done. Damage to repair, keywards to replace...the tasks are too many to count.
110106TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_269But although the path may be long, our progress is steady. I believe we can safely say that Pandæmonium will soon function as it did before.
111107TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_270Indeed. Before we reach that point, however, there are some matters which must be put to rest.
112108TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_271One concerns Pandæmonium itself, and another is a personal matter. Until they are settled, I cannot move forward.
113109TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_272It shall not take long. Lack of resolve caused me to delay, but I have chosen my course.
114110TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_273These concerns must be weighty indeed. Do you intend to share your burdens with us?
115111TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_274If you would bear witness, then come.
116112TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_275Your arrival at this very moment almost beggars belief, but I shall not ask you to leave. I simply ask that you do not interfere─no matter what may happen.
117113TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_450Stay here. This will be over soon.
118114TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_451Why did you call me here, Master Lahabrea? There is still much to be done if the warders are to be freed...
119115TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_452You have served within Pandæmonium since Athena's time, have you not? That makes you the most senior keyward, now that Agdistis is gone.
120116TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_453As such, you deserve to know a secret few others are privileged to hear. One concerning myself.
121117TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_454Separating Hephaistos from myself required removing part of my soul.
122118TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_455A necessary sacrifice, but one which came at no small cost to my natural talents. I am but a shadow of the man I was at the time of my appointment as Lahabrea.
123119TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_456I could never hope to wield the same magicks that Hephaistos used to bind the warders' minds, let alone break their shackles.
124120TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_457That tone of defeat does not befit your voice, Master Lahabrea. Do not give in to despair.
125121TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_458There is no despair─only truth. I do not confide in you to garner cheap sympathy.
126122TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_459Hephaistos left behind fascinating research. His conclusion was that in order to transform a vessel into a hemitheos, absolute control over their mind was essential.
127123TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_460As you well know, the magicks used to achieve such dominion exploited strong emotions within their victims' hearts. In the case of Hesperos and Agdistis, their respect for me.
128124TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_461Upon slipping his bonds, Hephaistos took steps to throw Pandæmonium into chaos. With their attention divided, keyward and warder alike were easy targets.
129125TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_462But there was an act that came before. Regardless of Hephaistos's prowess, he could not have won freedom on his own.
130126TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_463For long days and nights I pondered who might have released him. I could only conclude that Athena's plans were set in motion long, long ago, when she claimed the mind of one of her admirers...
131127TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_464Hegemone. None would question your pride in your position. Your devotion to Pandæmonium.
132128TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_465But you do not believe I am the one fit to lead it, do you? Your loyalty lies not with my vision for Pandæmonium, but Athena's.
133129TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_466Master Lahabrea, whatever has spurred this sudden accusation, I assure you there is a proper explanation...
134130TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_467What are you doing, Lahabrea!?
135131TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_468Do not approach!
136132TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_469As I have already stated, even should I detect Athena's tinkering, I am currently powerless to dispel it.
137133TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_470And so I have come to a decision. One which was made with the best interests of our star in mind. In order to build a better future, I require the strength I have lost.
138134TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_471I must embrace these odious memories!
139135TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_472Mark well this sight─engrave it upon your very soul.
140136TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_473You now bear witness to the true Lahabrea!
141137TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_474I cannot imagine this was an easy choice...but it is done.
142138TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_475Is she...alive?
143139TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_476Yes...and she shall remember this lesson well.
144140TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_477Athena's puppet no longer, I see...
145141TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_478She may yet harbor ill will toward me, but that is a risk I am willing to take.
146142TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_479Our star requires a steady hand to guide it, and now mine is equal to the task. I can no longer allow Pandæmonium to divert my focus.
147143TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_480Hegemone, I would ask that you serve me anew. There is none other more suited to overseeing this prison─none other who will take such pride in their duty.
148144TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_481My loyalty to Athena led me to betray you once before. Why would you allow me to keep the position of keyward?
149145TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_482I require your talents─as I require Hephaistos's. The past is of no consequence.
150146TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_483Very well. In honor of our fallen colleagues, I shall restore this institution to its former glory.
151147TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_484Lahabrea is himself once more. He wields his authority without hesitation, and thinks not twice once his judgment has sounded.
152148TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_485Yet he is different from Athena. He thinks only of the betterment of the star. So long as duty guides his actions, he shall not share her fate.
153149TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_486And should his convictions ever waver, the emissary will set him back on the proper course.
154150TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_487Good. If this is the path he chooses to walk, then I will walk with him.
155151TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_488I'll allow our bond to fray no further. As his son, I will support him in the days ahead.
156152TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_489I would not ask you to say the same, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. You and I stand on peaks separated by vast chasms. Our perspectives shall never align.
157153TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_490And never shall one give way to the other, for such is our nature. With that in mind...let us consider any debts between us to be void.
158154TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_491Before you leave here, mark well these words...
159155TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_492My resolve shall weather loss unfathomable, and yield before no obstacle. Walk your path with the same conviction.
160156TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_HEGEMONE_000_300Master Lahabrea saw through me long ago... But now my mind is unclouded by doubt, and I shall not fail him again.
161157TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_305From this day forward, I will do what I can to aid my father. In this way I shall forge my own future.
162158TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_310Hephaistos and Lahabrea were one and the same when he was named as one of the Convocation. This change poses no need for concern, for all is as it should be.
163159TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_315If not for you, my long-slumbering demons may have gone unslain. I would have never been forced to reconsider my true nature. Yet as I said, do not consider this an admission of debt.
164160TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_LAHABREA_000_316Now, I believe you have other places to be. Remain here any longer and I may be inclined to place you in a cell next to one of our more...recalcitrant subjects.
165161TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_RUISSENAUD_000_325My own research and studies have fallen by the wayside in Professor Claudien's absence. My thesis remains unwritten, and its deadline looms on the horizon...
166162TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_330Ah, you are returned. I should like to hear of what you discovered, though I believe your friend has business with us first...
167163TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_350There you are, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. While you were away, Themis brought me up to speed on all that happened while I was held prisoner.
168164TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_351His story shone light upon any number of questions that were niggling at my conscious. Namely, those concerning the aetherial signature emanating from Azys Lla.
169165TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_352Doubtless its source was Athena, reaching out as far as she could from her prison. Ever grasping for someone to take Erichthonios's place...grasping for the body his soul resided in.
170166TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_353I wanted to ask─when you first found the crystal, were you unable to hear the memories stored within?
171167TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_354Indeed. It was only after our research was well underway that I could hearken to its whispers.
172168TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_355Contact with the crystal should have awakened the memories, but the passage of time likely changed Erichthonios's soul in subtle ways. Perhaps aetherial resonance was a gradual process in this case.
173169TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_356However, being attuned to Erichthonios exposed you to Athena's voice, as well. Doubtless the choice to venture forth into Azys Lla was not your own─it was Athena's influence working through you.
174170TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_357I do recall being strangely fixated on acting alone─I never would have encouraged such recklessness usually. Although the choice was not entirely my own, I am still ashamed of my actions.
175171TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_358Reflection is how we plant the seeds of growth. Although we must not blame ourselves for events out of our control...
176172TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_359That the voice in the crystal belonged to the person from which your soul originated... Well, not even the most brilliant researcher could come to that conclusion.
177173TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_360Your reassurance means more than you know. Thank you.
178174TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_100_360Now, one final matter. It concerns the very crystal whose discovery set this adventure in motion.
179175TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_361Perhaps sparked by recent events, a new light began to shine from within its depths. From my experience, this may indicate that a new memory has floated to the surface, eager to be observed.
180176TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_362For some time, the question of why Lahabrea and Erichthonios would leave such a crystal behind in the first place has lingered in the back of my mind.
181177TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_363With Erichthonios's memories and such magical talents as are at my disposal, I believe I can make this final memory manifest for us all to behold. Shall we witness it together?
182178TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_500I leave this memory for you, the future of our star.
183179TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_501The Final Days have come, and the creation magicks we have so relied upon now hasten our downfall.
184180TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_502But despair has not yet won out. Lahabrea and the others of the Convocation are working to stem the chaos which threatens to engulf our star.
185181TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_503Their plan requires great sacrifice. Elidibus─Themis─has already offered to give his life for our salvation.
186182TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_504Yet there is another problem which must be dealt with: Pandæmonium, wherein are confined our most vicious creations.
187183TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_505Even should we survive the Final Days, it will take time to restore order. If Pandæmonium's cells were breached and their prisoners set upon the star, our hard-won peace would be obliterated in an instant.
188184TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_506Someone must stay behind to ensure that never happens. With Themis and Lahabrea otherwise indisposed, that responsibility falls to me.
189185TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_507And that is why I must defy the directive of the Convocation. My soul will not be offered to manifest the will of the star, but instead consigned to eternal vigil.
190186TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_508I know that in doing so, the Final Days may take me. I may not live to see my duty upheld.
191187TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_509That's why I have resolved to set this crystal adrift in the tides of the Underworld. It contains memories of Pandæmonium from both my father and I, and shall bear this warning to the future even if I cannot.
192188TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_510I've imbued the crystal with magicks that will attract it to my essence. Even should I journey through the Underworld and be born anew, this message will reach me. Pandæmonium shall not be left unattended.
193189TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_511If all else fails, then perhaps another <If(PlayerParameter(4))>woman<Else/>man</If> like my dear friend will come along. One with an almost unnatural ability to pick up the scent of trouble.
194190TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_512I wonder where <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> is now. How many souls has <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> saved, and how many beasts has <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> slain since last we met?
195191TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_513Alongside my warning, this memory shall carry a wish. <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>...may we meet again.
196192TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_ERICHTHONIOS_000_514Now listen well: If anyone receives this message, you must come to Pandæmonium. Please make haste. I repeat...
197193TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_515Well, that dispels the last of my doubts. Thank you for humoring me. And now we come to this...
198194TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_THEMIS_000_516It survived...
199195TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_517...Yes. The Heart of Sabik.
200196TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_100_517The tie that bound Athena's memories to my body, no doubt. When I regained my senses, I found it on my person.
201197TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_518Now it appears your efforts have left it bereft of memories. No trace remains of Athena.
202198TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_519However, its power as auracite yet remains, and it may prove to be a valuable trove of knowledge in the hands of the right researcher. I feel that fate has left it with me for a reason.
203199TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_520I shall take my leave, but on behalf of my colleagues─nay, the entire star─I thank you both for putting an end to Athena's wickedness.
204200TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_530Pay the rest of us no mind─you deserve time to say your farewells.
205201TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_550...Welcome back, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I hope you said farewell to Themis for me.
206202TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_551Recent events have given me not only a new focus for my research, but also insight into my own origins. Truly, 'tis a gift I could never hope to repay.
207203TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_552As Lahabrea said, I am not Erichthonios. Yet I bear a part of him inside me, and I shall do what I can to follow the traces he has left behind in the present day.
208204TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_553A spark has been struck in my mind─I am ready to pursue my research with a fervor the likes of which I have not had since my youth.
209205TEXT_AKTKRA305_04760_CLAUDIEN_000_554Doubtless I shall have need of you in the days and moons ahead. When that time comes, I only hope that you will once again lend me your sound counsel. Until then, may you fare well!
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