Shattered Narial: Alysium

Interlude I: Before the Dusk

Next Episode: Arc I — Re-Awakening of the Stars

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From the Author

Hey guys!

I'm back, but just on the tip of... ahem, my quill, of course, my quill, definitely not what you thought. Since not all of you have reached the crucial plot points yet, and a lot of information was heavily hidden, requiring specific event triggers to uncover—I've compiled the key lore discoveries in this hub. It's everything you could have learned while traveling with the characters from the previous releases, as I was carefully building my little house of cards.

Now that the cards are set, it's time to act, right? While I'm fine-tuning the scenario script, adjusting Yswald and Melimy to work properly (Renny is essentially ready and just waiting for her scenario), and considering creating a couple of dedicated lorebooks for the first arc to replace the old ones—here is a brief teaser of what's coming, and a briefing on what we already know.

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📜 Briefing: What We Know So Far

Through the depths of the Inverted City, the following truths have been brought to the surface:

• The True La'chery: They are not biological beings, but Arcane Consciousnesses bound to bio-arcane bodysuits. The suit is their soul.
• The Fall of Le'thos: Their civilization was shattered and sealed 1,600 years ago by the High Elves using blood-sigils.
• Hawke 'Bright Star' Crucifire: The First Mage-Lord of Narial was in this world 1,600 years ago. She allied with the La'chery, and her current fate remains a dark mystery.
• The Spire & The Sea: The Depth Breaking Spire is a Tuning Lens for the Subterranean Sea (a liquid spatial gateway). It is currently broken and jammed by Elven wards.
• The Merge: The feral vessel Ssha and the Princess of Stars have fully synchronized into Ssha'ren (Renny), reclaiming her intellect, memories, and arcane authority.
• The Objective: The locations of all three fragments of the Navigational Core have been calculated.

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⚡ Teaser: Operation "Re-Awakening of the Stars"

The house of cards is built. Now, we strike from four fronts to reclaim the Core and restore the Spire:

• Team One (The Scholar & The Vessel): Renny and her savior head to the Starfall Wetlands. Beneath the catacombs of the first Church of the Single Sun lies a Tonal Forge, hiding the first fragment.
• Team Two (The Heir & The Bard): Melimy Flamesqu, Yswald Mockingbird, and a volunteer infiltrate the Black Market Auction in Stormport. The second fragment powers the auction's wards, and a rare demi-human slave known as "Pride" is on the block.
• Team Three (The Bone Witch): Kristina De Reis and a volunteer will commit the ultimate sacrilege—stealing the final fragment directly from the main stained-glass window of the Grand Cathedral of the Single Sun in Rivergate.
• The Solo Mission: A lone agent must descend into the lowest levels of Stonefall Hold to recruit Brynn "Cinder", the King's bastard half-dwarf. Only her ancestral forge-blessing can reforge the shattered Core.

The Crown is watching. The Church is blind. The Elves are waiting. And the stars are ready to wake up.

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