ConversationsQQ_SavedVariables_v15 = { ["npc"] = { ["267200725-0-1555 Północne Elsweyr"] = { ["267200725-0-1555 Północne Elsweyr"] = { ["8290981-0-86553 Vastarie"] = { ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-17-11792 The Khajiiti spirit called Arum-Khal the Dark Adept and the ancient defiler. Could Arum-Khal's fate and the fate of the Hidden Moon adepts be intertwined?", [2] = "55049764-15-11792 I'm going to take a moment to make sure we didn't miss anything here. I'll meet you at the temple summit soon. Unless you needed something?", }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-57991 I know little more than what I've already told you. I can guess its age from the state of the masonry and the religious motifs, I suppose. Early First Era, perhaps?\n\nThe Hidden Moon adepts venerated Azura above other deities—that much is clear."] = { ["204987124-0-57991 Do you know the significance of the name? The Hidden Moon?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-58148 Yes. Sticks in the throat a bit, doesn't it?\n\nDro-m'Athra means something like dark spirit in the Khajiiti tongue. But I think that definition falls woefully short of describing them accurately."] = { ["204987124-0-58148 What are they, exactly?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57993 Well, modern Khajiiti teachings claim a third moon appears in the sky to usher in the birth of a new Mane—the spiritual leader of the Khajiit. \n\nPerhaps there was a time when it meant something else?"] = { ["204987124-0-57993 Something related to Azura?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57270 A few.\n\nWe should get back to the task at hand."] = { ["204987124-1-57270 What makes Arum-Khal more dangerous than other liches?"] = "", ["204987124-0-57270 Can you tell me more about this Temple of the Hidden Moon?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57267 Lichdom is a state of being. The most sophisticated form of undeath.\n\nWhile lesser necromancers busy themselves with other people's souls, liches turn inward, manipulating their own soul to gain power and extend their life."] = { ["204987124-0-57267 How does it work?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57994 Well, for starters, he's more than just a lich. He is also a dro-m'Athra."] = { ["204987124-0-57994 A dro-m'Athra?"] = "", }, ["3952276-1-7717 Yes. Probably. Memories run deep in places like this, and where there are memories, there are spirits. Helpful ones, I hope. With any luck, one of them will answer our questions.\n\nNow, it's a long climb to the temple summit. Are you prepared?"] = { ["20958740-1-7717 Yes, I'm ready to go investigate the temple."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-58152 There are things about Khajiiti souls that even I, a master of soul conjuring, don't understand.\n\nFor instance, only Khajiit can become dro-m'Athra. This indicates there's some hidden capacity or dreadful flaw unique to the race. A duality."] = { ["204987124-0-58152 A duality?"] = "", }, ["55049764-17-11792 The Khajiiti spirit called Arum-Khal the Dark Adept and the ancient defiler. Could Arum-Khal's fate and the fate of the Hidden Moon adepts be intertwined?"] = { ["249936564-0-7717 The Hidden Moon adepts?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57996 Something unique.\n\nSome mages believe they're Daedra who serve the dark Prince, Namira. Others contend that the dro-m'Athra are just mortal Khajiiti souls held in her thrall. Neither definition sounds right to me."] = { ["204987124-0-57996 Co masz na myśli?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57271 Traveling through the phylactery can tear a lich's psyche apart, resulting in madness. Long separation from one's soul can lead to apathy and megalomania, as well.\n\nIn almost all cases, lichdom becomes a curse in very short order."] = { ["204987124-0-57271 Do you know any liches?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57995 Yes. A tension between two opposing natures. A choice of some kind that no other race has to make.\n\nIt's a fascinating puzzle. If we survive this—and that is a significant if—I intend to give it my undivided attention."] = { ["204987124-0-57995 Can you tell me more about liches?"] = "", ["204987124-1-57995 Tell me more about this Temple of the Hidden Moon."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57268 This is just academic curiosity, right? Because I can't overstate the risks.\n\nTo become a lich, the necromancer must press their soul through an arcane vessel called a phylactery. This requires a lifetime of study, mind you, and fierce power of will."] = { ["204987124-0-57268 How does that make the mage more powerful?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57992 That would make sense.\n\nMy lady carries a single moon in her right hand, and legends speak of her parting the Tamrielic moons, Masser and Secunda, with a whisper. Stands to reason that she might hold dominion over this third Hidden Moon, too."] = { ["204987124-1-57992 What makes Arum-Khal more dangerous than other liches?"] = "", ["204987124-0-57992 Can you tell me more about liches?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-57269 Souls contain tremendous power, but they place certain checks on mortal will. Divesting the two—soul and mortal form—removes these boundaries. The effect is a virtually limitless magical horizon.\n\nThe process extracts a heavy toll, of course."] = { ["204987124-0-57269 Co to jest?"] = "", }, ["55049764-15-11792 I'm going to take a moment to make sure we didn't miss anything here. I'll meet you at the temple summit soon. 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With any luck, one of them will answer our questions.\n\nNow, it's a long climb to the temple summit. Are you prepared?"] = "", }, ["228103012-0-57267 What is a lich, exactly?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-57267 How does it work?"] = { ["200879108-0-57268 This is just academic curiosity, right? Because I can't overstate the risks.\n\nTo become a lich, the necromancer must press their soul through an arcane vessel called a phylactery. This requires a lifetime of study, mind you, and fierce power of will."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-57991 Can you tell me more about the Temple of the Hidden Moon?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-57995 Tell me more about this Temple of the Hidden Moon."] = { ["200879108-0-57991 I know little more than what I've already told you. I can guess its age from the state of the masonry and the religious motifs, I suppose. Early First Era, perhaps?\n\nThe Hidden Moon adepts venerated Azura above other deities—that much is clear."] = "", }, ["249936564-0-7717 The Hidden Moon adepts?"] = { ["3952276-0-7717 The former residents of the Hidden Moon Temple. They vanished centuries ago, but the ruins of their sanctuary remain.\n\nIf they managed to seal a lich like Arum-Khal away, they clearly possessed skills and techniques we can use."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-57996 Co masz na myśli?"] = { ["200879108-0-58152 There are things about Khajiiti souls that even I, a master of soul conjuring, don't understand.\n\nFor instance, only Khajiit can become dro-m'Athra. This indicates there's some hidden capacity or dreadful flaw unique to the race. A duality."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-57269 Co to jest?"] = { ["200879108-0-57271 Traveling through the phylactery can tear a lich's psyche apart, resulting in madness. Long separation from one's soul can lead to apathy and megalomania, as well.\n\nIn almost all cases, lichdom becomes a curse in very short order."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-57268 How does that make the mage more powerful?"] = { ["200879108-0-57269 Souls contain tremendous power, but they place certain checks on mortal will. Divesting the two—soul and mortal form—removes these boundaries. The effect is a virtually limitless magical horizon.\n\nThe process extracts a heavy toll, of course."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-57994 A dro-m'Athra?"] = { ["200879108-0-58148 Yes. Sticks in the throat a bit, doesn't it?\n\nDro-m'Athra means something like dark spirit in the Khajiiti tongue. But I think that definition falls woefully short of describing them accurately."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-57992 Can you tell me more about liches?"] = { ["200879108-0-57267 Lichdom is a state of being. 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A tension between two opposing natures. A choice of some kind that no other race has to make.\n\nIt's a fascinating puzzle. If we survive this—and that is a significant if—I intend to give it my undivided attention."] = "", }, }, }, }, }, }, ["quest"] = { ["162658389-0-1086 Północne Elsweyr"] = { ["52420949-0-6322 Ścieżka Ukrytego Księżyca"] = { ["steps"] = { [1] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-49903 Vastarie suggested that we travel to the temple summit and seek out a helpful spirit who can tell us more about Arum-Khal.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-61952 Travel to the Temple Summit", }, }, }, }, ["info"] = { ["description"] = { [1] = "265851556-0-6322 An ancient Khajiiti lich named Arum-Khal threatens to emerge from the depths of the Ashen Scar. If Vastarie and I are to have any hope of stopping him, I'll need to learn more about the monastic order he betrayed: The Order of the Hidden Moon.", }, ["starter"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-86553 Vastarie", }, }, }, }, }, }