ConversationsQQ_SavedVariables_v15 = { ["books"] = { ["267200725-0-27 Tamriel"] = { ["267200725-0-2258 Bal Sunnar"] = { [7350] = "51188213-0-7350 Journal of Nerile Belvayn", }, ["267200725-0-2255 Bal Sunnar"] = { [7349] = "51188213-0-7349 Journal of Kovan Giryon", }, ["267200725-0-2262 Bal Sunnar"] = { [7351] = "51188213-0-7351 Journal of Adosi Fevur", }, }, }, ["quest"] = { ["162658389-0-41 Stonefalls"] = { ["52420949-0-6896 Unstuck From Time"] = { ["steps"] = { [1] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60669 Saresea wants to split up to cover more ground in our search. She suggested I go north towards a tower at the town's center. I should search through Bal Sunnar for the temporal distortion.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75589 Search for the Temporal Distortion's Source", }, }, }, [2] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60670 We found the temporal distortion's source. Kovan Giryon seems to know who we are, and stands between us and the distortion. I should kill Kovan Giryon to reach it.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75590 Kill Kovan Giryon", }, }, }, [3] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60671 Kovan Giryon is defeated, but the distortion is destabilizing. I need to watch as Saresea contains the temporal distortion.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75587 Watch Saresea Contain the Temporal Distortion", }, }, }, [4] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60747 The temporal anomaly shifted us through time. The tower appears newly built. However, the anomaly isn't here. I should leave the tower and search for its new location.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75708 Explore Bal Sunnar", }, }, }, [5] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60748 We entered a period some time in the past. Saresea suggested we split up to search for the anomaly's new location. I should explore Bal Sunnar to find the anomaly.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75709 Search for the Temporal Distortion", }, }, }, [6] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60665 A Telvanni Matriarch was here, then vanished. A massive nix-ox emerged to defend the anomaly. I should kill Roksa the Warped so Saresea has the opportunity to contain the anomaly.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75591 Defeat Roksa the Warped", }, }, }, [7] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60666 The distortion is destabilizing. I should watch Saresea's attempt to contain it.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75588 Watch Saresea Contain the Temporal Distortion", }, ["hidden"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-77930 Watch Saresea Contain the Temporal Distortion", [2] = "7949764-0-77931 Watch Saresea Contain the Temporal Distortion", }, }, }, [8] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60749 We moved through time once again, this time to the future. Saresea's attempt at containing the anomaly exhausted her. I should find the anomaly so she can try containing it one last time.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75710 Find the Temporal Distortion", }, }, }, [9] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60668 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni has waited for decades. She predicted we'd arrive and protects the temporal distortion. I should defeat her so Saresea can try once more to contain it.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75593 Defeat Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, }, [10] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60750 Saresea continues to fight the temporal anomaly and attempt to contain. I should watch her final attempt.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "7949764-0-75711 Watch Saresea Contain the Temporal Distortion", }, }, }, [11] = { ["description"] = "103224356-0-60667 I returned back to my time. Saresea managed to end the temporal distortion's effects. I should talk to her to receive my reward.", ["goals"] = { ["main"] = { [1] = "121487972-0-15868 Talk to Saresea", }, }, }, }, ["info"] = { ["finisher"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-111462 Saresea", }, ["involved"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-111461 Saresea", }, ["description"] = { [1] = "265851556-0-6896 As I arrived at the stronghold of Bal Sunnar, several Dark Elves recognized me and ran away. A mage named Saresea has come to find the cause of a temporal distortion. I agreed to help her contain its source.", }, ["starter"] = { [1] = "8290981-0-111461 Saresea", }, }, }, }, }, ["subtitles"] = { ["267200725-0-27 Tamriel"] = { ["267200725-0-2263 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46043 Well, I was right. Here it is.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46044 Matriarch! Allow us to neutralize the distortion!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46045 I've waited years for you. Preparing. Seething. Gaining in power.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111466 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46046 I cannot allow this to continue. I must destroy it.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16178 Here is where your future ends!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111466 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46053 Keep the Matriarch away from me while I focus!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16767 Peryite blesses you!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111466 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-3-16771 A fragment has broken off!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16767 Feel it crawl under your skin!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111466 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16771 Time fragments under the strain!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45831 My lord, you failed me!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111466 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46055 So much. All of time. It's so strong!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46056 The knot is … unravelling. I can pull us through ….", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2262 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-47097 The matriarch arrived here from the past. It seems she forged a defensive pact with Peryite.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46013 Here you are. The temporal distortion wasn't in the tower.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46042 I fear they built this temple around the knot. Let's go.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2259 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-47096 Excellent progress. I sense it's deeper below ground. Keep searching.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46378 They've come for the artifact! Do not let them near it!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111766 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46379 Who sent you? How did you learn of our discovery?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111766 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2257 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46003 What happened here? Did the distortion cause this?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46004 Fire falls from the sky. Buildings destroyed. Such chaos.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46005 A temple of Peryite? What have they done?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46006 Go to the temple. I need to understand what's happened.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2258 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45936 There! As though a knot has formed in time.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46796 Scourge! I've waited a lifetime for you.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45937 Draw the guardian's ire so I can contain the distortion.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46797 Your rampage ends now!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16174 I shall cleanse this scourge!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16768 Feel the weight of time!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16764 Too fast!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46799 Time weaves all around us.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46800 And I can tear it asunder!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-16764 Fast as light!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [6] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45825 How? I didn't see my end.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [7] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45973 The threads are too many. The knot is too tight. I can't ….", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [8] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46124 It's gone. Wait … we've moved. Look around.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46805 Creatures of the past obey my will!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46807 Do you see now? My power has no limit.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16764 Over here!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46801 Time is so fragile.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46802 So easy to shred!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [7] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46809 Your future arrives early!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [8] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46810 Now you see how I control your fate.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, [9] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46811 I exist in all of time!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111464 Kovan Giryon", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2255 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45928 Warn the others. The Scourge has returned!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-112677 Telvanni Sun Mage", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45929 Let me in, you fools!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111461 Saresea", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46084 Naive to think that a gate stops me.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111461 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45933 Push through the opposition. We must find the distortion.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111461 Saresea", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-47095 No luck on my end. Continue your search in the tower.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2256 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45960 My word … the settlement is hardly built. The distortion threw us into the past.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45961 Interlopers! Lay down your arms and it will be a quick death!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-114419 Telvanni Geomancer", }, [3] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45962 Even now they get in our way!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [4] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45963 I'd hoped to stay clear from violence. But times are dire.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [5] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45965 Now, find the distortion again. Hurry!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16184 And what is this now? Filth enters my arena?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111476 Urvel Drath", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16774 Not today!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-113022 Beexilko", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "149328292-4-16775 Pain!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111476 Urvel Drath", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45828 Lackwits. Can't … defeat me. Not your place!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111476 Urvel Drath", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46825 Know … your place. Beast.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-113022 Beexilko", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2260 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45985 This power is ours! I will control my own fate!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111766 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45986 Rise, my blessed pet! Defend our home!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111766 Matriarch Lladi Telvanni", }, }, [2] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16794 Here you are! I felt a surge of power and … what is that?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [3] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16376 Such immense power!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [4] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-2-16378 Disable that orb!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [5] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16375 What is it … it's stealing power from the anomaly!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [6] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16376 Spread out! The creature's releasing its power!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [7] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-1-16377 Get to the light!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [8] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "149328292-0-16378 That orb! Stop it!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111915 Saresea", }, }, [9] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45991 The distortion. That creature destabilized it!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-45993 I can't control it!", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2261 Bal Sunnar"] = { [9] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46000 It moved us. Again. But what era?", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, [2] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46001 Up the rope seems the only way out. Go. I'll catch my breath.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111463 Saresea", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2264 Bal Sunnar"] = { [1] = { [1] = { ["text"] = "115740052-0-46073 We have emerged. I feel … different.", ["name"] = "8290981-0-111462 Saresea", }, }, }, }, }, ["npc"] = { ["267200725-0-27 Tamriel"] = { ["267200725-0-2258 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-111463 Saresea"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-74912 What do you mean by temporal knot?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-77119 What happened? Things look different."] = { ["200879108-0-74912 When the temporal knot resisted containment, I lost control. It exploded with energy. And now we're here.\n\nThis vaguely looks like the tower, but different. Newer. We should go outside to investigate."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-77119 What do you mean by temporal knot?"] = { ["200879108-0-77119 Imagine time as a woven fabric with threads that cross and stitch together. That distortion bound the threads unnaturally.\n\nA crude analogy. Time isn't made of physical strands, of course. But it's the best way I could think of to describe it."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-74912 What happened? Things look different."] = { ["200879108-0-74912 When the temporal knot resisted containment, I lost control. It exploded with energy. And now we're here.\n\nThis vaguely looks like the tower, but different. Newer. We should go outside to investigate."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-74912 When the temporal knot resisted containment, I lost control. It exploded with energy. And now we're here.\n\nThis vaguely looks like the tower, but different. Newer. We should go outside to investigate."] = { ["204987124-0-74912 What do you mean by temporal knot?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-77119 Imagine time as a woven fabric with threads that cross and stitch together. That distortion bound the threads unnaturally.\n\nA crude analogy. Time isn't made of physical strands, of course. But it's the best way I could think of to describe it."] = { ["204987124-0-77119 What happened? Things look different."] = "", }, ["55049764-5-15076 That temporal knot, it's unlike anything I've seen. Threads of chance and potential tangled around a single point.\n\nI tried containing the distortion. But it … resisted. It had power, but also a will. We must track it down again."] = { ["228103012-0-77119 What do you mean by temporal knot?"] = "", ["228103012-0-74912 What happened? Things look different."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-5-15076 That temporal knot, it's unlike anything I've seen. Threads of chance and potential tangled around a single point.\n\nI tried containing the distortion. But it … resisted. It had power, but also a will. We must track it down again.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2255 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-111461 Saresea"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-74907 Can you tell me about this Psijic Order?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-74904 What did you mean by oversight of this region?"] = { ["200879108-0-76344 I prefer to keep an eye on House Telvanni. They worry me. That's how I recognized when they disturbed the temporal flow around Bal Sunnar.\n\nTypically, my order doesn't interfere directly. Something like this requires a little more."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-76345 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-74903 Who are the Psijic Order?"] = { ["200879108-0-74904 Hmm … no quick way to answer that. We're mages who dedicate ourselves to the Old Ways—methods of controlling reality that are much too powerful for most.\n\nTime magic, for example. Not something we like to see wielded belligerently."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-76344 I want to know more about the temporal disturbance."] = { }, ["204987124-1-74904 You mentioned contacting me by projection. What did that mean?"] = { }, ["204987124-2-77111 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = { ["200879108-0-76345 Stone's Blessing. That's what the name means. The Dark Elves constructed it centuries ago. Placing it here with the surrounding mountains keeps them hidden away.\n\nRarely do people come in and out of this town. It's quite a strange mystery."] = "", }, ["20958740-1-8534 I'll join your search for the temporal distortion in Bal Sunnar."] = { }, ["204987124-1-74907 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-77111 What did you mean by oversight of this region?"] = { }, ["204987124-2-76344 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-74905 I want to know more about this temporal distortion."] = { }, ["204987124-0-74906 How will you resolve the distortion?"] = { ["200879108-0-74907 Depends. I've studied events like these for a long time. If the source is something common, then I'm prepared. If not, well, I'll have to figure it out."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-74903 Can you tell me about yourself?"] = { ["200879108-0-74903 Ah, fair enough. I'm a member of the Psijic Order, though my affiliation sometimes feels thin. I tend to work alone.\n\nI have the responsibility of oversight in this region. A role that I assigned myself, in all honesty."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-76346 Can you tell me about yourself?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-77111 I want to know more about the temporal disturbance."] = { }, ["204987124-0-76344 You mentioned contacting me by projection. What did that mean?"] = { ["200879108-0-77111 Just one of the skills I've picked up. I can manifest my image in your mind from a distance. It takes a great deal of concentration, so maintaining it is difficult.\n\nI'll use this projection to keep you apprised of my progress. And check in on yours."] = "", }, ["249936564-0-8534 What fears? Why would they recognize us?"] = { ["3952276-0-8534 A temporal distortion swirls through Bal Sunnar. I wanted to find the source before it affected causality. But I'm too late. Somehow, these Telvanni met us already. Events have occurred out of order for them.\n\nWhy did they call us a scourge, though?"] = "", }, ["204987124-0-76345 You mentioned these are Telvanni. What do you know of them?"] = { ["200879108-0-76346 Even among the paranoid houses of Dark Elves, the Telvanni excel at secrets. I've seen them act with keen savagery.\n\nThey have a reputation as masters of the arcane. But this knowledge comes from cruelty, not calm study."] = "", }, ["20958740-0-8534 What's your plan now?"] = { ["3952276-1-8534 Go in there and contain the source. But these are Telvanni. They guard their secrets jealously.\n\nI'd like your help. For pay, of course. And, since they know us already, it seems we're predestined to work together anyway."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-76346 I want to know more about this temporal disturbance."] = { ["200879108-0-74905 Picture time as a river. Trite, perhaps, but an useful concept. An eddy swirls within Bal Sunnar's temporal flow. Not too large, yet. I'd like to find the source before it grows."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-74905 Do you have an idea of the source?"] = { ["200879108-0-74906 Not yet. An event like this can arise for all sorts of reasons—powerful spells, activated relics, Daedric trickery. Sometimes they just happen.\n\nThe source should be obvious when you see it. Time distortions require a great deal of power."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-74905 Picture time as a river. Trite, perhaps, but an useful concept. An eddy swirls within Bal Sunnar's temporal flow. Not too large, yet. I'd like to find the source before it grows."] = { ["204987124-0-74905 Do you have an idea of the source?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74904 Hmm … no quick way to answer that. We're mages who dedicate ourselves to the Old Ways—methods of controlling reality that are much too powerful for most.\n\nTime magic, for example. Not something we like to see wielded belligerently."] = { ["204987124-1-74904 You mentioned contacting me by projection. What did that mean?"] = "", ["204987124-0-74904 What did you mean by oversight of this region?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74907 Depends. I've studied events like these for a long time. If the source is something common, then I'm prepared. If not, well, I'll have to figure it out."] = { ["204987124-0-74907 Can you tell me about this Psijic Order?"] = "", ["204987124-1-74907 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = "", }, ["3952276-0-8534 A temporal distortion swirls through Bal Sunnar. I wanted to find the source before it affected causality. But I'm too late. Somehow, these Telvanni met us already. Events have occurred out of order for them.\n\nWhy did they call us a scourge, though?"] = { ["20958740-0-8534 What's your plan now?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74906 Not yet. An event like this can arise for all sorts of reasons—powerful spells, activated relics, Daedric trickery. Sometimes they just happen.\n\nThe source should be obvious when you see it. Time distortions require a great deal of power."] = { ["204987124-0-74906 How will you resolve the distortion?"] = "", }, ["55049764-8-15076 Why won't they listen? They must know the danger they're in.\n\nAnd you—have we met before? No, I would remember. But, those Dark Elves recognized us. You heard them call us the Scourge. This confirms my fears."] = { ["249936564-0-8534 What fears? Why would they recognize us?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-77111 Just one of the skills I've picked up. I can manifest my image in your mind from a distance. It takes a great deal of concentration, so maintaining it is difficult.\n\nI'll use this projection to keep you apprised of my progress. And check in on yours."] = { ["204987124-0-77111 What did you mean by oversight of this region?"] = "", ["204987124-2-77111 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = "", ["204987124-1-77111 I want to know more about the temporal disturbance."] = "", }, ["55049764-6-15076 Even with our combined ability, Bal Sunnar will be dangerous. But we must find the temporal distortion.\n\nOnce inside, we should split up. We can search faster that way. I'll observe your progress and contact you by projection."] = { ["228103012-0-76345 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = "", ["228103012-0-74905 I want to know more about this temporal distortion."] = "", ["228103012-0-74903 Can you tell me about yourself?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74903 Ah, fair enough. I'm a member of the Psijic Order, though my affiliation sometimes feels thin. I tend to work alone.\n\nI have the responsibility of oversight in this region. A role that I assigned myself, in all honesty."] = { ["204987124-0-74903 Who are the Psijic Order?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-76346 Even among the paranoid houses of Dark Elves, the Telvanni excel at secrets. I've seen them act with keen savagery.\n\nThey have a reputation as masters of the arcane. But this knowledge comes from cruelty, not calm study."] = { ["204987124-0-76346 Can you tell me about yourself?"] = "", ["204987124-1-76346 I want to know more about this temporal disturbance."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-76345 Stone's Blessing. That's what the name means. The Dark Elves constructed it centuries ago. Placing it here with the surrounding mountains keeps them hidden away.\n\nRarely do people come in and out of this town. It's quite a strange mystery."] = { ["204987124-0-76345 You mentioned these are Telvanni. What do you know of them?"] = "", }, ["3952276-1-8534 Go in there and contain the source. But these are Telvanni. They guard their secrets jealously.\n\nI'd like your help. For pay, of course. And, since they know us already, it seems we're predestined to work together anyway."] = { ["20958740-1-8534 I'll join your search for the temporal distortion in Bal Sunnar."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-76344 I prefer to keep an eye on House Telvanni. They worry me. That's how I recognized when they disturbed the temporal flow around Bal Sunnar.\n\nTypically, my order doesn't interfere directly. Something like this requires a little more."] = { ["204987124-2-76344 What do you know about Bal Sunnar?"] = "", ["204987124-0-76344 You mentioned contacting me by projection. What did that mean?"] = "", ["204987124-1-76344 I want to know more about the temporal disturbance."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-8-15076 Why won't they listen? They must know the danger they're in.\n\nAnd you—have we met before? No, I would remember. But, those Dark Elves recognized us. You heard them call us the Scourge. This confirms my fears.", [2] = "55049764-6-15076 Even with our combined ability, Bal Sunnar will be dangerous. But we must find the temporal distortion.\n\nOnce inside, we should split up. We can search faster that way. I'll observe your progress and contact you by projection.", }, }, ["8290981-0-113186 Chuchei"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-77148 What is this place?"] = { ["200879108-0-77148 They capture us to work, but also to study. Experiments of our mind.\n\nIf we solve the puzzle, we can go free. So they say. It cruelly mocks us. I believe they change the solution in secret. That way we never succeed."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-75751 What is this place?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-77148 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = { ["200879108-0-75751 We cannot thank you enough for what you have done today. We will gather supplies and do as you suggest."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-75751 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = { }, }, ["links"] = { ["149328292-2-16787 Many of us have sung for your arrival. Stories passed to us of your first scourge of Bal Sunnar. Our salvation will not go unremembered."] = { ["228103012-0-77148 What is this place?"] = "", ["228103012-0-75751 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", }, ["149328292-0-16787 I do not know who you are, but I thank you for coming to our aid. An enemy of our captors is our friend."] = { ["228103012-0-77148 What is this place?"] = "", ["228103012-0-75751 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-75751 We cannot thank you enough for what you have done today. We will gather supplies and do as you suggest."] = { ["204987124-0-75751 What is this place?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-77148 They capture us to work, but also to study. Experiments of our mind.\n\nIf we solve the puzzle, we can go free. So they say. It cruelly mocks us. I believe they change the solution in secret. That way we never succeed."] = { ["204987124-0-77148 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "149328292-0-16787 I do not know who you are, but I thank you for coming to our aid. An enemy of our captors is our friend.", [2] = "149328292-2-16787 Many of us have sung for your arrival. Stories passed to us of your first scourge of Bal Sunnar. Our salvation will not go unremembered.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2256 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-113187 Hleewos"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-75752 Why do they have you here?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-77149 You are free to go."] = { ["200879108-0-75752 Once we have these doors open we will gather our supplies and escape. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done here today. We will tell our story to all who will listen."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-77149 Why do they have you here?"] = { ["200879108-0-77149 To build their homes. For entertainment. To experiment on. Take your pick.\n\nThe man you slew was brutal. He enjoyed watching us fight. I will not mourn him."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-75752 You are free to go."] = { }, }, ["links"] = { ["149328292-2-16788 Many of us have lived here since hatching. They have not known the cool muds of Black Marsh. They will never forget you."] = { ["228103012-0-77149 Why do they have you here?"] = "", ["228103012-0-75752 You are free to go."] = "", }, ["149328292-0-16788 To defeat the master himself! We had given up hope. I will make certain your deeds are remembered."] = { ["228103012-0-77149 Why do they have you here?"] = "", ["228103012-0-75752 You are free to go."] = "", }, ["149328292-1-16788 You have done what even Beexilko could not. The tales they will tell."] = { ["228103012-0-77149 Why do they have you here?"] = "", ["228103012-0-75752 You are free to go."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-77149 To build their homes. For entertainment. To experiment on. Take your pick.\n\nThe man you slew was brutal. He enjoyed watching us fight. I will not mourn him."] = { ["204987124-0-77149 You are free to go."] = "", }, ["200879108-0-75752 Once we have these doors open we will gather our supplies and escape. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done here today. We will tell our story to all who will listen."] = { ["204987124-0-75752 Why do they have you here?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "149328292-2-16788 Many of us have lived here since hatching. They have not known the cool muds of Black Marsh. They will never forget you.", [2] = "149328292-1-16788 You have done what even Beexilko could not. The tales they will tell.", [3] = "149328292-0-16788 To defeat the master himself! We had given up hope. I will make certain your deeds are remembered.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2259 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-113188 Drolnieek"] = { ["topics"] = { ["228103012-0-77150 Why do they have you here?"] = { ["200879108-0-77150 We work day and night to build their homes. They have found something deep below ground. Now they want to expand the settlement.\n\nMore and more of us arrived every day. But with you here, we can go home."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-75753 Why do they have you here?"] = { ["200879108-0-77150 We work day and night to build their homes. They have found something deep below ground. Now they want to expand the settlement.\n\nMore and more of us arrived every day. But with you here, we can go home."] = "", ["200879108-0-75753 Immense gratitude, strangers. We will take what we can and do as you suggest."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-77150 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = { ["200879108-0-75753 Immense gratitude, strangers. We will take what we can and do as you suggest."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-75753 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = { ["200879108-0-77150 We work day and night to build their homes. They have found something deep below ground. Now they want to expand the settlement.\n\nMore and more of us arrived every day. But with you here, we can go home."] = "", ["200879108-0-75753 Immense gratitude, strangers. We will take what we can and do as you suggest."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-77150 We work day and night to build their homes. They have found something deep below ground. Now they want to expand the settlement.\n\nMore and more of us arrived every day. But with you here, we can go home."] = { ["204987124-0-77150 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", }, ["149328292-2-16789 With our captors dead, we can feel the warm sun on our scales once again. I will sing your deeds to all that can hear."] = { ["228103012-0-75753 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", ["228103012-0-77150 Why do they have you here?"] = "", }, ["149328292-0-16789 Xuth! We did not believe anyone would know of our captivity. So far below ground, we were unseen. Yet here you are."] = { ["228103012-0-75753 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", ["228103012-0-77150 Why do they have you here?"] = "", }, ["149328292-1-16789 When you first came upon the mines, there was much fear among us. I am grateful you are on our side."] = { ["228103012-0-75753 You are free to go. Leave the way we came."] = "", ["228103012-0-77150 Why do they have you here?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-75753 Immense gratitude, strangers. We will take what we can and do as you suggest."] = { ["204987124-0-75753 Why do they have you here?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "149328292-0-16789 Xuth! We did not believe anyone would know of our captivity. So far below ground, we were unseen. Yet here you are.", [2] = "149328292-2-16789 With our captors dead, we can feel the warm sun on our scales once again. I will sing your deeds to all that can hear.", [3] = "149328292-1-16789 When you first came upon the mines, there was much fear among us. I am grateful you are on our side.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2261 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-111463 Saresea"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-74924 Are we in the same cavern?"] = { }, ["228103012-0-74924 Will you be all right?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-74926 Will you be all right?"] = { ["200879108-0-74924 I feel emptied. This attempt at containing the distortion took all I had. And yet, it wasn't enough.\n\nI have to consider my next approach. Perhaps it can't be contained at all."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-74926 Are we in the same cavern?"] = { ["200879108-0-74926 Seems pretty similar, right? I can only surmise, based on what happened in the tower, that we've jumped in time again. The question now is when?\n\nI don't recall this lava in the past."] = "", }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-74926 Seems pretty similar, right? I can only surmise, based on what happened in the tower, that we've jumped in time again. The question now is when?\n\nI don't recall this lava in the past."] = { ["204987124-0-74926 Will you be all right?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74924 I feel emptied. This attempt at containing the distortion took all I had. And yet, it wasn't enough.\n\nI have to consider my next approach. Perhaps it can't be contained at all."] = { ["204987124-0-74924 Are we in the same cavern?"] = "", }, ["55049764-3-15076 I pushed myself so hard to unravel the knot. But still … I couldn't do it. Maybe I'm too weak, I don't have the will.\n\nPlease, track down the distortion again. I'm exhausted, but I can try one more time."] = { ["228103012-0-74926 Are we in the same cavern?"] = "", ["228103012-0-74924 Will you be all right?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-3-15076 I pushed myself so hard to unravel the knot. But still … I couldn't do it. Maybe I'm too weak, I don't have the will.\n\nPlease, track down the distortion again. I'm exhausted, but I can try one more time.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2264 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-111462 Saresea"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-77129 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = { ["200879108-0-74932 Yes. You already know it. Or you will. Your path is more difficult to see. Blurrier. Like seawater.\n\nIf you do not know, it is not my place to say. Do not ask again."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-74932 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = { ["200879108-0-74932 Yes. You already know it. Or you will. Your path is more difficult to see. Blurrier. Like seawater.\n\nIf you do not know, it is not my place to say. Do not ask again."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-74935 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = { ["200879108-0-74932 Yes. You already know it. Or you will. Your path is more difficult to see. Blurrier. Like seawater.\n\nIf you do not know, it is not my place to say. Do not ask again."] = "", }, ["232026500-0-15868 Multichronal?"] = { ["116521668-0-15868 I manifest at many points. I am at my death. I am at your creation. Ah. I did not realize this about you. Interesting.\n\nNonetheless, we have succeeded. Here. Your payment as promised. You will spend it wisely."] = "", }, ["204987124-0-74934 Do you know what collected you?"] = { ["200879108-0-74935 Yes. And no. It was the same will that tied the temporal knot. Cold. Silent.\n\nI choose not to investigate further."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-74932 Where will you go now?"] = { }, ["204987124-0-74932 What exactly happened to you?"] = { ["200879108-0-74934 I fragmented. Shattered across time. Something … collected me. Rebound back into this form.\n\nNow, I am with you. But, also, watching an emperor rise. A nation cut in twain. A people vanish. I see all of these."] = "", ["200879108-0-74932 Yes. You already know it. Or you will. Your path is more difficult to see. Blurrier. Like seawater.\n\nIf you do not know, it is not my place to say. Do not ask again."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-74934 What exactly has happened to you?"] = { ["200879108-0-74934 I fragmented. Shattered across time. Something … collected me. Rebound back into this form.\n\nNow, I am with you. But, also, watching an emperor rise. A nation cut in twain. A people vanish. I see all of these."] = "", }, ["204987124-1-74935 Where will you go now?"] = { ["200879108-0-77129 I have returned to Artaeum. I am locked in a cage of warded glass for observation. I sit on a rooftop in a city between places, watching. I feel the bite of an arrow piercing my shoulder. I dance in a warm rain.\n\nI die in bed as my son holds my hand."] = "", }, ["228103012-0-77129 Where will you go now?"] = { }, ["204987124-1-77129 What exactly happened to you?"] = { }, }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-74932 Yes. You already know it. Or you will. Your path is more difficult to see. Blurrier. Like seawater.\n\nIf you do not know, it is not my place to say. Do not ask again."] = { ["204987124-1-74932 Where will you go now?"] = "", ["204987124-0-74932 What exactly happened to you?"] = "", }, ["55049764-0-15076 The artifact within the temporal knot—it has a fate. I am handing it over to a friend. I watch as its siblings take form.\n\nSign it, proxy."] = { ["228103012-0-74932 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = "", ["228103012-0-74934 What exactly has happened to you?"] = "", ["228103012-0-77129 Where will you go now?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74934 I fragmented. Shattered across time. Something … collected me. Rebound back into this form.\n\nNow, I am with you. But, also, watching an emperor rise. A nation cut in twain. A people vanish. I see all of these."] = { ["204987124-0-74934 Do you know what collected you?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-77129 I have returned to Artaeum. I am locked in a cage of warded glass for observation. I sit on a rooftop in a city between places, watching. I feel the bite of an arrow piercing my shoulder. I dance in a warm rain.\n\nI die in bed as my son holds my hand."] = { ["204987124-1-77129 What exactly happened to you?"] = "", ["204987124-0-77129 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = "", }, ["55049764-1-15076 You are home. I am … now. But, I am also fighting the beast. And I am wandering the fields as a child. Ah. I see.\n\nThe temporal distortion—the knot—had wrapped around an artifact. Cutting the knot exposed its energies. Made me multichronal."] = { ["232026500-0-15868 Multichronal?"] = "", }, ["200879108-0-74935 Yes. And no. It was the same will that tied the temporal knot. Cold. Silent.\n\nI choose not to investigate further."] = { ["204987124-0-74935 You saw something about me. Something you didn't realize."] = "", ["204987124-1-74935 Where will you go now?"] = "", }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-1-15076 You are home. I am … now. But, I am also fighting the beast. And I am wandering the fields as a child. Ah. I see.\n\nThe temporal distortion—the knot—had wrapped around an artifact. Cutting the knot exposed its energies. Made me multichronal.", [2] = "55049764-0-15076 The artifact within the temporal knot—it has a fate. I am handing it over to a friend. I watch as its siblings take form.\n\nSign it, proxy.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-2260 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["8290981-0-111915 Saresea"] = { ["topics"] = { }, ["links"] = { ["55049764-4-15076 The distortion's power has grown. Containment is no longer an option. Only destruction can untangle the knot.\n\nDestroy that creature, while I do my work."] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "55049764-4-15076 The distortion's power has grown. Containment is no longer an option. Only destruction can untangle the knot.\n\nDestroy that creature, while I do my work.", }, }, }, ["267200725-0-7 Stonefalls"] = { ["87370069-0-31190 Bal Sunnar"] = { ["topics"] = { ["204987124-0-74346 "] = { }, }, ["greetings"] = { [1] = "200879108-0-74346 ", }, ["links"] = { ["200879108-0-74346 "] = { ["204987124-0-74346 "] = "", }, }, }, }, }, }, }