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DemonicDarkwraith -> Reality (5/14/2022 1:24:23)
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Reality
Location: Book of Lore -> Intro: Reality / To War!,
Location: Falconreach (Book 3) -> Up -> Left -> Uaanta -> The Maleurous -> Notha Ly'Ehr -> Reawakening,
Location: Reawakening -> To the War! -> Reality
Level/Quest/Items required: None Completion of Revolution
Release Date: May 13th, 2022
Objective: All's well that ends well.
Objective completed: One last dream, then.
Experience rewarded: 0
Gold rewarded: 0
Monsters
None
NPCs
Key
Lock
Myalos?
Notha
Remthalas
Uaanta
Rewards
None
Dialogue
*Late evening at the Book 3 Falconreach Inn, Notha is repairing Myalos' body while Lock oversees her.*
Notha: ...Stay strong, Myalos... The power source is still stable... It's just a matter of time.
*A brief pause as Notha continues to repair Myalos.*
Notha: *Sigh*
Notha: ...Just a matter of time.
Lock: Perhaps a break is in order.
Lock: Uaanta and <Character> are still downstairs.
Lock: They are enjoying themselves.
Lock: It is highly probable that they would appreciate your company.
*Another brief pause as Notha tries to take a break from repairing Myalos.*
Notha: I guess that's the socially expected option.
Lock: It is what data shows to be beneficial to friendship based transactions.
Notha: ...Right. I guess I must make some effort.
Notha: Don't go anywhere, Myalos! I—
*Remthalas appears behind Notha.*
Remthalas: I am not finished, Notha Ly'Ehr.
Remthalas: And neither are you.
*In another room of Falconreach Inn, you, your dragon and Uaanta are enjoying themselves as Key oversees them.*
<Character>: And then he says, "Man, what happened to that tog?!"
*Your dragon nods back to you while Uaanta reminiscence the previous events surrounding the Avatars and the Maleurous.*
<Character>: ...Is something bothering you, Uaanta?
Uaanta: It's not that I dislike your company, <Character>. You've been a... a fine companion.
Uaanta: But with the gods of Lhe'Shyiac locked up in an ancient sentient relic; no offense, Key...
Key: None taken.
Uaanta: ...and my journey home being a prospective adventure in itself, and Notha shutting herself in her room with Myalos...
Uaanta: Yes, there's quite a lot weighing on my mind, <Character>.
Uaanta: Remthalas is still out there, too. And something about that doesn't feel... right.
Uaanta: Makes my sword arm twitch.
<Character>: Maybe I can try and talk Notha out of her room! We can discuss what lies ahead for us.
<Character>: Or, Key, can you um, tell Lock to try to help convince Notha to come down?
Key: It is done.
<Character>: Already? Wow. I don't even have to leave my chair!
*Back in Notha's room in the Falconreach Inn, she asks Remthalas why he appeared to her.*
Notha: Whatever could you be referring to, Remthalas?
Notha: The Avatars, the Makers, they're dormant now. We are free. I have... friends! A happy ending for all.
Remthalas: You know there is more. You promised to help.
Remthalas: To help with that... suffocating thread wound around our necks and hearts from the dreamless sleepers.
Remthalas: From Aequilibria.
Notha: I promised to help.
Notha: And I did.
Notha: We took down the Avatars.
Notha: You helped me, and I helped you. How far that "help" goes was never specified.
Notha: I will not oppose you if you leave me be. But I will not help you in your... madness.
Remthalas: You've seen the hints in your Exalted remnants! There is still yet another yoke to wriggle free from!
Notha: I'm done, Remthalas. Surely there are other people you can pester with your dreams into the unknown.
Remthalas: Heroes.
*Remthalas uses his powers as he states his intentions about Aequilibria.*
Remthalas: I need heroes to tear down the tyranny.
Notha: ...Really? I'm in the middle of something!
Remthalas: And now that the Avatars are free, I will have my answers.
*Notha rolls her eyes to Remthalas.*
Notha: ...You're at least bringing the others in as well, right?
Notha: Maybe I should warn them.
Notha: Hey, Lock, can you—
*Back in your and Uaanta's room, Key notifies you and Uaanta that Remthalas has appeared.*
Key: There has been a development.
Key: Remthalas has appeared.
Key: I suggest you prepare yourselves for unanticipated slumber.
*Uaanta knock the table with her fist.*
Uaanta: Finally! Alright, I'm ready to grill some anglerfish! Let's do this!
<Character>: Unanticipated slumber? Wait, I thought Notha could stop Remthalas from—
*Remthalas, offscreen, puts you to sleep as you fall into the ocean; you found yourself waking up in a classroom on Remthalas' dreamscape with Uaanta, Notha and the inactive Myalos as Remthalas holds a book upon a single fingertip.*
<Character>: Hey, Remthalas! Have I ever mentioned how ridiculously unfair your magic is?
Notha: Oh! There you all are!
Uaanta: Release us at once, Remthalas!
<Character>: Notha, what is going on?!
Remthalas: Settle down, class.
Remthalas: I... require your help. The help of heroes such as yourselves, who have been freed from Destiny's yoke.
<Character>: ...And you couldn't have just asked? What do you need? Ten tog hides?
Remthalas: Our goal is to free... Aequilibria.
Notha: You cannot free a concept. Aequilibria is what it is. You are being foolish, Remthalas.
*Remthalas angrily teleports behind Notha.*
Remthalas: You! Are being too narrow minded.
<Character>: Um... what... is Aequilibria?
Remthalas: When the Exalted sought to destroy their own gods, their controlling gods who wanted only perfection and Order, they succeeded.
Remthalas: To an extent.
Notha: Blah blah blah, turned dormant and likely to remain so forever. The Exalted did quite a good job, all things considered.
Remthalas: Dormant and dreamless. But still here!
Remthalas: Still influencing the course of the lives of every being on Lore!
<Character>: But... Notha said they're a... concept?
Uaanta: Never heard of them. I think this is getting a bit too existential for me.
Remthalas: They don't speak. They don't feel. They just are. Whatever they are.
Remthalas: And the tyranny of their control must. Be. Severed!
Remthalas: I must enter their minds. If they have minds. They will bend, or they will be crushed.
Remthalas: They must see! You must see! You will understand!
<Character>: ...
<Character>: So let me get this straight... You want us to help you "free" the ill-defined remains of some ancient conceptual gods or whatever they are...
<Character>: ...because you think they might be secretly controlling everything and everyone?
Notha: I can't say it doesn't sound fun. But, no thank you, Remthalas. I'll pass.
Uaanta: This sounds beyond me. I am not interested. So let us free, you hypocrite!
*Remthalas plays around the inactive Myalos' head to convince you, Uaanta and Notha to help him.*
Myalos?: "Hi, it's me, your buddy Myalos! I think we should help Remthalas!"
*You appear to be unamused to Remthalas' tactics.*
<Character>: Did you really think that would convince us?
*Remthalas is infuriated that none of them want to help him.*
Remthalas: Very well. If you will not join me...
Remthalas: Then I shall bury you in your dreams. A labyrinth of slumber you cannot escape.
Remthalas: Other heroes will rise. And they will assist me. You will be forgotten, in time.
*Remthalas uses his powers to pull you, Uaanta, Notha and the inactive Myalos in dreams.*
Uaanta: Ugh. I can't move! I swear, I'm going to make stew out of that fish!
<Character>: Notha! Can't you do anything to stop him?
Notha: Oh, but isn't this exciting?
<Character>: Notha!
Notha: Sorry. I could maybe have stopped him from pulling us in, but I was just so curious! He seemed so earnest!
Notha: ...A little bit harder to escape once we're in here, though.
Remthalas: Perhaps I'll visit after an eternity or two. See if your minds have changed. If you begin to understand.
Uaanta: Oh shut it, fish boy. What's Myalos doing here, by the way?
Notha: That's a good question! I was working on them earlier.
Notha: I suppose it's possible that Myalos is actually recognizably sentient after being disconnected from the mechanism mainframe.
Notha: But for Myalos to still be asleep inside the dream...?
Notha: Perhaps there's another...layer of sleep in that metal head of theirs. Isn't this fascinating?
<Character>: ...Sure. But we have to stop Remthalas before he can finish... whatever this is!
Uaanta: I'm... trying! Grrraaargh!
Notha: None of us can move. Why struggle?
Notha: I'm enjoying the show, at least.
<Character>: Wait! What about Lock and Key? They're still out there!
<Character> (briefly): Maybe they can—
*Before you can do something, the screen cuts to black.*
<Character>: ...
*A Defeat message appears, which startles you as there was no fight; the Continue button does not work.*
<Character>: Oh come on, there wasn't even a fight!
*As you are still in pitch black, a golden thread appears below the Defeat message and must be clicked to continue.*
Hello, protagonist?
<Character>: Lock! Key! Is that you?
Connection established.
We are sure this is the one?
We are.
We advise bracing yourself.
<Character>: I'm ready! I'm ready!
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*You found yourself back in a twisted version of Falconreach Inn with Lock and Key.*
<Character>: Am I... free? Where's <Dragon>? Where's Uaanta and Notha?
Lock: We are a layer up in your dream. This is not reality.
Key: Remthalas has put you all into a shared dream, including himself.
Lock: We presume he intends to try to imprison you until you are pliable to his whims.
Key: We are attempting to guide you to relative safety.
<Character>: Couldn't you just... hit Remthalas with something? The dreaming one, that is. Not...in the dream.
<Character>: Oh, this is getting confusing.
Lock: That...
Key: <error>
Lock: We...
Key: ...do not know what potential adverse effect that may have on you!
Lock: Yes.
Key: We are being safe.
<Character>: ...Right. So, what's the plan?
Lock: We are currently searching for the others as well.
Key: But as we have a stronger connection to you, we found you first.
Lock: As this is a dream, it is somewhat malleable.
Key: You must break down the barriers between layers and find your way to Remthalas.
Lock: You must break free.
<Character>: Smashing things? Yeah. I can do that.
<Character>: You can't hold me here, Remthalas!
<Character>: I will not be defeated here!
Complete Quest
Other information
After first completion, Book of Lore and Falconreach (Book 3) access points no longer directs you to this quest, but Reawakening instead.
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