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DemonicDarkwraith -> Plain Truth, The (7/18/2026 17:34:00)
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The Plain Truth
Location: Upon entering Swordhaven Castle after A Hero is Invited,
Location: Swordhaven Castle -> Queen Victoria -> Replay The Plain Truth
Requirements: Completion of A Hero is Invited
Release Date: July 17th, 2026
Objective: Mihyun has a lot of explaining to do... But where do we go from here?
Objective completed: And so, your adventure takes you into the Elemental Plains.
Experience rewarded: Scaled
Gold rewarded: Scaled
Monsters
(10) Bubble
(2) Puddle
(4) Water Elemental
(1) Prime Water Elemental, (2) Bubble - Boss
NPCs
Mihyun
Myalos
Notha
Queen Victoria
Uaanta
Rewards
Hyonite Bracelet
Dialogue
*You, your dragon, and Mihyun are in Mihyun's private chamber on Swordhaven Castle following the Shadowscythe Assassin's assassination attempt on Mihyun; Mihyun looks at a stone near her staff; a door opens as Queen Victoria comes back to check on them.*
Queen Victoria: Okay, I'm back.
*Scene zooms out as you face Queen Victoria as she enters the scene.*
Queen Victoria: Thankfully our Vind friends have volunteered to help the knights evacuate the guests.
Queen Victoria: How are you feeling, <Dragon>? Do you still sense anything?
<Dragon>: I feel a little full... but nothing else! | *Cheerful chirp*
<Character>: We should be safe, for now.
Queen Victoria: What a mess.
*Listening to the Assassin's words, Mihyun stops looking at the stone as she is forced to tell the truth about herself and the Hyonites.*
Mihyun: I... I know I have a lot of explaining to do...
Queen Victoria: I'd say so. You led an assassin into the middle of my castle!
Queen Victoria: Now, I trust you didn't intentionally mean us harm. But you're clearly not an emissary.
Mihyun: I'm sorry. You're right. I'm not.
Mihyun: My mother is the leader of the Hyonites.
Mihyun: I... snuck through the rift, because she was about to begin the next stage of the attack, and I thought if I disappeared...
Mihyun: Maybe she would hold off or delay the invasion.
Mihyun: I thought... that maybe I could find a way to stop things before they escalated.
<Character>: Or she might redouble her efforts if she thought we had you.
*Mihyun is surprised by your words of her mother's presumable plans to get her.*
Mihyun: Um. I didn't think about that. Sorry.
Queen Victoria: Hmm. I understand wanting peace, but why risk finding us on your own?
Queen Victoria: You had no guarantee that we'd be sympathetic or willing to help.
Mihyun: Even in the Plains, we've heard whispers of heroes in the Beyond who accomplish mighty feats and defeat great evils.
<Character>: Of me and <Dragon>?
Mihyun: Maybe? We mostly hear stories from traders and caravans that stop by. Stories about the Beyond are mostly considered tall tales...
Mihyun: Exaggerations of massive dragons clashing, heroes facing down armies and monstrous villains. That sort of thing.
Mihyun: I always liked those stories. I always believed there had to be some truth to them.
Mihyun: I thought, if I could find a hero of the Beyond like the ones in the stories, um, they'd be able to solve everything!
*After Mihyun tells you about her plan to meet you and your dragon in order to stop the invasion, she realizes that her plan might have backfired.*
Mihyun: I... Um... I'm starting to realize how stupid and naive that was.
Queen Victoria: ...And I'm starting to realize this could have gone a lot worse.
<Dragon>: I feel like you've done stupider, right, <Character>? | *Smug grumble, targeted at <Character>*
<Character>: We don't talk about that, <Dragon>.
<Character>: Well, you got lucky, Mihyun. You found us. We just so happen to be heroes good at solving problems!
Mihyun: Really? Victoria mentioned you were heroes, and the way you fought the assassin was so...! I mean... you'll help, then?
<Character>: That assassin was working for the Shadowscythe.
<Character>: If there's anything I've learned, Shadowscythe plans are far-reaching, and never good for anyone involved.
<Character>: Killing you would have guaranteed a war with the Hyonites.
<Character>: And if that war benefits the Shadowscythe, then we must find a way to stop it.
Queen Victoria: Are the Shadowscythe the ones threatening your home in the Plains, Mihyun?
Mihyun: Um. No... I've only heard about them and agents of Doom from stories.
Mihyun: In the Plains, it's usually the Ashen Kingdom and Kinnaran mercenaries attacking us.
Queen Victoria: Hmm. What do you think, "heroes"? Any ideas for the next step?
*Assessing their options, you decided to go to the Deadlands Proclamation rift in order to enter the Water Plains.*
<Character>: We'll go through the rift. To the Plains.
<Dragon>: We can take the fight to them! | *Eager chirping!*
<Character>: We'll speak to Mihyun's mother, and find a solution. Bringing her daughter back should help.
Queen Victoria: Hmm. I trust you. But we'll still need someone to go to the Locker.
Queen Victoria: Letting Aquella know about the Hyonites could help our cause, and also be a contingency in case anything goes wrong.
Queen Victoria: The water elves are very distrusting of outsiders, so someone who Aquella is acquainted with—
*Suddenly, Notha, Myalos, and Uaanta forcibly open the door in order to enter Mihyun's chamber; Myalos lies on the floor after they open the door.*
Notha: Did someone say they were going to the Plains?
Queen Victoria: Who—?
Queen Victoria: Oh. It's you three. I told you to guard the door, not listen at it!
Queen Victoria: This is the worst time to be startling people!
Uaanta: Apologies, your Majesty. I'll be sure to keep these two on a tighter leash.
<Character>: Guard duty? For them? That's a new one.
Queen Victoria: I know you've worked with them before, and I've had Circe keeping an eye on them, to be safe.
Queen Victoria: From her assessment, they're powerful and trustworthy.
<Character>: That's... one way to describe them.
Queen Victoria: It was just for the moment, anyway, after all the chaos earlier. Their main purpose here is studying the rift.
Notha: Yes, but this is much more exciting! And technically involves the rift, too!
Mihyun: Um. Are you also heroes?
Myalos: I could never be a hero..., Notha: That depends., Uaanta: Of course!
*Sometime later, Queen Victoria greets the Royal Research Team—a team consisting of Notha, Uaanta, and Myalos—to Mihyun.*
Queen Victoria: ...May I present to you, the Royal Research Team.
Queen Victoria: Notha.
Queen Victoria: Uaanta.
Queen Victoria: And Myalos.
Mihyun: Um. Hello. I'm Mihyun.
Notha: You're from the Plains? I have so many questions!
Uaanta: Give the girl some space, Notha!
<Character>: I assume the three of you want to join us?
Notha: Lhe'Shyiac had a few shattered Exalted ruins in my time, but we never found a way to enter the Plains.
Uaanta: It's said the Makers had domains in the lands beyond ours. I would like to see them for myself!
Myalos: It would be an adventure.
Queen Victoria: And what about your duties here? You're supposed to research the Proclamation rift!
Notha: Well, we can't do that without getting closer, right?
Notha: Maybe we could discover something on the other side that would help!
Queen Victoria: I suppose...
<Character>: How about this? <Dragon> and I will go with Mihyun.
<Character>: Once we establish peace, then you can follow. We don't want to overwhelm the Hyonites.
Uaanta: Thoughtful.
<Character>: And in the meantime, you can go to the Locker and let Aquella know about the Hyonites.
Queen Victoria: That works for me. Consider it your current assignment, you three.
Myalos: An important duty!
Notha: So you're saying, the sooner we get back, the sooner we can join you in the Plains?
<Character>: I mean, it still depends on if—
Notha: Say no more! Let's go, Myalos! Pack your things, Uaanta!
*Myalos and Uaanta leaves Mihyun's chamber as they travel to the Locker in order to meet Aquella; as Notha is about to leave, she leaves a clue to you about Aequilibria's appearance on the Plains.*
Notha: It's funny, <Character>. I was going to suggest we travel to the Plains to learn more about Aequilibria, anyway.
Notha: That's where it's said they came from before Lore, after all!
*Notha smiles as she floats in order to leave the chamber.*
Queen Victoria: You have... strange friends.
<Character>: I also knew a princess who used to moonlight as a noble thief!
Queen Victoria: Point taken.
<Character>: If everything else is taken care of, we'll get going.
<Dragon>: Don't forget to pack extra snacks! Who knows how long we'll be away? | *Excited growls*
Queen Victoria: One last thing, Mihyun. What was that book you were interested in earlier?
Mihyun: Oh! Um, the title is "The Fall of Wrath: Alteon's Ascension". It just... looked interesting.
Queen Victoria: I see. Why not take it with you?
Mihyun: Do you mean it? I really can?
Queen Victoria: Absolutely. Consider it a gift.
Mihyun: Thank you so much, Queen Victoria!
*Scene fades to black.*
Mihyun joins you as Guest A.
*Scene fades back in as you, your dragon, and Mihyun are in the Deadlands, which is raining due to the Proclamation Rift nearby.*
Mihyun: I'm going to miss the rain...
<Character>: You don't have rain in the Water Plains?
Mihyun: Ahaha. That is quite the misunderstanding! There are a number of different "Water Plains".
Mihyun: But no, in our lands, it doesn't rain. It's um, a long story.
<Character>: That still seems odd... The other rifts seemed to match the environments on the other side.
<Character>: Why don't you tell me about it along the way?
Mihyun: Okay! And um, don't worry about dispelling the elemental scouts. The faster we get back, the better, right?
*You fight various water elementals as you search for the rift; during your search, you listen to Mihyun's story about the Water Plains.*
Mihyun: So, um... where to start...? Oh, I know! My staff!, Mihyun: You might have noticed earlier, but my staff uses water crystals to focus and channel water magic!
<Character>: You can't naturally cast water magic?, Mihyun: No, we lost that ability when the Avatar of Water abandoned us.
<Character>: Uh. Was that something that happened recently?, Mihyun: Ahaha! No, of course not. This was far in the distant past. Back then, the Avatar of Water and the Great Dragon Hyonix were feuding.
Mihyun: My people stood with Hyonix, and as punishment, Neso cursed us and our lands. That's why it doesn't rain., Mihyun: We lost our ability to manipulate water magic and the lands dried up. It was not within Hyonix's power to restore us.
Mihyun: Instead, he gifted us with our companions, the vaporbeasts., Mihyun: We create empty crystals, and channel the water produced by the vaporbeasts to charge them.
Mihyun: The crystals let us use water magic for all sorts of things, from protection to levitation, to combat..., <Character>: They must be very precious, then.
Mihyun: Oh yes. They have more mundane uses, too! ...And they're why we're constantly under attack., Mihyun: Oh! But we're getting close to the rift, now. You'll be able to see for yourself how we live.
Mihyun: Just let me handle any Hyonite guards. The elementals are one thing, but I'd rather not hurt my people.
*Eventually, you, your dragon, and Mihyun find the rift, where they go there in order to enter the Water Plains; they overlook multiple beasts, an opening that contains a blue moon, and a castle from a distance through a cliff.*
Complete Quest
Other information
A HP/MP healing pad can be found during the quest.
The first access point becomes inaccessible after first completion of this quest.
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