Zelestine explains further, "I will tell you about the Wilders, but first I would tell you about the force that sent you the vision. According to our records, the Crystal Consciousness is a physical concentration of the collective unconscious of all psionic entities everywhere. Supposedly, the Crystal sleeps away the epochs, but awakens occasionally. Each time it awakens, a new psionic discipline is born. All of the current disciplines were created in this fashion. And, according to legend, each current psionic discipline exists only at the expense of an earlier and forgotten one."
"The Crystal Consciousness picks six creatures each time it wakes, the Six Who Choose. Each of the Six is psionic, and each potentially possess the seed of a completely novel psionic discipline. The Six are drawn to the location of the Crystal Consciousness. If all are in agreement, a new discipline will be born, and a current discipline will perish!"
"With your arrival, we now know Five out of Six. I'm One, plus Verra, and the Third is a psionic lich named Tulmercy. Sadly, we've confirmed that Tulmercy permanently killed One of the other Six. The Wilders killed another. We have been unable to discover the identity of the last of the Six."
"Tulmercy seeks to kill all the other Six, leaving only himself to find the Crystal Consciousness. He does not seek consensus - he wants to be the only one in the position to choose a new discipline and destory a current one. Tarkus, Groknar, and I were attacked by Tulmercy's minions shortly after I received the vision. We returned to here to inform my lodgemates and prepare for a counterattack."
"The Wilders are an unwanted player in the race to find the Crystal Consciousness. A guild of arcane spellcasters, the Wilders have no interest in the birth of a new psionic discipline. Bigots all, they seek to find and crush the Crystal, hoping to weaken - and possibly eradicate - the "upstart powers of the mind."
