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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 8375055" data-attributes="member: 6816692">We return to Pallita with the reassuring feeling of having at least one reliable ally within the Obscurati besides Alexander Grappa who is still inhabiting the body of Leone Quintal. Before we reunite with Kasvarina, we once again talk about the Arc of Reida and the opportunity it could provide for getting a deeper insight into Gabriel's memories regarding the assault on the Vantrys estate. Gabriel seems very much interested, but insists that his own interests have to wait until our mission of restoring Kasvarina is done.Auryn suggests that, as Kas is usually taking quite some time to recover from her memory events and we're heading for Flint anyway, he could just take that opportunity right now. Still he doesn't want to risk any interference between his memories and those of Kasvarina. So we tell the Matriarch that our short detour is finished and we're ready to depart once more.To not risk any more teleport mishaps, we decide to travel to Sawyer a more traditional way. There, we inform governor Roderick about our talks with Matriarch Athryalla and our current mission. The governor is alarmed by our warning of the possibility of a planar incident and a possible activity of the Mad King Vardanis, but she confirms that Sawyer appears to be safe for now.Next, we take a ship to Flint. After a few days without any happenings whatsoever, we finally arrive in the city harbor. Kasvarina is instantly repulsed by the stench hanging in the air, but nonetheless surprised to see that the Flinter citizens don't seem to mind at all and appear to be quite content with their situation. We tell her that everyone is basically welcome in Flint as long as he or she plays by the rules. On top of that, the people of Flint tend to stick together should troubles arise, which is why she shouldn't be surprised to see the occasional protest.After we leave ship, we first head to the RHC to give Chief Inspector Delft a full update on our progress so far. In return, he informs us that all of our Crisillyiri prisoners were sent to their home in the mean time as diplomatic negotiations turned out to be pretty fruitful. We also hand him a message to Slate regarding our talks and the political situation in Elfaivar. Then we're formally introduced to the newest recruit of the RHC, Agent Xambria Meredith (in her new body). We hold a small, spontaneous celebration in our office in her honor. Unfortunately, neither we nor Delft  have heard any news from Grappa yet so we fear that he might have been uncovered. Delft tries to soothe our fear by stating that Grappa is prone to silence on his missions but the situation is still unsettling.As Kasvarina is pretty new to Flint, we invite her on a tour through the city by carriage. This way, she can get a feeling for this place and also get a hunch for any stray memories. And just when we're about to leave Central District behind, Kasvarina senses one important memory coming from the Navras Opera House.So we stop our carriage and enter the Opera where we see that a group of Docker singers is doing a rehearsal for an upcoming performance. We wait until their session is over and then move towards the main hall. Kasvarina then places the Crown on her head and her hidden memory takes over.Slowly, the roof of the Opera house vanishes and we see a scene from a time when its construction was still in progress. We see one older eladrin man with thick, black hair standing in the middle of the room directing workers and we guess that this must be Navras himself. But then Kasvarina approaches him and calls out to him:“Vekesh! I never thought that, of all people, I would find you here.”, she says with an earnest surprise but a much more mature voice.Kasvarina appears to be pretty calm, but the Eladrin turns around and looks at her with eyes full of fury and disgust.“You! How dare you come to this city, High Matriarch! After what you have done to our ideals, our future and my name.”Kasvarina looks a bit baffled but now not too surprised at a slightly older version of the poet Vekesh, and it seems like she knows what his anger might be all about.“I didn't come to argue with you, my old companion.”“And I cannot stand to watch you see turn another work of mine to ash. You and your fanaticism are not welcome in this city. And the Guardian won't let you pervert the hearts and minds of those disciples who still go by my old name. Here I am known as Navras, the Builder, but that shall not bother you. Leave immediately and never return here.”Vekesh's words bear enough weight to instantly shatter the memory event, leaving Kasvarina all confused about his sudden shift of temper. She shakes her head and states that Vekesh must have utterly despised her in that moment even though she does not understand why that would be. And what she asks about “those going by his name”, Carlyle points to Auryn and says that this is something she would be fitted best to explain.But just when Auryn starts to explain the nature of the Vekeshi to Kasvarina, and the special role the Guardian of the Threshold would play for the Flinter branch, the Arc of Reida resonates in a blue light. In response, the stones of the Opera house release their very own magic and the world swirls and turns black for a moment.When we open our eyes again, we realize that we suddenly are inside bodies who are not our own and who must have lived several decades in the past. All of a sudden, we feel fear as we're in the middle of the night among a group of people lead by Roland Stanfield. We look around and see that we're on the way up to Cauldron Hill. Stanfield declares boldly that he will make an end to the threat of the Witches of the coven of the Red Comtessa this time and we follow him as faithful members of the militia.Unfortunately, all of us get killed as three Witches attack our team one by one until finally the one called Red Comtessa puts a dagger to the chest of Roland Standfield.(That was quite the detour from the usual Zeitgeist lore of Vekesh. Tiz wanted to put an emphasis to why the Vekeshi of Flint would be different, and also not tainted by the Obs at all. So he used both the Guardian Fey and Vekesh himself to establish their order.In this version, Vekesh was disillusioned after decades of trying to keep the spark of hope alive in the Eladrin people. He then saw that Kasvarina used the Vekeshi for her own goals and while he felt sympathy for her losses, he couldn't get past the fact that she perverted his ideals for her seeming lust for revenge on the Clergy. So he basically said “screw it”, left Elfaivar and eventually came to Flint. There he met the Guardian, the exiled Storm Fey who was damned to live and be reborn among mortals and who came to care for them.He switched his name to Navras to signify his new start and envisioned establishing a community where everyone was welcome to exchange their ideas and their art. And so the idea of building an Opera House was born. He oversaw its construction and, when it was finally finished, performed his Dirge of Vekesh for the very last time. Then he vanished, never to be seen again.So yeah, there is a good reason why Auryn wasn't able to get the same audience reaction with her Dirge as Navras.Oh and yes, this is the spot where our group inserted Bonds of Forced Faith. Stay tuned for who played whom <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

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