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==Heed The Whispers, O Vengeance Mine== | ==Heed The Whispers, O Vengeance Mine== | ||
Scattered throughout the dungeon are ten Ahamkara Bones, that tell the story of [[Hefnd]] and [[Naeem]] through the perspective of [[The Crow]] and [[Petra Venj]]. The first bone is acquired through Guardians’s first completion of the dungeon, with accompanying bones being found in later clears of the dungeon. | Scattered throughout the dungeon are ten Ahamkara Bones, that tell the story of [[Hefnd]] and [[Naeem]] through the perspective of [[The Crow]] and [[Petra Venj]]. The first bone is acquired through Guardians’s first completion of the dungeon, with accompanying bones being found in later clears of the dungeon. Each bone is acquired through different levels of dispel, so each set of dispelled bones must be found before going back into the dungeon to collect the next tier of bones. | ||
===Bone 1=== | ===Bone 1 (First Completion)=== | ||
*'''Petra Venj:''' This is all that remains of the Ahamkara, then. Even like this, in its silence, it could move worlds. The damage the Scorn could have caused had one of them realized what they possessed… We’ll secure the bones and make sure this can’t happen again. | *'''Petra Venj:''' This is all that remains of the Ahamkara, then. Even like this, in its silence, it could move worlds. The damage the Scorn could have caused had one of them realized what they possessed… We’ll secure the bones and make sure this can’t happen again. | ||
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*'''Petra Venj:''' No. You’re helping break the cycle; that should be more than enough. | *'''Petra Venj:''' No. You’re helping break the cycle; that should be more than enough. | ||
===Bone 2=== | ===Bone 2 (Dispel 1)=== | ||
*'''The Crow:''' Is this bone all that’s left? Not much of a territorial claim. | *'''The Crow:''' Is this bone all that’s left? Not much of a territorial claim. | ||
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*'''Petra Venj:''' Yes, like poison in the marrow... but I don't understand how. | *'''Petra Venj:''' Yes, like poison in the marrow... but I don't understand how. | ||
===Bone 3=== | ===Bone 3 (Dispel 1)=== | ||
*'''Petra Venj:''' It's like the Ahamkara here was... feeding off the [[Taken]], preying on their desire to fulfill a purpose. We understand what that's like. | *'''Petra Venj:''' It's like the Ahamkara here was... feeding off the [[Taken]], preying on their desire to fulfill a purpose. We understand what that's like. | ||
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*'''Petra Venj:''' Any Scorn making a wish probably doesn't realize they're doing it. At least, let's hope not... | *'''Petra Venj:''' Any Scorn making a wish probably doesn't realize they're doing it. At least, let's hope not... | ||
===Bone 4=== | ===Bone 4 (Dispel 1)=== | ||
*'''The Crow:''' The [[Great Ahamkara Hunt|"Great Hunt"]] doesn't seem to have stopped the Ahamkara from granting wishes. It's a shame... to shed so much blood for so little return. | *'''The Crow:''' The [[Great Ahamkara Hunt|"Great Hunt"]] doesn't seem to have stopped the Ahamkara from granting wishes. It's a shame... to shed so much blood for so little return. | ||
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*'''The Crow:''' Like I said... a shame. Ahamkara were all across Sol. Maybe they're not all dead. I wonder who this one was. | *'''The Crow:''' Like I said... a shame. Ahamkara were all across Sol. Maybe they're not all dead. I wonder who this one was. | ||
===Bone 5=== | ===Bone 5 (Dispel 2)=== | ||
*'''The Crow:''' You know... you sit around enough campfires with [[Lord Saladin|Saladin]], and you hear about castles like this. There was this Warlord in the [[Dark Age]] named, um, um... | *'''The Crow:''' You know... you sit around enough campfires with [[Lord Saladin|Saladin]], and you hear about castles like this. There was this Warlord in the [[Dark Age]] named, um, um... | ||
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*'''Petra Venj:''' You found your people; Guardians do love their myths and stories. | *'''Petra Venj:''' You found your people; Guardians do love their myths and stories. | ||
===Bone 6 (Dispel 2)=== | |||
*'''The Crow:''' Wait. Guardian... the Knights you've fought are marked. Something we did with the Barons. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' Crow, you aren't responsible for this. These Scorn didn't come from the [[Reef]]. | |||
*'''The Crow:''' I'm not seeing things! It's a... signature in the Dark Ether. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fikrul]] has been missing from the [[Tangled Shore|Shore]] for some time. You can let this go. | |||
===Bone 7 (Dispel 2)=== | |||
*'''The Crow:''' Naeem and Hefnd - that's the Ahamkara's name - they'd become friends. Pretty tragic, actually. Saladin said their bond was "like a mutual domestication." But it wasn't long before the [[House of Kings]] stormed the castle. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' When the Kings came, I take it Naeem didn't survive them? | |||
*'''The Crow:''' No. And in her final breath, she wished ruin on their House, that "her vengeance follow them into the [[Scorn|grave]]." Very particular wording. | |||
===Bone 8 (Dispel 3)=== | |||
*'''The Crow:''' [[Uldren Sov|Uldren]] had a history with the House of Kings. That's what led to the Scorn in the first place. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' I'm familiar with your history, but the banners here are ancient. | |||
*'''The Crow:''' Like from the Dark Age? You know that Warlord - the skull promised her anything she wanted. She offered that promise to surrounding villages. For tribute, of course - brokered their wishes and protected against consequences. Naeem's reputation spread, until... any guesses Petra? | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' She drew attention from the House of Kings, who coveted this power. | |||
===Bone 9 (Dispel 3)=== | |||
*'''The Crow:''' This all feels... personal. Uldren links to the Kings, both link to Fikrul. My one dangling thread. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' Step back from yourself. New Scorn rising drew Fikrul's attention... Kings, no less. What if this was a diplomatic envoy? The Witness's Scorn are empty flesh made weapons. But the Scorn here appear to express a crude culture. | |||
*'''The Crow:''' Fikrul's followers have always been different... capable of learning. Maybe he saw that potential here. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' Then maybe you can still get through to him. | |||
===Bone 10 (Dispel 3)=== | |||
*'''The Crow:''' This has to be the castle from Saladin's story. The Scorn have to be Kings. It's the only thing that makes sense. Hefnd was buried here since the Dark Age, but the instant he could, he lured the Taken in... Poisoned himself, feeding off their ties to the [[Darkness]], their want. He found a loophole to raise the Kings into Scorn and enact his friend's dying wish for revenge. | |||
*'''Petra Venj:''' Holding onto that anger for what... centuries? Just to destroy itself with Taken corruption - of course. Vengeance is an ouroboros. And everything cyclical is doomed to destroy itself, eventually. | |||
==Bosses== | ==Bosses== | ||