Gate of Memoirs/At the Gates of Gunegarth

Our heroes arrive at an ancient city, stolen from old powers of the land. But a troubling trap reveals itself...
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Flash of Light"	Music: "Flash of Light"
 	
*Adriesta: We can rest for a bit here.
 	
*Gabriela: Avoiding all these demons is starting to become a chore.
 	
*Gabriela: Are you feeling better?
 	
*Adriesta: Yes, thank you.
 	
*Ilm: The magic in this land moves strangely.
 	
*Gabriela: Wait. Where is Faelan again?
 	
*Faelan: Over here! I found a better spot!
 	
*Gabriela: A better--huh. Well, I guess it is somewhat better.
 	
*Faelan: Told you. An Isengrim always knows their way!
 	
*Gabriela: And where are you going?
 	
*Faelan: Foraging! You can follow if you can, dead one!
 	
*Adriesta: I'll keep an eye on her. You should rest here.
*Adriesta: Hey, Faelan.
 	
*Faelan: Hmph. Nothing good to eat here. Just moss and twigs.
 	
*Adriesta: Here. I found this ration in my pack, should still be good.
 	
*Faelan: Hmm. Little chewy.
 	
*Adriesta: Yeah, it is.
 	
*Faelan: Fire wood girl, do you miss your pack?
 	
*Adriesta: My pack? Oh, my friends? Not...really.
 	
*Faelan: Huh? Why?
 	
*Faelan: I miss my packmates. Big Faofao, and little Caicai, and Lyly. They always get in trouble without me!
 	
*Faelan: Faofao is this big, and so furry! He likes to splash water everywhere!
 	
*Adriesta: That sounds fun.
 	
*Faelan: Why don't you miss them?
 	
*Adriesta: I...It's complicated.
 	
*Faelan: What's that?
 	
*Adriesta: Oh, alright. I used to be a witch hunter in the Inquisition. A pretty good one too.
 	
*Adriesta: Everyone was either proud of me, or scared of me. It was...fun, in its own way. Certainly wasn't boring.
*Adriesta: Then I met a man, and...it didn't seem important any more.
 	
*Faelan: Must be a powerful mate then. The Forest Mother didn't want me finding mine so soon. Said it wasn't my time yet.
 	
*Adriesta: I can see that. You're still too young!
 	
*Adriesta: And yes, he was, I suppose. It was glorious...
 	
*Faelan: What did he look like?
 	
*Adriesta: I...I...I don't...
*Adriesta: Why? What's...dizzy...
 	
*Faelan: Fire wood girl!
 	
*Gabriela: Welcome back to the land of the living, Adriesta. It's a good thing that Faelan was with you.
 	
*Ilm: Indeed. A fortuitous coincidence.
 	
*Faelan: Are you okay, fire wood girl?
 	
*Adriesta: Yeah, just... Ow, my head...
 	
*Gabriela: Faelan just told us about what happened.
 	
*Ilm: With your permission, I shall gaze into your soul and see where the problem lies.
 	
*Adriesta: I... Okay? I guess.
 	
*Ilm: Mmmmm. Hm.
 	
*Adriesta: Ow. Agh... A little gentleness please?
 	
*Ilm: My apologies. I see the problem. Someone has sealed away your memories.
 	
*Gabriela: What?!
 	
*Ilm: Sealed, and rather neatly. If she tried to remember them, she would be gently dissuaded at first.
*Ilm: Then painfully forced away if she remained insistent on recalling those days.
 	
*Gabriela: Let me see, Ilm.
 	
*Ilm: Very well, provided you pay my price: an honest answer, when I ask for it.
 	
*Gabriela: Done.
 	
*Faelan: Can't you just show the dead woman?
 	
*Ilm: No service in this universe is free. Especially not mine.
 	
*Gabriela: Never mind, pup. I can pay. I...
*Gabriela: Gods above. I know this type of work.
 	
*Adriesta: Y-You do?
 	
*Gabriela: I don't understand. What interest would Maestron have in you?
 	
*Faelan: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
 	
*Adriesta: Isn't that a Raug overlord?
 	
*Gabriela: The youngest, and some would say, the cruelest.
 	
*Gabriela: Adriesta, what have you done?
 	
*Adriesta: I-I...don't...
 	
*Adriesta: Remember.
 	
*Adriesta: I'm better, Gabriela.
 	
*Gabriela: And just in time, it seems. Look, down there.
 	
*Faelan: Eugh. It's stinky.
 	
*Ilm: It seems to be where our path lies. The weave of fate certainly points towards that building.
 	
*Adriesta: That's the size of an entire city!
*Adriesta: And there are swarms of demons down there!
*Adriesta: By that shining tower, at those gates...There's just too many of them!
 	
*Gabriela: How are we going to get inside?
 	
*Ilm: Hm. I will see what I can do.
 	
*Faelan: Whoa! Strange water disappeared!
 	
*Gabriela: Don't lie to me. You look pale.
 	
*Adriesta: Talk about you being a judge of character!
 	
*Adriesta: Gabriela, you said that I shouldn't mention...
 	
*Gabriela: Yes. Don't speak of it to anyone. Please.
 	
*Adriesta: Okay. I won't. I promise.
 	
*Gabriela: So. What brings you to this island, White Wolf Faelan?
 	
*Faelan: I don't have to talk to dead things!
 	
*Adriesta: Please, Faelan. It's not like we have anything else to do.
 	
*Faelan: O-Okay... Okay!
 	
*Faelan: I'm on a holy quest for the Isengrim, to find who inflicted the curse on our divine Forest Mother and rip their throats out!
 	
*Adriesta: That's...Wow.
 	
*Gabriela: Were you forced, child?
 	
*Faelan: No! I volunteered! To die for the divine Forest Mother brings honor to me and my pack!
 	
*Gabriela: I see.
 	
*Adriesta: Gabriela? Are you...
 	
*Gabriela: Yes. I just need some time alone. Tell Ilm I needed a little privacy when he gets back.
 	
*Adriesta: Of course.
 	
*Adriesta: Hey. There you are.
 	
*Gabriela: Mm.
 	
*Adriesta: Ilm says that he's divined the name of the city and can bring us past the guards at the gate. We'll need to stay low, though.
 	
*Gabriela: I see.
 	
*Adriesta: I saw your eyes when Faelan...
 	
*Gabriela: She's in over her head.
 	
*Adriesta: So you said.
 	
*Gabriela: She shouldn't have to die for her goddess! She's far too young!
 	
*Gabriela: She deserves to live a long, full life!
 	
*Adriesta: It's her choice, Gabriela!
 	
*Gabriela: Is it?
 	
*Gabriela: When a parent tells a child to die for its cause, does that make it right?
 	
*Gabriela: These Isengrim are...
 	
*Adriesta: Don't!
*Adriesta: Don't say it. Have the decency to respect her decision, whatever you think of her.
 	
*Adriesta: When you're ready, we'll be waiting for you at the camp.
 	
*Ilm: Ah. There you are.
 	
*Gabriela: Ilm. Adriesta said you found a way in?
 	
*Ilm: Indeed. The city's name is Gunegarth--an old name stolen by its present occupiers.
*Ilm: I can bring us past the gate, but no further. The wards in the city will raise an alarm if I press further.
 	
*Adriesta: And...the, uh, price?
 	
*Ilm: Paid for already.
 	
*Adriesta: With...what, if I may ask?
 	
*Ilm: My imminent death. I have seen it a little more clearly now.
 	
*Adriesta: Ah. Okay? I mean, okay. I guess.
 	
*Gabriela: Well, if that's settled... Wait, where's Faelan?
 	
*Ilm: She said she would scout the way, so I sent her ahead.
 	
*Gabriela: You what?!
 	
*Ilm: Hold on. There may be some vertigo.
 	
*Adriesta: Ugh. Never agai--
 	
*Adriesta: Faelan!
 	
 	
*Gabriela: Faelan! Get down! Fly, my blades!
*Gabriela: What were you thinking?!
 	
*Faelan: I'm not over my head!
 	
*Faelan: I'm not!
 	
*Gabriela: I...I know child.
 	
*Faelan: I'm just...really scared. And I miss my packmates. And...I'm all...
 	
*Gabriela: I know. Shhhh. We're here.
 	
*Adriesta: We're your pack now, okay?
 	
*Ilm: As approximate as that may be.
 	
*Gabriela: Shhh. It's going to be alright. No one is going to go away. Okay?
 	
*Faelan: Y-You still stink, dead woman.
 	
*Gabriela: No perfume can fix that, I fear.
 	
*Gabriela: Come, little cub. We have a score to settle.
 	
*Ilm: I never understood that saying.
 	
*Faelan: Okay. Let's go!
 	
*Adriesta: Shhh! We're trying to avoid being noticed, remember?
 	
*???: Closer. Come closer.