Gate of Memoirs/Wannahon's Log

More demons. Add that to advanced Orebi technology and the countless guardians, no wonder Orebus ended up a garbage wasteland.
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Music: "Demon Slayers"	Music: "Demon Slayers"
 	
*You were able to defeat the Revenants and disperse their storms...
*The creatures had pooled their energies together to create a powerful storm,
*which also served as a field advantage against the less protected outposts.
*Fortunately, the scouts were well-prepared, and incoming forces from the Inquiry came at the right time to bolster their defenses.
 	
*Elise: ! Glad to see you're doing alright...!
*Elise: I was worried sick. So many people kept coming in and out, and some of them were in terrible shape...
 	
*Elise: Thankfully, they're doing better now! How's the situation out there?
 	
*You relay to her the specifics, including how the silver lining in the thunderstorm was turning up all these Battle Logs.
 	
*Elise stares at the haversack you've parked onto the counter.
*Elise: That many?!
 	
*Giselle: They really made it an all-you-can-eat buffet out of the land, huh?
*Giselle comes over and inspects the haul. You notice her hair is a little messy, and her clothes are damp.
 	
*Giselle: Oh, me? I was out too.
*Giselle: I'm not going to kick back and relax while a typhoon is on the loose, you know.
*Giselle: It beats being stuck in here with a grumpy—
 	
*Giselle: Aaand there he is.
 	
*Noel comes over but doesn't say a word.
*He, like Elise, is dumbfounded at the sheer number of research material.
*Noel: Did the storm turn up a landfill or something?
 	
*Well...half and half. The Revenants you faced had several of them embedded within their bodies,
*and the supercharged fragments they'd left in the wake of their rampaging turned out to be logs as well.
 	
*Noel: Fascinating...So whoever these belonged to must have been quite the lorekeeper.
*Noel picks one up and shows everyone present the uniform logo embedded in one corner.
 	
*Noel: I'm going to get started on this right away.
 	
*You watch Noel heft the haversack away all on his own and disappear into a hallway.
 	
*Giselle: Well! I'm glad he's feeling better, at least.
*Giselle: Hm? Was he upset about the operation being jeopardized? Not really.
 	
*Giselle: You know, he was actually pretty worried for all of you. 
*Giselle: I think he blames himself for not foreseeing that the Revenants could pull such a trick.
*Giselle: But don't let him know I said that.
 	
*Giselle: Keep those lovely lips sealed, all right?
*Giselle: And that goes for you too, Elise.
 	
*Elise: Will do.
 	
*You believe Giselle. Noel does care for people...in his own way.
*Best head off for the medical bay. You decide to rest up and help the others while Noel gets to work...
*A clear and sunny sky greets you as you return to the front doors of the Inquiry.
*A welcome sight, to be sure, after all that doom and gloom.
 	
*Noel: Hey! Good weather, great news. Come on in.
 	
*Noel's good mood seems to have persisted. He seems more lively than usual.
 	
*Noel: Most of these are relevant to the civil war...but that's not the only important bit.
*Noel: These belong to the one responsible for all the strife we've seen in the previous logs.
 	
*Giselle: You mean...one of the Greherd?
 	
*Noel: The leader, Wannahon Greherd, yes.
*Noel: I think it's best he tell you all this himself. He certainly likes to talk.
 	
**whirr*
*A robotic voice narrates several strings of numbers before cutting to the first recording.
*Noel's Voice: Oh, yeah, it does that. I'm not sure why, though—probably a side effect of the decryption process.
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Music: "Overcome"	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*A loud thud shakes the device.
*Wannahon: "Bloody idiots. Did they think a truce could stop us from weeding out the unbelievers?"
*Wannahon: "It was only the beginning... They knew this. We all knew this!"
*Wannahon: "Keres Vharag...So you are one of them too."
*Wannahon: "I'll make you rue the day you turned your backs on our masters."
*Male Voice: "Commander! The Ulnhann ambassador is here, along with..."
*Wannahon: "Tch. Come to gloat, no doubt."
*Wannahon: "I'll liaise with those fools. You, give the order to the scouts to move."
*Wannahon: "We will find every last trace, every last clue."
*Male Voice: "Yes, Commander!"
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Music: "World of Gods"	Music: "World of Gods"
 	
*The recording comes to a stop, before the same robotic voice narrates another string of numbers.
*The ambient noise and the soft thudding of metal indicates Wannahon was probably pacing around a facility.
*His mumbling is a bit too soft to hear for now, but before long...
*Wannahon: "As the Vardket are my witness, I will vanish the unbelievers from the face of this damned plane!"
*Wannahon: "Those...snake-riding barbarians don't understand by whose grace are they even alive."
*Wannahon: "Neither them nor that meddling Vharag giant and his ilk."
*Wannahon: "Sometimes I find myself asking why..."
*Wannahon: "Why would such bumbling idiots be granted even a sliver of power?"
*He pauses here, as if listening for some sort of reply.
*Wannahon: "Yes...Yes! This is nothing more than a test of our faith! Of course it is!"
*Wannahon: "Perhaps the Vardket saw us grow complacent—useless!"
*Wannahon: "But no, not me; not us. Not the Greherd."
*Wannahon: "The Greherd are the ONLY ones worthy of the mantle of the God-Killing Army!"
*Wannahon: "And when all this is said and done...Surely..."
*Wannahon: "Surely they shall return to us!"
*Wannahon: "The Vardket...shall return in triumph!"
*Wannahon's laughter is chilling and rather disconcerting.
*You can think of a few times in which you've heard such laughter.
*It is the sound of sheer frenzy.
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Music: "Nothingness"	Music: "Nothingness"
 	
*There is a long pause here with nothing but static and whispers.
*And then, there it is again: the string of numbers. Noel heaves a small sigh of relief next to you.
*?: "Of that I am certain. This may be our only hope."
*A foreign voice. It doesn't sound...fully human.
*The irregular breathing feels almost artificial, like a gas mask of some sort.
*?: "We have found...facilities, belonging to our masters, along with disconcerting evidence of their interplanar enemies."
*?: "We do not know who or what these vile forces are, but one thing is clear—this is the final test they have left for us."
*?: "The Forshu are ready and prepared to do what it takes to convince our masters we are worthy..."
*?: "...And I extend this very same invitation to the Greherd."
*Wannahon: "Do not speak of us as if we are mere pawns to be ordered about."
*Wannahon: "But, as it is in the service of the Vardket...we all too happily oblige."
*Wannahon: "Better allies than enemies against the scores of unbelievers."
*Scribbling sounds followed by a drip of...liquid. You have an odd hunch it's blood.
*Wannahon: "I, Wannahon, pledge the Greherd to a common cause with the Forshu."
*Wannahon: "Now. Tell me what you found there, and what we must do...Ceulfan."
*Ceulfan seems to walk away from Wannahon for a brief moment before returning with a large, papery material. A map, perhaps.
*Wannahon: "...!"
*Ceulfan: "We will secure this as our base of operations."
*Ceulfan: "The others are possibly already aware of this. We must stay ahead as much as possible."
*Ceulfan: "Once the superweapon is fully powered and functional, we will destroy those that dared threaten our masters."
*Wannahon: "With this, we can bring the Vardket back..."
*Wannahon: "And then, they shall reward the loyal, and punish the heathen!"
*Wannahon: '"Ahaha...Hahahaha!!"
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Music: "Demon Slayers"	Music: "Demon Slayers"
 	
*Giselle: Ooh! The big players have all arrived!
 	
*Giselle: Wannahon Greherd, that ornery warmonger, and Ceulfan Forshu, his weird robot-sounding ally...
*Giselle: It's pretty clear who's the more fervent of the two, but they had enough common ground to band together.
 	
*Giselle: I wonder how Ceulfan stands him. It's "Vardket this" or "Vardket that" all the time, I'll bet.
 	
*Noel: There must be a method to his madness. I would have liked to study him more closely.
*Noel: But I can settle for these. He's got the most comprehensive logs of all of them so far.
*Noel: It's always good to get all the perspectives on any given issue.
 	
*Giselle: That'll be the Ulnhann-Greherd conflict and the superweapon...
 	
*Giselle: ...And some first-hand musing on the Vardket!
*Giselle: I hope we find Ceulfan's next, then. Based on this, it seems like the Forshu could be their closest contact.
 	
*Giselle: And whatever it is they know, the other factions are picking up on it, too.
 	
*Indeed. This sets a more or less clear frame of events leading up to the Orebus Civil War.
*But what ARE the Vardket, or their interplanar enemies?
*Perhaps only Ceulfan's logs can shed light on them...if the Inquiry can find them.
*Plus, you've yet to hear of the Seventh Circle Fiends in Wannahon's logs. 
*Was Noel right that Czorag restricted his influence only to certain factions, or were they simply well-concealed?
*Like Giselle, though, you feel like you'll be seeing them crop up again.
*Orebus hasn't given up all its secrets just yet.