Portended Fate

==Steps==
# Enter the cavern again
#* Enter the Quest Domain: Unknown Sanctuary
#* If the player leaves the Domain, their quest progress will be reset to this step, and they will be transported to the Domain's entrance in the normal Teyvat map. The Domain can be re-entered from both there, which allows the player to adjust their party as usual, and the special story mode.
# Go to the mysterious statue
# Return to Eide's house
# Look for clues outside
# Continue to search for Caribert
# Talk to the Forest Rangers
# Use the clue to continue searching for Caribert
# Talk to Dainsleif
# Light the bonfire
==Gameplay Notes==
* Completing the quest grants the .
==Dialogue==
;(Approach the location of the crystal in the Unknown Sanctuary)
: Eide: No, impossible... What happened?
: It's gone...
: But it was right here...
: Eide: The hilichurl worshipers have disappeared, too...
: Eide: Was it all an illusion?
: That seems unlikely...
: We couldn't have both seen the exact same illusion.
: Eide: That's true... Yes, it can't have been an illusion. I still feel that awesome and wondrous power flowing through my mind and body...
: Eide: It was neither illusion, nor coincidence, and certainly no dream! It was a wonder... yes, a divine wonder.
: Eide: ...Let's go, Traveler. There is surely a reason for its disappearance... And I do believe that some day in the future, we shall see it again.
: You're turning into a zealot...
: Let's just get back.
: Eide: Could he really have been a "Sinner," and not a god...?
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: Eide: Caribert? Where has he gone!?
: He's not in here...
: Uh-oh...
: Eide: Oh no, no, no... Maybe someone else came by and found him?
: Eide: No, no, it can't have been that. There's no sign of a break-in, and no sign of anyone having been here...
: Maybe he ran off?
: But why?
: Eide: This does not bode well. What if he's spotted by a Forest Ranger? Or an adventurer? In his current state, they'd...
: Then we have to find him first...
: There's no time to lose...
: Eide: Wait a minute... This isn't how we left it...
:;(The box on the table is open)
: Eide: Oh no, did he...
:;(A mirror is face-down on the floor)
: Eide: ...
: Eide: The mirror... It's broken...
:: (Hmm? But... hasn't the mirror been broken this whole time?)
: What does the broken mirror mean?
: Eide: He must've taken his mask off... and seen what he looks like beneath it...
: Eide: Ugh, if he'd just done as he was told... We have to find him!
;(Investigate the silk scarf on the crate)
: Eide: It's his scarf... he dropped it.
: Eide: Looks like we're going the right way. Come on.
;(While following the path)
: Eide: Caribert...! Caribert...! Where are you?
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;(Approach the Forest Rangers)
: Eide: Curses... Forest Rangers.
: Forest Ranger: Hey! Who are you? We haven't seen you around here before. What's your business here?
: Eide: Have you seen a hilichurl? A hilichurl should have come past this way... have you seen it?
: Forest Ranger: I asked you first... Don't make this more difficult than it needs to be!
: Eide: I said... have you seen... a HILICHURL!!!
: Eide...
: Forest Ranger: Hey, whoa... Look, Sir, there's no need to get so worked up...
: Forest Ranger: There are hilichurls everywhere, what's the big deal? We see plenty of them out here...
: Ranger Guard: Exactly. Matter of fact, we just took out a few of them back there. Those dumb boneheads...
: Eide: You... you...!
: Eide: Forest Ranger scum! You spawn of The Seven are all the same! I'll have your heads if you so much as laid a finger on Caribert!
: Forest Ranger: You...! You're raving mad! You've got some gall, coming here to our nation, insulting the Forest Rangers!
: Eide: Curse you all, Forest Rangers...
: Stop it, Eide!
: Stop. Or the Forest Rangers and I will have to make you.
:
: Ranger Guard: I don't get it. Why make such a huge fuss over a few hilichurls...? It makes no sense...
: Eide: You...
: Eide: He'd only just regained his mind. How could you do this to him...
: Eide: So tell me, Forest Rangers... Did you really spare none of them? Did you really take out every last hilichurl you saw?
: Ranger Guard: Geez, you're really not gonna let this go... Fine, you weirdo. If you must know, I happened to cross paths with a solitary hilichurl when I left the team to, uh... use the toilet.
: Ranger Guard: I was frightened at first, but it didn't seem to have any interest in me at all. It was just bumbling along, in... that direction. So I left it alone.
: There's still hope!
: That could well have been Caribert!
: Eide: Yes! Wonderful... Wonderful. Let's go! We have to find him!
: Forest Ranger: Wait, you're leaving? Not even a "Thanks for the info, goodbye"?
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;(Approach Caribert)
:Caribert: ...
: Eide: Caribert!
: We found him!
: Eide: Caribert, stop! It's me! It's Papa!
: Eide: Whatever you saw, it was... it was all a trick! An illusion!
: Eide: I told you, we're in a fairytale world now, nothing here is real... Please, Caribert, come back... it's time to go back!
:Caribert: ...
: Eide: Caribert?
: He's not responding...
: He's relapsed...
: Eide: How could this happen? He regained his mind... He must be able to hear me, surely?
: Eide: Come, Caribert, we have to go home now... Papa's here to take you home, alright?
: Hold on, something's not right with him...
: What has that strange power done to him?
:Caribert: ...
;(A cinematic plays)
:;(Caribert begins to glow with purple energy)
:: Caribert: Papa...
:: Eide: Caribert...
:: Caribert: ...
:: Caribert: Papa, I can't take it...
:: Eide: Please, Caribert, it's my fault. I'm so sorry... If only I'd known...
:: Caribert: It's all... it's all too much, Papa...
:;(Caribert pulls off his mask and purple energy bursts out)
:;(Cinematic ends)
:;(Back in the house)
: Eide: ...Haha, I see, I understand now...
: Eide: Finally, it all makes sense...
:;(The Traveler awakes and sits up on the bed)
:: (What happened... did I faint? I remember Caribert taking his mask off, but then...)
: Eide: Aha, Traveler, you're awake... Finally, we can rejoice together!
: Eide: Wait, no... Why am I still calling you "Traveler"? I have known your true identity for some time now.
: What do you mean, "true identity"?
: Eide, are you okay?
: Eide: Hehehe... I suspected it was you from the beginning! I had to talk to you to be sure.
: But I've never met you...
: Eide: Oh, of course you haven't. With your status? You can hardly be expected to know all of us.
: Eide: In any case... I've been using a fake name this entire time. "Eide" is the name of a servant I once had...
: Eide: My real name is Chlothar...
: Chlothar: ...Chlothar Alberich.
: Alberich!?
: You can't be!?
: Chlothar: You saw it too, didn't you? Unmistakable... The power inside Caribert and the power of the one you call a "Sinner," it was one and the same...
: Chlothar: I am positive now... it's the power of the Abyss, isn't it?
: Chlothar: At long last, I have seen it with my own eyes...
: I didn't see clearly...
: What happened to Caribert?
: Chlothar: That is no business of yours!
: ...
: Chlothar: A sinner... Yes, salvation for a sinner can only come from a sinner...
: Chlothar: Caribert did not deserve his fate, but now... It's wonderful — he will be able to weave his own destiny anew.
: Chlothar: Born into abject sorrow, he shall now become...
: Chlothar: ..."The Loom of Fate."
:: (There's that term again... the "Loom of Fate"...)
: You're right about this being from the Abyss...
: But the Abyss is sinister and dangerous...
: Chlothar: ...
: Chlothar: ...Sinister? ...Dangerous?
: Chlothar: I never imagined that you, of all people, would deny the Abyss... How ridiculous!
: Chlothar: We once believed that you would bring new strength and hope to Khaenri'ah.
: Chlothar: To us, you were the Abyss... A wondrous mystery far beyond our imagination and comprehension...
: Chlothar: ...And the one who controls the Abyss can control everything!
: Chlothar: We yearned for that future. We looked to you to take us there.
: Chlothar: But what did you bring us instead?
: Chlothar: O ... of Khaenri'ah?
;(A cinematic plays)
:;(The Traveler stumbles back)
::: What did he just... call me?
:;(The Traveler picks up the mirror from the table only to see their sibling's reflection)
:;(The Traveler, now appearing as their sibling drops the mirror in shock and recalls all the events with Eide as the sibling)
::Dainsleif: ...Traveler...
::Dainsleif: ...Hey, Traveler!
:;(The Traveler, still as their sibling, breaks out of their spell and turns to face the door)
::Dainsleif: Traveler!
:;(Cinematic ends)
: Paimon: ...You're awake! Oh, thank goodness, you're awake!
: Paimon: Paimon was worried sick! ...Uh, ? ?
:: ...
: Dainsleif: What happened while you were unconscious?
: Dainsleif: I checked the Ley Lines nearby. It appears that the Abyss tampered with them, and they've been in turmoil ever since...
: Dainsleif: Information and memories flow within the Ley Lines... What did you witness?
: The founder of the Abyss Order... Alberich...
: What happened to him?
: Dainsleif: You mean Chlothar Alberich?
: Dainsleif: After founding the Abyss Order, his faith in the Abyss led him to do a great many things.
: Dainsleif: But the curse of immortality continued to torment his body and mind, and in the end, neither his faith nor the Abyss he worshiped could save him.
: Dainsleif: After a hundred years, he lost his mind completely, and was never seen again.
: Dainsleif: Yet his dark legacy lived on... The Defiled Statue that we encountered previously was just one perverse product of his use of Abyssal power during his life.
: And despite that...
: My ultimately sided with him, didn't ?
: Dainsleif: You could say that. wouldn't be the Abyss Order's otherwise.
: Paimon: Are you alright? You have a troubled look on your face... What happened?
: I... have a story to tell you.
: Dainsleif: ...
:
: Dainsleif: So, you saw memories from centuries ago... through your own eyes. It all but defies belief.
: Dainsleif: Still, as I'd suspected, the notion of the "Loom of Fate" did indeed rear its head during that time...
: Dainsleif: And it seems closely connected to Chlothar Alberich's son, Caribert, and what happened to him...
: Dainsleif: And yet your never breathed a word of this incident to me... I wonder, was that the moment that decided to go down this path...?
: I also wish that I could know...
:: But one thing is clear:
:: ...This was not a happy memory.
: What thought about all of this.
:: But one thing is clear:
:: ...This was not a happy memory.
: Dainsleif: Indeed. Clearly, this series of events sparked a long period of deep contemplation. This... was where it all began.
: Yes... Oh, I almost forgot...
: There's something I need to check.
: Dainsleif: What is it?
: I need to know what lies buried in this field.
: Paimon: The field? What does that have to do with anything...
: Dainsleif: ...You mean, here? Well, let's start digging and see.
:
: Paimon: ...You scared the dook outta Paimon. D—Did you re-bury them yet?
: We're done. You can open your eyes now.
: Dainsleif: A male and female skeleton, buried together...
: Dainsleif: Interestingly, the male skeleton appears to have been interred much later... and it's holding a silk scarf in its hand.
: Dainsleif: But what does this mean? And how did you know that there were bodies buried here?
: I think that the bones of the man...
: Belong to Chlothar Alberich.
: Dainsleif: What? That's impossible...
: Dainsleif: Unless... Chlothar Alberich finally found a way to rid himself of the curse.
: Perhaps he did...
: Dainsleif: ...
: Dainsleif: This all raises far too many questions... I need time to think. And to search my memories for some missing pieces...
: Dainsleif: We should part ways here.
: Paimon: Huh? You're just gonna leave? Why? You could come with us, y'know.
: Dainsleif: It's better that we split up for now... I think that "he" might have seen you.
: Paimon: Who's "he"?
: You mean...
: The voice that I heard inside my head?
: Dainsleif: Yes. I have my suspicions as to his identity, but I need to confirm some other details before I can be sure.
: Dainsleif: If the time is right, I will tell you when we next meet.
: Paimon: But what do you mean that he "saw" ? How is that possible?
: It was just a memory...
: It all happened hundreds of years in the past...
: Dainsleif: I fear that while these things would limit anyone else... they are no obstacle to him.
: Paimon: What? Why? ...What IS he?
: A "Sinner"...
: Dainsleif: Alright, let's leave it there. Get some rest... Goodbye.
: Paimon: There goes Dain. And just like that, it's back to being the two of us again, huh?
: Oh, Paimon... one more thing:
: Paimon: Hmm? What is it?
: ...I missed you.
:;(The Traveler hugs Paimon)
: Paimon: Huh!?
===Unsorted Voice-Overs===
: Ranger Guard: There's no talking sense with this guy, let's teach him a lesson!
: : Eide's out of control. I have to end this fight...
: Forest Ranger: Don't go thinking this is over! Our superiors are gonna hear of this when we get back to Gandharva Ville!
==Soundtracks==
==Trivia==
===Translation Notes===
*When Chlothar says "...And the one who controls the Abyss can control everything!", his original Chinese line specifies that Khaenri'ah hoped to control the Abyss: 
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