Arc 4.9: A Fragmentary Passage

Story Arc 6 (A Fragmentary Passage) consists of 4 episodes uncovering unwanted truths of each of the guardians as they travel through the Red Caves towards Ilfra.
== Summary ==
The guardians and Maeri travel towards Ilfra after their victory in Madrea. Fran discovers that Torva may be trying to influence her through Alonia's necklace and Kai's Diary. On the road, Maeri ponders what Minatine meant by letting Torva "name" her and the guardians attempt to brainstorm some new names. On their travels, they encounter some cute Madrean Prarie Dogs and free a dryad. Corbin has a dream where a tar-like monster and a giant golden man are fighting over Maeri. Corbin meets Pavilla, the goddess of Truth and saves Maeri's sense of touch. Deciding that they all need to enter the realm of dreams to figure out what is going on with Maeri, the party decides to head towards the Red Fields where Pavilla's Tower of Dreams reside. 
Slake gives a tour of their home, the Red Caves, of course not before they get the group temporarily lost. Braving cave monsters, smells, poison spores and murderous vine men, the party makes it to Pavilla's Tower. When they reach the top of the tower, they find Pavilla's headless body and Maeri falls asleep. The guardians follow Maeri into the Dream Realm and meet Mara, the Last Listener. Mara shows them the truth behind Torva's and Kai's relationship along with the knowledge that they make some sort of wager, which details that even Pavilla is not even able to uncover. Fran and Corbin also watches Maeri's birth. Afterwards, the guardians meet back up with Maeri, who introduces them again to Pavilla. Pavilla grants each guardian a boon of truth. Maeri learns that she must name herself before she is consumed by her powers; Corbin is given back his memories of his parents and learns that his parents were the Last Listeners on the Realm of What Is, and was given up by Pavilla's Request to become a listener; Slake learns that they are being used by Vioni to take revenge on Torva; Fran learns that she is Kai's champion. 
Leaving the tower, everyone except Fran shares what truths they learned from Pavilla. 
== Featured NPC's ==
* Ainsley
* The Gap
* Pavilla-The Goddess of Truth
* Mara-The Last Listener
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