A Lamenter at Fate's End

==Steps==
# Follow the hilichurl
# Follow the hilichurl to the cavern
#* Enter the Quest Domain: Unknown Sanctuary
#* The player is not given the option to adjust their party upon entering from the special story mode but will be able to change it within the Domain via a Door of Resurrection, which can be used while not in combat.
#* If the player leaves the Domain, their quest progress will be lost and 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.
# Continue exploring
# Defeat the Fortune Lector
#* 
#* The battle takes place near the Domain's Door of Resurrection, which is just outside of the Fortune Lector's aggravation range.
# Talk to Eide
# Continue exploring
==Gameplay Notes==
* Completing the quest grants the .
==Dialogue==
;(Approach the marked area)
: Eide: That's... that's not Caribert.
: No, it's not.
: There's no silk scarf around his arm.
: Eide: Right. Caribert's scarf was a gift I once gave to his mother. I use it now as a marker of sorts.
: Eide: M—My eyes must be going... how could I not recognize my own son? Ugh, this decrepit body of mine... *sigh*
: Still, this hilichurl...
: There's something strange about it.
: Eide: Yes... It doesn't seem interested in us in the least. It seems intent on walking in that direction... Where could it be going?
: No idea.
: Let's go have a look.
: Eide: Yes... The more we know about hilichurls, the better.
;(Follow the hilichurl)
: Eide: Did it go in here? Hmm... Well, let's head in.
;(Enter the Unknown Sanctuary)
: Eide: What a ghastly place... Has it always existed? I swear I've never noticed it before...
: Look...
: What are those hilichurls doing?
: Eide: Huh. It looks like they're... worshiping. Sometimes walking, sometimes kneeling in worship... And it appears to be in earnest.
: Eide: I've never seen anything like this in all my life. What in the world does this place conceal?
: Eide: Oh, there's only one way to find out.
:: (The air here, and this creepy scene... it's eerily familiar...)
;(Pass through the first portal)
: : Is this a teleportation device? What energy is powering it...
;(Pass through the portal at the end of the large room)
: : How did I get on the ceiling? Did the room turn upside down, or gravity itself...?
;(Approach the central platform)
: : It seems like I need to find a place to insert the rune.
;(Open the door and enter the room below)
:;(As Eide and the Traveler approach the opening door, an Abyss Herald comes out)
: ???: Halt, humans. Fate has not granted you the right to enter this place...
:: (An Abyss Herald? No, he doesn't look like someone from the Abyss Order...)
: ???: Hmm, do you insist on an audience?
: ???: ...Very well, then I grant you the trial of destiny.
;(Defeat the Abyss Herald)
: Eide: Who was that? He was... he was...
: Terrifying?
: I've seen similar characters before.
: Eide: ...He was a perfect being. I'm in awe.
: ...Huh?
: Eide: He had the most wondrous aura, a perilous yet beautiful power... Truly mesmerizing.
: Eide: And yet you were able to defeat him. Your strength is greater than I had imagined. Hehe...
: You have unconventional tastes.
: I just have lots of combat experience.
: Eide: Let's continue on. I find myself growing more curious by the second... and more excited.
;(Approach the large chained crystal)
: Eide: I think... we've made it to the end...
: What is that thing!?
:: (Wrapped in chains, hanging in midair, emanating a sinister aura... There's no mistaking it. It's just like the Defiled Statue!)
:: (So it does have something to do with the Abyss Order. And these worshiping hilichurls remind me a little too much of the Grand Thief...)
: Eide, this place is bad news. We've got to go!
: Eide: ...
: Eide?
: Voice Inside the Head: ...O dear creature, why do you bow down? For fear of the unknown? Or for a power that you covet?
:: (Whose voice is that? It must be coming from right inside my head... Can't Eide hear it?)
: Voice Inside the Head: ...O dear creature, why do you bow down? For I am no god... I am but a "Sinner."
:: (A "Sinner"...?)
: Voice Inside the Head: You are like a flower born in sin yet pure, spotless... I know your fate well.
: Voice Inside the Head: You need no longer hold back your resentment, nor accept the countless lies.
: Voice Inside the Head: Go forth, become a transcendent one, rise beyond the fate bestowed upon you...
: Voice Inside the Head: And I shall shed a tear at the end of time... as I gaze back upon your life.
:: (...Who in the world are you? What do these words mean?)
:Voice Inside the Head: ...
:: (The voice... it's gone...)
:;(The crystal glows and wisps of purple energy fly into Eide's body)
: : !!!
: ...Eide?
: Eide: *pant* *pant* ...What just happened?
: Eide: When I saw that thing, my heart was instantly at peace... I—I was overcome by a sense of awe... or joy, perhaps.
: Are you alright now?
: Eide: I am... I feel good, in fact... I—I feel better than I did before I came in here. How peculiar...
: Something's not right about this place. We need to get out of here.
: Eide: Oh, i—is that so? Alright, as you wish.
:
: Eide: Caribert! Oh, thank goodness. He's still okay.
: Don't we still need to go to the ?
: Why are we back here?
: Eide: I... I have a strange feeling that what just happened was meant to be.
: Eide: For this to happen right at the moment when I was dreading worshiping at a ... it's as if fate was calling to me.
: Eide: You say that I bowed before that thing, so perhaps... it might be just as effective?
: That sounds like a ridiculous idea...
: But if you insist...
: Eide: I have to try. No matter what. ...You said it yourself: I have to exhaust all options.
:
: Eide: Caribert...?
: Caribert: ...
:;(Caribert opens his eyes to see Eide)
: Caribert: ...P—Papa...?
: Eide: *gasp* ...Caribert! Oh, my goodness, it worked! It's a miracle!!! Oh, Caribert, my dear son...
: I can't believe it...
: I'm stunned.
: Eide: You see!? It worked! Caribert can speak again!
: Caribert: Where's... Mama?
: Eide: Mama is... Caribert, look at me. Do you know who I am?
: Caribert: Of course... You're Papa.
: Eide: Hahahaha... Yes! Haha... Salvation, sweet salvation... Yes, this is what this feeling is...
: Eide: How do you feel, Caribert? Are you fully awake now?
: Caribert: Yes... it feels like I just woke up from a long, long sleep. I dreamed that I was hiding in a little room. I didn't dare go out the whole time, and I didn't want to either...
:;(Caribert looks down and sees his hands and feet)
: Caribert: Wait...
: Caribert: My body! What happened to me? Is this... is this me?
: Caribert: Papa... What's happened to me!?
: Eide: ...
: Eide: ...Don't panic, son. It's just... while you were sleeping, we went into a fairytale world.
: Eide: There's no more Khaenri'ah here, no more home — but do you know what that means? No more red sky... no more end of the world.
: Eide: In this world, you have to be a little monster... but you get to stay with Papa forever.
: Caribert: Am I... dead?
: Eide: No, no, of course not! Look, Caribert... you still have Mama's scarf on your arm. That means she's watching over you, protecting you. So how could you be dead?
: Caribert: Really...?
: Eide: Yes, really! You've only just woken up, and this must all be very confusing for you. Just rest here for now... Things will get better.
: Eide: Oh, and um... you have to promise me something...
: Eide: Never take off your mask.
: Eide: Understand? Whatever happens, you mustn't take it off...
: Caribert: Okay, Papa... I won't, I promise...
:
:;(Eide and the Traveler talk outside the house)
: Eide: Not since that day have I been so glad as I am now... I can't believe this is really happening...
: Yeah...
: It's unbelievable.
: Eide: Hmph, I knew that placing my hope in The Seven was a waste of time... I even worshiped at one of their statues like a common fool. Never before have I humiliated myself like that...
: Eide: Once a murderer, always a murderer... I was naive to think that the gods who conspired against us would ever offer redemption.
: Eide: But the god we saw in that cave... Now that was a truly mighty god! Nothing like one of The Seven!
: Eide: That wondrous power... It was truly enchanting... Surely, that must have been the reason I bowed down?
: Eide: Hmm, now then... after one beseeches a god, and the god responds by answering their prayers, should they, um... do something to show their devotion?
: Eide: Piety is hardly my area of expertise... but surely I should honor the god that has honored my wishes.
: But Eide... that was not a god.
: That was... a "Sinner."
: Eide: A "Sinner"? Don't be absurd. You don't know a single thing about him... how dare you utter such blasphemy?
: Eide: You and I have both witnessed his divine power. When have The Seven worked a miracle like this before? Never... He is a god mightier than they! And yet you would call him a "Sinner"? Preposterous!
: Eide: No matter... Believe what you will. You cannot shake my faith.
: Eide: I am going to pay my respects — with or without you.
: You...
: Fine, go ahead.
:: (Eide's experience has deeply affected him... Not that he was particularly stable to begin with, but this... religious fervor is something else...)
:: (I guess I'd better catch up with him anyway. There are monsters everywhere... I can't stand by and let him fall into their hands.)
:;(Eide begins to leave and the Traveler runs behind him to catch up)
;(Talk to Caribert, optional)
: Caribert: Do you live in the fairytale world as well? My name's Caribert, nice to meet you...
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