Gate of Memoirs/Visitors from the Other Side

Zeruiah recalls the chain of events that brought Juno-Seto and Ensa-Taya to Aimyhr.
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Music: "Frozen Tears"	Music: "Frozen Tears"
 	
*Zeruiah: My endless curiosity and search for knowledge resulted in this catastrophe.
*Zeruiah: Yet, how could I ignore the plight of one who so valiantly gave her life to the safety of her people?
 	
*Zeruiah: This wound...it burns. Is the insidious corruption already at work?
 	
*Submit to me, fool!
*Nngh-
 	
*Zeruiah: ...!
 	
*Zeruiah: 'Twas only by Earth Mother's blessing that I was able to escape from her clutches.
*Zeruiah: That fateful day has been indelibly seared into my memory forever.
 	
*Aside from the howling mountain wind, the Stargate is completely silent.
 	
*Zeruiah: ...I suppose this one is far too weathered to function.
 	
*Zeruiah: With no method of putting my theory into practice, it is truly unfortunate.
*Zeruiah: I do not believe there are other Stargates on Aimyhr. My research will have to end here-
 	
*???: *whisper*
 	
*Zeruiah: Do my ears deceive me? Who goes there?
 	
*???: Anyone...please, if you hear my voice...
*???: My people need your help!
 	
*Zeruiah: Who are you? Where-
 	
*Juno-Seto: I am Juno-Seto. I'm afraid I do not have the luxury of time.
*Juno-Seto: A great darkness has befallen my world. As their goddess, I cannot allow my people to suffer.
*Juno-Seto: I beg of you, stranger—save my people from this bleak fate.
 	
*Zeruiah: What? What is this darkness you speak of? Where is this world of yours?
 	
*Zeruiah: ...!
 	
*The Stargate roars to life, a miniature galaxy swirling and shimmering faintly within. A faint figure appears before the sage.
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*Juno-Seto: I must ask you to trust me, for now. I promise that we will meet again, when the time is right.
*Juno-Seto: So please...
 	
*Zeruiah: ...
 	
*Zeruiah: ...Very well. I, Zeruiah of the Vale, pledge to shelter your people.
*Zeruiah: Send them to me.
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*Juno-Seto's people poured forth from the once dormant Stargate.
*Under the Starsage's watchful eye, they were granted shelter within the Vale, shielded from its frigid cradle.
*The refugees brought with them a Divine Seed, containing the soul of their goddess.
 	
*After generations of tender care, the Seed blossomed into a Divine Bloom, from which Juno-Seto was reborn.
*Soon after, the otherworldly goddess led her people to the plains of the far East, not wanting to trouble her host any longer.
 	
*Juno-Seto was said to have an uncharacteristic melancholy upon her radiant face as she left,
*though the goddess insisted it was her fondness for the Vale and for the Starsage.
 	
*Zeruiah, however, sensed something amiss.
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*The Stargate whirs to life, and an inky tendril of darkest black slithers out from its borders.
*???: Hmhmhm...
*???: Mm, yes, I see it. Quite clearly, in fact! Such marvelous, purest white!
*???: So different from our subterranean caves, hmm?
*A figure materializes just in front of the Stargate, the same inky essence swirling about her.
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*???: I sense it...a hidden land, replete with exquisite energy. I must have it all.
 	
*Ensa-Taya: Let it be known that from this day forth, I, Ensa-Taya, shall be its new queen!
*Ensa-Taya: Ravage this place, my servants. Let the feast begin.
Music: "Source Hall"	Music: "Source Hall"
 	
*The Voidborn invaders swelled like black tides atop the frigid mountain ranges.
*Enticed by the magical energies of the Vale, they surged forth as a deadly plague.
*Zeruiah led the defense herself, halting much of the advance force in their tracks.
 	
*Zeruiah: Make sure they do not cross the barrier!
*Zeruiah: This darkness...Who are you?
*Zeruiah: Why do you bear the face of the one who came before?
 	
*Ensa-Taya: So, *you* are the one putting up a stubborn resistance.
*Ensa-Taya: You are no ordinary creature...I have not seen anything quite like you.
 	
*Ensa-Taya: Ohoho! Fine by me. You will make a worthy servant!
*Ensa-Taya: I shall let you have a taste of me.
 	
*Zeruiah: ...!!!