As Above So Below

"As Above So Below" is the second episode of Regolus: Evolution.
==Official Description==
"Our three heroes follow the trail left by the machine that attacked the city. A tomb of constructs and technology used by the Futurists (the organization responsible for killing Terra's child) is found. In the last moments, Ignis makes a decision about a piece of tech to stop the constructs from awakening as the haunting visage of Vindictus, leader of the Futurists, whispers "You should not be here."
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
* The group just finished fighting against the enemy at the gate just as more help arrives. After a short rest and a bit of healing, Terra, Ignis and Angelo make their way to the docks of the city where they meet with the Knight Recusants and their head, Kvora. They tell her about their thought that the attack was by the Futurists. Kvora takes out some kind of divining rod, a prototype, and asks to see Terra’s scar tissue from the plague before they hover the rod over it. As the gems on it lighten up green, so does Terra’s scar and with that, the light rises up through the air and winds to the Northeast, just as the ashes of the construct did before. This also confirms that there are still traces of the illness active in them that can be tracked and might help to find the place where the energy came from. Kvora asks for a favor on behalf of the Coalition: to prevent any further incursions from this force that refuses to be put down, they ask that the three follow the trails to where they lead and disable the origin.
* They still don’t know the reason why the construct was attacking, as it seemed more focused on destroying the walls of the city to get in than attacking the people around. Kvora is not willing to disclose what it might have been after besides possibly the governing body of the entire mortal states, but it is not unusual for her to keep secrets. Terra questions Kvora about those secrets, so they all step out of the tent that they are in and go on a walk away from other listening ears. She tells them that she is worried that they might be after the mechanisms that operate the entirety of the Coalition Rail and most widespread Coalition technology. She is not willing to give them the precise locations in case they get caught. There might be more of the constructs so they need to stop it before more could happen. They will get free access to the delegation when they return and will receive some of those prototype divining rods and some more materials before they go that will help them on their journey. Kvora asks them for their discretion and thanks them before she goes to prepare everything they need. 
* After a quick jump in the ocean to cool off their emotions, the three make their way back to the apartment to prepare for their journey. Terra leaves a note for Ines, her wife, in case she comes by when they are gone, the packages from the Coalition arrive and they get their horses Drew, Ophelia and Precious from the stable master Ariana and jokingly give her a bit of a hard time before they make their way out of town.
* Not too long after they leave the eastward road to head to the main thoroughfare, they spot tracks on the ground which remind them of the construct they’ve fought earlier that day. The group follows them into the woods until they notice the dead silence around them and the almost gleaming grass. After an investigation, they find that there must be something underground, as it makes a metallic hollow echo sound. In the roots of one of the trees, Angelo spots a metallic skull with beads of green light shining in the eye sockets. He sees more and more of them hidden in the trees; the eyes following his every movement.
=== Part 2 ===
* Angelo tells the other two about the skulls he found. Ignis tries to speak to the plants around them, but can’t feel any plant life in the radius. They mold the earth and uncover a surface which they disintegrate a hole into before they jump/fly into the pit. Terra turns invisible before they follow the tunnels until it branches out into three different ways. They send an Arcane Eye to scry ahead. It reveals some kind of lab with a green glowing cylinder in the center before it gets dispelled. Another path reveals a chamber full of sarcophagi with more of those constructs standing in each of them. 
* The group decides to investigate the lab. Angelo can translate the runes on the tablets around the room to “brazier chamber”. While Ignis hears some clanking in the distance and decides to investigate the sound, Angelo is able to activate one of the brazier chambers. Ignis turns invisible and follows the sound to the tomb-like chamber, where the constructs are beginning to be activated. She tries to destroy the crystal in the middle of the room to stop them but as she hits it, her invisibility fades away and five of the awakened constructs turn towards her. 
* Still in the other room, the pillar in the center of the chamber flickers and reveals the face of Vindictus, saying “You should not be here yet” (02:48:43).
== Characters and Locations ==
=== Player Characters ===
* Angelo
* Ignis
* Terra
=== NPCs ===
* unnamed city guards
* unnamed Coalition knights
* unnamed Coalition clerics
* Knights Recusant
* Kvora
* Ariana
* Vindictus
=== Locations ===
* Calatine
** Calanthus
*** docks
*** stables
** Calatian Grove
* Kytill
* Futurist Compound
==References==