Heart of Tyre: Episode 08

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***Heart of Tyre* Episode 8** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on August 31, 2020, and premiered on Arcadum's YouTube channel on October 29, 2020.

## Summary

The group goes over everything that just happened, and Derok suggests they stop messing with things in the Labyrinth.

They go into a room and it is the one Morc saw in his vision. There is a hatch, leading to the next floor, and a crystal with something written on it. Neve casts Comprehend Languages on the power crystal and though she can't read what it says, it seems to blink at her and beeping. There seems to be a pattern to it. Morc sees a hand print on a long metal chest, it seems to be a scanner. They take a rest there while Neve stands guard. Suddenly the crystal starts beeping faster until it turns off and a bright blue light shines from the handprint. They decide to sleep in the hall.

Suddenly the Fleshcrime approaches. They run back into the room. The Fleshcrime goes into the room with the herbs and looks at the violet herb. Neve grabs the violet herb with her Mage Hand and there is a flash of violet, she throws it, and the Fleshcrime chases after it, destroying everything in the room. It smashes the herb with the electrifier. Then it leaves. Neve tells the others. They try to sleep again. The crystal blinks in cyclical pattern.

Finally rested, the crystal emits a green light, seemingly scanning each of them. A text appears, stating that the language update has been complete. Neve can now read what it says: "*Database. Error. Activate*." and the one over the glass hand print: "*Activate centurion*." with an arrow next to it. The group discusses what to do next, and when Seren mentions 'Abbadon", the crystal blinks rapidly and a informative text about Abbadon appears. Neve tells it to show the search history, and an error appears, stating that you need to be logged in with a handprint.

The group leaves the room. As Derok begins to channel the portal, Neve hears a sound from another room. Ives and her go investigate. As they open the door, they see a mysterious device with a green crystal, radiating energy, and tubes behind it. Ives sees something written on it and moves closer to read it. It says: "*Contemption field activated*." He backs out, closes the door, and they go back to the others. The portal stone strangely vibrates, and Derok cancels the channeling.

They go back towards the main area, and the door is covered in green energy. They go back to the room with the crystal, the crystal is no longer glowing. Believing he might already be in the database, Derok starts talking to it, it activates again, rotating back. Derek asks it about the contemption field.

> Contemption field: A field used to prevent those enteties capable of teleportation from escaping the labyrinth and laboratory. Contemption field also instates a physical barrier preventing the malignation of said creatures.
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Derok asks if it can be disabled temporarily. Text appears, that it can by those with centurion access. Derok asks, what that is. Text appears that a centurion is a *guardian of the laboratory and a keeper of the fleshcrimes*. Derok asks, who has the access. Text appears, "Dr.Reen, Dr.Lacour, Dr.Joy". Derok asks about the patient history for Derok Dranf. Text appears, "*Patient not found"*. Derek asks for a visitor's log. Text appears, "**Error. Datafile corrupted**." Some of the letters seem to be covered in violet light. Text appears, "*Purging databanks. Awaiting input.*" The group wonders if the name of the Enemy was in the visitor's log.

They hear the Fleshcrime screech and approaching. They need centurion access to open the hatch. The crystal reacts to the Fleshcrime, shooting light at it, pacifying it. The Fleshcrime gets up again and says "*Adapt*.", as pieces of its body crack open. Derok puts his hand on the scanner, and metal bars lock it into place as blood is drawn. The chest opens and a circular hologram comes out of it. It introduces itself as "Centurion Sam". It tries to open the hatch but can't due to the contemption field being activated. It says it can't disable it quick enough.

Derok tell it to protect them and it makes them invisible until the Fleshcrime is gone. They ask it to disable the field, and it says that it will allow the creature to escape. It says that with centurion access they can leave the area and also that putting the hand on the scanner to become a centurion is usually deadly.

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> *"The energy of one's soul must be sufficient to contain the abstract digital energy."*
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> *"(...digital energy is the mysterious magical source found on the planet known as Band."*
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> *"The planet Band is a world where several large vessels of the astral sea landed and crashed. The denizens of these colonizations' ships therefore populated this once errant land, creating societies, creating a world."*
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> *"Error. Data not found."*
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> *"Error. Data not- Restricted."*
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When asked about it, Sam reveals that there is a way to loophole, he opens his body and the group sees several runes etched into meal and medieval circuits and some kind of metal ropes. He explains, that the arcavist(?) runes "prevent these redundancies from misfiring" and that while Sam is able to speak freely - they are not "free" to hear it. An arcavist would have to translate it for them.

Derok jokes about how to become one and Sam shows them the device with the emerald crystal in the other room.

     Sam gives information on what the device is: "*Relocator. Mass-shifter. Teleporter*." and that it can take them to become an arcavist and: "*An arcavist's role is to keep safe the forbidden knowledge which the angels dared not allow themselves to learn.*"

Derok asks where exactly the teleporter goes and Sam responds that it will take them to Band, where they would become an arcavist. The teleporter has two charges, meaning it could take the group there and back. Ives asks if there is a way to increase the charges and Sam takes them to another room, showing them the vault and says that it contains three additional uses for fuel. Sam says it is organic fuel. They ask what kind and when they mention "the etheral soul kind", Sam asks: "**What is a soul?"**. Derok redirects the question back to Sam, and the centurion has an error. Sam says, the organic fuel is no longer attached to something alive. Derok asks again if it uses souls and Sam says again: "*Error. What is souls?*" The group tries to explain it with the word "spirit" and Sam says the fuel has no ghosts. Ives asks which parts where used and Sam says: "*Error. Original owner not found. Designation Fleshcrime*."

Derok asks it for the synonym for "Cardinal" and Sam says: "*Input found. Playing video*."

A holographic moving image appears. It shows a figure:

> "Is this thing on? Is this thing on? Attention, any that hear this message. Attention, anyone that- -essage. The vessels have awakened. The angels are corrupted. Hextremormere, the disk of- deletion rises. It has lost itself. Please se-nd aid when you- end comes- -erld becoknes. Please it- wit-
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> I have adjusted the wires. It should work better for now. I do not know who can hear this but please listen, and listen well. The angels have become corrupted. We do not know how deep it goes. We need your help. The Enemy moves unseen. The Seven showed us but we lost it. We lost the sight. Please you must see- you must seek the [BEEP]. You must seek [BEEP]. You must seek the [BEEP]. You must seek **the last halo**."
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The image is gone and Sam says the transmission was titled: "*Adjutant*" and that it was recorded on Band. Derok asks Sam to define a Cardinal or a Adjutant in his own words and after Sam says "*Uploading creativity. Personality setting changing. Update complete*" he explains:

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> *"A Cardinal is a beautiful bird. It flies with grace and serenity, and by example, others may be shown the path. For when the feathered wings of the Cardinals are spread wide, the shadow is a refuge for those that seek sanctuary from the light."*
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When asked Sam says that he can scan to find out if someone is a cardinal and that an arcavist can not be one, as *"The goals must be separated, lest too much is lost on a single coin*." Derok asks if the chain works by the arcavist telling the adjutant, who tells the masses. Sam says:

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> *"Those that listen, those that speak, those that act, and those that keep faith. They are known as translators, they are known as cardinals, they are known as bearers, and they are known as ascendants."*
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> *"Ascendants are beings that procure the mortal coil, to protect faith. Each are required to form (...) the **Quadronox**."*
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> *"The Quadronox is the center point of protection, maintaining those with sight. It drifts through the astral sea, performing its eonic duties. The Quadronox, it is said, is the birth place of amber."*
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> *"The significance of amber is that it prevents clairvoyant sight, scanning, and other forms of vision. It is a veil that can not be pierced."*
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> *"Affirmative. Demonstrating."*
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Sam goes back into the room with the device and the emerald crystal and does something to it. The group sees an image of a floating structure in the astral sea - an enormous cube, made of amber.

Derok asks about the role of the bearer and Sam replies: "*To act. The bearer are those that are, hm, potential for refraction.*" and that one could not have multiple roles. Derok asks about examples of ascendants but Sam doesn't know any.

Derok asks Sam to define the Seven. Sam creates a symphony of music, the song of the Seven, and the group feels hope wash over them. Then, Sam can't contain the power of the song and stops. Sam tells them that it is the song of the Seven, and when asked where it origniated from, and Sam says:

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> *"The Song of the Seven is originated from, it is said, The Edge."*
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They go to the other room to get the fuel with their keycard. However, they found out that to access the fuel they will have to fight a Fleshcrime Beta. Killing Fleshcrime Omega would unseal an entire armory; filled with melee weapons, power armor, runic cubes, unidentifiable weapons, and three Shards of Oblivion. Derok asks if the death of the Fleshcrime is the only option, and Sam responds, that he doesn't know but the activation of the keycard does require the death of the creature. Sam tells them that becoming an arcavist takes months, and that one day on Band is three days on Verum. Because it would take too long, the group decides they're not going to Band.

The group confirms that with their new centurion status they can leave the area and The Labyrinth. Derok asks where Sam was made.

Sam tells them:

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> *"I am a mote(?), created by the angel Menzzoozorazan, the thought weaver."*
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> *:Negative. They are angels."*
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Sam tells them about the angels of Band. Olstwitz has Biitorn, the Navigator, Dold, the Deep Lord and Sheen, the Vengeful Scorn. The Broken Bazaar has Exeptic, the Slow Death, Guun, the Deal Maker, and Maelenkine, the Altruist. Duuldaran has Hextremormere, the Disc of Deletion, Jillie, the Rain Maiden and Ssesspark, the Molten Core. Oasis has Dark, the What Is, Light, the What Could Be, Menzzozorazan, the Thought Weaver, Redarem the Shifting Veil, and Vezin, the Covetous One. Magiskcam has Giultarius, the Pitiless Judge, Hadrian, the Warrior's Courage and Horus, the Golden Ambition.

And lastly, Quard has Hades, the Arch Angel.

     Derok asks Sam to explain Project False Maiden.

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> *"Project False Maiden was an attempt to recreate the energies from the Red Star. It is believed by the practitioner, that a hand maiden may control the Omega."*
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> *"The Red Star of Annareth is rumored to contain a pantheon of deitic individuals, who hold dominion over the nebulic rifts."*
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> *"There are no such things as gods in Band. There are however angels."*
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> *"A kalkateshian god is that which possesses worshippers and whose soul is engorged and by the process of [BEEP] then [BEEP] then [BEEP], it is possible to become one."*
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Ives asks about the machine, that seemed to pollute the air and Sam explains it is a sedative to slow the Fleshcrime Omega and that if affected Morc because the Fleshcrime and him are both of orc-ish blood. Derok asks about the ingredients in the False Maiden project. Sam responds:

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> *"Vessel of Lorita, vessel of wisdom, vessel of kindness, general organic matter, maiden's blood."*
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> *"Lorita, kalkateshian god. God of Wrath. Lorita was created by the wizard Tyre."*
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> *"Negative. A vessel formed from the process of creation of Lorita, one might say a sister, perhaps."*
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Seren suggests praying to Lorita and asking her about it. And as they discuss this, they wonder if they could ask about the Brass King. Derok asks Sam about the depthar infection.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Derok Dranf
* Ives
* Neve
* Madd Morc
* Seren

## References

1. ↑ Twitch Tracker
2. ↑ An arcavist is another name of a Translator.