Resignation to the Reverie

Resignation to the Reverie is a tome uncovered by means of an Inquiry process.

## Description

Compiled by the contemporary researcher of the arcane Siebern Kuiper, Resignation to the Reverie was produced by the Tethered Harness as it followed the involvement of the newly-founded faction known as the Eternal Night in their efforts in Dal Quor and beyond.

## Research

### Completed by Timbermitt - Inquiry (Study)

Questions were promptly raised after the Battle of Manifestation's Return to the fate of the objects that proved so instrumental in its occurrence, with many of the calls levelled at the artifacts' imminent and necessary destruction to prevent such ingress once more. It is true that the Legacies of Distant Reverie did indeed disappear after the battle's conclusion, and so for many it was considered that they were destroyed in the process of rending a connection between that of the Material Plane and the Plane of Dreams sufficient enough for the Hunter in the Ephialtes to slip without hindrance between the pair, bypassing the ward said to have been placed upon the formermost by the soil and stone by the Lord in the Quiet Places. In truth however, with the shattering of this particular vestige of the Darkbringer, the artifacts were not destroyed, but instead claimed by the drow cleric Zareyl Arkenviir, formerly of faith to that of the Mother of Lusts, but instead subsequently pledging herself to il-Yannah - something that was supposedly intended to be a short-lived alliance and agreement, but has henceforth remained steadfast. Travelling alongside another individual, that of Liadove Lightvale, sister to the pariah Eordemos Lightvale, who had become nothing more that a puppet of Hadar and was subsequently destroyed, Zareyl utilised the Legacies to transport herself to the Plane of Dreams. It is said that the Legacies, Zareyl and Liadove have resided within this space since, though not exclusively - as shown by evidence gathered from across the continent.

First and foremost is that of the Hanbalani Atlases scattered across the lands of Ahlus, having lay dormant for centuries since the original Manifestation, save a few pulses of increased psionic intensity and activity. These incidents were usually proceeded by interference from outside sources attempting to remove the Cores located within, resulting in the funnelling of Quori spirits from the Plane of Dreams to the Atlas in question to serve as its defenders. Although the entity that had assumed control and command of these malign-intended spirits had been defeated, Dal Quor remained a wild and - quite literally - nightmarish Plane in the following days, weeks, months and years - and so these Atlases, connected as they were to the Plane continued to serve as conduits for those Quori evading judgement and destruction of the rebirthed divinity of the Great Light, il-Yannah. As a new dawn rose in the Plane of Dreams, the Atlases periodically wept vast quantities of Quori across the Material Plane wherever they were found, and so this became a primary focus for the duo of Arkenviir and Lightvale.

Though both of the pair were no doubt powerful, both in themselves and through the artifacts and items of legendary repute that they wielded, the scope of the spread was too great for them to face alone, and thus the matter of recruitment was broached. My research estimates that there were in excess of one hundred of these structures across the continent, each capable of serving as a unfettered gateway for the smaller and more mobile aberrant beings of the Plane of Dreams. Though not officially confirmed, it is suspected that the process of recruitment was largely achieved through subliminal methods, such as suggestions planted within suitable candidates' sleep or trance, for in such a state their mind drifts naturally to the outer fringes of the Plane that they would be guided to protect. It is ultimately uncertain how many individuals were recruited, but within the decade all the remaining Hanbalani Atlases were thought to have been inactivated, dismantled or otherwise destroyed. Particular aid in this process would come with the recruitment of the paladin Vlondril, who served as the mortal bulwark upon which the faction that came to be known as the Eternal Day would be constructed, the group itself split into three subfactions, led by its three most noteworthy members.

Liadove's focus became upon that of elevating and accelerating the recovery of the Shaper of Halycon Fancies to a status of divinity, guiding those upon the Material Plane and beyond into worship of il-Yannah, amongst other tasks that would speed the re-ascension. Vlondril would take command of those that still remained vigilant to threats stemming from the Plane of Dreams itself, for the expanse of pseudo-reality filled with manipulable illusionary magic in its purest form provided vast swathes of space for those of evil and ill-intent to hide, as well as ensuring that those that strayed too deeply in their slumber were ushered back to the safer fringes of the domain. Most notable however is that Zareyl, alongside the Legacies themselves, has grown increasingly competent and capable of corralling actions from afar to prevent aberrant threats to the Material Plane. Empowered by the Legacies, themselves a creation of the divine, her presence by reality of its psionic ubiquity in this purpose may be confused to the passing attention of a being of near-deific stature by those otherwise unaware of its origin.