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# Time-Line

## Sidion's Rise and Fall, Pre-Fracture

#### Fractured Plains - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ylhe1YCYBxf7kREjgH9PXcRebkWjvuVe/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "We cannot give up! Haven't you all had enough of having your wares pillaged by wolves and thieves? We cannot wait for Zenith's help. We MUST help ourselves. We'll make traps. We'll make weapons. I'll chop down our entire wood to build a wall if I have to. I will not stand idly for another day while our children go hungry. I would rather die fighting than live in fear. Wouldn't you? And you? Wouldn't anyone?"
#### Galian Valley - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dm92NRGFncuKEPDXu5NqaFf31KjH1c97/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "You... want me to lead? All I did was fend off a few wolves. Anyone would do it to protect their family, wouldn't they?... I don't know anything about leading an army. But if it's what people want - if it's what's best for everyone - I will do the best I can."
#### Sourwood Valley - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qiUImfwM8\_oiik9b6DU0zlB5kzJXi1Hl/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "The Amarites had an interesting nickname for you: The Mistress of Mercy? They say you've been healing them from the bog for centuries.. I know that's impossible, but I did notice your essence-wielding had a curious quality to it... It's darker, somehow... How did that come to happen?"
#### Skysong Summit Valley - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HoQRTlAHJ8QCu5oCwO67hTR5Sa7gcCPy/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "What's happening to me. I've never felt anything like this in my life. Is this essence? Is this the power it offers. Oh, I feel like i'm flying, but my feet are still on the ground. The others, it doesn't bend to them like it does to me. It feels like it chose me, me above all the rest."
#### Tangled Cove - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vMtWnmODflIiUetfa6goNAaieDaZlTX4/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "The power of this artifact is incredible. It is truly a mark of the gods. If I commune with it... ahhh! Yes! Yes! The power flows through me... Even the seas grow calm beneath my hand..."
#### Ruler's Reach - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yur2xEl3Wwgd6f9Up5b6BzmEJjXv1LSx/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Have we finally come to an agreement then? I, Sidion, leader of the Zenithian faction, will agree to a truce, now and forever, with the Desert Empire. We will together establish a new research outpost here to study the curious, violet essence you have here, and enhance our shared knowledge of its secrets! May our alliance be long and fruitful."
#### Queen's Path - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pXm0\_sg6M-8ROSFl4suiBYgSbMt7Nm06/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Knights! Scions! Centurions! The path toward immortality begins here! I, who have gathered the four artifacts, will reign and bring eternal peace to these lands. Are you with me? Can you feel the essence on our side!? Then let us stand tall together, so that even the gods cower in our shadow!"
#### Radiant Coast - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/127X0\_zj-iASGmXgEBa9aHtrtiOHv4aXS/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Your reign over the seas is over. Bring as many ships as you like. Bring your entire armada. You still have nothing but guns and cannonballs to fight me. I will drown you in your own tears. The sea bends to MY will. Surrender now, or your only rest will be on the sea bed."
#### Amarite Forest - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FH1FnXHwsXzgdKC-k4\_sHQ\_WOMwv5I4p/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "You cannot run, Amarites. You cannot defeat me with your tricks. If you hide in the trees, we'll raze your forest. If you stalk in the shadows, we'll light you aflame. You will now, and forever, have freedom of choice in my kingdom... but if a single splinter of wood flied from your woods toward my men, know that you choose death."
### The Fall

#### The Underside - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6uv6h0wgTJNmzsY8m1blQJZydgXYx8b/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "You challenge my rule to my face, and expect thanks? You are nothing but vipers! I took six kingdoms under my reign! I brought Kings and Queens to their knees! who are you? Nobody. This world would fall apart without my hand to guide it. And I won't allow that to happen."
#### Ruler's Reach - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PUXHi1GnGYCNsl7\_77-nfK-IuX\_8\_WBq/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Someone, prepare my immortal body. This one won't be suitable for the world to come... Yes. Yes. Get all the pieces into place, with the purification stones set around the communing circle."
#### Ruler's Reach - Sidion:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FGleXyF-sL9bwXYOJiSCLn8S7ooXZQDB/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Telos... Amara... I will tear you both apart with my bear hands... for this, I am the chosen one I am the one who will protect this land... I... cannot... be defeated...... Your essence is MINE to control... This power... will... be under my control... MINE. It's.. MINE. ARRRGHH!"
## Fracture happens -> City Gates Close -> 65 Years later Gates open -> Post-Fracture

### Lyra's Rise

Zenith City - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-o6pcE6JVGdYy3UnBl\_xuOsDHriI53dL/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Are those new Cursed recruits from the desert? ... Yes, those are the ones of most interest to me. They'll have had the most exposure to Corruption, after all. They are perfect candidates for the Aetherdisc project."
The Underside - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sC7b9Z5OsvrYSwBYDKFOJct9mqBMamRi/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Alright. Before we hit this switch, I just want to say to all that I'm so proud of the work you've done here. Aether Discs wouldn't be possible without each and every one of you. And NOTHING is a failure so long as we learn from it... even if what we learn is that we are all terrible at science. So, without further ado: 3, 2, 1... It's beautiful."
The Underside - Mika:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvTUi63w7hsUehq4Q5-mvDqRAxhaXswh/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "... What was that? Is someone there? The archives are closed... You there! I see you! Turn around and keep your hands where I can see them! Oh! Doctor! I'm so sorry, Lyra. I thought you were an intruder. You must have had a long day at the office to be here so late..."
### Lyra Leave the City

#### Zenith City - Mika:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BzKBME5iT4WtG31EHhjPcsQ-EW0u\_u0r/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "The Commander wants me to train the new recruits? But I... It's my fault that... No, I know I wasn't the only one who suspected something about Lyra, but... This is.... I mean, this is an enormous honor. And.. I will do my absolute best."
#### Zenith City - Amani:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1unJXokPOuX3yjP946Uycn1Er8BWSWAqG/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Look at this place! An entire world untouched by the Fracture. Agh. They can't understand the pain of my people. How could they? Ah, I shouldn't be here. The Heir to the Oasis most definitely should not be here... I... I need to get back to the desert. And soon."
#### Galian Valley - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y51Zy6JwOQhd8l2TTpwTI5htRR6I8Emk/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "If I were here to kill you, you'd all be dead. I've come to offer help. You're seeking your God-King Sidion, no? Chasing his whispers? I am too. You see, unlike the Zenitheans, I understand that what they call a Curse is Sidion's greatest gift to us. And I know how to ensure that every single one of us can wield it."
#### Sporewood - Navarre:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1leBxAnMOf0wqbveD9HFO09nBcRtqxzqV/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Never leave a kill to suffer, young one. Stop crying. If this creature did not even cry when your arrow missed its heart, you have no excuse. If you must kill, do it swiftly. It is the only mercy this life affords us."
#### Amarite Forest - Navarre:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qz\_NaXtB5DTEgC3\_s0wi1Ybe0y5EqSSK/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Stop talking. Stop. What you're asking for is ridiculous. I don't want to lead, I don't want to guide anyone. I want to be left alone! The Amarites have never had a leader, they've never needed a leader, and they never will. Not under my watch. I mean. Not that I... have that responsibility. Ugh. Just go away and let me watch the woods in peace."
#### Galian Valley - Navarre:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-hJgODwEVfjAhJoFYkFRE9ltTNlDTCK/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "There's corruption in the air... Are those... Those ARE soulless on the horizon! And those Galian farmers have no idea. They'll all be killed if they don't start moving. And the Zenithian guards haven't even noticed yet! Heh..Maybe an arrow flying at their heads will alert them."
#### Scarlet Vale - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1\_3tCGqQlvi9sKACbXLbESI3-CF8jb5YE/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I want your ears - not your head. If you want a fight, we can do that. And I can lock you and your little friends in place and let you live out your long lives in a prison of flesh and blood. Or we could help each other. I could share my powers with you. And you could end your pathetic war with the Khiren Amarites, or whatever other trite thing you can imagine."
#### Fractured Plains - Mika:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1oqOiT--x2rSgH7ziG1yCwRMM01EcHL/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Please, it was no trouble at all ma'am. I'm only glad you, and all of your lovely vegetables, are safe. No, no, I really can't accept peaches as payment, even though yours are lovely. Erm. No, I won't take an eggplant either. Or melons. Please! I'm only doing my job, ma'am. Your safety is all I want."
#### Sporewood - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aOWuVbpPq998PUSlWDefMD-SI0N7Dql5/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "The God-King Sidion chose us. We are the heirs to his will. And anyone who stands in our way will be stopped... including the two spies we have lurking among us. Yes, my friends, we have spies here. Let's show them some hospitality, shall we?"
#### Scarlet Vale - Finch:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AYKV6HWKvTKb-8kpYniB5Hq9PIRgNEI9/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "AGH! What was that noise? It sounded like a bee in my ear. Oh Amara help us all, is that an arrow in that tree? IT IS! IT IS AN ARROW. I ALMOST DIED. I... I think I might die. Oh no. Oh, my heart! Elder Prynn? ELDER PRYNN COME QUICKLY!"
#### Skysong Summit - Finch:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XupcnBkOCSJK\_COYwQJbpd0quBxcDRSs/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I made it! I made it! I managed to sneak past those scary saberfangs and everything! Hahaha! And now...oh...oh ne. Now I have to... sneak back too. Oh why did I do this... This was a huge mistake..."
#### Scarlet Vale - Prynn:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PcPSJqmPFQ5AAhR1FQ6MPfZGoeBYzB-b/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Our visit here is a courtesy to you Amarites. Though we have no obligation to do so, we thought you should have fair warning of what's happened to us. And while we aren't foolish enough to expect gratitude, a knife to the throat is completely inappropriate. Stand down, Navarre, or by the hand of Telos, I will make you stand down."
#### Skysong Summit - Prynn:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H1FuUgXN-ZHTV9ur-AbgfmCfPHDF3Pmd/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Is the essence... dancing? it's sparking around that stone, there. Here, let me grab my observers. Ahh! The essence is spilling out from the cracks in the stone. We've hypothesized that the essence wells in the lower sanctum may have offshoots around, and we were right! There might be an entire network of essence ley lines, flowing around this place like a river delta... Oh, what a beautiful discovery. How wondrous."
### First Ward Key Collected -> Coast Area

#### Emerald Desert - Amani:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-42PsAKG8nlZV3FJBfevxPnJQGRtt6vX/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "WHY DID WE MAKE AUTOMATONS? Hopefully they won't find me in here. Thank goodness our people were such loons about stalls... This one is big enough to hold two of me, at least. Oh! And it's been signed by one of our artisans. Thank you, ancient shopkeeper. You've saved a life today."
#### Turtle Top - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SWO8Jk\_V9lhjtfZB3f1FnX\_JYjaBkF76/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Your name is Ichiro, is that right? You seem to have rallied this pirates quite effectively. I've never seen them so motivated. And you didn't even need the Artifact to do it! Yes, I think we can help each other. Tell me where the wardkey is, and I'll show you how to wield more power than you ever imagined."
#### Tangled Cove - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qh3xFlbHcSx-N4FJfPpXPAQk4BiD9jF8/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "What would you pirates say to a little deal, hmm? I have something quite exceptional I can offer- Oh. You're... you're already bending the knee. Oh. You... You don't want to hear the specifics? You're... you're fine just agreeing to help? Well. That. Okay. That makes things easier then. You'll all be very rich very, very soon."
#### Radiant Coast or Turtle Top (Devs still deciding) - Kai:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15lbfSij7z-mPUUfdlrHJ-jFtN4tEGFJj/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Ichiro, you've been acting odd. Normally I wouldn't say anything. But this city needs you bad right now. Those Pirates are scaring the crap out of everyone. You can't just disappear on people. Everyone here looks up to you. I look up to you. You know?"
#### The Ramshackle - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hrlbScrINjIh5N4H-hwGu12d2jq12BCz/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Those autoforges look familiar. That's Oasis-tech, isn't it? Yes, It must be from the desert... It's a shame to see such incredible technology go to waste. Go and get me my toolkit. Let's show the Zenitheans what this tech can really do."
#### Turtle Top/Radiant Coast (Devs still deciding) - Kai:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GTgq1lz3yVgNFdC9my5x7hWizvxhlCpL/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "What do you mean he's DEAD? He can't be dead. He's the leader of this place! If he's not the leader of this place... oh HECK NO, I CAN'T BE THE LEADER OF THIS PLACE! Are you kidding me? This can't happen. Someone get my brother in here. He won't stand for - Oh dangit!"
### Second Ward Key Collected -> Desert Area

#### Tangled Cove (This one doesn't have a good place to go timeline wise)- Kai:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTmwYk1fXfR8gx9zDEsrmaNMRxX7AlDm/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Hey! Hey, can you breathe? Are you okay? A freak wave almost took you out! I've never even seen a wave that big. I... No, no, no, you don't have to thank me. I'm not a hero, trust me. That's Ichiro's thing, I just happened to be in the water..."
#### The Ramshackle - Mika:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ouhVf\_CI4eLofJKq62-bOTyFUqVqXoAO/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "Shh, shh, you don't need to speak. Try to stay still. You may have a broken bone... What was that?... No. Don't say that. You're still here. You're still breathing. Just hold on, and I can get you bandaged... And. Oh. I see now... I... promise you. Lyra will pay for this."
#### Emerald Desert - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JV-E8BjhMiWhB14e7K16RLcS9G1Q3Prm/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I know what this kingdom needs better than anyone else. I can do right what Sidion did wrong. I was CHOSEN for this. You of all people should understand what that means. So stay out of my way. Don't be foolish enough to try to stop me, Amani. I'd hate for another life to be lost in the desert."
#### Ruler's Reach - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XJaelmfyrozXhgli0fHHE8Zl26GZ1XtW/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I will succeed where all the old Kings and Queens failed... My ancestors. The Royals. Even Sidion. They were all stepping stones for this moment. For me to achieve my destiny as the true heir to this world."
#### Emerald Desert - Amani:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w675kdtx1Hh2XPrWeU5KlJXg5MjSLafM/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I failed everyone... It was my sworn duty to protect this place, and I failed. Every day another piece of it dies. Another part of it, locked away from me, because I'm not strong enough. I feel the corruption eating away at me, a little more every day. At least, when I go, I'll be asleep among my people to the end."
#### Queen's Path - Lyra:

Audio File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ewyyoApxiRHrMvf0LZpz\_Dilax8dsdfp/view?usp=sharing
Dialog: "I should break this key. Shatter it. Scatter it to the winds... But I hate to see another thing in this kingdom be destroyed. After all, whatever cursed soul inherits this land next deserves a chance to come after me. The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen."

# Interpretations

### Pre Fracture

1. [Zenith corporation ] is a mining research colony of an intergalactic space corporation
2. At first locals relied upon [zenith corporation] technology for protection.
3. Zenith only protected locals to recruit them into their work force as laborers
4. Once objectives metrics were met locals were left to fend for themselves.
5. Eventually a man named Sidion rose to influence over the 'native' population becoming a local warlord.
6. Other factions had land disputes and he went to war.
7. [Zenith corporation] wanting only to remain undisturbed in their mining and export operation had to make a hard decision. Which local warlord should they prop up to power in order to not be disturbed. Sidion was chosen.
8. Desert empire: The desert empire could have been another separate major power that [Zenith corporation] was in competition with. In the early phases of Sidion's rule, he represented Zenith and established diplomatic relations with the desert empire.
9. The lore stones begin to [fabricate evidence] at this point onward.
10. Secretly, Sidion was part of a failed weaponization experiment dubbed 'project sylphid'.
11. [Zenith corporation] finding the war between the factions as perfect test bed, chose Sidion as its headpiece and augmented him.
12. [Zenith corparation] fearing Sidions growing influence and power, eventually sent out a strike team killing Sidion and bringing an end to the war.
13. All other original test subjects eventually went mad with the power of corruption and the project was deemed a failure. Some of them are left unaccounted for.
14. After Sidion's defeat his godstone was 'harvested' for study.
15. In an effort to control the power of Sidion's "godstone", an artificial clone of his subconscious was created dubbed 'Sidion AI'. It is an AI that thinks its Sidion crafted from Zenithian Technology.
16. During the study of Sidion's godstone, an industrial accident known as "the fracture" occurred due to its immense power and its incompatibility with the AI. The possibility exist that the AI purposely triggered the reaction itself.
17. "The fracture" led to massive fallout that corrupted the land.
18. Eventually radiation decayed into crystalized forms called Amaras tears which [Zenith Corp] actively treasures. Other highly radioactive corruption takes the form of purple crystals. More inert but not fully stable corruption appears as blue crystals.
19. The exiled were victims of the disaster that Zenith could not handle medically or did not want to commit resources to treat.
20. Originally they were the 'native' members of [Zenith's corporate] workforce. The surviving members hold a bitterness for [Zenith corp] remembering how they were treated.
21. The exiles 'choosing' to leave Zenith was also partly due to the superstition surrounding their unexplained illnesses and actually being forced out as a quarantine measure.
22. Locals who remember the disaster hate [zenith corp] who actively exploits and oppresses them.
23. Their rally cry is 'Let Amaras tear not be in vain. She cries for us!' A warning about the industrial accident akin to the Fukushima/Chernobyl nuclear disasters.

### Post Fracture

1. It is not known who created the lore stones.
2. A high probability exist that they are a propaganda tool to demonize [Zenith corp's] technology.
3. Their form is that of a parable story, with "Sidion" and "Lyra" serving as tragic heros turned to villians.
4. In it a character name "Lyra" betrays [Zenith corporation], taking advantage of economic strife and class warfare to unify the warring factions against Zenith and to right all wrongs in the world. Only in the end to succumb to the the same temptations as the villian Sidion in becoming the "Almighty".
5. "you the player *are the continuation of 'Project Sylphid'.*
6. Being part machine part humanoid your body is able to harness the power of corruption, being kept mentally stable thru the 'aether disk network'. Where as your persona is recorded and rewritten after your corruption exceeds safety levels.
7. The 'aether disk network' also serves as your "godstone" compiler for samples obtained from the field.
8. 'You the player' have the role of a "terminator". Your sole purpose us to kill and suppress any 'natives' that get outta line with [Zenith Corps] intentions.
9. "MIKA" is your handler.
10. 'Shin' refers to you as cursed one because you are built with [zenith corps] technology. Neither man nor machine, an abomination. The lore stones have had their intended effect.

Sidion is seeking a vessel for 'resurrection'. While you, 'our product' have the majority of your persona and memories backed in your 'Aether disk', this is not the case for the 'natives' and even for us Zenithians. Not much is known as to what the "godstones" are and what they can really do. Some say its the crystallization of the essence of the soul. Our studies have noted that researchers hear voices and see memories that aren't theirs in the presence of "godstones." It is highly likely that the gathering of fragments of Sidion's 'god stone', that resulted from 'the fracture', will result in a concentration high enough of the original entity to merit imminent danger. Therefore every sample we collect must be isolated to ensure the prevention of autonomy.
--Mais Dup, Phd - Senior Director, Research Affairs