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{{Souvenir|A Scrap of Purple Fabric}} | |||
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Revision as of 05:21, 5 June 2023
Overview
| Sister Valeria | |
|---|---|
 Follower of Bellona | |
| Zone | Cimerora |
| Coordinates | (937, 203, 5127) |
| Level Range | 50 |
| Introduced By | None |
| Introduces | Alexandra Sideris |
| Enemy Groups | |
| Badges |
 The Shadow Out of Time |
Sister Valeria is a hero and villain contact in the Phoebas Point neighborhood of Cimerora at coordinates (937, 203, 5127) . Her level range is 50. She is standing down the hill the temple is built on, beside Alexandra Sideris and the doors leading to the lower section of the island. Her missions are designed for Incarnate, end-game characters and as such, are quite difficult.
Introductions
Contact Introduced By
- None
Contact Introduces
Information
Follower of Bellona
Sister Valeria is a Bellonarii, a priestess of the goddess of war. Highly skilled in battle, she has pledged to protect Cimerora from the dark forces that threaten its destruction. At the urging of Imperious, she guards over Phoebas Point, ready to protect it from further attacks from Romulus' soldiers, or worse.
Prior to Introduction
+++ Missing Information +++
Initial Contact
The traitor Romulus has been imprisoned but his followers have joined forces with the Dark Ones to take Cimerora for themselves. The Talons of Vengeance seek to retrieve the Idol of Mot before Marcus Valerius is ready for his journey to cast it into the abyss. Great horrors from the Island of Death find our shores with increased frequency. I am Sister Valeria, a follower of Bellona, and I will drag them all back to the gates of Hades with the last of my strength!
Greeting
There is no time to waste.
Too Busy
You insult me. I cannot use you if others have claimed your time before me. Go then. Complete your tasks and return to me when you may properly dedicate your time to our cause.
No More Missions
If you want peace, prepare for war.
Store
Story Arc
Merit Rewards: This activity awards 20 Reward Merits.
Glory and Dark Tidings
Souvenir
A Scrap of Purple Fabric
As you ruminate over your exploits as a superpowered being, your eyes are drawn to a scrap of purple fabric that reminds you of your adventures in Cimerora. The natives, before getting their memories blanked, called it The Song of Glory and Dark Tidings.
It began with a visit to Sister Valeria, who took it upon herself to defend and rebuild Cimerora when she heard of Marcus Valerius' imminent departure to the Abyss. On the onset of your work together, she tasked you with hunting down skirmish parties that were raiding on the outskirts. These former Romulus-allegiant soldiers would take heavy wounds, and come back fresh within days to raid again. You tracked them down to a cavern, and aside from some crude graffiti, you found little of interest until you stumbled upon a map, a sybil, and a Shadow Crystal.
Without hesitation, you took the fight right to General Sideris and the unfriendly Sybil, and collapsed the Shadow Crystal. As the crystal collapsed, curiously, you thought you heard laughter. Undeterred, after reporting back to Valeria, the map proved to be the more reliable path forward, though it didn't make much sense. She sent you to the nearest accessible target on the map, where you discovered another Shadow Crystal that was actively moving troops to it to defend it.
Valeria surmised that brute force was not going to work if the crystals were numerous and capable of transport, so she opted to discreetly dress you up as traitors to infiltrate a hideout. As you approached a dais deep underground, you became engaged in conversation with a Nictus called the Fires of Enlightenment, who exposed your lies and turned the entire phalanx in the cave upon you. By the time the ordeal was over, you had more clues to investigate - a 'homeland', 'Dorjan', Nictus-imbued weapons, and research notes. None of it led anywhere helpful, however.
Valeria took great risk to acquire the location of a notorious traitor general named Gorgidas and sent you after him, hoping to turn him into a prized informant. You were again too late, because although Gorgidas was willing to help you, the Nictus within him that he thought was vanquished instead tore itself from his being, killing him, and attacking you with impunity. When this being, 'Logic Knot' was brought to keel before you, the Shadow Crystal activated and began to flood the room with Nictus. After a grueling fight, you acquired a shard of the crystal that escaped the throes of its death collapse. After deliberation, you brought it to the Midnighters in hopes of using it against the network. The Midnighters thought disabling the network would be impossible until a lucky idea surfaced and a plan was hatched to corrupt your crystal shard with a compressed energy bomb. Not only that, they were able to pinpoint where the newly formed Cyst and Dorjan were hiding!
Once you arrived at the tunnel, the fighting felt nonstop as wave after wave of Dark Ones, Cultists, and Cimeroran Traitors threw themselves at you to stop you from reaching the Cyst. You were ultimately too stubborn to quit, and found yourself in a dark, ominous room with a massive Cyst, Dorjan, and a newcomer, Livia. After a fevered battle that raged for what felt like hours, all of your foes were vanquished, and the Cyst network collapsed as predicted - but not before Livia and Dorjan's essences could escape into the ether to haunt you another day.
Chapter One: Dark Comedy
Briefing
Good day to you, sir. / Blessings be upon you, lady. It would seem the Fates have convened to once again place a warrior at my doorstep, in time of great need.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sister Valeria, and in this chaotic time of transition and upheaval in Cimerora, I have burdened myself with the task of cleansing the land of the evils that plague us, once and for all.
If you be strong, brave, and relentless, together we shall restore Cimerora to order and peace.
The events of this arc take place after the events of the Imperious Task Force and during the conclusion of events in Dark Astoria.
- What needs to be done?
Cimerora has been through much in these last few years, sir / my lady. With Romulus's plans and Cimerora itself both laid to ruin in less than a season, our people are worn thin like old clothing trying to repair, regrow, and restore their way of life.
This is made even more difficult by the impending departure of Marcus Valerius to the Abyss, who otherwise keeps the city's borders secure. Romulus's men still skirmish on the outskirts of town; they take upon themselves massive wounds of war and return stronger than before, each time.
Foul magic is afoot not far from here. I need you to flush out these cowards and find the source of their power.
Unnecessary Solicitation
I have written the information down for you on where they can be found. Do not idle about!
Mission Objective(s)
This oppressive darkness seems all too familiar.
- Find Romulus' garrison
- Search for clues
- Defeat the garrison leader
- Find the source of dark power
You cleared out the cavern where the Cimeroran traitors were skirmishing from - you found a Sybil, a Shadow Crystal... and a map!
Enemies
Notable NPCs
- General Sideris (Cimeroran Traitors Legatus Legionis)
- Achlys (Ravenna Conclave Sybil)
- Shadow Crystal (Object)
This looks like a map of Cimerora, with several points of interest dotted on it. The map suggests there are routes between them, but it doesn't explain how they connect.
As the Shadow Crystal collapsed, you are certain you heard fading laughter from where it once stood. It sounded human, but... affected by something.
At the end of your journey into the cave, you came upon General Sideris, engaged in some kind of dialog with a... sybil?
Debriefing
I am saddened to hear of the loss of Sideris. He was once a proud, noble man, and now it seems that he only remembered that in a moment of clarity during his final moments. I will attend to his wife and bring her to the Temple if she needs protection and sanctuary.
I am deeply disturbed by your reports that he was treating with a sybil. As of this morning, all of our wards had been accounted for, so whoever that person be, they were not one of ours. Be wary, friend, because treachery and deception seem to be at their apex when the Dark Ones are in motion. Trust nobody, and if you must trust someone, ask for blood. A Dark One bleeds lavender, and cannot hide from that.
Sister Valeria pulls a small dagger from her belt and runs the edge across her left palm. She holds it up to show she bleeds true. A sybil rushes up with bandaging, her hands wrapped in similar cloth. Valeria refuses her for the moment.
In lighter news, a sense of dread seems to be receding from the people with your victory. Be it short lived or long, you have made good progress for the people today.
Please turn over anything of interest from that cave to my attendants - I will see what our next plans are.
Notes
- The missions given by this contact are Incarnate level missions, and as such, Incarnate players will have access to their full Incarnate Level Shift.