[I][h3]The Vale[/h3][b]The Crypt,[/b]
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The knightly figure draped in leonine guise paid the templar not even an ounce of attention during his rant, a motion that was perhaps as indignant as it came, to allow someone so passionate to fall on deaf ears. It was no question if he had heard him, but the display made no effect, rather it roused the opposite one.

"What your beloved 'Light' wishes of you I cannot say, but balance must be restored to the places that have lost it. Be it the [i]High Heavens[/i] or the [i]Deepest Abyss[/i]. Without it, the [i]Great Wheel[/i] can turn no more." The [i]Green Man[/i] spoke, bearing a watchful eye upon Wick as she too came to invest herself in the understandings of what would need be done.

Here and to this he paid mind, for his attention ever so subtly shifted, but to no obvious willingness to comply. Instead, the preserver maintained his place as a neutral arbiter, someone not invested in their matters, but he did offer them something in return, perhaps only out of his own role and need to do so. It were as practical as it were essential; words would have done nothing to preserve the flames - one could not talk to them, after all, let alone the darkness, but now? Their sparing use, still woefully weak in the realm of battle and conflict, might be of much needed insight.

"Your friend has made as much an error as you have." The lion-man in green answered to the reasonable pleas of the mindful mage, his words addressing them all rather than one among them, "However, he has either knowingly or unknowingly shown you the very tool you need to put this much needed balance in place."

A silver gauntlet motioned to the gem that [i]Shujaat, Seeker of Knowledge[/i] had imparted upon the woman for her upcoming journey just prior to his utter disappearance.

"But you need find a pool to the next realm, of where that will lead you only you will know when you are there. Your stone allows you to return to a place such as this, assuming of course it is bound to it. To attune it, you must find a font of power." His words trailed off, implying the obvious, but the moment a pause in conversation arose, the royally armored man began his departure.

"Perhaps another time, when you and your fellows better understand, might we meet again."

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The [i]Green Man[/i] reveals two important notes in his conversation, that in order to proceed on their quest to find the sorcerer Ruron they first need find a "pool to the next realm" and must also somehow attune the gem granted to Wick to the realm of [i]Ysgard[/i]. The suggestion for the latter is perhaps right before them.

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[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LIEQsZQew]Celestial Temple[/url]

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