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Commander Vadim turned his icey blue gaze onto Joji Yamazaki, looking the swordsman up and down, taking note of the Source crystal in his hand aswell as his intimidating presence at large.  He did not remember seeing this man before the battle started, but it was clear he was with the other adventurers.  Then he cast a look of contempt at his men who were intimidated and met the eyes of Joji once more.

"Command of that raiding force belonged the [i]The Witch Queen[/i], more specifically, orders likely came from one of her Lich Lord Generals.  The Witch Queen is the leader of the enemy.  She once belonged to The Empire - one of our prized and most powerful mages, wielding the Domains of Fire, Dark and Earth.  But she was arrested on charges of dabbling in illegal magical practices and escaped into exile before she could be brought to trial.  This was almost fifty years ago.  And now she returns for vengance, more powerful than ever before."

Vadim eyed James who was crouched beside him as he spoke, then let Zell speak up in reponse.  Died?  Strange.  Some people in Mytheria believed in reincarnation, it largely depended on which of the Gods and Goddesses you worshipped more.  Vadim was not one of them.  The only undisputed reincarnations in recorded history, as far as Vadim knew, involved the actual dieties themselves.  Ressurection was something more commonly seen, though still a rare thing, requiring powerful ritual-tier magic, but the grizzled Commander was pretty certain that it didn't involve stone sarcophagi falling from the sky.

In the end, he agreed with Fenna.

"Valhiem is your best chance of finding the answers you seek.  Academics may be able to point to historical precedent for your predicament.  But furthermore, [i]The Adventurers' Guild[/i] might be your best bet."  He had changed his mind on them and now believed that they were as clueless as they professed about their presence here, so he informed them about their Source crystals.  "Those crystals embedded into the backs of your hands... those are known as [i]The Gift[/i].  Each adventurer has one and it connects you to [i]The Wellsprings[/i], giving you incredible power among many other things.  Go to The Adventurers Guild where you may scan your crystals.  There is much information unique to yourselves that you find in [i]The Source Code[/i].  Perhaps there is some clue as to how you came to be here."

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"One thing I do know..." Vadim started.  Heads suddenly began turning up as an object in the sky caught their attention.  "...stone coffins don't ordinarily just fall from the..."

He faltered.  One by one everyone looked to see yet another plummeting stone sarcophagus hurtle to the ground and crash in the courtyard.  It landed close by the formed group at the eastern gate, causing a few skittish townguards to dive or shift quickly away, but the only thing that touched anyone was a wave of wind and dust.

"...sky." Vadim finally finished, not unaware of the irony, but in no mood to smile.  "For The Quinity's sake," he muttered with a slight shake of his head.