Acquaintances Forgotten

Complete the Ritual.

• Have Saezurah begin the ritual
• Vessel activated
• Vessel stabilized
• Argus defeated

It is time. The song shall bring life anew. Tell me when you are ready to begin.

You will receive:

• 8,150 XP
• +100 reputation with The Enlightened
• Emblem of Renown

The ritual must be completed.

Dissonance lingers. A pure tone is needed. Reset the cycle anew.

Talk to Saezurah:

• It is time for these crypts to sing with music of creation.
• The Automa Scryers around the room stop their channeling and float up onto the central platform, spreading out evenly around the Vessel at the center and starting to channel on it.
• say

Interact with the Vessel to begin a long "Activating" cast.

• say

Upon finishing the cast, the player automatically switches to starting to cast "Stabilizing". However, an interference appears:

• The Automa Scryer floating between Saezurah and Firim turns into a Darkseer Corrupter. A ghostly image of Argus the Unmaker briefly appears on top of the Vessel.
• say
• The Corrupter launches several bolts of red magic at the Vessel.
• say
• The Corrupted keeps launching more bolts and the image of Argus appears again and again.
• say
• The cast finishes. An explosion of magic occurs, knocking the player back, killing the Automa Scryers, and incapacitating Pelagos, Kleia, Saezurah, and Firim. The Vessel lies broken at the center, and above it stands the Echo of Argus.
• say
• say
• His job done, the Corrupter dies.

The Echo of Argus has a monstrous amount of health, but neither his melee attacks nor his avoidable Cone of Death and interruptible Growing Hatred abilities do much damage. In addition, at 95% health he casts Unmake, making him near-immune to damage until the spawned Soul Conduit has been destroyed. The player gets advice on what to do:

• say

Destroying the Conduit frees either Saezurah, Firim, Kleia, or Pelagos, whoever is closest. They then join the battle and afflict Argus with a stack of Unified Assault:

At 75% health, Argus casts Unmake again.

• say

Destroying the Second Conduit lets another ally join the battle and adds another stack of Unified Assault. The process repeats at 45% (three stacks) and 15% (four stacks). Kill Argus:

• say

He disappears in a burst of magic, leaving only the broken Vessel at the center.

• say
• Nadjia the Mistblade, Hunt-Captain Korayn, Droman Aliothe, and Secutor Mevix run into the chamber.
• say

Firim has new gossip text:

• This is not good... we do not have time for this setback.

As does Kleia:

• This is a tragic turn of events!

And Nadjia:

• I regret not arriving sooner.