Seeking Truth
| Seeking Truth | |
|---|---|
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| Category | Quests |
| Type | Side Story |
| Repeatable | False |
| Rewards |  5397Resonance 535Memory Fragment 14Medium Wayfinder Resonance Cache 1000Reward Tower XP |
Seeking Truth is a side story quest in Wayfinder.
Description[edit]
Start
Seeker Avala has collapsed and needs help from Lord Halar in Skylight. Hopefully he can help cure whatever ails her.
Active
Seeker Avala continued to flicker in and out of reality before collapsing. She has pleaded you to find Lord Halar in Skylight in hopes that he would be able to help her.
Clear
Seeker Avala was plagued by some strange ailment which seemed to be tearing her from reality itself. With Lord Halar's aid, you were able to stabilize her, though the interactions between he and Omen have been strange. He has promised to explain the full story once you have time.
Requirement[edit]
Prerequisite[edit]
Clear Seeking Knowledge.
Start quest[edit]
Talk to Seeker Avala in Deepwood Holt.
Questline[edit]
Objectives[edit]
- Phase 1
- Go to Lord Halar in Skylight
Skylight
- Go to Lord Halar in Skylight
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
- Give Lord Halar the Parts of the Stabilization Device
Skylight
- Give Lord Halar the Parts of the Stabilization Device
- Phase 4
- Ask Omen for a Celestial Gem
Skylight
- Ask Omen for a Celestial Gem
- Phase 5
- Return to Lord Halar in Skylight
Skylight
- Return to Lord Halar in Skylight
- Phase 6
- Return to Avala in Frostmarch
Frostmarch
- Return to Avala in Frostmarch
- Phase 7
- Return to Lord Halar in Skylight
Skylight
- Return to Lord Halar in Skylight
Dialogue[edit]
You've returned! Wonderful. I apologize for any distress I may have caused before, but I assure you, I am feeling just fine. As for analysis of th-th—ant life in the Fr—march…
I think you're getting worse.
Oh, Wayfinder! Do mind the nearby snow. I am in the process of testing a deadly yet entirely invisible chemical on the environment here. I'd hate for you to lose your boots! Or your feet.
Avala, you already said that earlier.
Earlier? Wha-wh-ever do you m-m—? You need t-to en—th—Hollow He—and best the Reaver King b-be-bef—
Avala...?
Wh-what... where… I?... I…
Th-Th—p-p-ain-ul. P-Pl—se… AHHH!
Avala!
W-W-Way-der… S-Sk-ght… Grandf-f-ather will help… please hurry.
One moment. I have nearly finished charging this receptacle with the proper arcanic infusions. Hmph, ah! There we are! Now, what can I do for you?
It's Seeker Avala. She needs your help
Avala? Oh, dear. What… what has happened?
I'm not sure. She's... flickering. Like a remnant.
Spatial distortion? No, that… Which—ah—where is Avala currently posted? Quickly, please.
She was doing research in Deepwood Holt.
In Deepwood? No. No! I was certain I had more time. I ran the calculations hundreds of—
Forgive me Lord Halar, but Avala collapsed.
She collapsed?!
What should we do?
A remedy must be found. And quickly. I hoped the stabilization process would allow me more time to develop a permanent solution, but it appears I was mistaken. And so we must act in haste.
My observations from the Highlands indicated she was doing well. Is this a unique reaction…? Or will more soon come?
Lord Halar?
I can help her, but I shall need your aid to gather the proper materials. You will need to return to Aurelian. There, lost in the Gloom, are materials I require to fashion a stabilization catalyst.
Here are a list of materials you will need to craft the myriad parts of the device. Inform me as soon as you have fashioned them and we shall complete the instrument needed to stabilize Avala.
Quickly! Please. Time… Time is of the essence.
Well done, my friend. Well done. Give me a moment to complete the installation.
Sweat drips down the elderly arcanist's brow. A tremor plagues his hands as he fastens together pieces of the device with determined speed.
There we are. The device should be functioning now…
A thousand curses! It appears we're still missing something. You must to speak with Omen. Ask her for a Celestial Gem. With that in hand, I should be able to complete the device.
I'll be right back.
You seem a touch disquieted, my friend. What has happened?
I need a Celestial Gem.
A Celestial Gem, you say? And was it Lord Halar whom asked for this?
Yes. Avala is unwell. It's urgent.
I see.
Our cache is filled for the moment and thus I have resources to spare in this regard. I will give you a Celestial Gem. But, first..
Yes?
When you deliver this to Lord Halar, tell him to report to me as soon as he has a free moment. He knows that… this was always an eventuality. As cruel as that may seem.
What do you mean, Omen?
It is not my place to say more.
Very well. I'll do as you say.
Has Omen given you the gem?
Yes, here it is.
Good, good. I should be able to complete the device with this. Hold on a bit longer, Avie.
Lord Halar?
I need to focus on this. Kindly wait a moment.
Omen wants you to check in with her.
What?
When you have a moment, that is.
I haven't the time for her lecturing! Avala's existence may very well be unraveling and stabilizing her is our utmost priority. Do you understand?
Yes, of course.
Damn these old hands. Hrmph. Finally. Here, take this Stabilization Bracelet to Avala. Fast as you can now! Once she is stable, we shall speak further. Please, just… just hurry.
Despite your approach, Seeker Avala is unable to answer. The snow beneath her steams as pulses of arcanic energy jut wildly from her flesh. The very structure of her form has begun to fragment.
Quickly. Put this on!
Wh-wh—t—urious device…
Can you stand?
Y-Yes, thank you. It seems… the pain has subsided. If you hadn't been here when I collapsed, I don't know what I would have done.
You should take it easy.
That would be the practical path, yes. Yet my experience, while torturous, was also fascinating. As if I was being torn between physical and etheric existence.
This is… something much grander than gloomtouched flowers, I surmise. And this time, quite personal. Tell me—what did my grandfather make of the incident?
Not much. He was concerned about your wellbeing.
Of course… Well, I shall take a moment to rest. But I must record my recollections of the experience while they are still fresh! Perhaps I will find an answer within.
If you are venturing back to Skylight, please confer with him for me. If he fashioned my cure, he must have some inkling as to what was plaguing me. I would surely like his insight.
Alas and alack, incidents like this are one of the risks of field research. Oh, the myriad of compounds I've been exposed to! Anyway, thank you again, Wayfinder. I owe you… a great debt.
Excellent. I was but moments away from contacting you through your dagger. How is my dear girl? Is Avala stable?
It seems to have stopped. And she's in less pain.
My colleagues from the Imperium have always been quick to thank the Architects in times such as these. I, instead, have always placed my faith in the arcanic sciences.
But it would be untruthful of me to deny… as I waited for your return, I found myself pleading for their light for the first time in many years.
I cannot know whether some vestige of their power aided me today. All I can do is thank you. And acknowledge the blessing that you are.
What is going on, Lord Halar?
Yes, of course. You are deserved answers, and I have not upheld the decorum befitting of a man of my station. For that, I apologize. In truth, it is… a long story, my friend.
The strife of our world waits for no one. As a Wayfinder, you are needed for more than this. Markedly. When you are ready, however, return. I shall explain it all then.