Unraveling Doubt

Unraveling Doubt
Category	Quests
Type	Main Story
Rewards	3715Resonance; 16Medium Wayfinder Resonance Cache; Matriarch Belt; 2000Reward Tower XP;
Unraveling Chaos	Unraveled Remains

Unraveling Doubt is a main quest in Wayfinder.

Description[edit]

Active

Aurelian is unraveling, and if nothing is done, it may collapse into the void. Omen does not trust that the First's intentions are entirely aligned with the Seekers, but for the time being, you must do everything in your power to preserve the Lost Zones. Lest chaos envelop your world too.

Clear

The unraveling has spread to all levels of the Aurelian Monastery. If you do not find a way to stop the spreading chaos soon, Aurelian will fall into the void. With the First's direction, you were able to find a more concentrated material which Omen believes may help lead the Seekers to the origin of the unraveling.

Requirement[edit]

Prerequisite[edit]

Clear Unraveling Chaos.

Start quest[edit]

Starts automatically.

Questline[edit]

Main story questline

Objectives[edit]

Phase 1
- Investigate the Codex Halls Breach in Highlands
  Highlands
Phase 2
- Speak to the Arcanists Outside the Codex Halls Breach in Highlands
  Highlands
Phase 3
- Investigate the Undercroft Breach in Highlands
  Highlands
Phase 4
- Speak to the Arcanists Outside the Undercroft Breach in Highlands
  Highlands
Phase 5
- Investigate the Repository of Knowledge Breach in Highlands
  Highlands
Phase 6
- Enter Unraveling Aurelian
  Expedition: Unraveling Aurelian
Phase 7
- Slay Umbrals in Unraveling Aurelian (5)
  Expedition: Unraveling Aurelian
Phase 8
- Find the Exit Portal in Unraveling Aurelian
  Expedition: Unraveling Aurelian
Phase 9
- Escape Unraveling Aurelian
Phase 10
- Return to Omen in Skylight
  Skylight

Dialogue[edit]

Start Quest

Omen

We have little time for decorum, and I fear this situation is likely far worse than we currently know.

As soon as you witnessed the state of the Repository of Knowledge, I sent a number of arcanists to monitor the other Lost Zones.

The unraveling, as the First called it, has already spread to the Codex Halls and the Undercroft. We must slow the spread.

Lord Halar and I will continue our investigation while you head into the field. The strange resins you found possess unique properties we believe might be the key to this catastrophe.

Player

And what of the First?

Omen

She will attempt to contact you, no doubt. Twist you into some tool for her aims. It is… all she knows.

Use her, if you can. But be cautious. The First may desire the preservation of the Lost Zones, as we do for the time being, but we cannot trust her.

Now, head to Aurelian's other Breaches. Learn what you can. With you as Skylight's sword, Aurelian will not fall. Not today.

Clear Phase 1

There are the arcanists. Let's check in.

Clear Phase 2

Arcanist Xal

Figured you'd make an appearance. Omen's bloodhound come to take all the glory again?

Player

Say again?

Arcanist Xal

We do the research. We do the work. But when the dust falls, the people only hear one thing. That a brute killed some monsters, and it was them that saved the day.

Arcanist Karne

Please excuse Xal. It seems he's forgotten his place.

Lord Halar sent us to monitor the Codex Halls. The unraveling phenomenon has already spread here, I'm sure you can see.

We've been taking readings, and the distortion in this part of Aurelian seems tamer thus far. I believe the unraveling reached the Codex Halls later than the Repository. The spread is... worrisome.

There's another research team out near the Undercroft's Breach. You should see if their findings match our own.

Clear Phase 3

The First

Did you know, Trespasser, I knew the first moment you walked my monastery's halls.

The Gloom is a maelstrom. Fathomless yet hungry.

But you and that Dagger… You are a swelling sun, scorching through layers of a blackened storm.

Player

What do you want?

The First

So hostile. I'm merely curious, dear. These so called "arcanists" are little more than children playing at the primordial elements.

You, however. Your power… intoxicating. And still you endure such subservience. A slave to mortal prattle cowering around the Beacon of dead gods.

I merely wonder how you stomach it.

Clear Phase 4

Arcanist Faust

Hope you didn't come looking for answers. We've close to zilch.

Arcanist Cyr

I said to ease them into it, Faust! Arcs help me...

Arcanist Faust

You think they've got time to shoot the breeze? World's falling apart, I'm fairly sure.

Look, Wayfinder, our instruments started going haywire the moment we got within earshot of the Breach. We're trying alternatives, but we've no easy way to collect any data.

Player

Any theories?

Arcanist Cyr

Whatever's happening inside, it seems to be more concentrated than the reports from the Repository. It's possible the unraveling started in the Undercroft.

I'm sorry, I know that's not much to go on.

Wouldn't risk venturning within until we've gotten a better lay of the land. Suppose you could head back to the Repository though. The way I hear it, the Breach over there has only grown worse.

Clear Phase 5

The First

Xal was ungrateful, disrespectful. Faust was incompetent—worse, arguably. These Seekers paint a poor picture of support for one such as you. It's a wonder you ever made it to my sanctum.

Player

What's your point?

The First

My point? The monastery is descending ever further into chaos. The halls—overrun with umbrals, and you will need to fight the horde to slow the unraveling's course.

It is a death trap of degradation and chaos, but I can be your guide… should you only let me.

Player

Just don't get in my way.

Clear Phase 6

The First

They know you're here, Trespasser. They can sense you. See you. Find and slay these wretched umbrals before they gather any more strength.

Clear Phase 9

The First

There. Where that creature once stood. Take it.

The First

This resin's primordial signature differs from the last sample you found. It is… purer. More concentrated.

It is possible this was in close proximity with whatever nexus or entity is responsible for the unraveling.

Return to your Seekers. With this, I am certain even they should be capable of pointing you toward a solution.

Player

And what will you do?

The First

I shall remain in this contemptible cage. It is the trial of all who ascend to power—to be hindered by the fearful masses.

You will see. One day. When the battle is over, yet you their champion, their sword, remain. The people will turn on you. Fear you. Then it is you, Trespasser, who will be caged.

Clear Quest

Omen

You've returned. Good. I did not want to interject in your conversations with the First. I know that she is working some angle. I can feel it.

To be honest… I hoped she might tip her hand if we left her feeling confident enough. But now I worry the angle she's working is you.

I hope what she said didn't unsettle you. I hope you know that the people here appreciate everything you do for them. Dearly.

A young girl gave me a flower just yesterday. She bore a scar over her right eye. A remembrance from the Shrike's last push into Lower Skylight.

She told me she wants to be a Seeker. To fight alongside the heroes who saved her. Wayfinders like you.

Player

I'll try to ignore the First's manipulations.

Omen

Good. We all harbor doubts from time to time. It's only natural. I only hope that when those doubts surface, you'll come to me, if you need.

Now, as for the unraveling... The situation in Aurelian is deteriorating. We must act soon or risk a catastrophe not unlike the Fall.

The First Scribe was correct. The resin you've brought with you feels… different. Lord Halar and I shall begin analysis immediately.

We are close to uncovering the heart of the unraveling. Be ready. When I next call for you… we shall put the chaos to an end.