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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Alis Li. I did not know her; I was not born in the Distributary— but Mara knew her. Illyn knew her, Uldren, too. They all spoke highly of Alis. She was an excellent starship pilot and a levelheaded ruler. A good queen. | | *'''Shuro Chi''': Alis Li. I did not know her; I was not born in the Distributary— but Mara knew her. Illyn knew her, Uldren, too. They all spoke highly of Alis. She was an excellent starship pilot and a levelheaded ruler. A good queen. |
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| ====Sjur's Tree====
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': It’s taboo to carve a statue for someone who still lives, and so sometimes, we will plant trees instead. The Queen planted this one herself after one of our best warriors went missing. Would that we were all so lucky.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': This chamber was refashioned in honour of Sjur Eido, the first Queen's Wrath, when she was found dead. She was a fearsome warrior in her own right— the only Awoken to ever survive an Aphelion attack, and a skilled hunter of traitorous Ahamkara.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': This chamber was built for one of our most skilled archers. Her name was Sjur, and she was beloved by all of us— even by the Eliksni. They called her "Siyuriks pak Variisis"— Sjur the Unyielding.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': That tree was planted in honor of Sjur Eido, the Wishender. She was the first Queen's Wrath, and her skill with bow and arrow was renowned throughout the Reef. Queen Mara trusted her implicitly.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Illyn used to ask us riddles when we were training. She would ask, "Can there simply be light if there is no source?" And if we replied "No, that is not possible," she would say, "think again."
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': A single light burning in the dark is a potent but uninspiring symbol. It's far better the rally around the more complicated ideas. Sometimes, embracing the dark is the only way to find light.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Turn and look behind you. Do you see the two statues? The left hand is for creation. The right hand is for destruction. Illyn used to say that we can hold fate in just one hand at a time.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Turn. Look down. You stand above the entrance to the Hall of Names. Techeuns and Paladins alike used to receive their titles in that Hall, witnessed by the living and the lost alike.
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| ====Hall of Names====
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Look at the statues all around you. How many queens? How many Techeuns came before you? The Dreaming City is older than your Tower, your Last City— but the carvings here almost all honor people that never once stepped foot in the Reef.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': We call this the Hall of Names. It was once a place of ceremony. Young women — and sometimes men — came here to be transformed as a final rite of passage in becoming a Techeun.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': The Hall of Names has always attracted great power. Illyn used to say it was the elevator shaft, that its circumference and depth were precisely engineered to create a vortex irresistible to immaterial beings. I think she was having a laugh at my expense.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': The Hall of Names. Solemn as it may be, this was a joyful place— more or less. It did see its share of drama. Tears. Fights. Even the odd betrayal, but Mara and Sjur always put a quick stop to those…
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| ====Eao's Nest====
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': This bowl was once a nest for Eao — he was a sly little Ahamkara, always laughing, always twining around your legs, whispering lies, saying "I have seen your eyes, o witch-mage mine." We never expected him to go bad.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': This was once a resting place for an Ahamkara who loved stories. He would recite all of our myths, name all of our heroes… And that's where we went wrong. We should have never trusted him to keep our secrets.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': This little chamber was once a home for an Ahamkara who betrayed the Awoken. He crept out of the Dreaming City and went to whisper in the ears of Warlocks who wondered who we were— and so we had to kill him. The Warlocks, too.
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| *'''Shuro Chi''': Ah… This is where Eao liked to rest, before Sjur hunted him down and skewered him for his deceit. One of your Warlocks bartered for his corpse and traded away his bones. Another mistake. You must never scatter the bones.
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| ===Combat=== | | ===Combat=== |
