The Fourth Temple

As we march towards the Mountain Temple in Gogombog City, we begin to wonder how we’ll get to it. Anadine asks how often Arbiters come out to the remote reaches of Kawa Country. Kyrie says they never do, except for herself. She tries to come this way every now and then and has created a good rapport with them.

We then trek across the Godstear Wastes, where we fight a new group from Sigil. They and Katja go at it when they call her a traitor. She says they’ll never understand the reasons she left and to think of all the things Raulf isn’t telling them. It’s a conventional battle where we kill everyone until we slay the guy in charge. In his dying breath, he uses a summoning stone Grim Eye gave him. The creatures he summons are mechanical monstrosities that take up nine squares! They’re oddly useless. Their only action is a two turn bombardment of a locked-in area. They don’t even try to root us as the angler worms did. They have 700 HP, but I’m doing upwards of 400, so it’s not a big deal. Go figure?

Next up is Gogombob City. Outside we see the three elders keeping everyone away. The three don’t let us in until they see Kyrie. They rethink it when they notice Yates. They don’t take kindly to necromancy, and the Eldest Elder considers throwing him into the lava. It’s a solid idea; I'd do it! Eventually, the backstory of the relics come up. They inform us that the relics exist to seal up The Maw, the great evil the Immortals were said to have slain centuries ago. The Eldest Elder’s grandpa told them of this. The Maw was too strong to kill, so it had to be sealed away. If those relics are drained, then the great evil will rise once more. To make things worse, they’ve allowed Grim Eye, because he’s a Kawa, and Raulf through. We then make our way straight to the temple.

Sorta...I find Somnier to make sure he’s okay. He gives us the last Henge Fragment and something else I forgot. He’s also the shopkeeper in the city, and he sells top tier stuff.

Afterwards, I make my way to the Devilsblood Ascent. It’s a mountain with lava around it. As you’d expect, falling into the lava will kill you. I reequipped my old mercenary skills to push mobs around, but I only managed to do it once. Once again, I think I’m ready for the end of the game.

At the Mountain Temple, we come across Grim Eye and Raulf. He says we’re annoying and the worst part of this journey before Grim summons more mobs and blocks the two of them off while we fight them. DO NOT STAND NEXT TO LAVA! I can’t stress this enough. They can, and will, push us into the lava. I got mad, but it’s a good strategy. Otherwise, it’s not too hard of a battle. The battle after, though, can get spicy.

It takes place directly after the first battle and is reminiscent of the infamous Wieglaf battle in Tactics. We’re fighting similar demons we just fought, as well as Grim and Raulf this time. There’s a lot of floating dudes here, including the guys in charge. Before the fight, Raulf takes off his hood and reveals himself to be someone Kyrie knows. His real name is Clyde, the partner of Sylvia: Kyrie’s mentor and Anadine’s mom. During the battle, the characters talk and say that Clyde was once the best Arbiter around. One day, Sylvia became disillusioned with the Council and, as punishment, was sent on a suicide mission. Anadine has very little to say during this, which is odd since this might be her dad? While this is going on, we have to kill stuff. Once again, it’s a simple fight. Watch out for Grim Eye. as he likes to make our characters berserk. I’m thinking that only we can defeat we, so I’m scared of we.

Once we’ve subdued our long time enemies, we’re greeted with the presence of an Immortal. Primus, the man we fought aside in Thesiperious, where he drowned all those people, rebukes Grim and Clyde. Not as villains but as underlings. It turns out Primus is actually evil. He initiated the whole Marked Pilgrimage to gain the power inside the temples. But why? He takes the staff Clyde was using, absorbs the evil power therein, and all three teleport away. The only relic standing in their goal of whatever their goal is is back in Illuster. Kyrie does whatever she’s supposed to do with the relic, and we make for Illuster.

Tomorrow might be the end? I’ve skimmed ahead, so it might not be, but it might be.

Before going to the temple, I turned in the Hedge Fragments. It summons a dude and a bunch of demons. We have to kill the demons and keep the dude alive. His name is Kairu, and he’s from a previous game 6 Eyes Studios made named Black Sigil. I’m not sure what to do with this information, but I’m curious if it’s a good game.