WEBVTT - Ep1 | Pilot 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:11.039 Intraquest created by Michael Freiberg, a production of iHeartRadio and 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:17.040 Astro Media Listen with headphones for three D audio. In 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.560 a distant future, long after the apocalypse was forgotten and 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:29.479 the history of civilization lost, the world begins again. A 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.760 primordial evil awakened at the time of the apocalypse, has 0:00:33.800 --> 0:00:38.279 the power to possess the mind. It exists solely as 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:42.280 the voice of madness in the collective unconscious and rules 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:48.600 over a mental realm called the intra. This dark force 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.320 is a threat to end all life and is known 0:00:52.360 --> 0:01:02.520 as Umbra. Three Adventurers. Beser a smooth talking leader. See 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.360 that's the thing about hidden passageways, They're always in the 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:11.480 last place. You look serious, A big hearted brute, serious, 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:17.039 crush like fun and logo. A nerdy savant. By my 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:20.120 calculations that depends on a variety of complex factors, assumptions 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:24.520 of variables. Embark on a quest that could save the world. 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.360 So my partner and I give you this diamond crystal, 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:42.319 and you tell us everything you know about the stolen 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:51.080 Ambro or deal Amberorb stolen news to me. You know 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.520 you have eyes and ears all over this city. The 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.680 Orb's property of the Order of Hyperian Sages part of 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.880 their private collection. Lucia, one of the order's own student, 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.400 stole it out from under them, and now she's gone 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:11.120 missing too. Go figure the Order of Hyperion Sages. Lucia missing, 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:17.320 you don't say? It's probably the same old story. A 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.880 lost soul in search of meaning devotes their life to 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:22.160 an arcane order on the promise of answers and a 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.119 path to enlightenment, only to realize there was never any 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.320 truth to be found, and now they're trapped. I bet 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.640 Lucia saw the Amber warb as her way out, sold 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.400 the precious gemstone for whatever she could get, and skipped down. 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:39.440 In any case, the Sages want their or back. Okay, 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.160 I'll tell you what I've heard the first. How do 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.239 I know if your diamond crystal's real? I can't take 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.880 your word for it. You would enlie to me, now, 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.720 would you. I know you're outsiders, but I run the 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.320 streets in this sandy city, and I can spot a 0:02:56.360 --> 0:03:00.240 liar by tone of voice alone this irregardless, if I 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.640 would lie to you, your guards outnumber me and my 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:07.640 partner here ten to one. Don't take us for fools. 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.320 We walked into your alley unarmed to ask you for 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.639 a favor. In answer to your question, I can't say 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:15.960 that I don't disagree with you, and you can take 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:20.040 my word for that it's real. We'll prove it. Hand 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:27.480 me that stone slate, one fine grained, heavy stone slate, durable, 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:32.680 strong dance, get on with it. Diamond, as we all know, 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.680 is the world's hardest material, capable of piercing through anything. 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:41.320 It's essentially unbreakable. My partner sitting beside me will demonstrate. 0:03:43.040 --> 0:04:01.920 Show them. See what did I tell you? Cut straight 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.960 through the slate, no damage to the crystal. This here 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:10.600 is one hundred percent flawless diamond. Okay, we have a deal. 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:14.040 Then I'll take the dime. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You can't 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.359 just take the diamond like this, You'll risk exposing it 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.760 to the impurities of the open air. It's not safe 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.440 to transport that way, not without the protection of this 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:27.560 plush velvet carrying pouch. Yours for the price of one 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:37.599 black obal. Okay, one black obal. Someone coming there? You 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.200 two are? I searched all over for you just to 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.440 end up in the gutter of some dingy back alley. 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.000 You must be the civilian mercenaries Ether and Serious. I'm logo. 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.320 I'm here on behalf of the agency to seek your 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:53.479 services for a mission. What's this? You three know each other? Yes? No, no, 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:57.120 we don't, sir, you must be mistaken. I have never 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.680 seen you before my life. You have the wrong people. No, no, 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.839 you fit the description to a t. Your amulet the 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.640 eye of Imperia, a golden sun with the all seeing 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.040 eye in the center. You're Ether of Imperia either astro 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.120 and Serious. The big hulking fellow sitting by your side, 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.520 his size and features are rather distinct. There's absolutely no 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.960 mistaking it. You two are the civilian mercenaries Ether and 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:26.719 Serious Ether Serious. That's not who code names code names. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.480 But he was among partners. Silly me, I forgot our 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:33.280 new partner would be joining us today. Our third partner logo. 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.560 That's right, our third partner logo logo. You're late again. 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.000 You know we hate it when you're late. It's always 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.679 so disruptive to our work. Luckily, we were just finishing 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:47.760 up here. When you meet glass crystal glass, No, no, 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:52.440 not glass, he said, neck glass, as in necklace crystal, 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:57.960 because diamonds are common gemstones using necklaces isn't that right, Logo? Correct? 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:02.280 Diamonds are commonly adorned as ornaments around the neck. See now, 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.600 as we just discussed, if you could tell us about 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.600 where to find the object Lucia still, so we can 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.920 recover it to its rightful owner. We'll be on our 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.200 way just as soon as Logo puts the diamond back 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:16.120 down on the table and the glass crystal. Grab the 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:35.560 black opal run, don't just walk them. Hurry up. The 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.120 street diverges up ahead. Should we proceed left or right? 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:44.400 This way? Oh? No, we appear to have reached an 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:49.000 impasse cornered between two buildings, you, logo, was it the 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:53.760 door to the building behind you? Try the handle? It's locked. Serious, 0:06:53.839 --> 0:07:01.800 break get out away. Come on inside to the stairwell. 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.599 The building own has trivate residence. There's nowhere to hide 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:14.240 the roof. Head to the roof. Keep going up here 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:19.440 any moments. What weapons do you have for defense? We 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:24.840 don't carry weapons. Okay. The building's southern perimeter overlooks the marketplace. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.480 If a jump is time correctly, escape may be possible 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.880 by landing safely on the passing fruit cart down below. 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.880 Jump from roof? Are you crazy? How high up are 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:36.560 we there's no way we survive. I can calculate the 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.120 height of the building to check if it's viable, but 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.600 I'll need to borrow the black opal. What's why I 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.840 need it to measure the key variable? Serious? No, trust, 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:48.360 skinny stick man, there's no other option. Just give them 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:56.080 the OPAL series here, chick man, take black opal? Okay. 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.000 Total distance is a function of the speed and time 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:00.680 it takes for an object in free fall to travel 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.800 from peak to trough. Given the mass and size of 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.200 the OPAL, once dropped, its speed should accelerate during the 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.120 duration of the fall, approaching but not reaching terminal velocity. 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.280 Approximating its rate of acceleration, Taking into account that acceleration 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.320 due to gravity is roughly nine point eight one meters 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.160 per second squared, I can determine the height of the 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:16.760 building by how much time it takes the open to 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.640 reach bottom upon release. What that's your plan? Through a 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:24.800 OPAL off the roof? See what serious say? It's necessary 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.960 for the calculation? Fine? Go ahead, you can always recover 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:33.200 it after we jump ready for release? Releasing now one 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.000 point eight seconds flat. That corresponds to a building height 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.480 of roughly fifty feet or five stories high. It should 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:40.440 put the odds of survival it around fifty percent, with 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.120 the fruit cart cushioning the point of impact depending on ripeness. 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:45.880 I know serious. I don't like it either, but it's 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.439 the best chance we got. We have to jump. Best 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.040 of luck to both of you. I'll convene with you 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:53.360 again post vectum. You're jumping with us? What why? I'll 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:55.240 be safe up here. The guards will kill you. But 0:08:55.320 --> 0:09:01.000 I didn't do anything. Okay, how should we time the jump? Now? 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:18.120 U broke my car? My car? Who will pay for 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.880 these plums? Now? Really? Sorry about that? Serious? You see 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:30.800 the opal? There? A black opal? Think lucky stars. It 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.040 must have fallen from the sky above. I could finally 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.679 start the stand in my dream, selling fine glass figurines. 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:43.080 No more rotten fruit for me, bull stop, No, that's ours? 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:48.600 Oh the black opal come back here. The fruit peddlers 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:52.440 stole our opal. At least we don't have to worry 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.160 about the cards anymore. Come on, seriously, have business to 0:09:55.200 --> 0:10:02.120 take care of you, Bobo logo whatever, leave us alone. 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:13.720 I never want to see you again. Wait good, I 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.120 can't believe we didn't get away with the con. We 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:20.440 were so close. Everything right? Serious? It didn't even suspect 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.000 a thing when you use your hands to break the 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.199 stone slates. Yet somehow we're no closer in tracking down 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:31.400 the Amber orders. Everything good until past logo show up. 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.880 I know who could have predicted that. No other leads 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.880 never get that order. Back to the stages, we tracked 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:44.560 down Lucia Kin for clue. Now she has no Kin. 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.320 The order of Hyperion stages are in order of Ascetics. 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.320 It means they've announced all lengths to the material outside world, 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.920 having cut ties to both romantic and blood relations, and 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.679 full commitment to the order. They believe it keeps them 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.360 pure of mind and free of the foolish thoughts floating 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.880 around the heads of us rabble, so they can pursue 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.640 undistracted their higher calling and enlightened knowledge. For the sages, 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:10.959 the order is their entire world. Either serious. I thought 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.480 that was you two sitting over here. You again, you 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:16.080 follow us? I thought we made it clear, leave us alone. 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.520 But I never had the chance to deliver the agency's mission. 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:22.960 It's a retrieval of a satellite dish located deep in 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.400 the Azrael desert, where it is to be recovered from 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.280 the mole layer and safely returned to the lighthouse dropoff 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.239 point located at the other end of the desert. Oh, 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.480 is that all? Are you sure you don't want us 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.640 to sail into space and build a castle in the 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:38.680 sky while we're there. No recovery of the satellite dish 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:45.560 is all that is required of the agency. You don't 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.720 get it, do you? You want us to go to 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:51.559 the mole layer in the Azrael desert. Crossing the desert's 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.680 hard enough, let alone the fact no one's ever been 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:58.000 to the mole layer before. They're completely isolated from the 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:01.720 rest of the world. And for good reason. What even 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:05.640 is a satellite dish? Ah? What is satellite dish? It's 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:11.079 a tool for communication. Well, whatever it is, we don't care. Look, 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.040 just because your big bad agency send one of their 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.160 spineless stooges to try to recruit us, doesn't mean we're 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.280 going to accept the mission. Tell them to do their 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:22.520 own dirty work. Ah. But besides, we already have a 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:26.120 mission with whom The Order of Hyperian Sages. The Order 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:30.320 of Hyperion Sages Guardians of Ancient Knowledge, a secretive fellowhood 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.400 of ascetic scholars who collect and preserve ancestral wisdom with 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.640 a mission of passing down this knowledge and service of 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:39.080 the edification of society of venerable organization with a most 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.360 noble cause. Uh sure, and thanks to you, we have 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.080 no chance of fulfilling our end of a contract. You 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:49.640 logo ruined our payday. Well, whatever the stage we're paying, 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.160 the agency will triple it. I must emphasize that the 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.160 recovery of this satellite dish is of the utmost importance, 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.720 and you know the agency always pays its obligations. As 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.240 is said, a contract with the Agency is as good 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:04.839 as black opal in your pocket more tonight, good as 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:09.400 wild goose cheese. Exactly. There's not enough black opal in 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:11.040 the world to make us take on another one of 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:13.800 the agency's missions. I mean half the time they don't 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.960 even own the items they've hired us to recover. Well, 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.320 I can assure you for this satellite disretrieval, everything is 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.880 above board and honest, and at least you know you'll 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.400 be dealing with consummate professionals, unlike that miscreant you were 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:30.920 conversing within the back alleyway. Ah, that miscreant was our 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.920 only lead and you blew it for us. Now we'll 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:35.680 have to tell the stages we have no chance of 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.839 recovering the missing item stolen from their private collection by 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.480 one of their own members. No less so the way 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:43.839 I see it, logo, you already owe us for the 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.439 pay you made us lose out on ah. Now we 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:51.439 never home to Imperia. Why can't you go home? Well, 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.760 strictly speaking, when we left Impyia, it wasn't by choice 0:13:56.760 --> 0:14:01.040 Spanish Spanish. Well serious, and I are persona non grata. 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.080 We can't go back home, at least not through the 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:07.360 main lands. Legend of a sea pass, but what either 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.400 The journey is supposedly dangerous, and we don't even really 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.240 know where the sea pass begins, or for that matter, 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:14.719 where they find the one person who does Who's that 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:20.080 the night sun, the Night's Sun? None of this matters, 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.160 For all we know, the whole thing's made up anyway, 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:26.680 Maybe I can help tell me about him. Well, according 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.480 to legends, somewhere just beyond the border of Imperia lives 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.800 the son of a heroic night. He knows the ways 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.200 the sea, and like his father before him, is blessed 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.960 with the knowledge of safe travel to imperiod, we've been 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:39.960 working in civilian mercenaries, taking on whatever assignments come our way. 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.200 So we can earn enough opals to find and hire 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.520 him as our guide and hope of finally returning home. 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.760 But the Knight's Sun might not even exist. It's from 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.960 a local prophecy, our bedtime story told to Imperian kids. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.840 The return of the night's Sun, and the night's Sun 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.600 is overtaken by a darkness sphere, the secret path to 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:02.680 Imperia will be made clear you you know it, the 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:05.120 return of the night Sun. The prophecy doesn't refer to 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:08.240 a person. He refers to a solar eclipse. I've researched 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.160 this before. It's in reference to the Sorrows cycle. Sorrows 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:15.080 cycle an eclipse cycle. Eclipses occur on repeated intervals of time, 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.760 approximately every fifty four years, equivalent to a triple Sorrows. 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:22.040 A near identical eclipse repeats in the same geographic location 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.160 at the same time of day. That's when your path 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:25.960 home will be made clear. And to think of it, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.720 the last totally eclipse visible to imperiod occurred fifty three 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:34.840 years ago. What ether. I'm trained in celestial navigation. As 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.640 a reward for completing the agency's mission. In addition to 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.040 payment of the opals, I'll guide you to the eclipses 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.360 path of totality and show you your way home. I 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:46.040 need a moment to talk over this with serious and 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:51.960 private of course serious. Do you know what this means? Yeah? 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:56.440 But serious? No trust stick man. Well, maybe make big promise, 0:15:56.560 --> 0:16:00.240 send us on crazy mission. Crazy mission lead to Yes, 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:02.720 this might be our one chance to return home to 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.040 imperiod and if we don't take the mission, we may 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.400 never get back. You're right, he might be selling us 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.880 a false hope or even plain line. But isn't it 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:16.040 worth the risk to find out the truth? Okay? Serious 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.760 goal for you, sir. Thanks? Serious, if you're a true 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:24.200 partner logo, have you come to a decision. We're in 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.520 splendid Naturally, it's best to leave as soon as possible, 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.720 to begin the journey while they're still daylight. I say 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.360 you're coming on the mission, of course, say retrieval of 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:37.680 the satellite dish's top priority. The agency insists, I joined 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.600 forget it. No, the mission is dangerous enough without you 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.600 getting in our way. What when we said we want 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.720 nothing to do with you, we meant it. You're dead weight, 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.400 you'd get us all chilled. You're turning down the mission, 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:52.400 but you have to accept no, we don't come on. Serious, 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.360 we're done here. But I was sent with very specific 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:58.000 instructions to recruit you to It's my first assignment. I 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.520 have to succeed. We work alone, always have, always will. 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.439 So thanks, but no thanks. We'll stick to earning opals 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:09.639 and make our own way home. Serious back to the 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.560 Order's mission of recovering that stone in gemstone. One way 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.159 or another, we'll find and return to them. That amber 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.879 or amber or amber is a natural palmer of fossilized 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.800 tree resin. Typically orange, is brown in color, and four 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.920 millions of years ago. It's not just valuable as a gemstone, 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:31.320 it's also coveted for the ancient object preserved inside. What 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.480 did you say about amber? Amber is a record of 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.520 the past. The object and organisms frozen inside the stone 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:39.719 shine a light on ancient life from time immemorial. I 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.440 know an antique dealer who specializes in these sorts of things. 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:46.320 I can bring you to him at the Toepol. Okay, 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.600 you can take us to him, but that's it. Great. 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:51.600 The walk over through the market will give you more 0:17:51.600 --> 0:18:02.400 time to consider my proposal. Let's go the market. Share 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:06.960 is a bustling Hey scarves, fine scarves, essential accessories for 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.399 the modern traveler. Which cloth suits your needs? No thanks, 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:14.000 kid logo. Where's this antique shop? It's straight this way, 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:16.000 just over on the other side of the market. These 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:19.320 are handwoven, artisan crafted garments. You won't find any better 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:23.000 quality in these parts. How about a shiny silk scarf 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:26.880 to match your amulets? We said, we're not interested. You're 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:28.680 sure this is the fastest way to the shop. We 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:30.919 can take side streets, but with the abundance of shady 0:18:31.000 --> 0:18:33.040 characters lurking in the market, it's the beft. We stick 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.200 to the main path. Try it on and see for yourself. 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:39.320 Don't the big man, book brain tell me? Doesn't your 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.720 friend look like a million black opals? Book brain, get 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.199 your scarf off my neck right now, or they'll be 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.440 using it as a rag to mop up what's left 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:52.760 of you. Okay, okay, don't need that talk. I'm taking 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:55.080 my scarf and go. A garment of this quality is 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:59.719 far too fine for the likes of you anything, at 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:05.760 least that's over. Talk about a pest ast my amulance 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.879 that kids so ambulances come back to you, your little cheeks. 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:17.360 What's wrong? You don't understand? Amulet more than shiny object. Amulet, 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:31.520 keep me for safe? Here we follow? Are you to me? 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:39.800 I lost him? We recover amulet? You rest logan, Come 0:19:44.000 --> 0:19:48.840 look up there by the stick carts, last figures, bye, 0:19:49.240 --> 0:19:56.639 last figurine, by the figurine of your dreams to day again. 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:10.000 He's like roue dizzy, serious, make and crash. He's fleeing 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:12.120 with the amulet. But I have an idea where too. 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:13.960 If I take the back alleys, I might be able 0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:16.600 to cut him off. Serious, get either and meet me 0:20:16.640 --> 0:20:18.159 at the other side of the market. I'm going to 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:33.480 get his amulet back and we're gonna got him. He's like, go, 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:42.200 like go book brain either serious over here my amulet, 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:49.000 honest mistake. Yeah, we'll just don't make my mistake. And 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:50.800 like the life you were born into become the life 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:58.159 you lead. Get out. Uh, we've made it to the 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:05.560 antique shop. She's kin upon my amulets exactly. Now let's 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:10.640 go in, dog, my friend, How good to see you, Urian. 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:12.720 I hope you've come at a good time with me. 0:21:12.760 --> 0:21:15.360 Are my companions ether and serious? Are you and your 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:19.160 friend's logo? I always have time? Ether? Serious, Welcome, Welcome, 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:22.640 Please come in Serious logo, and I will talk with Urian. 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:24.879 You see if there's anything useful around the shop, but 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:29.920 don't touch okay, ah your amulet, I see you where 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:32.280 the eye of imperial a goal and son with the 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:35.560 all seeing eye enclosed in its center missticks believe it's 0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:38.960 watchful eyewards off Umber's shadowy influence. Who protects the wearer 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.680 with clarity of mind. It's not every day a rarity 0:21:41.760 --> 0:21:44.639 like this walks in the eye shop. How much my 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:54.080 amulets not for sale? Serious? Oh? Sorry? So how can 0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:56.000 I help? My partner and I have been hired to 0:21:56.040 --> 0:21:58.480 recover an item stolen from the private collection of the 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.840 Order of Hyperian Sages ah Yes, the Order of Hyperian 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:06.560 Sages preservers of world history. They believe absolute knowledge is 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.240 the ray of light in this darkened world, that it 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:12.560 will unlock the path the higher planes of enlightenment. The 0:22:12.680 --> 0:22:15.960 Sages are the foundation of stability in this unstable city. 0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:19.200 The faith of the people depend upon their strength. What 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.600 Adji has been stolen from their collection? An amber orb 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:27.280 amber orb Yes. Amber is believed to be a gateway 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:30.440 to the past, to life no longer living. It preserves 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:33.959 the accumulated wisdom of history, with each piece deriving meaning 0:22:34.119 --> 0:22:37.520 from what is contained inside. In mystic circles, it's believed 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:39.760 that amber can be used to channel the spirit of 0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:43.000 ancient beings. Of course, the orb itself doesn't have any 0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:46.200 real power, only a connection perceived in the mind of 0:22:46.240 --> 0:22:49.879 the possessor. Have you seen it the orb? Sadly it 0:22:49.920 --> 0:22:53.320 has not passed through my shop? Tell me what's this ideal? 0:22:53.359 --> 0:23:02.359 Of serious? Serious? No touch. When we received the mission, 0:23:02.359 --> 0:23:04.520 the sages wouldn't tell us any details about the orb. 0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:06.960 They deem the information too sensitive to share in case 0:23:07.000 --> 0:23:09.560 it leaked outside the order. So we've been operating on 0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:12.040 a need to know basis, and once we've recovered the orb, 0:23:12.320 --> 0:23:14.520 we're to bring it straight back. Well, then, there are 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:16.760 some things you should know about amber to help you 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:20.879 identify it. First, amber has a distinct sense that gives 0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:24.560 off a coniferous fragrance. Second, it feels warm to the 0:23:24.600 --> 0:23:28.320 touch when rubbed, and third, amber has a low melting point. 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:31.440 It will begin to decompose when exposed to the flame 0:23:31.480 --> 0:23:34.240 of a candle. But of course, the knowledge of what's 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:38.400 inside the amber is the real key to understanding its significance. 0:23:38.760 --> 0:23:40.880 Thank you, Urian, we'll have to return to the Order 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:43.200 to see what we can learn very well, and please 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:46.560 offer my condolences to the sages for the head Scholar. 0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:49.560 What about the head Scholar, he's just past. He'd been 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:51.720 ill for a while. Haven't you seen the white smoke? 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:56.080 Quite smoke, the white smoke rising from the beacon signal 0:23:56.080 --> 0:23:59.280 fire burning atop the Orders institute. It symbolizes strength to 0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:01.640 the people at a head scholars time of death, who 0:24:01.640 --> 0:24:04.080 believe it carries his spirit away to the clouds above 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:07.800 and signifies successful transition within the Order. Its absence would 0:24:07.880 --> 0:24:10.840 devastate the soul of the city. As night approaches, the 0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:13.919 sages will hold a candlelight vigil before that procession to 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:16.639 the funeral pyre, where the head Scholar's body will be 0:24:16.680 --> 0:24:20.119 cremated so his spirit may pass on from this world 0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:24.760 to the next. A ceremony shouldn't be starting soon. Serious 0:24:25.280 --> 0:24:32.040 not serious spirit, evil spirit in box. We should go now. 0:24:32.160 --> 0:24:35.160 There's no time to waste. You're in Thank you. We'll 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:38.600 be sure to offer your condolences at the Order logo. 0:24:39.320 --> 0:24:41.560 You can't come with us. I mean, you've been helpful 0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.640 in bringing us here, but going forward you'd only slow 0:24:44.720 --> 0:24:47.480 us down. I beg to differ. On the contrary, I 0:24:47.560 --> 0:24:51.080 possess intimate knowledge of scrolls, artifacts and relics. Not to mention, 0:24:51.200 --> 0:24:53.800 I have a photographic memory and a pension for the arcane. 0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:56.119 If you're going to the Order of Hyperian Sages, you 0:24:56.160 --> 0:24:58.920 don't just want me by your side, you need me. Now, 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:03.560 come on, let's go. Serious logo will lead the way. 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:08.800 Good luck either serious logo, But be careful chasing shadows 0:25:08.920 --> 0:25:21.800 or you will find them chasing you. And there are 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:26.159 three of you. Now, have you retrieved the orb? Vice Scholar, 0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:28.920 not yet, but we are very close. All we need 0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:31.560 is more information to understand Lucia's motive for why she 0:25:31.640 --> 0:25:36.159 stole the orb Lucia the Wayward Pupil. Naturally, we'll have 0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:38.560 to search the private collection where it was stolen from 0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:41.800 for clue. Absolutely not, as long as I'm Vice Scholar 0:25:41.840 --> 0:25:44.240 of this order. Like I told you before, the private 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:48.280 collection is strictly off limits to oxiders. The items are 0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:52.240 still undergoing study and are two live of the damage. 0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:55.600 They are only to be handled by those in the 0:25:55.800 --> 0:26:00.160 Order with expert knowledge. Besides, there is nothing in are 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:04.600 pertaining to these matters anyway. But Vice Scholar, no, the 0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:09.399 answer is no either. Now the head scholars funeral is 0:26:09.440 --> 0:26:12.919 this evening. The white smoke is already rising from the 0:26:12.960 --> 0:26:16.040 beacon to alert the public of his passing. There are 0:26:16.080 --> 0:26:20.080