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  |    Patch Introduced = [[Unfinished Business]]
  |    Patch Introduced = [[Unfinished Business]]
  |            Updated = [[Who Watches the Virindi?]]<br>[[Secrets of the Apostates]]<br>[[Old Ghosts]]<br>[[Picking up the Pieces]]<br>[[Reclamation]]
  |            Updated = [[Who Watches the Virindi?]]<br>[[Secrets of the Apostates]]<br>[[Old Ghosts]]<br>[[Picking up the Pieces]]<br>[[Reclamation]]
  |      Related Quests =  
  |      Related Quests = [[Portalspace Rifts]]
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  |          Quest Type = Solo
  |          Quest Type = Solo
  |          Kill Task = False
  |          Kill Task = False
  |      Start Location = [[Al-Arqas]]
  |      Start Location = [[Mar'uun]]
  |              Timer = 6 Days
  |              Timer = Once Per Character, 6 days between steps
  |  Level Restrictions = None
  |  Level Restrictions = None
  |  Level Suggestions =  
  |  Level Suggestions =  
  |        Item Rewards = [[Mana Forge Key]]
  |        Item Rewards =  
  |      Max XP Reward = Closing the Rifts: 100,000,000<br>Other Tasks: 1,000,000
  |      Max XP Reward = 1,000,000 per task, 3-7+ tasks
  |              Titles = Timeless Adventurer<br>Virindi Informer
  |              Titles = Timeless Adventurer<br>Virindi Informer
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== Quest Overview ==
* As of the [[Secrets of the Apostates]] (May 2009) patch, you no longer need to do the this quest to gain access to Crystalline Crag. Previously this quest was needed to use the Resonant Portal to be portaled to Crag.
* This quest is changing every patch.
== Walk Through ==
== Walk Through ==
=== Overview ===
* The quest this month is drawn out over several weeks, with each "week" a minimum of six days between steps. You start the quest at Week One and do the what is required for that week, then you must wait at least six days before you can do the next week's part.
* There is some degree of divergence based on your choices, which can net you additional dialog and an extra title.
* This quest is a prerequisite to the [[Portalspace Rifts]] quest and to access to Mar'uun as a full-service town before its destruction.


=== Reclamation ===
=== Week One ===
 
# '''Required First Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]]. This is to flag for the use of the randomly spawning Resonant portals.
* In order to access the version of Mar'uun that is not destroyed you must complete the quest from the [[Picking up the Pieces]] patch. After you complete all 4 weeks and save Mar'uun then you can do the Rift Closing Quest.
# '''Optional Step:''' While in [[Mar'uun]], go to the portal research area area, north of the main loop of the town and across the bridge. You'll need to jump the gap in the bridge. Climb the stairs to the west and find a hole on the wooden floor. Jump down and pick up the [[Scrap of Paper]]. This will be worth 1 million experience points in Week Three, so hang on to it.
 
# Search the western Direlands (i.e. Ayan, Lethe areas) until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall).
# Talk to [[Marcus Manfried]] and he will direct you to [[Kaywin]], who will give you a [[Rift Opening Device]] and [[Rift Closing Device]].
# Now start looking for a a [[Portalspace Rift]], which appears on the floor as a little vent of colored gas. They are found all over Mar'uun, not just near the Test Portal area. They disappear after a short time (due to a decay timer) but always appear in the same places.
#* '''Note:''' Three of the elements can be found in the test portal area: Frost under the stairs and by where Kaywin's note was located in the destroyed Mar'uun, Acid in the hallway to Kaywin and behind the north screen in the furnished room, and Lightning behind the east screen in the furnished room. An easy place to find Fire is in the entrance hallway and behind the nearby bar.
# When you see one stand near it and use the Rift Opening Device and you will be portaled into the elemental plane of whatever Elemental Rift you used (fire, frost, lightning, acid and they are color coded accordingly).
# When you land in a room use your [[Rift Closing Device]] to initiate a spawn of elemental creatures. Kill all of them and a Elemental Zenith will spawn. Kill it and you will be portaled back to Mar'uun.
# Repeat the steps above for 3 more elements until you have done all four then talk to Marcus for your reward.
 
=== Picking up the Pieces ===
 
* The quest this month is drawn out over several weeks. You start the quest at Week 1 and do the what is required for that week then you must wait until a week timer passes before you can do the 2nd week part. The weeks are not tied to real time, they are relative to when you start the quest so people that started the quest 3 weeks ago are on Week 3 but if you start today then you start at Week 1.
* There is also some degree of divergence based on your choices. The consequences of the different choices are not yet known.
 
# '''Required First Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1 and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]]. This is enough to flag for the use of the randomly spawning Resonant portals.
 
 
<b>Week Four</b>
 
# '''Optional First Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1 and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]]. Go to the area above where the portal researchers are and find a hole on the wooden floor. Jump down to where [[Kaywin]] used to be and pick up the [[Scrap of Paper]].
# Run around the Direlands until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall). They are known to appear at least in the Western Dires area (the Ayan and Lethe area).
# You now have two different '''divergent''' set of steps you can follow.
:# Hand your [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to Jean or Luc. They will keep the notes so you will be unable to turn them into to Marcus. They reward you with 250,000 xp. If you handed '''all''' of the previous Notes (Research Notes and Aetherium Research Notes) to the Virindi then they will give you the title ''Virindi Informer''.
:# Talk to Marcus and he will reward you with 750,000 xp and you will get the title ''Timeless Adventurer''.
:'''Or you can'''
:# Hand the [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to Marcus for 1 million xp and the title ''Timeless Aventurer''.
 
'''Once you have handed in the Aetherium Research Notes'''
 
# '''Optional Step:''' Give the [[Scrap of Paper]] to [[Kaywin]] who is found at her old spot by the Stabilizing Machine. She will reward you with 1 million experience.
#* '''Note:''' Kaywin still gives the "Missing Mechanisms" note when you talk to her, still takes alloy pieces, and still gives the appropriate experience for them. It is unconfirmed if she'll give out the Machinist's Gauntlets or how she'll handle it if you gave her a partial set before Mar'uun's destruction and attempt to complete the set now.
# Exit Mar'uun via the surface portal and use the Resonant Portal at the drop. It will portal you into a different version of Mar'uun before it was destroyed.
#* It appears this version of Mar'uun is identical to the version that was available during the [[Secrets of the Apostates]] patch (the month before the disaster)
#* [[Kaywin]] in this version doesn't know what to do with the [[Scrap of Paper]] but she gives the [[Machinist's Gloves Quest]] as usual.
# It doesn't appear that you will be able to enter the random Resonant Portal in the Direlands once you complete Week 4.
:<font color = cornflowerblue>There is no response from the portal.<br>
:The portal seems to be out of phase.<br></font>
 
 
<b>Week Three</b>
# '''Optional First Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1 and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]]. Go to the area above where the portal researchers are and find a hole on the wooden floor. Jump down to where [[Kaywin]] used to be and pick up the [[Scrap of Paper]].
# Run around the Direlands until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall). They are known to appear at least in the Western Dires area (the Ayan and Lethe area).
# You now have two different '''divergent''' set of steps you can follow.
:# Hand your [[Aetherium Research Notes]] to Jean or Luc. They will keep the notes so you will be unable to turn them into to Marcus. They reward you with 250,000 xp.
:# Talk to Marcus and he will reward you with 750,000 xp and give you [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]].
:'''Or you can'''
:# Hand the [[Aetherium Research Notes]] to Marcus for 1 million xp and the [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]].
 
'''Once you Have the Research Notes'''
 
# '''Optional Step:''' Give the [[Scrap of Paper]] to [[Kaywin]] who is found at her old spot by the Stabilizing Machine. She will reward you with 1 million experience.
#* '''Note:''' Kaywin still gives the "Missing Mechanisms" note when you talk to her, still takes alloy pieces, and still gives the appropriate experience for them. It is unconfirmed if she'll give out the Machinist's Gauntlets or how she'll handle it if you gave her a partial set before Mar'uun's destruction and attempt to complete the set now.
# '''Optional Step:''' Allow Jean or Luc to examine the [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]]. They will not keep the Notes.
# Take the Research Notes to [[Ned the Clever]] in [[Zaikhal]]. He will hand you [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to deliver to Marcus next week.
 
 
 
 
<b>Week Two</b>
# Run around the Direlands until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall). They are known to appear at least in the Western Dires area (the Ayan and Lethe area).
# Talk to [[Jean]] and [[Luc]] at the portal drop. A dialog box will appear asking "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?". You can answer Yes or No.
#* '''Note:''' On at least FF, LC, and VT there are two identical versions of Jean. They both behave identically so its probably a bug.
# Proceed to the area where Marcus and Wren are. You'll notice Wren isn't in her usual spot but rather inside the nearby room staring at the wall. She doesn't say much when you talk to her. Also the Test Portal is now the Enhanced Test Portal.
# Talk to Marcus.
#* If you told him about the Virindi last week he will hand you some [[Research Notes]] and award you with 1,000,000 xp. He asks you to take the Notes to the [[Arcanum Researcher]].
#* If you didn't tell him about the Virindi last week he will hand you some [[Research Notes]] and award you with 750,000 xp. He asks you to take the Notes to the [[Arcanum Researcher]].
#* If you didn't do anything last week then you proceed with the Week One state and conversations; the Virindis are not there.
# '''Optional Step:''' Hand the Research Notes to Jean or Luc. They will just examine them and give you some dialog.
# Take the [[Research Notes]] to any Arcanum Researcher in any one of the capital heritage libraries. The Arcanum Researcher will examine them and direct you to give them to [[Ned the Clever]] in [[Zaikhal]].
# Give the Research Notes to Ned and he will give you [[Aetherium Research Notes]]. He directs you to give these to Marcus.
# You must wait a week before you can enter the random Resonant portal again. So just hang on to the Notes until next week (the timer appears to be only 6 days rather than a full 7).
 
<b>Week One</b>
# Run around the Direlands until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall). They are known to appear at least in the Western Dires area (the Ayan and Lethe area).
# Use the portal to travel to Mar'uun at a point in time somewhere during Coldeve, 20 P.Y, AKA February 2009, [[Unfinished Business]], the patch Mar'uun was first introduced. The Virindis Jean and Luc are not present, neither is [[Kaywin]] the machinist, and Marcus and Wren are conducting the original experiments.
# Use the portal to travel to Mar'uun at a point in time somewhere during Coldeve, 20 P.Y, AKA February 2009, [[Unfinished Business]], the patch Mar'uun was first introduced. The Virindis Jean and Luc are not present, neither is [[Kaywin]] the machinist, and Marcus and Wren are conducting the original experiments.
# Speak with [[Wren the Curious]] and [[Marcus Manfried]]. During your interactions with Marcus, you are presented with the option to reveal to him about the arrival of Jean and Luc via a Yes/No Dialog Box.
# Proceed to the portal space research area north of the main loop and across the bridge. Speak with [[Wren the Curious]] and [[Marcus Manfried]]. During your interactions with Marcus, you are presented with the option to reveal to him about the arrival of Jean and Luc via a Yes/No Dialog Box.
# After making your choice, you will be told to come back in a week's time
# After making your choice, you will be told to come back in a week's time.
#:<font color=green>You think you have already done everything you can here for now.
#:<font color=green>You think you have already done everything you can here for now.
#:If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.
#:If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.
#:It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.</font>
#:It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.</font>
# The Test Portal cannot be used if you had previously used it several months ago. However, if you didn't use the Test portal back then you can use it now for the same old 1 million xp. The Test Portal sends you to its regular location, but in the present day destroyed Mar'uun.
# '''Optional Step:''' The Test Portal can be used for 1 million experience if you didn't do so prior to Mar'uun's destruction. The Test Portal sends you to the wooden platform above it, but in the present day destroyed Mar'uun. Make sure you do everything you want in this version of Mar'uun before you do this.
#* '''Note:''' Some players have reported being able to use the test portal for 1m xp despite having done this before Mar'uun was destroyed. Perhaps it depends on which patch you used it?
# Once you've talked to the NPCs once and have left, you cannot return for six days.
# Once you've entered the portal and talked to the NPCs once you cannot return for one week.
#:<font color=green>There is no response from the portal.
#:<font color=green>There is no response from the portal.
#:The portal seems to be out of phase.
#:The portal seems to be out of phase.
#:It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.</font>
#:It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.</font>
 
=== Week Two ===
=== Old Ghosts ===
# '''Optional Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]].Find the [[Scrap of Paper]] as described in Week One. This is for another 1 million experience in Week Three.
* With the destruction of [[Mar'uun]], the Test Portal is still there, but does not function. Both NPCs are gone, 2 corpses can be found near the Test Portal...
# Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
* Pick up a [[Scrap of Paper|Scrap of Paper (Mar'uun)]] on the ground near where [[Kaywin]] once was.
# Talk to [[Jean]] and [[Luc]] at the portal drop. A dialog box will appear asking "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?". You can answer Yes or No. Answering Yes gives additional dialog.
 
# Proceed to the portal space research area. You'll notice Wren isn't in her usual spot but rather inside the nearby room staring at the wall. She doesn't say much when you talk to her. Also, the Test Portal is now the Enhanced Test Portal.
 
# Talk to Marcus to receive the [[Research Notes]], which he asks you to take to an [[Arcanum Researcher]].
 
#* If you told him about the Virindi last week, he will award you 1,000,000 xp.
=== Secrets of the Apostates ===
#* If you didn't tell him about the Virindi last week, he will award you 750,000 xp.
 
# '''Optional Step:''' Hand the Research Notes to Jean or Luc. They will just examine them and give you some dialog.
* During this patch the Test Portal has become unstable so no experiments are currently possible. Marcus says they hope to resume testing next month.
# Take the [[Research Notes]] to any [[Arcanum Researcher]] in any one of the capital heritage libraries. The Arcanum Researcher will examine them and direct you to give them to [[Ned the Clever]] in [[Zaikhal]].
:<font color=green>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
# Give the Research Notes to Ned and he will give you [[Aetherium Research Notes]]. He directs you to give these to Marcus.
 
# You must wait a six days before you can enter the random Resonant portal again to give the [[Aetherium Research Notes]] to Marcus.
 
=== Week Three ===
=== Who Watches the Virindi?/What Once was Lost ===
# '''Optional Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]].Find the [[Scrap of Paper]] as described in Week One. This is for another 1 million experience.
 
# Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
# Enter the [[Mar'uun]] portal at 10.6S, 17.1E.
# You now have two different '''divergent''' set of steps you can follow.  
#* '''Route:''' From [[Al-Arqas]], take the [[Al-Nosaj]] portal at 33.5S, 13.1E.
#* Hand your [[Aetherium Research Notes]] to Jean or Luc. They will keep the notes so you will be unable to turn them into to Marcus. They award you 250,000 xp.
# The dungeon is a town with regular vendor NPCs and no monsters. In the dungeon find the area with 2 NPCs conducting portal space experiments.
#* Talk to Marcus and he will award you 750,000 xp and give you [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]].<br />'''Or you can'''
# Talk to [[Marcus Manfried]] then [[Wren the Curious]] and he will direct you to enter the Enhanced Test portal there by double clicking it.  
#* Hand the [[Aetherium Research Notes]] to Marcus for 1 million xp and the [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]].
#:: <font color="green">You've earned 1,000,000 experience.</font>
# '''Optional Step:''' Give your Scraps of Paper to [[Kaywin]] who is at the Stabilizing Machine behind the portal space research area, near where you found them in the destroyed Mar'uun. She will award you 1 million experience apiece.  
#:: <font color="cornflowerblue">Enhanced Test Portal teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
# '''Optional Step:''' Allow Jean or Luc to examine the [[Research Notes (Week 3)|Research Notes]]. They will not keep the Notes.
 
# Take the Research Notes to [[Ned the Clever]] in [[Zaikhal]]. He will hand you [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to deliver to Marcus next week.
 
=== Week Four ===
=== Unfinished Business ===
# '''Optional Step:''' Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed [[Mar'uun]].Find the [[Scrap of Paper]] as described in Week One. This is to give to Kaywin for another 1 million experience. Note that this is the last time you can do this.
'''Optional Step'''<br>
# Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
Go to the [[Resonant Portal]] at 14.6S 62.2W. Double click the portal and you will get a green message but not be portaled anywhere.
# You now have two different '''divergent''' set of steps you can follow.
* '''Route:''' Use the Izji Qo's Portal Device at your mansion.
#* Hand your [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to Jean or Luc. They will keep the notes so you will be unable to turn them into to Marcus. They will award you 250,000 xp. If you handed '''all''' of the previous Notes (Research Notes and Aetherium Research Notes) to the Virindi then they will give you the title ''Virindi Informer''.
* <font color="green">The portal emanates an odd thrumming sound. The vibrations through the air seem foreign to even you, an experienced portal traveler.</font>
#* Talk to Marcus and he will award you 750,000 xp and the title ''Timeless Adventurer''.<br />'''Or you can'''
* This will result in a slightly different response from the NPCs and the Test Portal but as far as we know does not give any benefit.
#* Hand the [[Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes]] to Marcus for 1 million xp and the title ''Timeless Aventurer''.
 
# '''Optional Step:''' Give the [[Scrap of Paper]] to [[Kaywin]] who is found at her old spot by the Stabilizing Machine. She will award you 1 million experience.  
 
=== Beyond Week Four ===
'''Required Steps'''
* If you exit Mar'uun, perhaps via the surface portal, and use the Resonant Portal at  10.6S, 17.1E, it will portal you into a different version of Mar'uun before it was destroyed. Mar'uun is now stable, and using the resonant portal at 10.6S, 17.1E will now always transport this character to this version of Mar'uun.
# Enter the [[Mar'uun]] portal at 10.6S, 17.1E.
* It appears this version of Mar'uun is identical to the version that was available during the [[Secrets of the Apostates]] patch, the month before the disaster.
#* '''Route:''' From [[Al-Arqas]], take the [[Al-Nosaj]] portal at 33.5S, 13.1E.
* [[Kaywin]] in this version doesn't know what to do with the [[Scrap of Paper]] but she gives the [[Machinist's Gloves Quest]] as usual.
# The dungeon is a town with regular vendor NPCs and no monsters. In the dungeon find the area with 2 NPCs conducting portal space experiments.  
* You will be unable to enter the random Resonant Portal in the Direlands once you complete Week 4.
# Talk to [[Marcus Manfried]] then [[Wren the Curious]] and he will direct you to enter the Test portal there by double clicking it.  
:<font color = cornflowerblue>There is no response from the portal.<br>
#: If you didn't go to the Resonant Portal it will only portal you a short distance away.  
:The portal seems to be out of phase.<br></font>
#:: <font color="green">You've earned 1,000,000 experience.</font>
#:: <font color="cornflowerblue">Test Portal teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
#: If you went to the Resonant Portal before you went to Mar'uun you may get portaled to a strange area called the [[Portal Space Eddy]] where lots of portal space energy is flowing (it looks like the Portal Space dungeon from the Invoker quest). After a few seconds you will be portaled back to Mar'uun near the NPCs.
#::<font color="green">You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
#::<font color="cornflowerblue">Test Portal teleports you with Portal Space Eddy.<br>
#::Portal Space Eddy teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
# Talk to the two NPCs again and you will be flagged to enter the [[Resonant Portal]].
# Go to the Resonant Portal and double click it. It will now portal you to the top of the [[Crystalline Crag]].
#: <font color="green">Your resonance is now properly in tune with that of the portal.</font>
#: <font color="cornflowerblue">Resonant Portal teleports you with Crystalline Portal.</font>
 
== Items ==  
== Items ==  
=== Reclamation ===
{{Item Table|Caption=|Rift Opening Device|Rift Closing Device|Portalspace Rift}}
=== Picking up the Pieces ===
{{Item Table|Caption=|Research Notes|Aetherium Research Notes|Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)}}
{{Item Table|Caption=|Research Notes|Aetherium Research Notes|Research Notes (Week 3)|Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)}}
== Title Rewards ==
== Title Rewards ==
{{Title Rewards Table
{{Title Rewards Table
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  |  Task = Completing all 4 Weeks of the Quest
  |  Task = Completing all 4 Weeks of the Quest
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{{Title
{{Title
  | Title = Virindi Informer
  | Title = Virindi Informer
  |  Task = Handing all Notes you get from Marcus and Ned to [[Jean]] or [[Luc]]
  |  Task = Handing all Notes you get from Marcus and Ned to the Jean or Luc
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== Images ==
== Images ==
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
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Image:Mar'uun Test Portal Drop (Before Disaster) Live.jpg|<center>The Test Portal Drop before the Disaster</center>
Image:Mar'uun Test Portal Drop (Before Disaster) Live.jpg|<center>The Test Portal Drop before the Disaster</center>
Image:Mar'uun Test Portal Drop (After Disaster) Live.jpg|<center>The Test Portal Drop after the Disaster</center>
Image:Mar'uun Test Portal Drop (After Disaster) Live.jpg|<center>The Test Portal Drop after the Disaster</center>
Image:Portalspace Rift (Acid) Live.jpg|<center>A Portalspace Rift of the Acid Plane</center>
Image:Portalspace Rift (Frost) Live.jpg|<center>A Portalspace Rift of the Frost Plane</center>
</gallery>
</gallery>
== Lore & Dialog ==
== Lore & Dialog ==
=== Week 1 ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Thank you for all your assistance. We have gathered what we can from our understanding of your personal properties, the sum of the things you've done and how that interacted with our experimental portals."<br></font>
<font color=green>You tell Marcus about what you've seen in Mar'uun.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're here to do serious research, I'm really not interested in your ghost stories."<br></font>
<font color=green>You think you need to find some way to make him believe you.<br></font>
'''Dialog Box asks you if you want to tell him about the Virindi, you can click Yes or No'''<br>
'''If you click Yes and tell him about the Virindi:'''<br>
:<font color=green>You tell Marcus about the Virindi, Jean and Luc who will soon be moving into town.<br></font>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "You expect me to believe that Virindi are going to materialize here out of the blue?"<br>
:Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm not certain which of your stories is the least likely..."<br></font>
'''If you click No and don't tell him about the Virindi:'''<br>
:<font color=green>You elect not to tell Marcus about the Virindi, it may be best not to upset him any further.<br>
:It seems like it would be a good idea to talk to the assistant as well.<br></font>


=== Reclamation ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "Thank you for your assistance as a test subject. We could use more good subjects like you."<br></font>
 
<font color=green>You tell Wren about the things you've seen in Mar'uun and her coming demise. She seems disturbed by your story.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I'm really not certain who you are, but we're trying to work here. Please leave me alone!"<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I can't even start to tell you how much we appreciate all the help we've received from the great adventurers of Dereth."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Marcus changed our experiments thanks to the information we received from the Arcanum though it wasn't all in time."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "We've been left with rifts coming through trying to merge the elemental planes with our own."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Luckily we're only dealing with the base four elements and we can control this."<br></font>


<font color=green>You think you have already done everything you can here for now.<br>
It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.<br>
If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.<br></font>
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<font color=green>There does not seem to be more you can do to convince Wren.<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Our experiments opened rifts to the elemental planes."<br>
You think you have done everything you can here for now.<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We need to seal these rifts..."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I've commissioned the creation of several items to my specifications."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Go see Kaywin and she'll provide you with what you need."<br></font>
 
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<font color=cornflowerblue>The portal restrictions do not allow your access.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Kaywin tells you, "Oh, I see you're here for Marcus's latest requests."<br>
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Kaywin tells you, "Truely wonderful gadgets."<br>
<font color=cornflowerblue>There is no response from the portal.The portal seems to be out of phase.It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.<br></font>
<font color=green>Kaywin gives you Rift Opening Device.<br></font>
=== Week 2 ===
Kaywin tells you, "One is used to open rifts. It's a crazy sight to behold... you'll be ripped directly into the rift."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "The other is used to close rifts once you are inside. I can't truly say what that's like..."<br>
<font color=green>Kaywin gives you Rift Closing Device.<br></font></font>
 
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<font color=cornflowerblue>Portalspace Rift teleports you with Portalspace Rift.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>The rift expands as elemental creatures flow out.<br></font>
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<font color=green>Acid dissipates into the surroundings. The sour taste of acid lingers in the atmosphere.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>Fire dissipates into the surroundings. The atmosphere warms and your flesh blisters.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>Frost dissipates into the surroundings. The atmosphere cools and a chill numbs you to the core.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>Electric dissipates into the surroundings. A charge lingers in the atmosphere striking at exposed surfaces.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>As the elemental creature collapses you feel space fold in on itself. It feels like your gut turned inside out as you're ripped back through portal space.<br></font>
 
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Excellent, you've closed all the rifts."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "The Arcanum has given these to reward those who aid our call for help."<br></font>
<font color=green>Marcus Manfried gives you Mana Forge Key.<br>
You've earned 100,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "This won't be the end of the rifts. By my calculations you'll be able to assist us again in over six days time."<br></font>
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Rift Opening Devices.<br>
You hand over 1 of your Rift Closing Devices.<br></font>
 
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Any further exposure may cause catastrophic consequences."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "My calculations say that you'll have to wait at least six days from your last exposure to the elemental planes."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Adventurers into the elemental planes act as an anchor, rooting it. Any one individual spending too much time in the elemental planes will cause it to become coterminous with our own plane."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Trust me, that's something we don't want but we must close these rifts..."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Luckily we stopped our experiments before we tapped into any planes beyond the four basic elemental planes."<br></font>
 
=== Picking up the Pieces ===
 
==== Week 4 ====
 
'''If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 3:'''<br>
<font color=green>You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "It seems the Arcanum has a shipment of aetherium intended for Mar'uun."<br>
Jean tells you, "My human podmate and I think this could cause a problem."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 250,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."<br></font>
'''If you handed all the Notes from the previous weeks to the Virindi then you also get this:<br>'''
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Our human pod has found you very useful."<br>
Jean tells you, "We have learned much more about this Aetherium and Marcus's research."<br></font>
<font color=green>You are an informer of the Virindi in Mar'uun. You have been given the Virindi Informer title.<br></font>
 
----
 
'''Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
<font color=green>You explain to Marcus the contents of the note you received from the Arcanum.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been great if you could have delivered the actual notes."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm going to have to take your word on this. But it seems that aetherium has a possibly volatile reaction with our research."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'll have to look through our experiments again... possibly we can make this work."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 750,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."<br></font>
<font color=green>You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.<br></font>
 
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'''Giving the Aetherium Research Notes to Marcus:'''<br>
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note describes how the Arcanum thinks aetherium will effect our experiments."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'd previously scheduled the addition of the aetherium substance in our tests."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're going to have to back over our calculations... I still think this can work."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."<br></font>
<font color=green>You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.<br></font>
 
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I've been helping Marcus revise our experimental protocols."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "We're certain that we're going to make this work. We've temporarily aborted our plans to experiment with aetherium until we've learned more."<br></font>
 
----
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We received a shipment of aetherium."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I had intended to use it in our experiments, it would have been ground breaking..."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But thanks to this information from the Arcanum we'll have to adjust our experiments."<br></font>
 
----
'''Using the Resonant Portal at Mar'uun's old location:''' <br>
<font color=cornflowerblue>Resonant Portal teleports you with Mar'uun.<br></font>
 
==== Week 3 ====
 
'''If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 2:'''<br>
<font color=green>You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are glad you have decided to share this information with us."<br>
Jean tells you, "Aetherium, very interesting."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 250,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."<br></font>
 
----
 
'''Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
<font color=green>You describe to Marcus the contents of the note from the Aetherium.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been much more helpful if you could have brought us the note..."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But the information you brought me and the information I've received from others should be enough."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 750,000 experience.<br>
Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.<br></font>
 
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'''Taking to Marcus when you still have the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.<br>
You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note is going to assist us greatly."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Give me a few seconds to read this over and write a reply."<br></font>
<font color=green>Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.<br></font>
 
----
 
<font color=green>You give Kaywin Scrap of Paper.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Kaywin tells you, "What's this?"<br>
Kaywin tells you, "... but, this is my hand writing."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "I never wrote this."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "Marcus talked to me about this, but I didn't really believe him."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "So, we really all do die?"<br></font>
<font color=green>Rips up the scrap of paper.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Kaywin tells you, "Hell with this. I'm gonna live!"<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
 
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I can't tell you how happy I am to know that you're going to help us."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "I was so afraid I would die..."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Now I know it's going to be okay with all these people helping up."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "... You are helping us right?"<br></font>
 
----
 
<font color=green>You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Marcus seems to think this new aetherium will react with his portal experiments."<br></font>
 
<font color=green>You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."<br></font>
 
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<font color=cornflowerblue>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>
The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You need to see Ned the Clever about this. He's the one familiar with this research."<br></font>
 
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<font color=green>You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "As I suspected, it seems their calculations about the resonant properties and volatility of aetherium were off."<br></font>
<font color=green>Ned the Clever gives you Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "I've corrected their calculations in this note. Please deliver it to Marcus."<br>
Ned the Clever tells you, "I am also suggesting that they hold their experiments for the time being, at least until we know more."<br></font>
 
 
==== Week 2 ====
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."<br></font>
'''Dialog Box asks you "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"'''<br>
'''Dialog Box asks you "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"'''<br>
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:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow human, I am not aware of these Virindi you speak of."<br>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow human, I am not aware of these Virindi you speak of."<br>
:Jean tells you, "You should let us, your fellow humans, know if you discover anything."<br>
:Jean tells you, "You should let us, your fellow humans, know if you discover anything."<br>
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Luc tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."<br></font>
Luc tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."<br></font>
'''Dialog Box asks "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"'''<br>
'''Dialog Box asks "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"'''<br>
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: ''Nothing happens, talk to them again and you will be prompted to confront them again.''
: ''Nothing happens, talk to them again and you will be prompted to confront them again.''
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow normal human, how is it being human today? My flesh is healthy and I am well."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow normal human, how is it being human today? My flesh is healthy and I am well."<br>
Luc says, "Yes, our flesh is good."<br>
Luc says, "Yes, our flesh is good."<br>
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Jean tells you, "As humans Luc and I are very similar. There is no reason for suspicion. Our humanity makes our stories very similar."</font><br>
Jean tells you, "As humans Luc and I are very similar. There is no reason for suspicion. Our humanity makes our stories very similar."</font><br>
<font color = grey>Luc says, "Yes, Jean and I come from the same human pod. We are indeed very similar."<br></font>
<font color = grey>Luc says, "Yes, Jean and I come from the same human pod. We are indeed very similar."<br></font>
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'''If you informed Marcus of the Virindi last week:'''<br>
'''If you informed Marcus of the Virindi last week:'''<br>
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Marcus Manfried tells you, "From what you've told me it seems like it may take about a week before you can reach us again if time shifts."<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "From what you've told me it seems like it may take about a week before you can reach us again if time shifts."<br></font>
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'''Handing Marcus the Research Notes after he gives them to you:'''<br>
'''Handing Marcus the Research Notes after he gives them to you:'''<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Make sure that the note is delivered and returned to me."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Make sure that the note is delivered and returned to me."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "If you're correct this is a matter of life and death."<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "If you're correct this is a matter of life and death."<br></font>
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<font color=green>Wren seems preoccupied.<br></font>
<font color=green>Wren seems preoccupied.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "Uh, I can't talk right now."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "Uh, I can't talk right now."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Please leave me be."<br></font>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Please leave me be."<br></font>
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<font color=cornflowerblue>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>
<font color=cornflowerblue>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>
The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
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'''Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes for the first time:'''<br>
'''Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes for the first time:'''<br>
<font color=green>You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow human, we appreciate that you've informed us."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Fellow human, we appreciate that you've informed us."<br>
Jean tells you, "Our human lives very well could be in danger."<br></font>
Jean tells you, "Our human lives very well could be in danger."<br></font>
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'''Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes after already handing it to them once:'''<br>
'''Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes after already handing it to them once:'''<br>
<font color=green>You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."<br></font>
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<font color=green>You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You've made contact with the lost town of Mar'uun?"<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You've made contact with the lost town of Mar'uun?"<br>
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Arcanum Researcher tells you, "He's been looking into a substance that may tie into this research."<br>
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "He's been looking into a substance that may tie into this research."<br>
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "Ned the Clever has been residing in Zaikhal."<br></font>
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "Ned the Clever has been residing in Zaikhal."<br></font>
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<font color=green>You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "This is very interesting indeed."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "This is very interesting indeed."<br>
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Ned the Clever tells you, "Sundering a barrier between the planes of existance and time..."<br>
Ned the Clever tells you, "Sundering a barrier between the planes of existance and time..."<br>
Ned the Clever tells you, "Truely shocking."<br></font>
Ned the Clever tells you, "Truely shocking."<br></font>
 
=== Week 3 ===
 
'''If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 2:'''<br>
==== Week 1 ====
<font color=green>You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are glad you have decided to share this information with us."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Thank you for all your assistance. We have gathered what we can from our understanding of your personal properties, the sum of the things you've done and how that interacted with our experimental portals."<br></font>
Jean tells you, "Aetherium, very interesting."<br></font>
<font color=green>You tell Marcus about what you've seen in Mar'uun.<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 250,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're here to do serious research, I'm really not interested in your ghost stories."<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."<br></font>
<font color=green>You think you need to find some way to make him believe you.<br></font>
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'''Dialog Box asks you if you want to tell him about the Virindi, you can click Yes or No'''<br>
'''Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
'''If you click Yes and tell him about the Virindi:'''<br>
<font color=green>You describe to Marcus the contents of the note from the Aetherium.<br></font>
:<font color=green>You tell Marcus about the Virindi, Jean and Luc who will soon be moving into town.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been much more helpful if you could have brought us the note..."<br>
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "You expect me to believe that Virindi are going to materialize here out of the blue?"<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But the information you brought me and the information I've received from others should be enough."<br></font>
:Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm not certain which of your stories is the least likely..."<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 750,000 experience.<br>
'''If you click No and don't tell him about the Virindi:'''<br>
Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.<br></font>
:<font color=green>You elect not to tell Marcus about the Virindi, it may be best not to upset him any further.<br>
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:It seems like it would be a good idea to talk to the assistant as well.<br></font>
'''Taking to Marcus when you still have the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
 
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "Thank you for your assistance as a test subject. We could use more good subjects like you."<br></font>
You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=green>You tell Wren about the things you've seen in Mar'uun and her coming demise. She seems disturbed by your story.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note is going to assist us greatly."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I'm really not certain who you are, but we're trying to work here. Please leave me alone!"<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Give me a few seconds to read this over and write a reply."<br></font>
 
<font color=green>Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You think you have already done everything you can here for now.<br>
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It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.<br>
<font color=green>You give Kaywin Scrap of Paper.<br></font>
If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Kaywin tells you, "What's this?"<br>
 
Kaywin tells you, "... but, this is my hand writing."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "I never wrote this."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "Marcus talked to me about this, but I didn't really believe him."<br>
Kaywin tells you, "So, we really all do die?"<br></font>
<font color=green>Rips up the scrap of paper.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Kaywin tells you, "Hell with this. I'm gonna live!"<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I can't tell you how happy I am to know that you're going to help us."<br>
<font color=green>There does not seem to be more you can do to convince Wren.<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "I was so afraid I would die..."<br>
You think you have done everything you can here for now.<br></font>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Now I know it's going to be okay with all these people helping up."<br>
 
Wren the Curious tells you, "... You are helping us right?"<br></font>
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<font color=green>You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Marcus seems to think this new aetherium will react with his portal experiments."<br></font>


<font color=cornflowerblue>The portal restrictions do not allow your access.<br></font>
<font color=green>You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."<br></font>
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<font color=cornflowerblue>There is no response from the portal.The portal seems to be out of phase.It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.<br></font>
 
=== Secrets of the Apostates ===
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Our test portal has become unstable and we won't be able to continue our tests until we're able to stabilize it."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We've heard of some very stange experiences from our test subjects that we're looking into also."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "There's nothing else that you can do for us now. Come back next month, we're hoping to have everything resolved by then."<br>
 
Wren the Curious tells you, "I've been here adjusing this portal for days and we're no closer to having it stabilized."<br>
Wren the Curious tells you, "Marcus doesn't seem to know what the problem is but I think something is very wrong here."<br></font>
 
<font color=grey>Wren the Curious says, "I can't wait to get back to work... trying to stablize this portal one adjustment at a time is monotonous at best."<br></font>
 
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<font color=cornflowerblue>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>
<font color=green>You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.<br>
The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
The portal seems unstable.<br></font>
=== Who Watches the Virindi? ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're starting a new round of experiments. Our last round of participants assisted greatly."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'd like to measure the changes in our previous subjects as well as taking in new subjects as this time."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "You can talk to me again if you would like to assist us."<br></font>
<font color=grey>Marcus Manfried says, "We need to examine the properties associated with this modulation."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "I'm examining the modulation of the portal... now."<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Talk to my assistant if you would like to participate in this round of testing. We've also been correcting the resonance of adventurers to match that of the portal found at what is now being called the Crystalline Crag. Simply pracipate in our test and we'll make sure you're set."<br></font>
<font color=grey>Wren the Curious says, "Are you back to help again or a new participant?"<br>
Wren the Curious says, "Okay, I'll set up the correct tests. Talk to me when you're ready to go."<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "The process has been prepared. When you are ready use the test portal."<br></font>
<font color=grey>Marcus Manfried says, "We're never going to make any progress at this rate. We need to bring in some test subjects."</font>
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<font color=green>You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color=green>You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You need to see Ned the Clever about this. He's the one familiar with this research."<br></font>
<font color=cornflowerblue>Enhanced Test Portal teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
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<font color=green>You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "As I suspected, it seems their calculations about the resonant properties and volatility of aetherium were off."<br></font>
=== Unfinished Business ===
<font color=green>Ned the Clever gives you Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ned the Clever tells you, "I've corrected their calculations in this note. Please deliver it to Marcus."<br>
<font color=grey>Marcus Manfried says, "We need to stay organized to maintain the validity of our experiments."<br>
Ned the Clever tells you, "I am also suggesting that they hold their experiments for the time being, at least until we know more."<br></font>
Marcus Manfried says, "Starting next iteration..."</font><br>
=== Week 4 ===
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Sorry about that, I needed to finish initializing the current iteration of our portal experiments."<br>
'''If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 3:'''<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Our current experimentation is intended to further understand and possibly bypass the restrictions of certain portals."<br>
<font color=green>You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "This is only our current round of experiments. We're hoping to unlock all the secrets of portal space and time."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "It seems the Arcanum has a shipment of aetherium intended for Mar'uun."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "You can talk to me again if you would like to assist us."</font><br>
Jean tells you, "My human podmate and I think this could cause a problem."<br></font>
<font color=grey>Marcus Manfried says, "Process complete. Observe the results and make the proper notations."</font><br><br>
<font color=green>You've earned 250,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "The process has been prepared. When you are ready use the test portal."</font><br><br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."<br></font>
 
'''If you handed all the Notes from the previous weeks to the Virindi then you also get this:<br>'''
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Jean tells you, "Our human pod has found you very useful."<br>
Jean tells you, "We have learned much more about this Aetherium and Marcus's research."<br></font>
<font color=green>You are an informer of the Virindi in Mar'uun. You have been given the Virindi Informer title.<br></font>
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'''Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:'''<br>
'''Response if you used the Resonant Portal prior to going to Mar'uun:'''<br>
<font color=green>You explain to Marcus the contents of the note you received from the Arcanum.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "When you came in here I detected some indications that you've interacted with a portal with some strange properties. Could you tell me about the portals you've encountered recently?"</font><br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been great if you could have delivered the actual notes."<br>
<font color=green>You describe the long list of portals that you have interacted with recently.</font><br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm going to have to take your word on this. But it seems that aetherium has a possibly volatile reaction with our research."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "You've really been around haven't you?"<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'll have to look through our experiments again... possibly we can make this work."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Could you tell me more about the portal in the direlands surrounded by crystals?"<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."<br></font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Very good, I think I can help you out. Just talk to my assistant and he'll do what I believe is required to assist you in entering the portal you've described."</font><br>
<font color=green>You've earned 750,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color =green>You describe everything you know about the resonant portal you found in the direlands.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."<br></font>
 
<font color=green>You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.<br></font>
----
----
 
'''Giving the Aetherium Research Notes to Marcus:'''<br>
<font color="green">You've earned 1,000,000 experience.</font>
<font color=green>You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.<br></font>
<font color="cornflowerblue">Test Portal teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note describes how the Arcanum thinks aetherium will effect our experiments."<br></font>
 
<font color=green>You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'd previously scheduled the addition of the aetherium substance in our tests."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're going to have to back over our calculations... I still think this can work."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."<br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."<br></font>
<font color=green>You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.<br></font>
----
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Wren the Curious tells you, "I've been helping Marcus revise our experimental protocols."<br>
<font color="green">You've earned 1,000,000 experience.<br></font>
Wren the Curious tells you, "We're certain that we're going to make this work. We've temporarily aborted our plans to experiment with aetherium until we've learned more."<br></font>
<font color="cornflowerblue">Test Portal teleports you with Portal Space Eddy.<br>
Portal Space Eddy teleports you with Test Portal.</font>
 
----
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "We received a shipment of aetherium."<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Marcus Manfried tells you, "Thank you for all your assistance. We have gathered what we can from our understanding of your personal properties, the sum of the things you've done and how that interacted with our experimental portals."<br>Wren the Curious tells you, "Thank you for your assistance as a test subject. We could use more good subjects like you."</font><br>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I had intended to use it in our experiments, it would have been ground breaking..."<br>
<font color=grey>Marcus Manfried says, "Yes, we were able to obtain valuable information from the results of your portaling."</font>
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But thanks to this information from the Arcanum we'll have to adjust our experiments."<br></font>
 
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'''Using the Resonant Portal at Mar'uun's old location:''' <br>
<font color="green">Your resonance is now properly in tune with that of the portal.</font>
<font color=cornflowerblue>Resonant Portal teleports you with Mar'uun.<br></font>
<font color="cornflowerblue">Resonant Portal teleports you with Crystalline Portal.</font>
 
 
'''Marcus and Wren's Conversations:'''
 
<font color=grey>Wren the Curious says, "This is never going to work..."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "Don't get discouraged and be patient."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "Continue to monitor the mana flow."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We need to examine the properties associated with this modulation."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "I'm examining the modulation of the portal... now."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "Where did I place those documents..."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We need to stay organized to maintain the validity of our experiments."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We're never going to make any progress at this rate. We need to bring in some test subjects."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "Examining portal differential."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "Examination in process."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We need to examine the properties associated with this modulation."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "I'm examining the modulation of the portal... now."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "Continue to monitor the mana flow."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We need to examine the properties associated with this modulation."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "I'm examining the modulation of the portal... now."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "When do we expect to get new test subjects?"<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We should have more subjects any time now. This place has no lack of adventurers."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "Where did I place those documents..."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We need to stay organized to maintain the validity of our experiments."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "We're never going to make any progress at this rate. We need to bring in some test subjects."<br>
Marcus Manfried says, "Adjusting resonance."<br>
Wren the Curious says, "Adjusting resonance."<br></font>
 
 
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Portal Space Research
Level: ??
Type: Solo
Starts At: ??
Repeat: ??

Walk Through

Overview

  • The quest this month is drawn out over several weeks, with each "week" a minimum of six days between steps. You start the quest at Week One and do the what is required for that week, then you must wait at least six days before you can do the next week's part.
  • There is some degree of divergence based on your choices, which can net you additional dialog and an extra title.
  • This quest is a prerequisite to the Portalspace Rifts quest and to access to Mar'uun as a full-service town before its destruction.

Week One

  1. Required First Step: Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed Mar'uun. This is to flag for the use of the randomly spawning Resonant portals.
  2. Optional Step: While in Mar'uun, go to the portal research area area, north of the main loop of the town and across the bridge. You'll need to jump the gap in the bridge. Climb the stairs to the west and find a hole on the wooden floor. Jump down and pick up the Scrap of Paper. This will be worth 1 million experience points in Week Three, so hang on to it.
  3. Search the western Direlands (i.e. Ayan, Lethe areas) until you find a white Resonant Portal (no level restrict, no summon/tie/recall).
  4. Use the portal to travel to Mar'uun at a point in time somewhere during Coldeve, 20 P.Y, AKA February 2009, Unfinished Business, the patch Mar'uun was first introduced. The Virindis Jean and Luc are not present, neither is Kaywin the machinist, and Marcus and Wren are conducting the original experiments.
  5. Proceed to the portal space research area north of the main loop and across the bridge. Speak with Wren the Curious and Marcus Manfried. During your interactions with Marcus, you are presented with the option to reveal to him about the arrival of Jean and Luc via a Yes/No Dialog Box.
  6. After making your choice, you will be told to come back in a week's time.
    You think you have already done everything you can here for now.
    If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.
    It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.
  7. Optional Step: The Test Portal can be used for 1 million experience if you didn't do so prior to Mar'uun's destruction. The Test Portal sends you to the wooden platform above it, but in the present day destroyed Mar'uun. Make sure you do everything you want in this version of Mar'uun before you do this.
  8. Once you've talked to the NPCs once and have left, you cannot return for six days.
    There is no response from the portal.
    The portal seems to be out of phase.
    It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.

Week Two

  1. Optional Step: Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed Mar'uun.Find the Scrap of Paper as described in Week One. This is for another 1 million experience in Week Three.
  2. Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
  3. Talk to Jean and Luc at the portal drop. A dialog box will appear asking "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?". You can answer Yes or No. Answering Yes gives additional dialog.
  4. Proceed to the portal space research area. You'll notice Wren isn't in her usual spot but rather inside the nearby room staring at the wall. She doesn't say much when you talk to her. Also, the Test Portal is now the Enhanced Test Portal.
  5. Talk to Marcus to receive the Research Notes, which he asks you to take to an Arcanum Researcher.
    • If you told him about the Virindi last week, he will award you 1,000,000 xp.
    • If you didn't tell him about the Virindi last week, he will award you 750,000 xp.
  6. Optional Step: Hand the Research Notes to Jean or Luc. They will just examine them and give you some dialog.
  7. Take the Research Notes to any Arcanum Researcher in any one of the capital heritage libraries. The Arcanum Researcher will examine them and direct you to give them to Ned the Clever in Zaikhal.
  8. Give the Research Notes to Ned and he will give you Aetherium Research Notes. He directs you to give these to Marcus.
  9. You must wait a six days before you can enter the random Resonant portal again to give the Aetherium Research Notes to Marcus.

Week Three

  1. Optional Step: Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed Mar'uun.Find the Scrap of Paper as described in Week One. This is for another 1 million experience.
  2. Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
  3. You now have two different divergent set of steps you can follow.
  4. Optional Step: Give your Scraps of Paper to Kaywin who is at the Stabilizing Machine behind the portal space research area, near where you found them in the destroyed Mar'uun. She will award you 1 million experience apiece.
  5. Optional Step: Allow Jean or Luc to examine the Research Notes. They will not keep the Notes.
  6. Take the Research Notes to Ned the Clever in Zaikhal. He will hand you Aetherium Research Notes to deliver to Marcus next week.

Week Four

  1. Optional Step: Go to 10.6S, 17.1E and use the Resonant Portal to enter the destroyed Mar'uun.Find the Scrap of Paper as described in Week One. This is to give to Kaywin for another 1 million experience. Note that this is the last time you can do this.
  2. Search the western Direlands again for the Resonant Portal.
  3. You now have two different divergent set of steps you can follow.
    • Hand your Aetherium Research Notes to Jean or Luc. They will keep the notes so you will be unable to turn them into to Marcus. They will award you 250,000 xp. If you handed all of the previous Notes (Research Notes and Aetherium Research Notes) to the Virindi then they will give you the title Virindi Informer.
    • Talk to Marcus and he will award you 750,000 xp and the title Timeless Adventurer.
      Or you can
    • Hand the Aetherium Research Notes to Marcus for 1 million xp and the title Timeless Aventurer.
  4. Optional Step: Give the Scrap of Paper to Kaywin who is found at her old spot by the Stabilizing Machine. She will award you 1 million experience.

Beyond Week Four

  • If you exit Mar'uun, perhaps via the surface portal, and use the Resonant Portal at 10.6S, 17.1E, it will portal you into a different version of Mar'uun before it was destroyed. Mar'uun is now stable, and using the resonant portal at 10.6S, 17.1E will now always transport this character to this version of Mar'uun.
  • It appears this version of Mar'uun is identical to the version that was available during the Secrets of the Apostates patch, the month before the disaster.
  • Kaywin in this version doesn't know what to do with the Scrap of Paper but she gives the Machinist's Gloves Quest as usual.
  • You will be unable to enter the random Resonant Portal in the Direlands once you complete Week 4.
There is no response from the portal.
The portal seems to be out of phase.

Items

File:Research Notes Icon.png Research Notes Aetherium Research NotesFile:Research Notes (Week 3) Icon.png Research Notes (Week 3) Aetherium Research Notes (Week 3)

Title Rewards

Images

  • Wren the Curious and the Test Portal before the Disaster
    Wren the Curious and the Test Portal before the Disaster
  • The now dysfunctional Test Portal, after the destruction of Mar'uun
    The now dysfunctional Test Portal, after the destruction of Mar'uun
  • Jean and Luc (plus an extra Jean due to a bug)
    Jean and Luc (plus an extra Jean due to a bug)
  • The Corpse of Archmage Malak ibn Hern after the Disaster
    The Corpse of Archmage Malak ibn Hern after the Disaster
  • The Test Portal Drop before the Disaster
    The Test Portal Drop before the Disaster
  • The Test Portal Drop after the Disaster
    The Test Portal Drop after the Disaster

Lore & Dialog

Week 1

Marcus Manfried tells you, "Thank you for all your assistance. We have gathered what we can from our understanding of your personal properties, the sum of the things you've done and how that interacted with our experimental portals."
 You tell Marcus about what you've seen in Mar'uun.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're here to do serious research, I'm really not interested in your ghost stories."
 You think you need to find some way to make him believe you.
 Dialog Box asks you if you want to tell him about the Virindi, you can click Yes or No
If you click Yes and tell him about the Virindi:

You tell Marcus about the Virindi, Jean and Luc who will soon be moving into town.
Marcus Manfried tells you, "You expect me to believe that Virindi are going to materialize here out of the blue?"
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm not certain which of your stories is the least likely..."

If you click No and don't tell him about the Virindi:

You elect not to tell Marcus about the Virindi, it may be best not to upset him any further.
It seems like it would be a good idea to talk to the assistant as well.

Wren the Curious tells you, "Thank you for your assistance as a test subject. We could use more good subjects like you."
 You tell Wren about the things you've seen in Mar'uun and her coming demise. She seems disturbed by your story.
 Wren the Curious tells you, "I'm really not certain who you are, but we're trying to work here. Please leave me alone!"

You think you have already done everything you can here for now.
It seems like a good idea to check back in a week's time.
If time progresses in this lost place the people here will soon learn more.

There does not seem to be more you can do to convince Wren.
You think you have done everything you can here for now.

The portal restrictions do not allow your access.

There is no response from the portal.The portal seems to be out of phase.It seems that you may be in phase with this portal within a week.

Week 2

Jean tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."
 Dialog Box asks you "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"
If you confront them

Jean tells you, "Fellow human, I am not aware of these Virindi you speak of."
Jean tells you, "You should let us, your fellow humans, know if you discover anything."

Luc tells you, "I have come here in order to exchange metals and promissory notes for goods from the locals. I also look to imbibe liquid substances in order to forget my pains and bond with my fellow humans over eccentric tales."
 Dialog Box asks "Would you like to confront the Virindi about their presence in Mar'uun?"
If click Yes to confront them

Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I am not aware of these Virindi you speak of."
Luc tells you, "You should let us, your fellow humans, know if you discover anything."

If click No to not confront them

Nothing happens, talk to them again and you will be prompted to confront them again.

Jean tells you, "Fellow normal human, how is it being human today? My flesh is healthy and I am well."
Luc says, "Yes, our flesh is good."
Jean tells you, "Hello fellow Human Adventurer. We also are adventurers who have come to this town. We have had many human adventures just like you." Jean tells you, "As humans Luc and I are very similar. There is no reason for suspicion. Our humanity makes our stories very similar."
Luc says, "Yes, Jean and I come from the same human pod. We are indeed very similar."

If you informed Marcus of the Virindi last week:
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm uncertain as to how you knew there would be Virindi named Luc and Jean coming to our town..."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "This certainly does lend credence to your stories."
 Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.
You've earned 1,000,000 experience.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "Take this note to an Arcanum Researcher. I think they can help."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "If we're displaced in time you may find it difficult to reach us again."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "From what you've told me it seems like it may take about a week before you can reach us again if time shifts."

If you did not inform Marcus of the Virindi last week:
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Many adventurers have come through here telling stories much like the stories you told me..."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would be reckless of me not to think that these things may be true."
 Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.
You've earned 750,000 experience.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "Take this note to an Arcanum Researcher. I think they can help."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "If we're displaced in time you may find it difficult to reach us again."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "From what you've told me it seems like it may take about a week before you can reach us again if time shifts."

Handing Marcus the Research Notes after he gives them to you:
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Make sure that the note is delivered and returned to me."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "If you're correct this is a matter of life and death."

Wren seems preoccupied.
 Wren the Curious tells you, "Uh, I can't talk right now."
Wren the Curious tells you, "Please leave me be."

You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.
The portal seems unstable.

Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes for the first time:
You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.
 Jean tells you, "Fellow human, we appreciate that you've informed us."
Jean tells you, "Our human lives very well could be in danger."

Handing Jean or Luc the Research Notes after already handing it to them once:
You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.
 Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."

You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.
 Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You've made contact with the lost town of Mar'uun?"
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "This is very shocking indeed."
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "I've read through the research note."
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "I'm going to send you to talk to one of our researchers, Ned the Clever."
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "He's been looking into a substance that may tie into this research."
Arcanum Researcher tells you, "Ned the Clever has been residing in Zaikhal."

You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.
 Ned the Clever tells you, "This is very interesting indeed."
Ned the Clever tells you, "I've been working with a substance called Aetherium, we actually sent a shipment to Mar'uun to assist in their experiments before it vanished."
 Ned the Clever gives you Aetherium Research Notes.
 Ned the Clever tells you, "I put togeather several diagrams and several notes for the researchers based off their notes."
Ned the Clever tells you, "Take my note to Marcus, it'll help him determine the cause of the accident."
Ned the Clever tells you, "My personal theory is that they used the Aetherium in a way that destabilized portal space..."
Ned the Clever tells you, "Sundering a barrier between the planes of existance and time..."
Ned the Clever tells you, "Truely shocking."

Week 3

If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 2:
You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.
 Jean tells you, "We are glad you have decided to share this information with us."
Jean tells you, "Aetherium, very interesting."
 You've earned 250,000 experience.
 Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."

Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:
You describe to Marcus the contents of the note from the Aetherium.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been much more helpful if you could have brought us the note..."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But the information you brought me and the information I've received from others should be enough."
 You've earned 750,000 experience.
Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.

Taking to Marcus when you still have the Aetherium Research Notes:
You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.
You've earned 1,000,000 experience.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note is going to assist us greatly."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Give me a few seconds to read this over and write a reply."
 Marcus Manfried gives you Research Notes.

You give Kaywin Scrap of Paper.
 Kaywin tells you, "What's this?"
Kaywin tells you, "... but, this is my hand writing."
Kaywin tells you, "I never wrote this."
Kaywin tells you, "Marcus talked to me about this, but I didn't really believe him."
Kaywin tells you, "So, we really all do die?"
 Rips up the scrap of paper.
 Kaywin tells you, "Hell with this. I'm gonna live!"
 You've earned 1,000,000 experience.

Wren the Curious tells you, "I can't tell you how happy I am to know that you're going to help us."
Wren the Curious tells you, "I was so afraid I would die..."
Wren the Curious tells you, "Now I know it's going to be okay with all these people helping up."
Wren the Curious tells you, "... You are helping us right?"

You allow Jean to examine your Research Notes.
 Jean tells you, "Marcus seems to think this new aetherium will react with his portal experiments."

You allow Luc to examine your Research Notes.
 Luc tells you, "Fellow human, I must thank you for your assistance."

You try to enter the portal but there is no effect.
The portal seems unstable.

You allow Arcanum Researcher to examine your Research Notes.
 Arcanum Researcher tells you, "You need to see Ned the Clever about this. He's the one familiar with this research."

You give Ned the Clever Research Notes.
 Ned the Clever tells you, "As I suspected, it seems their calculations about the resonant properties and volatility of aetherium were off."
 Ned the Clever gives you Aetherium Research Notes.
 Ned the Clever tells you, "I've corrected their calculations in this note. Please deliver it to Marcus."
Ned the Clever tells you, "I am also suggesting that they hold their experiments for the time being, at least until we know more."

Week 4

If you give Jean or Luc the Aetherium Research Notes from Week 3:
You give Jean Aetherium Research Notes.
 Jean tells you, "It seems the Arcanum has a shipment of aetherium intended for Mar'uun."
Jean tells you, "My human podmate and I think this could cause a problem."
 You've earned 250,000 experience.
 Jean tells you, "We are going to keep this note, it could prove useful."
 If you handed all the Notes from the previous weeks to the Virindi then you also get this:
 Jean tells you, "Our human pod has found you very useful."
Jean tells you, "We have learned much more about this Aetherium and Marcus's research."
 You are an informer of the Virindi in Mar'uun. You have been given the Virindi Informer title.

Taking to Marcus after giving the Virindi the Aetherium Research Notes:
You explain to Marcus the contents of the note you received from the Arcanum.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "It would have been great if you could have delivered the actual notes."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I'm going to have to take your word on this. But it seems that aetherium has a possibly volatile reaction with our research."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'll have to look through our experiments again... possibly we can make this work."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."
 You've earned 750,000 experience.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."
 You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.

Giving the Aetherium Research Notes to Marcus:
You hand over 1 of your Aetherium Research Notes.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "This note describes how the Arcanum thinks aetherium will effect our experiments."
 You've earned 1,000,000 experience.
 Marcus Manfried tells you, "We'd previously scheduled the addition of the aetherium substance in our tests."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "We're going to have to back over our calculations... I still think this can work."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Please come back and see me again later... if everything I suspect is correct you've saved us all."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "Return to Mar'uun in its original location. You'll have to compensate for the variance in time again."
 You are truely an adventurer of space and time. You have been granted the title of Timeless Adventurer.

Wren the Curious tells you, "I've been helping Marcus revise our experimental protocols."
Wren the Curious tells you, "We're certain that we're going to make this work. We've temporarily aborted our plans to experiment with aetherium until we've learned more."

Marcus Manfried tells you, "We received a shipment of aetherium."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "I had intended to use it in our experiments, it would have been ground breaking..."
Marcus Manfried tells you, "But thanks to this information from the Arcanum we'll have to adjust our experiments."

Using the Resonant Portal at Mar'uun's old location:
Resonant Portal teleports you with Mar'uun.

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