As I recovered from the battle with Cerus in Nayos, Peitha's familiar voice rang in my head, calling me back to the Wizard's Tower. When I arrived, I found her and Isgarren discussing a recent spike in Kryptis activity—it was time for me to join her in that fight. Isgarren expressed some reservations about the Astral Ward delving deep into Nayos, but Peitha proposed that a small force would be preferable to acclimate the Kryptis to our presence. I'm still not certain of Peitha's ultimate goals, but taking down Eparch seems like a worthy enough cause. As Peitha and Isgarren made a few last preparations, Frode pulled me aside to give me a chance to be reacquainted with an old friend. Zojja, having fully ascended into wizardhood, had lost most of her memory, as predicted. She...had hardly any idea who I was. Knowing she made this sacrifice willingly didn't make it any easier. We'd only just reconnected after all this time apart, and just a short time later I'd lost her again. I'm barely more than an acquaintance now. But this is what she wanted, and I need to support that choice. For better or worse, I had little time to dwell on my friend—as Isgarren readied to open a portal, a rift tore into the courtyard, spilling Kryptis into the Wizard's Tower. Unable to seal it from the outside with the Heart of the Obscure, we were left with no choice but to jump through and attempt to seal it from the source—inside Nayos. ***