Dagda and I caught up with Waiting Sorrow near the apex of the mountain. Aside from a large piece of bloodstone, it stood suspiciously empty. Of course, we knew not to be fooled by the titan's theatrics. Even with Greer and Decima defeated, we'd yet to face Ura herself. I touched the bloodstone in an attempt to draw her attention, and sure enough, she roared into the arena. The titan imperatrix was finally revealed.
She was tall, with a rugged exterior shell far more robust and fortified than Greer or Decima's. Sulfurous fumes and toxic steam rippled from fractures in her armor, stinging our nostrils; even the wizards seemed small in her presence. But we didn't have long to observe. Ura smelled Greer and Decima's corpses on our garb, and this only enraged her. She attacked us with her entire might, filling the arena with explosive geysers that threatened to melt our flesh and bone.
I went to work on neutralizing active bloodstone shards with the Heart of the Obscure, and we were able to plug the geysers with the drained fragments. This allowed us just enough room to mount our journeykin to pull away at her armor.
After a few rounds of foiling Ura's attempts to conquer the arena, we had the beast cornered. With her kin defeated, our foe was closer and closer to defeat; and as her power dwindled, we moved in to land the final blow. Ura was done.
Just as victory settled in our minds, Ura muttered a few words that would shatter any sense of security: "For the door we came through sits wide open." She died bemused that some unknowable secret still sat in our path. What door could she possibly be talking about? Despite our success, the three of us stood there in silence. None of us quite knew how to absorb the ambiguity of Ura's final words.
While Waiting Sorrow and Dagda returned our tired allies to the village, I decided to remain atop Mount Balrior a few moments longer. I stood by Ura's body, contemplating the events that us led us here. Even with the three of them dead, I still have questions. Where did they come from? Why? And how does it all relate to the door Ura mentioned? Until I know these things, sleep will not come easy.
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Dagda and I caught up with Waiting Sorrow near the apex of the mountain. Aside from a large piece of bloodstone, it stood suspiciously empty. Of course, we knew not to be fooled by the titan's theatrics. Even with Greer and Decima defeated, we'd yet to face Ura herself. I touched the bloodstone in an attempt to draw her attention, and sure enough, she roared into the arena. The titan imperatrix was finally revealed.
She was tall, with a rugged exterior shell far more robust and fortified than Greer or Decima's. Sulfurous fumes and toxic steam rippled from fractures in her armor, stinging our nostrils; even the wizards seemed small in her presence. But we didn't have long to observe. Ura smelled Greer and Decima's corpses on our garb, and this only enraged her. She attacked us with her entire might, filling the arena with explosive geysers that threatened to melt our flesh and bone.
I went to work on neutralizing active bloodstone shards with the Heart of the Obscure, and we were able to plug the geysers with the drained fragments. This allowed us just enough room to mount our journeykin to pull away at her armor.
After a few rounds of foiling Ura's attempts to conquer the arena, we had the beast cornered. With her kin defeated, our foe was closer and closer to defeat; and as her power dwindled, we moved in to land the final blow. Ura was done.
Just as victory settled in our minds, Ura muttered a few words that would shatter any sense of security: "For the door we came through sits wide open." She died bemused that some unknowable secret still sat in our path. What door could she possibly be talking about? Despite our success, the three of us stood there in silence. None of us quite knew how to absorb the ambiguity of Ura's final words.
While Waiting Sorrow and Dagda returned our tired allies to the village, I decided to remain atop Mount Balrior a few moments longer. I stood by Ura's body, contemplating the events that us led us here. Even with the three of them dead, I still have questions. Where did they come from? Why? And how does it all relate to the door Ura mentioned? Until I know these things, sleep will not come easy.
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