Predictably, Canach and Sayida were arguing about Vloxx when I reached the ruins; it's a wonder they hadn't been ambushed. I managed to at least temporarily disrupt their debate, and we resumed searching for the ruins that the Inquest had been digging around in. We found them soon after, as confirmed by an ambush of Inquest forces still in the area. But almost immediately after dispatching them, we discovered a group of Durmand Priory scholars that were being held by additional Inquest nearby. We liberated the Priory researchers and found out from one of them, Scholar Renato, that the Inquest had been interrogating them about a specific artifact. It seems the Inquest didn't give them enough detail to know which one they meant; maybe the Inquest don't even know what they're looking for yet? We offered to escort them back to their camp, but they were undeterred and insisted on continuing their work. Canach, Sayida, and I conducted our own examination of the Inquest excavation and came away with a few clear conclusions: they're looking for a single, specific artifact; the artifact in question is magically powerful; and they don't know what it is yet. We did our own survey of what the seers had left behind in the area to see if anything would stand out—and got ambushed by one of their defense mechanisms in the process—but weren't able to reach any conclusions. I think if we're going to figure this out, we need a better understanding of what the seers were doing here. We checked in with Scholar Renato to see if he could recommend anyone, and he told me that Historian Meliza is the seer expert back at their camp. Canach also suggested I try to contact Isgarren and get the info from him, though whether he believed it would work or just thought it might be funny to try is unclear. Needless to say, Isgarren still didn't answer. I'm heading to the Priory camp to talk to Meliza now. Hopefully that will give me some idea of where to look next. ***