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Rhalion’s Quest

February 2023·pp. 68–73

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After discovering a portal aboard the devastated Night Terror, Dante sends Librarian-led forces to learn how the Arks of Omen transport stolen prizes. Venato Rhalion assembles trusted Blood Angels, but false leads and distant observations fail. He seeks Codicier Bhakir of the Tome Keepers, whose research offers the dangerous Rite of Echoes, which can only be attempted beside an active portal.

Profiles establish the personalities in Rhalion’s force and Bhakir’s expertise. Their plan requires boarding an operational Ark while it is distracted, reaching the portal and escaping after the ritual despite likely heavy losses. News of an attack near Istrouma points them towards the Herald of Misery and turns the mystery into an imminent assault.

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