The Heroes of Light

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Who: All player characters
When: August 25th
Where: The Imperial Castle
What: The dinner with the empress to which all outworlders and native OCs were invited.
Warnings/Notes: N/A

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For Lady Ramaa

[chefbayardee]

(( In reference to here. ))

[ As much as Hunk wanted to see the Empress's sharing of information as well-natured, it rubbed him the wrong way. There were so many unknowns that she can't just let hang like this. ]

Uh, excuse me, Empress? Your Excellency? [ He is not sure. At all. She'll probably understand. ] I get that Bahamut is bad news, but there are four other Great Eidolons, right?

[ He looks up to the ceiling, calculating his words. No point beating around the bush, he figures, locking eyes with her. ] Who are they? The Empire has to know something. We might not be able to summon them, but Summoners could still find them and talk to them. [ Leviathan spoke to him and he wasn't a Summoner. ]

They might know ways to slow or stop Bahamut's summoning, or even how to track down the summoner!

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[ The four others. ]

Phoenix, the Undying Flame. Asura, the Queen of Feymarch. Zodiark, the Keeper of Precepts. And Alexander, the Light Bringer.

[ She looked at Hunk and the others who had mentioned the other four Legendary Eidolons. ]

Unfortunately, there is very little we know about them. It is doubtful their power stands on the scale of Bahamut's. Perhaps the four of them together could do something? I am afraid we are as in the dark as you are. The ruins of their temples are not in imperial territories.

[chefbayardee]

Uh-huh, right. [ He nods, trying to commit the names to memory, if not the titles. But then she gives him an opportunity, and Hunk smiles nice and warm. ]

Do you know where their temples might be, or know people who would? Even just some records? [ He tilts his head, hoping she's catching on. ] We're uh, kinda free agents, so we could check em out.

[eternitynpc]

Unfortunately, this information is lost to time.

The only certainty is that those ruins are not in Imperial territories. And if other nations built new buildings and facilities over those ruins as we did, it might be all the harder to locate them.

[hashtagdaddy]

[He can't help overhearing this conversation, the mention of Alexander as a Great Eidolon piquing his interest.]

Pardon the intrusion, Your Imperial Majesty. You say that any reliable information about these Temples is lost, at least information about their location or any records of them. Could there be any folklore books that might reference the Temples?

[There has to be some kind of mention of them somewhere.]

Or maybe any sort of antique maps that could show possible locations? [Maybe some context behind his fairly sudden curiosity could help.] Someone I've come to see as a little brother is curious about Alexander's Temple, since in his home world Alexander was also an Eidolon.

He's also a genius, so even any vague references could help.

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[ A pause as she ponders. ]

I can think of no such things, however...

The Temple dedicated to Bahamut was fairly large and the ruins were sturdy. Any facility built upon the ruins of the other Temples should be important enough for you to notice them. This reduces the list of possible locations. Then should you check architectural or historical records, perhaps you would be able to find which ones were built over ruins, further reducing the list of possible locations.

[whirluendo_of_puns]

Hmm...

[Uendo crosses his arms, deep in thought. He's spent a good chunk of the last four months getting to know as many tales and legends of Vaikuntha as he could. Being a Summoner helps, too.]

I can think of a few places that were supposedly built over the ruins of ancient temples. Seems like every corner of this world has one of those around.

Off the top of my head... There's the Mad'ni Shrine in Myste Aura, the Great McGard Library in Min'To, and the I.B. Magitek Tower in Oktavia.

[eternitynpc]

It might be worth investigating those and other such locations. Of course, none of these you mentioned are under imperial jurisdiction.

You will need to get the authorization from the other nations to investigate these places and get historical records. While I may pull a few strings, you shouldn't expect our help for this. Sen Devadatta has yet a long way to go to build back the trust we lost over these past ten years.

[hashtagdaddy]

[Uendo raises some good ideas about places to look (which are immediately texted to Hope) and The Empress' words help Gladio understand what can be done to look for the temples of the other Eidolons.]

Any assistance you could provide with those strings will be greatly appreciated. At least now there is a starting point for those of us who would look for the other Temples, and rest assured any information uncovered will be shared.

[Knowing exactly how difficult it can be to regain trust, Gladio decides to offer up his understanding in a show of reciprocity.] If there's a way you think we can help you and your Empire in that endeavor, I'm sure I can convince more than a few of us to assist.