You entered {@Rgn:9025001$$Balder’s Temple} and met a very surprised Princess Rida, somehow brought in with you. You overcame the final trials set by the temple's guardian, the {@Creature:425#8005$$Sun Scarab}. The goddess Mystel told you that passing the trials had given the world new choices. Afterward, {@Creature:71#1114$$Rida} said she could feel the world changing somehow—for the better. <PCNAME>? How did we get here? I was just talking to my advisors and—oh, this is Balder's temple, isn't it? Your senses aren't as finely attuned as mine. I can feel something powerful at its center. What are we waiting for? Let's go! As I told you last time we met, your trials never end. Like your triumph at the fountain, your prize today will grant you more choices tomorrow. Show {@LinkCreature:425#10005$$Rida} your temple key. Hmm. The only arcane part of this is that mirror set into the handle. It looks like it would fit into the big mirror's base! Take it, <PCNAME>. You've really earned the honor. And it's certainly not dangerous. (There is a space just the size of the little mirror.) Before Balder's death, I saw a great tangle of dark destiny converge, strangling the threads of light. A few bright threads might find their way through that tangle, but very few. Sadly, Balder's thread was not among them. Yet what the gods could not do, you mortals may still achieve.<NEXTPAGEBUTTON>"What did we unlock?"</NEXTPAGEBUTTON> Not all of Balder's power died with him. Some he sealed away. One of those seals has now opened for mortals. Your friend the princess can feel it working. Farewell for now—but not forever! Whoa. "Nature smiles." That's what it feels like, <PCNAME>. It's everywhere! I feel something alive in the world that wasn't there before. The Mysterium will be disappointed, of course. I think they wanted something they could cart off and scheme over. Congratulations! I felt a change in the world, <PCNAME>. No doubt our clan will start to age normally again. The Consos will need a new purpose, maybe even a new leader. But don't be sad—I'm not. I might get a chance to travel! Mystel's words are maddening! What use are her predictions when they're in gibberish? If she can see the future, can't she see future-me confused by her words? That's why we do research, I suppose, and we have many new subjects to study. You surpass Elsine's description, <PCNAME>. I wish you well. <PCNAME>! The legend grows! Nobody's quite sure what you unleashed in the temple, but everyone's excited to find out. I'll help catalog tablets, then look for more forgotten artifacts. Maybe we'll meet again. The world is healthier, and the elf is frustrated. My work here is done. Time to return to Poporia. My sister and I should talk. Let her have her banner. Let her be queen, if she wants. Fighting her is a waste of energy we can't afford.<NEXTPAGEBUTTON>"Spoken like a true leader."</NEXTPAGEBUTTON> Yes. Well, um...I wanted you to have this. Wear it the next time something's trying to eat you. Don't do anything stupid—unless I'm there to watch!