Player, I’ve been expecting you.

I have a job for you.

I need someone with experience and skill who I can trust. You’re the only Daeva who sprang to mind, Player.
We’ve received an unusual report from a patrol near the Weeping Valley.

Apparently they’ve stumbled upon some strange Balaur activity.

A Drakan used some kind of mysterious power they’re unfamiliar with.
I can’t say anything more for now.

But since the Balaur are involved, I need to follow up on this report.

If they have access to some new power, we need to know more about it.

Sounds like a dangerous proposition, so I want you to see to it personally.

Please talk to the patrol who spotted this suspicious Balaur and check on the situation.
I really can’t thank you enough.

This matter is in safe hands with you, Player.

Find the patrol near the Weeping Valley in Inggison, talk to Latis and hear what he has to say.
Make it quick, I’m on duty.

What do you want?
I have indeed.

I take it Steropes sent you?

A short while ago, I discovered a Drakan Scout while out on patrol.

Looked like he was out of Mephistis Farm, and I wanted to capture him before he could cause any mischief.

I managed to trap him in a dead end... then something weird happened.
Well he was like a porgus ready for slaughter, injured with no way out.

Then he pulled something out of his pouch, there was a flash like lightning.

And he was... gone.
I know it sounds incredible, but it’s true.

When I could see again, he’d vanished.

At first I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me, that I simply wasn’t looking in the right place, but I’ve gone over the situation a dozen times in my mind. I chased that Drakan down and cornered him.

And he simply vanished without trace.

Could you try to track him down, Daeva?
Thank you, Daeva.

He’s badly injured and can’t have gotten far.

I’m sure you’ll find him.

Good luck!
(That must be the Drakan Latis was talking about.)

(Maybe he’s carrying a clue...)
You’re back sooner than I expected!

Did you find the Drakan I was telling you about?
That’s it! That’s the thing he flashed away with!

But... what on Atreia is it?

Do you know what it could be, Daeva?
Pity.

Show it to Steropes, maybe he’ll know more.

I can’t leave my post while I’m on duty.

Could you go back to the Inggison Illusion Fortress and show this thing to Steropes, Daeva?
There you are, Player.

Did you find Latis?
The Drakan had a strange gadget?

Show me.
Are you alright, Daeva?

You look like you’ve seen a ghost.
This little gadget stopped time in its tracks?

Unbelievable!

But if that’s true...

Then Tiamat could have become even more powerful than we thought.

To tell the truth, there have been reports of similar objects being discovered in Balaurea.

Most of them were found near the rift which appeared so precipitously.
I wanted to ask you, Player.

I’m sure there’s some connection between this Abyss Rift and recent events.

A strange construction has been discovered behind this rift. Could you investigate?

Meet up with Ishan, an agent active near the rift, and he’ll explain how to reach this construction.
Are you the Daeva I’m expecting?

Sent to investigate the rift?
Good, I’ve been expecting you.

People are worried by this rift.

Apparently there’s some kind of construction on the other side, but we deemed it too dangerous to investigate.

Safer to leave that in the capable hands of Steropes’ Daeva, eh? Can I count on you?

Just be careful over there. It’s your first time, after all.

Meleris will be on the other side waiting for you.

Are you ready?
Keep your voice down! The Balaur might hear us...

Who are you? Are you the Daeva who’s to snoop around here?
There are too many Balaur for us to move forward here.

Are you sure you want to go alone?

Then let me give you these things I found, maybe they’ll prove useful.

Look like the Balaur were using them, for whatever purpose.

Maybe you can find out how.

Good luck!
(On looking more closer, you discover some pieces of paper.)

(There documents under the device reveal themselves to be a report of some kind.)
Tempus... so there’s a secret construction?

And you found a golden girl and a strange device there?

I can’t tell for certain, but if the experiments on living relics in the Tiarkh Testing Lab were successful...

Might that girl be one of the living relics Tiamat wants so badly?

Who knows what Tiamat will do with her!

We have to do everything we can to find that girl before Tiamat or the Asmodians do!

I’ll report this to my superiors.

Good work, as soon as we learn more, I’ll keep you informed.