<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/15b3a41b63432bcd1c3755c910f8be5c.jpg)</div>Umari nodded in greeting as Ramalan made introductions with Lynette. "I am pleased to make your acquaintance," he said, smiling in a friendly way.<br/><br/>He listened quietly as she spoke, nodding in acknowledgment of the points she raised. "I expect there is much of the world we do not know," he said, gesturing towards the walls of the chamber to the East. "We know some of what passes beyond our shores, from occasional shipwrecked travelers. We know of the Realm, in broad strokes, but doubtless few of the details. We know of the Lintha, and the darkness that rises far from our shores."<br/><br/>"Here, we do not simply remember the ways of our ancestors, we hold to the values they did, and try to live in a way they would. We honour the Unconquered Sun, and hold to his ways. We still have some of the lore and technology from when the Manse was established, but other parts we have lost to the years between then and now. If you know the ways of our ancestors, perhaps you might be able to help restore some of the systems that no longer function."