<em><strong>From system log of Iron Rainbow, the animating intelligence of the Factory Cathedral of Joyous Diamond Forge, Chiaroscuro.</strong></em><br/><br/>ATTENTION!  PRIMARY ENTRANCE SEAL BROKEN.<br/><br/>SCANNING INTRUDER FOR ESSENCE SIGNATURE.<br/><br/>WARNING!  ESSENCE BATTERY DANGEROUSLY LOW.  CHECK DRAGON LINES.<br/><br/>ESSENCE SCAN COMPLETE.<br/><br/>ESSENCE PATTERN MATCHES TO GLORIFYING CITADEL OF VICTORIOUS AMETHYST.  CAUTION.  ESSENCE PATTERNS SHOW DRASTIC CHANGES.  HAS THIS EXALT REINCARNATED? (Y/N)<br/><br/>IF NO ANSWER IN 30 SECONDS, ENTRY WILL BE DELAYED FOR INTENSIVE SCAN.  30... 29...<br/><br/>INTENSIVE SCAN INITIATED.  WARNING.  THIS WILL FURTHER DRAIN EXTREMELY LOW BATTERY.<br/><br/>ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!  GLORIFYING CITADEL OF VICTORIOUS AMETHYST HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY NECROTIC ESSENCE.  ACTIVATE DEFENSES?  DEFENSES WILL ACTIVATE AUTOMATICALLY IN 30... 29...<br/><br/>ALERT!  ESSENCE LEVELS TOO LOW FOR DEFENSE GRID.  ACTIVATING DEMONIC PACT #4.  DEMON SUMMONED.<br/><br/>(Growling, snarls heard in the audio track.)<br/><br/>GLORIFYING CITADEL OF VICTORIOUS AMETHYST HAS LEFT ENTRY PORTAL.  RESEALING.  WARNING.  SUMMONED DEMON WILL REMAIN UNLESS BANISHED.  AUTOMATIC BANISHING HAS FAILED.<br/><br/><strong><em>From an interview with Talib Al-Tahiri's ghost.</em></strong><br/><br/>The months of Fire are auspicious times for us who ride from the Edge of the World near that pole, superior to all others.  We rode from the foothills of volcanoes, waving swords of holy obsidian, in company with the spirits who served as our guides, scaring away the gods who would dare block the path of our holy pilgrimage.  We rode at night, since this was the time prescribed to us by Bone-Ebony Lion, who had sent for us, sending word through the ghosts of our fathers and grandfathers that we should join him at the Spire of Flaming Spears, where he gathered his army.  We rode and rode, until we reached that place.  Encamped there were many tribes, all used to war with themselves, ready to join in this fighting as our ancestors had foretold.<br/><br/>Once there, we were met by a glorious sight- Fessil, our greatest hero, returned from undeath and into life!  Perhaps not exactly, but his ghost was there to meet us.  He said he would lead our tribe in war as part of Bone-Ebony Lion's great army, but first, we must prepare, to learn the strategems and tactics of his army.  So, this is what we set out to do.