Greetings, friend. I am E-Una-Kotor, a Padjal of Gridania. As you may have noticed, the Wood Wailers have begun an exploratory survey of the strange labyrinth recently discovered in the ruins of Gelmorra. Strange forces are at work here, and I have come to see the Wood Wailers are safe from harm.
A metal tuning fork that, when struck, emits a high-pitched tone which can animate inanimate objects possessing voidal properties─including your personal disembodied stone head.
Music roll for Notice of Death. Use to add to your orchestrion list.
x 10
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Additional Dialogue
What will you do?
Request to keep your aetherpool gear.
E-Una-Kotor: "You wish to use your aetherpool arm outside the Palace of the Dead? I'm afraid that is not possible. It was crafted specifically for combat within the ruins. Should you try to take it with you, it would likely dissipate. If you were to strengthen it further, perhaps in time it may be possible to stabilize the aetherial energies within it."
In order to use an aetherpool weapon outside the Palace of the Dead, both the aetherpool weapon and armor must have attained a strength of +30. However, please note that aetherpool armor cannot be used in this fashion.
Ask about the Palace of the Dead
What are Gelmorran potsherds?
E-Una-Kotor: "Though they are but fragments, many of the Gelmorran potsherds discovered in the Palace of the Dead appear to have absorbed traces of dark and ancient magicks. I daresay they may be key in discerning the true nature of the labyrinth. If you should happen upon any when you are down there, pray bring them to me. I will see you duly compensated for your efforts."
Can aetherpool arms be used outside of the runs?
E-Una-Kotor: "Aetherpool arms were crafted specifically to function within the labyrinth, and they only retain their form due to incantations I must apply daily. Without them, they will inevitably dissipate. Hmmm... With sufficient aether, perhaps there is a way to stabilize them, and thus no longer require my magicks to hold form."
What do you do here?
E-Una-Kotor: "As a Padjal of Gridania it is my duty to commune with the elementals, and so I have chosen to live here in the Shroud, that I might better interpret their will. In recent days, however, the winds whisper of an unnatural presence stirring here in the South Shroud."
E-Una-Kotor: "The source being a strange labyrinth recently discovered in the ruins. Townsfolk have taken to calling it the Palace of the Dead. The Wood Wailers mean to explore its depths, and I would offer them what aid I can."
E-Una-Kotor: "When first surveying the labyrinth, I found it was protected by powerful magicks that would sap one's life energies the moment they step inside. Indeed, the mage who could erect such a warding spell unnoticed by the elementals must be possessed of terrible power."
E-Una-Kotor: "Thankfully, I was able to devise a means to protect against the foul power of that place─aetherpool arms and armor."
E-Una-Kotor: "By channeling the wielder's energies into the weapon, rather than allowing them to be drained, one can brave those tenebrous halls and dispatch the fiends within. Should you wish to do so, I will gladly furnish you with these arms, for we would welcome any assistance you can offer."
Notes
The Orchestrion Rolls require you to clear a certain floor in order to unlock the item on this vendor.
