Icius Perandus Topic /15
| NPC | Name |
|---|---|
| Rebuke of the Vaal | Though the Vaal revered peace, it would have been suicide for any culture to rouse them to war. - Icius Perandus, Scholar to the Empire. |
| Varunastra | "Painful suicide in the hands of a fool, Creative death in the hands of a master." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 2992 |
| Seven-League Step | "Death can be outrun with these, but beware! In running from death, you may forget to live." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 202 |
| Zerphi's Last Breath | "Proof that if you devote yourself to a god of death, you may be spared from its wrath." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 408 |
| Umbilicus Immortalis | "The power of rebirth rivals that of immortality." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3 |
| Trypanon | "Though ingenious instruments have been found, it seems surgery before thaumaturgy was not so delicate." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546 |
| Ahn's Heritage | "It's not Karui, Azmeri or even Vaal in origin, but one thing is certain. It is very, very old." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 46 |
| Ahn's Might | "Impossibly heavy, yet the ancient edge is as keen as any modern blade's. A reminder that, in the end, when we lie in the bellies of worms, it is what we make that makes us." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 47 |
| Ahn's Contempt | "To touch it is to be overwhelmed with the need to carve your name into history. A face no one remembers, yet once you have seen it, you will never forget." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 48 |
| Royale Trypanon | "Though ingenious instruments have been found, it seems surgery before thaumaturgy was not so delicate." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546 |
| Golden Page | "The Vaal were even more steeped in gem culture than our Emperor and his 'Gemlings'. It's an obsession as old as civilisation itself." - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page | "A communion... but with what? By all accounts, it wasn't God that the Vaal were trying to reach." - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page | "A waking Nightmare. Madness of the mind? Or madness of the flesh?" - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page | "Siosa, your Slavery will cause them to overlook you. Your Karui Way will guide you. Your Humanity will shame us all." - Icius Perandus |
| Chronicle of Atzoatl | "Grand plans were laid for a place called Atzoatl, though fierce bickering between its Architects is said to have stifled its development." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Research Report |
Icius Perandus FlavourText /43
| name | flavour |
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| Golden Page BaseItemTypes | "The Vaal were even more steeped in gem culture than our Emperor and his 'Gemlings'. It's an obsession as old as civilisation itself." - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page BaseItemTypes | "A communion... but with what? By all accounts, it wasn't God that the Vaal were trying to reach." - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page BaseItemTypes | "A waking Nightmare. Madness of the mind? Or madness of the flesh?" - Icius Perandus |
| Golden Page BaseItemTypes | "Siosa, your Slavery will cause them to overlook you. Your Karui Way will guide you. Your Humanity will shame us all." - Icius Perandus |
| Chronicle of Atzoatl BaseItemTypes | "Grand plans were laid for a place called Atzoatl, though fierce bickering between its Architects is said to have stifled its development." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Research Report |
| Toxic Grove IncursionRooms | "The Vaal had little concern for the externalities of their engineering. The toxins produced by their manufacturing may have poisoned the entirety of Atzoatl." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Desiccated Corpse of a Vaal Citizen |
| Apex of Ascension IncursionRooms | "When the Vaal discovered power could be gained from sacrificing the living, Atzoatl became a death march for the lower classes." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Obsidian Sacrificial Knife |
| Storm of Corruption IncursionRooms | "Merchant carvings of the era consistently reported that the Architects could alter the weather in manners terrifying and incomprehensible." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Trade Record Tablet |
| Defense Research Lab IncursionRooms | "Expedition logs suggest quite a few explorers sought Atzoatl over the centuries. The Architects planned against this potential plundering, however, with ingenious and lethal traps." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Corroded Spring Mechanism |
| Atlas of Worlds IncursionRooms | "In its last days, the Architects of Atzoatl became increasingly obsessed with fictional lands. Wondrous lands, by their description, but fictional. Very odd." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Unidentified Angular Device |
| Throne of Atziri IncursionRooms | "Evidence suggests that Atzoatl's influence grew great enough that Atziri herself moved her seat of power to within its walls." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Royal Decree cast in Bronze |
| Museum of Artefacts IncursionRooms | "Much could be learned from the relics said to be kept in Atzoatl. We consider the Vaal ancient, so what did they consider ancient in turn?" - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Vaal Mural |
| Locus of Corruption IncursionRooms | "Atzoatl was a locus of Corruption, a temple dedicated to the worship of the unspeakable." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Eroded Vaal Orb |
| Shrine of Unmaking IncursionRooms | "Atzoatl was a place of crude alchemy rather than art." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Urn of Unstable Powder |
| Chamber of Iron IncursionRooms | "Armour crafted at Atzoatl became the envy of the known world." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Ancient Metals |
| Hall of Champions IncursionRooms | "At the height of their civilization, the Vaal took to ritual combat to solve all of their disputes. As a result, their surviving warriors were among the best in history." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Rust-coated Sword |
| Hall of War IncursionRooms | "A great many warriors were stationed at Atzoatl, ostensibly due to repeated invasion by something referred to as 'a haunting death.'" - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Carved Interment Records |
| House of the Others IncursionRooms | "Atzoatl played host to the Cult of the Purple Flame. I do not know what powers they worshipped, but my educated guesses leave me shaken." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Embalmed Claw |
| Doryani's Institute IncursionRooms | "Doryani himself conducted gem research at Atzoatl in its final days. What brilliant discoveries were lost with that temple?" - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Third Ciphered Tablet |
| Wealth of the Vaal IncursionRooms | "In their paranoia, the Architects of Atzoatl hoarded wealth beyond any reasonable measure." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Vaal Golden Idol |
| Glittering Halls IncursionRooms | "Trade with lesser cultures, such as the Maraketh and the early Karui, resulted in overflowing vaults full of golden trinkets and elegant jewels." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, 'Dekhara's Resolve' |
| Factory IncursionRooms | "Their engineering knowledge may have rivaled that of the modern world. The fall of the Vaal no doubt set humanity back a thousand years." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Ancient Gear Interlock |
| Temple Nexus IncursionRooms | "The heart of Atzoatl imbued its denizens with vigour, according to the myths." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Glowing Stone |
| Sanctum of Immortality IncursionRooms | "The Architects sought immortality... perhaps they reside within Atzoatl still..." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Vial of Emerald Water |
| Hybridisation Chamber IncursionRooms | "A great many creatures were bred at Atzoatl, ostensibly due to repeated invasion by some kind of horrifying murderous entity." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Fossilized Egg Sac |
| Crucible of Flame IncursionRooms | "The Vaal were said to have experimented with fire at Atzoatl, though to what end is unknown." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Charred Parchment |
| Conduit of Lightning IncursionRooms | "The Architects apparently sought to master lightning. They may have succeeded just before the fall." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Copper Detritus |
| Sadist's Den IncursionRooms | "The Architects were certainly fond of their ghost stories. The tales almost sound as if the business was taken literally." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Carved Fable |
| Court of Sealed Death IncursionRooms | "Zantipi is said to have spent most of his considerable talent devising ambushes that used the promise of treasure as a lure for would-be looters." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Broken Locking Mechanism |
| Hall of Legends IncursionRooms | "The Architects intended to research supposed 'Obelisks Beyond Time,' but the Vaal fell before the first obtained monolith was so much as measured." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Crystal Shard |
| SiosaPageQuest NPCTextAudio | In more mundane circumstances it would be preposterous to ask this of you, an utter stranger, but given that I don't know in which century I might see another pair of flesh and bone hands... There's a door, you see, concealed behind the shelves... it leads into the Archives. That's where Icius Perandus concealed his Golden Pages. Can you see how maddening that would be for me? No, of course you can't. Ridiculous of me to... suffice to say that they are beyond my reach. Four Vaalish texts they are, of priceless historical insight. Please, find my friend's Golden Pages and bring them to me. You will be rewarded. I vow it before the Ancestors. |
| SiosaTranslation4 NPCTextAudio | Strange. I was put in charge of dating the most antiquated of texts. This parchment, it's a remarkable copy, but it's no original. Much younger. Oh my... listen to this! {My dearest Icius,} {I have been enlightened beyond expectation. Your work in translating these artefacts is worthy of the highest recompense, and thus I am delighted to offer you a position in my personal laboratory. Please do not give your escorts any consternation. I would be most pained to see such a precious asset damaged in any way.} {I very much look forward to working with you, Icius Perandus.} {Your friend and admirer,} {Malachai} Poor, poor Icius. Wherever you went, my pity goes with you. |
| MalachaiJournalLab NPCTextAudio | Tear down the walls that imprison the mind... that is what the gems do. That is their true 'virtue'. The moment my fingertips brushed the cool, silken planes of that first gem, I felt it. My skull ached, as if its contents were growing, pressing against the bone, searching for a way to break free. That night, once the wine had dulled the pain enough to allow the onset of sleep, the dreams began. I have not been without them since. Nor would I be. Every spark of thaumaturgy that I wield, every device that I forge, every creature that I transfigure, I owe to these lessons cloaked in Nightmare. From whence do these precepts hail? Certainly not the mundane grey between my ears. I possess only one reference that bears faith. Translated with unquestionable clarity by that idiot savant, Icius Perandus. "The Beast". Doryani of the Vaal knew the truth. Soon now, so shall I. Malachai |
| Rebuke of the Vaal UniqueItems | Though the Vaal revered peace, it would have been suicide for any culture to rouse them to war. - Icius Perandus, Scholar to the Empire. |
| Varunastra UniqueItems | "Painful suicide in the hands of a fool, Creative death in the hands of a master." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 2992 |
| Seven-League Step UniqueItems | "Death can be outrun with these, but beware! In running from death, you may forget to live." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 202 |
| Zerphi's Last Breath UniqueItems | "Proof that if you devote yourself to a god of death, you may be spared from its wrath." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 408 |
| Umbilicus Immortalis UniqueItems | "The power of rebirth rivals that of immortality." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3 |
| Trypanon UniqueItems | "Though ingenious instruments have been found, it seems surgery before thaumaturgy was not so delicate." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546 |
| Ahn's Heritage UniqueItems | "It's not Karui, Azmeri or even Vaal in origin, but one thing is certain. It is very, very old." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 46 |
| Ahn's Might UniqueItems | "Impossibly heavy, yet the ancient edge is as keen as any modern blade's. A reminder that, in the end, when we lie in the bellies of worms, it is what we make that makes us." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 47 |
| Ahn's Contempt UniqueItems | "To touch it is to be overwhelmed with the need to carve your name into history. A face no one remembers, yet once you have seen it, you will never forget." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 48 |
| Royale Trypanon UniqueItems | "Though ingenious instruments have been found, it seems surgery before thaumaturgy was not so delicate." - Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 3546 |