Doryani
For a time, the Queen’s interests aligned with my own. She sought immortality, and so did I… for different ends.
Warrior
You were complicit.
Doryani
Yes. I make no excuses. I did what I had to do.
Marauder
[DNT]
Doryani
[DNT]
Huntress
A dangerous pursuit.
Shadow
[DNT]
Doryani
The most dangerous. My search risked everything.
Doryani
We were not the first to do so, either. The Eztli Pilli was already many centuries old when it passed to me. It contains all the knowledge possibly related to immortality we possess, both from our own civilisation, and… others.
Templar
[DNT]
Doryani
[DNT]
Sorceress
From what I learned, the Vaal grew fat off the riches - and ruins - of others.
Monk
You built on lost knowledge that led others to ruin.
Druid
So your learning stemmed from what others grew before you.
Doryani
Yes. The Vaal developed the ability to implant souls into crystals based on ancient necromantic artifacts found deep underground. Our sophisticated golems stemmed from study of the Primevals, who once lived in the same regions we do. Blood thaumaturgy, however… that was us. Our unique contribution to science.
Doryani
Everything we deemed too volatile, dangerous, or useless, we sealed away in the Eztli Pilli, guarded by eighty-seven traps. I should have expected that… {impossible woman…} would walk right up and pluck our deepest secrets without a care in the world.
Mercenary
That’s our Miss Valai.
Duelist
[DNT]
Witch
She does tend to do that.
Doryani
How do you put up with her?
Witch
Her optimism is repulsive but… she’s not the worst.
Doryani
From you, that’s high praise. Perhaps I’ll rethink my annoyance.
Ranger
She’s not going to change just because you wish it.
Doryani
I would never demean a lady of the Vaal by asking her to diminish herself. It’s just…
Ranger
The {pluckiness.}
Doryani
Yes. The ‘pluckiness.’