PART III: AFTER THE UNSEALING OF THE BLACK MAGE

Chapter 21: Gate of the Past

• A traveler arrived at the Temple of Time and learned from the Temple Keeper that an intruder had broken into the Gate of the Past. The traveler agreed to help catch the intruder, and so the Temple Keeper gave them his blessings as a representative of Rhinne.

• On their journey, the traveler had a portion of their memories consumed by Dodo, the Whale of Time. In order to recover them, they met with the Memory Keeper, who told them that in order to regain their memories of their innocent, youthful memories of their journey’s beginning, they would need to speak with the one who had helped them at the start of their adventure.

• After recovering their memories, they proceeded down the Road of Regrets, where their emotions were frozen by Lilynouch the Ice Knight, preventing them from feeling the regret that they needed to make it past the Road of Regrets. In order to thaw their emotions, they met with the Sorcerer and purchased a potion that allowed them to restore their emotions.

• At the end of the Road to Oblivion, they defeated Lyka, the Guardian of the Temple, but found the path to the deepest sanctum blocked. They spoke with the Record Keeper, who confirmed that the Goddess’ Promise of oblivion - the ability to forget - still held, meaning that there should be no reason why the path should be closed to them. The Memory Keeper realized that the intruder must have created a barrier, and so the traveler collected the materials for the Temple Keeper to break the barrier.

• They proceeded ahead and entered the Dusk Temple in the Twilight of Gods, representing the temple at its earliest point in history. There, they encountered Kirston attempting to use the Mirror of the Goddess to physically move the past and summon the Black Mage. However, a strange energy was emitted by the mirror, causing a monster named Pink Bean to appear.

• Pink Bean used its power to cause the statues of the old gods to come to life, though the traveler defeated Pink Bean and forced it back through the mirror, leaving Kirston’s whereabouts unknown.