PART III: AFTER THE UNSEALING OF THE BLACK MAGE

Chapter 34: The Arcane River

• While exploring the Temple of Time, the Adversary encountered an amnesiac Temple Keeper wandering through the Gate of the Past. The Adversary worked with the other Temple Keepers in order to help the amnesiac Temple Keeper regain their memories. As a result of their efforts, the Temple Keeper was able to remember their name: Kao. To the Adversary’s surprise, Kao removed their hood and revealed that their face was identical to that of the player.

• Some time later, the Adversary was called by the Memory Keeper, who revealed that the Erdas - the building blocks of reality - were disappearing from the Erda Flow. The Adversary spoke with the Erdas, which revealed that - without Alicia to protect them - the Black Mage had taken them beyond the Gate of the Present in order to create the Arcane River.

• In order to face the high-purity Erdas within the river, the Adversary met with the Goddesses of Maple World, Grandis, and Tynerum in order to obtain the Arcane Stones, which would grant them the ability to manipulate Erdas just like the Goddesses.

• After passing the Goddesses’ trials, the Adversary awakened a new power within them, allowing them to use the power of Erda to create powerful new skills, with which they hoped to survive the Arcane River.

• The Memory Keeper also revealed that in order to build up Arcane Power, the Adversary would need to obtain Arcane Symbols - protective symbols that would allow the Adversary to draw power from the Erda Flow without their soul being pulled in.