When the Unknown Thrums

As the tides receded, a new world and an unexplored adventure awaited you.

In Jinzhou, you joined hands with Jiyan and the other Resonators to quell the Tacet Discord outbreak in Norfall Barrens. You also met "little Abby." You ultimately triumphed over and absorbed the Dreamless.

Under the guidance of the Wayfinder Changli, you resolved the Temporal Disruption at Mt. Firmament. And Sentinel Jué passed the Temporal Mandate on to Magistrate Jinhsi.

When you sought the truth of your own past, you met Shorekeeper in the Black Shores and reclaimed your duty as the organization's leader.

In search of a solution to Abby's deteriorating condition, you crossed the Stormy Sea and arrived in Ragunna, a port city in Rinascita.

You met Carlotta of the Montelli family, who vouched for your entry into the city. Yet beneath Ragunna's splendor, the Order of the Deep was guarding a grave secret, one tied to the Sentinel of Rinascita, Imperator.

When the Order conspired to sabotage the Carnevale, you and your companions calmed Lorelei's rage, defeated the Dragon of Dirge, and joined forces with the Troupe of Fools to bring the Carnevale to life.

But amid the cheers of the celebration, the Fractsidus's Overseer, Phrolova, appeared. Together with your companions, you defeated her and claimed the Laurel of the Carnevale.

After the Carnevale, the Primus of the Order spoke to you of the Sentinel, the Threnodian, and a Blessed Maiden of legend. All clues pointed toward the Fisalia family, which has long been entwined with both the Sentinel and the Threnodian.

At the invitation of the Fisalia head, Cantarella, you traveled to Porto-Veno Castle. From her, you learned that the Threnodian "Leviathan" commands the power to merge and assimilate.

Leviathan has even corrupted and merged with the Sentinel Imperator, and through the long course of history, twisted the faith of both Ragunna and the Order of the Deep.

For generations, the Fisalia family's mission had been to resonate with the Sentinel's true remaining power and find Their Resonator, the Blessed Maiden.

The current Blessed Maiden, Cartethyia, awaited you in the inverted Avinoleum Theological Seminary. With your help, she finally uncovered the truth behind the Sentinel and the Threnodian—that she herself was a creation of the Threnodian Leviathan.

The Sentinel's corrupted body had long been destroyed, and what remained sealed away was a vessel bearing Leviathan's will, "Fleurdelys." Cartethyia wished to end both the corrupted "Divinity" and its vessel.

Eventually, you and Cartethyia defeated the Threnodian's vessel, Fleurdelys. There, you saw the final consciousness of Imperator, who, with the last of Their will, awakened Cartethyia.

With the fall of the Sentinel, Cartethyia, now a wandering knight of Rinascita, chose to live by her own will.

Not long after, you sensed Cartethyia's abrupt departure from Avinoleum and followed her trail to the city of Gladiators, Septimont.

In Septimont, you met the young Gladiator Lupa and teamed up with her in the arena.

Soon, you sensed that something was amiss in Septimont. At times, Lupa's figure blurred into that of another Gladiator girl.

As the truth came to light later, you discovered that Lupa's fate had merged with the Threnodian's failed creation, Mya.

In the end, Cartethyia and Lupa joined forces to bring down Cristoforo's scheme. Peace finally returned to Septimont, and Mya was finally able to rest in peace.

But the Threnodian's Gem on Mya's helmet was taken by the Fractsidus Overseer, Phrolova.

To retrieve the Gem, you set sail from Septimont, only to encounter the Order's Primus, Fenrico. He summoned colossal waves that dragged you under. As you sank into the deep, it was Phrolova who came to your rescue.

She revealed that Primus Fenrico had already taken the Gem and that she had been hunted down and gravely wounded by the Order. You agreed to a temporary alliance to reclaim the Gem.

As you pursued Fenrico, you came to understand Phrolova's true target: the power of assimilation hidden within the Threnodian's Gem.

With this power, she hoped to merge the souls of those she'd once known—the townsfolk who perished in a great calamity—into the bodies of Tacet Discords, granting them new life in her Sonoro Sphere, the Lost Beyond.

And in her endless waiting, she finally set down her violin.

When you and Phrolova left the Lost Beyond, you confronted Fenrico, only to find that he intended to use the Gem for his own design: to draw the collective subconscious of the Rinascitans out from the Dark Tide, liberating Rinascita once and for all from the Threnodian's control.

But Fenrico himself had long since fallen to the Threnodian's corrupting influence. In his final moment of clarity, he gave his life to stop the Dark Tide's spread, entrusting you with Rinascita's future and with the task of preventing the descent of the Journeying Paradise.

As Fenrico turned to stone, the Gem slipped from his hand. You and Phrolova fought once more, but the Gem was eventually seized by the Fractsidus Overseers. Phrolova, wounded by your blade during the battle, fell into the sea and vanished.

Following the clues Fenrico left behind, you traveled to Septimont. There, the Ephor, Augusta, extended an invitation to you.

Hoping both to find the relic left behind by Imperator and to suppress the spreading Dark Tide, you accepted the invitation and joined the great hunt.

In the Sanguis Plateaus, you met Avidius, a rising Hero of Heroes recognized by the Senate. During the final pursuit of the Dark Tide creation known as the Corrosaurus, Augusta prepared to execute her original plan—

With the Priestess Iuno's aid, she intended to lure out and destroy the False Sovereign, a humanoid embodiment of the Dark Tide. However, the Fractsidus intervened, and the plan failed.

To turn the tide, Iuno sacrificed her very existence to forcibly manifest the Dark Tide, giving you and Augusta one last chance to strike down the False Sovereign. Against all odds, you prevailed.

During the post-hunt celebration, you realized that everyone had forgotten Iuno's existence. Even Augusta believed she was merely a hallucination caused by your exposure to the Dark Tide.

Guided by the bracelet Iuno left behind, you finally found the girl only you remembered, just before she faded away in a sliver of moonlight.

Determined to bring Iuno back, you traveled to Tetragon Temple in search of clues. Through Avidius's story, you came to understand that existence itself was the sum of memories, feelings, and connections. You decided to Anchor Iuno back into existence through those bonds.

You made yourself the Anchor and held Iuno's spectral hand as you traversed her memories. Piece by piece, you reconnected her memories and emotions, until she was brought back into existence.

Defying fate's ordained ending, you both returned to the day of the celebration. Iuno once again stood as the blue-haired girl the Priestesses talked about. She had broken the arrow of destiny itself, and you delivered an unwritten future to both her and Septimont.

After retrieving Imperator's relic from the Earthrend Wedge beneath Septimont, you returned to Ragunna and set off for the Avinoleum Theological Seminary to seek Cartethyia's guidance on unlocking its secrets.

But at the Seminary, you witnessed a mysterious woman—someone you had seen before in a vision—suddenly break in and shoot Cartethyia before your eyes. Across Rinascita, strange phenomena began to spread.

To track down the killer, you joined forces with Avidius, who was pursuing the "Quillbearer." Together, you found the mysterious woman called Galbrena.

She claimed she'd been searching for the "Harbinger of the Dark Tide." Yet, in your mind, the Harbinger, Fenrico, had long since perished beneath the sea.

After witnessing Avidius's tragic fate, the truth finally emerged: you were the new Harbinger of the Dark Tide chosen by Leviathan. To confront both the Dark Tide and the looming Journeying Paradise, you and Galbrena set out once more for Septimont.

Near the Three Heroes' Crest, you and your companions battled the Dark Tide head-on. To end its corruption and prevent the descent of the Journeying Paradise, you ventured directly into the heart of the Dark Tide.

Within the Dark Tide, you saw Galbrena's past struggles against the Tide and came upon a mysterious member of the Fractsidus who stood in your way.

After crossing the Styx Lake and a fabricated Mindscape, you and your companions manage to shatter the gates of Leviathan's Paradise. Together, you defeated the divine husk Leviathan had reshaped in the image of the Blessed Maiden, Fleurdelys.

At last, Rinascita welcomed a dawn that belonged solely to its people, an era no longer defined by Divinity.

With your journey in Rinascita concluded, you returned to the Black Shores. There, a rift near the coast pulled you into a Sonoro Sphere containing the ruins of the once-prosperous Honami City.

As you explored the city, you met a girl named Chisa, who had been fighting ceaselessly within the Lament's time loops. You also encountered a talking capybara named Namipon...

To end the Lament's destructive loop, you and Chisa made your way to Neon Tower, the heart of the disturbance. After clearing the last of the Lament, you helped the city residents' Longings find their way home. You and Chisa returned to the Black Shores and Honami City finally saw the light of a new day.

You guided Chisa through her doubts about the future, and together you reopened Shashou Cafe. For a while, you and your friends shared a rare time of peace.

But soon, you began to experience a loss in your frequency. According to Shorekeeper, your frequency was being drawn toward the region of Lahai-Roi. To resolve this mystery, you must now set out once again…

Hearing this story will trigger Main Quest Chapter III – Prologue and send you to Lahai-Roi. Are you sure?

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