Arrival Year 73, second month of Shemsu, day 4:\nPraise Atum! I have at last deciphered the glyphs from the sacred Temple of Akhet! The Book of Gates has given me the answers. \n\nThis land is not Aaru, sacred home of Osiris, but rather the netherworld Duat. The Ennead that rests inside the Temple houses the 12th Gate, beyond which lies the true Field of Reeds. \n\nThe inhabitants of this island call the gods "Ancients" but their true names are known to us. Opening the 12th Gate would bring forth the Purifying Light of the Blessed Nine to all who dwell here.\n\n\nArrival Year 73, fourth month of Shemsu, day 2:\nI must convince my beloved Lucius of the truth. He mistakenly believes the Temple has nothing to do with our gods. He fears the Ennead poses a grave danger to the people and must be sealed away. \n\nI must be patient with the noble man who guided us through many hardships to our destination, who built our new home and kept us safe from the spirits and demons that plague this land.\n\nHe may have lost his faith, but my love for him rivals my devotion to the gods. May Osiris forgive me! \n\n\nArrival Year 73, second month of Akhet, day 5:\nI’ve received word that Lucius is thinking of marching the 19th Legion to Akhet. They say he seeks to expel us from the Temple, preventing us from fulfilling our sacred destiny. \n\nI must convince him to abandon this plan and to join us instead in welcoming the gods. I pray the gods may open his eyes. \n\nOnly together we can we accomplish this!

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Gateway to the Gods

Arrival Year 73, third month of Akhet, day 1:\nThese tablets, which I have named the Great Ennead Codex, have provided the answer to opening the 12th Gate.\n\nThey speak of a Prime Key gifted by the gods to the faithful who built Akhet. They tell of a terrible cataclysm that broke the key and scattered the pieces. They mention a war amongst the gods and a terrible scarlet plague.\n\nCould this refer to Seth's betrayal of Osiris?\n\n\n\n\nArrival Year 73, fourth month of Akhet, day 9:\nI believe that the wonders of Aaru have waited for millennia for us, the chosen people of New Corsica, to claim them. Wonders that will enlighten us and set us on the true path to wisdom and prosperity.\n\nI must find the pieces of the Prime Key. The locations must be contained in the Codex. Is there a way to assemble it anew? I must decipher more of these glyphs!

The Secrets of Akhet

Arrival Year 73, fourth month of Akhet, day 16:\nThrough the blessing of Isis, I discovered the location of the Ancient Forge! Only there can the Prime Key be remade.\n\nBut a monstrous guardian known as the Lore Keeper protects it. No one but Lucius and the 19th could contend with such a foe.\n\nI will send word and try to divert them here. I pray Lucius will listen to me!\n\n\n\n\nArrival Year 73, fourth month of Akhet, day 19:\nAtum preserve us! The 19th has reached Akhet and begun to force their way into the Ennead!\n\nLucius ignored my warnings and now he will offend the gods and invoke their wrath! He accuses me of being blinded by my faith!\n\nSuch words are a dagger in my heart! \n\n\n\n\nArrival Year 73, fourth month of Akhet, day 21:\nI am left with no choice! I will go to the Ennead at once and attempt to open the 12th Gate without the Prime Key. \n\nI pray the gods heed my desperate plea! I pray the people of New Corsica and especially my beloved Lucius can forgive my reckless act! \n\nMay the gods have mercy on us all!

The Will of the Gods

The sandswept and sunscorched desert in the West, and the last known home of the Ancients

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