"So, as each other's best friends, who is more worthy, Velandis Crowwatch or Sarran's Radha?" Wu Chen asked again.
"If we only consider each other, I would rather be friends with Radha of Salan." The dragon-slaying demon sword Irelles shrugged.
"Obviously, being a friend of Velandis Crowwatch, I'm really frustrated." Brighton Nightblade Alice also smiled.
"Master?" Spirit Dragon Knight Ashtaret seemed to have another focus: "Where does the Gray Heaven come from?"
"According to the book, the Ash Paradise is a lost realm located in Annihilation. It is located deep in the void and cannot be touched by the demons of Annihilation and the residents of Mundas. It is made of broken stones and Chaotic Creatia ), the sky turns green due to void energy.
There are almost no living inhabitants in the realm. The plants are very similar to those of Reach, and the animals are mainly fireflies and lizards. The lizards are the prey of some undead eagles. Ashhaven is plagued by the corruption of the Void, shadows, and dark spirits associated with Namira and the Void. "
"A lost realm in the plane of Annihilation that neither the Demon God of Annihilation nor the residents of Mundas can touch." Spirit Dragon Knight Ashtaret thought thoughtfully.
Wu Chen immediately woke up. Ashtaret's past is also closely related to the Heart of Darkness: "Ash, what did you think of?"
"Master, I always feel that the reason why I returned to Nirn from 4000 years of void drifting is probably because someone recently 'touched' the heart of darkness." Ashtaret, the knight of the spirit dragon, said something shocking (heaven) Hey, could this be said to be foreshadowing?).
"Huh?" Wu Chen was immediately touched by these words. By the way, wasn't the reason why all the Dwemer dwarves disappeared was because they struck the heart of Lorkhan?
Wu Chen thought of a possibility: "Could it be that someone found and touched the Heart of Darkness before us? They released the remaining energy in the Heart of Darkness, so they sent you back to Nairobi after drifting in the void for 4,000 years. kindness?"
"It's possible." Dawn Warhammer Xili gently adjusted her glasses after sorting out her books.
Wu Chen had previously considered that after the trial of the New Jianfeng airship was completed, two Lord Ximu expedition teams led by Storm Blade Anji and Dawn Warhammer Xili could be dispatched at the same time. At that time, multiple paths will run in parallel, and the adventure of retrieving the Sawtooth Crown, the Snow Prince's remains, and the lost Snow Prince's helmet will begin quickly. Because this trip is of great importance, the lord and the housekeeper are still taking the lead. In the future, similar to going out on adventures, it is agreed that the librarian Dawn Warhammer Xili will lead the team. In order to accumulate experience for future adventures, Dawn Warhammer Xili also traveled with the Lord.
"Where is the final location of the Heart of Darkness?" the Lord asked hurriedly.
"The Heart of Darkness has always been hidden deep in the Library of Akzand." Dawn Warhammer Xili confirmed that it was correct: "Only the void orb forged by the dwarves can safely place it."
By the way, in 1E 221, the Dwemer dwarves discovered a considerable source of divine light crystals, mainly located in Radbaatar. Four Dwemer city-states, led by Akansamz, formed an alliance to oversee mining, processing, and research. In order to smelt the divine light crystal under precisely controlled conditions, the Dwemer built a divine light crystal forge deep beneath Baataft in the Rift Valley, using the lava to forge powerful divine weapons. Later, the Dwemer Alliance discovered the Heart of Darkness and built various instruments to study and control its power. The Dwemer dwarves also built the Akzand Library to share knowledge, and secretly created a void orb powered by the Heart of Darkness, which used the crystal energy, kinetic energy and rhythmic power emitted by the divine light crystal to map the void.
The subsequent development is in line with the old saying "There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." Increasing internal strife surrounding the Light Crystal and the Crystal Forge eventually led to the collapse of the Dwemer City-State Alliance, with the four cities and their rivals fiercely vying for control of the forge. This conflict, which lasted for decades, became known as the "War of the Light Crystals." After the war, the city-state alliance of the Skyrim dwarves collapsed, which also led to the abandonment of the Akzand Library.
This is the civil war between the Dwemer city-states that the Dragon Knight Ashtaret personally experienced. It was also the culprit that caused her to escape into the void for 4,000 years.
The Dwemer ruins where Akzande's Library is located are Enchande-Zel, which is now Markarth City, the capital of Reach. Enchand-Zel means "the splendid city" in the Dwemer language, and today it refers to the Understone Keep and the excavation site of the ruins deeper below the city. The throne in the Stonefortress was called the "Throne of Sorrow" by the Dwemer back then.
"Master, what does Gray Heaven have to do with Reach?" Spirit Dragon Knight Ashtaret asked again. The 4,000-year gap caused her to miss many historical events.
"It is rumored that the Gray Paradise is the Reach territory that Manimak, the king of worms, tore from near Markas City some time before the planes merged." This was also the answer Wu Chen got from ancient books.
The book says that around 2E 578 before the soul explosion, the worm king Manimac, the founder of the Black Worm Order, arrived in Markarth City to seek asylum. During this period, he and the Worm Order were allowed to operate within the ruins of Nchande-Zel. Sometime before 2E 582, the Lord of the Worms acquired a sizable territory in the mountains near Markarth, accessible via the Great Lift at Unchande-Zel. Manimac made his first attempt at a plane fusion ceremony here, hoping to merge this land with Cold Harbor. However, the ritual failed, and the land was separated from Tamriel, but instead of heading to Coldharbour, it was lost in the void. It was this land that became the Ashes Paradise. The failed merger resulted in it being somewhat similar to Cold Harbor in terms of topography and environment, so it was also known as Gray Harbor.
Afterwards, Manimarc left the city of Markarth and returned to the imperial capital of Cyrodiil. The experience learned from this failure was used to initiate a true planar fusion, successfully separating part of Tamriel and merging it with Coldharbour via the Planar Vortex. In the end, a far-reaching soul explosion event was triggered.
It is said that his first attempted planar fusion experiment in Markarth City not only left the area shattered and the terrain destroyed by being pulled from Tamriel into Coldharbour, but also the minions of Molag Bal were being pulled in. here. So Markarth City permanently closed the elevator entrance and no one was allowed to visit here.
Although the merging of the planes ended around 2E 582, this land of the Reach neither returned to Tamriel nor was it different from the lands that tore apart Tamriel when the Dark Anchor pulled it into Cold Harbor. Instead, it becomes a land without a owner, floating in the endless void.
Soon after, Radha of Sarran, the Gray King, adopted this empty void as the final piece of his centuries-long quest to save the Gray Army: the Gray Heaven.
Previously, Radha and the Grays made a deal with the Demon Lord Molag Bal of Coldharbour, promising to exchange their souls for power. Based on the stone shell experiments of Lord Velandis Ravenwatch and Privy Councilor Dinharris, Radha was able to restore the lives of numerous former comrades, freeing their souls from the eternal damnation of Coldharbour and retrieving their ashy remains. and methods of harvesting souls from mortals to reshape their bodies. However, this recovery is only temporary. Their souls still belong to Molag Bal and will enter Cold Harbor after death.
In order to escape the enslavement of the demon god Molag Bal forever, Radha formulated a grand plan, using the Dwemer Void Orb from the Akzand Library and the ancient vampire magic of the Night Hollow Clan to guide the void and establish Munda. His connection with the Ash Heaven. Radha planned to use the Void Celestial Instrument to go to the Gray Heaven, summon a dark storm to absorb the souls of all the Reach people, feed them to the Heart of Darkness, and make the Gray Heaven a domain to protect the Gray Army. Due to the power of the Heart of Darkness and connection to Mundus, members of the Gray Army would gain immortality similar to that of the Daedra.
Radha and some companions successfully arrived in the Ash Paradise. He began to launch a dark storm, but met his old friend Velandis. Radha hoped that Velandis would join him and show him that redemption from Morag Bal was possible, but Velandis did not agree with sacrificing many mortals just to save the vampire race. He and his companions (the Soulless Ones) entered the Ash Heaven and defeated Radha, trapping his soul here forever. Velandis then merged with the Heart of Darkness to calm the Dark Storm. Then he used the powerful power of the Heart of Darkness to return all the souls of the Reach people previously absorbed to their respective bodies, saving everyone. In the end, Marcus finally regained his vitality after experiencing the disaster.
It can be seen from this that the Akzand Library, Ash Paradise, Heart of Darkness, and Dark Storm are all located in Enchande-Zel, which is now the stone fortress in Markarth City.
It is also the destination of the lord's trip.
