Ketzuli, Architect of Time
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Ketzuli, Architect of Time was an NPC. He is a vendor that sells caster weapons, flasks, Charms, and Scrolls of Wisdom in The Ziggurat Refuge and the player's hideout.
Lore
As the time portal created by Ketzuli that was used by the character and Alva to return to Aggorat's past had not yet been created at the time of the Vaal Cataclysm (400 B.I.C), partially due to the fact that it was not known that it would be necessary until Ketzuli encountered Alva and the character firsthand, creating a bootstrap paradox. It would not be completed for another 2000 years, during which Ketzuli locked himself away in the Ziggurat Refuge (later known as the Temple of Kopec).
Dialogue
Fate
Fate is not a matter of belief. My experiments have shown that Time is... forgive me, your descended peasant dialect is odd. In the low speech, it would not be stone, not exactly. I believe you would call it... crystal. Time is a solid, patterned substance. It does not change. What has happened will always have happened, and what will happen, though it is unknown to us, has already happened. That is not to say you do not have free will...
Free Will
A man has many fates. Chaos knows this, and they have taught us well, when we have chosen to listen. You may have fifty fates, or a thousand, or just two. They are all out there in the crystalline patterns of Time... carved channels for the river of your experiences. Your mind. All your fates exist, but you will only experience one. Choice is the true power a man has.
Patterned Substance
Time is not entirely hidden. Perhaps you have seen it. Perhaps not. Men and beasts trapped in crystal-not trapped at all. Just a moment in Time, seen from afar, like peering through a lens.
Doryani
Doryani is the greatest hero of our era. The brightest mind our civilisation ever produced. had he more time, he could have extended our reach across the entire world. Perhaps farther. The stars themselves would not have been beyond our grasp. Had he but time... I was supposed to give him that, but I failed. What do I live for now?
Atalui
She will rip your heart out, if you let her. Some less metaphorically than others... and that brother of hers is even worse.
Cult of the Purple Flame
The breach you encountered was a weakness in the walls of reality. I am not a member of the Cult of Purple Flame, but I am aware of their beliefs. They worship beings from beyond this world. These creatures may seek to use our vulnerability to enter Wraeclast. If you find and collect residual splinters of breach energy, I will study them, and learn what I can about this threat.
Xesht, We That Are One
Congratulations on your success. This new Breach Lord, Xesht... you've shown it that Wraeclast will not be so easily trifled with. Perhaps we will have enough time now... time to research the problem, and seal the weak points in the walls of our reality. Until I can manage that, keep fighting back the Breach Lord's drones.
Pushing Back
You've dealt Xesht a serious defeat. I can see why Doryani has grown to respect you, even if he still doesn't quite like you. You've given me the time I need to research the breaches, and I believe our devices can begin pushing back. The Breach Lord's drones may still enter our world temporarily, but the risk of a permanent invasion is minimal.
Cult of the Purple Flame
It was my understanding that there were five Breach Lords. Xesht was not one of the names I learned. I do know that the Cult of Purple Flame believed... strangely enough... ... that the Breach Lords would one day unite into a single being named Xesht-Ula... ... but that is not what you faced. Not exactly. I wonder if they attempted to merge as prophesied, but something went wrong? The missing factor seems to be Chayula...
Chayula
Among the mysterious Breach Lords, Chayula alone had followers here on Wraeclast... ... and historically, was successfully communicated with—by the Maraketh—on at least one occasion. That means, fundamentally, Chayula shares some aspects of thought with us. He is not a mindless ravager. We have no idea what his agenda truly is, of course, but if he is not part of Xesht... It may be in our interest to find him...
On Cult (Monk)
I don't think I like your tattoos. Oddly familiar. I'll keep my thoughts on the Cult private.
On Cult
Their beliefs were born out of otherworldly remnants and strange dreams. The Cult itself was a fringe element of Vaal society for centuries... ... with its members often getting themselves banished to far-off lands like Trarthus or Phaaryl. They never quite died out, though, and pushed for legitimacy. By the... end... they were influential enough to vie for their own chamber in the Temple of Atzoatl. If their Lord, Chayula, truly has some measure of attachment to Wraeclast... ... then where is he now, in our time of greatest need?
On Dream
The shadows come to me in my repose, and they whisper pains... The voice tells me that you know something you are not telling me... something about my fate... He is trying to make me paranoid. Break the trust. Do not tell me. My fate cannot be changed.
Acolyte
You choose to maintain your faith even after realising the truth. That is a powerful choice... We face countless dangers from beyond this world, so any alliance, no matter how strange, might make the difference between survival and annihilation. I can only hope your faith is justified.
Version history
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