Welcome, your character.

I've never said this openly before, but I've always regarded you a friend of the Shadow.

That's why I am telling you this, despite the risks.

You will learn about the Shadow as you carry out this mission. For now, just do as I ask.

I'll send you to the Library of the Sages in Sanctum to visit the historian Nestor.

He will tell you everything.

Welcome, friend of the Shadow.

I've been watching you this whole time, you see.

The time has come for me to tell you all that I have seen.

I need to verify what Icaronix has done. There is something I need for that, and to make it, I'll need Manastone, Lazuli, and Stone of Black Embers.

You can get Manastone from hunting. You can obtain Lazuli by gathering Lazuli in Atreia. Getting Stone of Black Embers is a problem since you can only get it from the Isle of Roots. You can get it by defeating Dry Ember.

Once you've collected all the materials, take them to the Alchemy Master Diana.

Ah, your character!

Nestor asked for something strange again. He's always asking me to make weird things.

Did you bring me the materials?

Wait just a little bit. I'm done with all the preparation work, so it won't take long at all.

So, add a bit of this, mix in a bit of that...

Here, it is finished! Take it to Nestor. And tell him to stop making these weird requests.

Nestor must've asked a fool to do this job. I need proper materials to make the orb!

Go quickly and come back with Manastone, Lazuli, and Stone of Black Embers.

No material, no orb for you.

Did you bring the materials I had mentioned to Diana?

Did Diana make the orb I asked for?

I think something happened between Ecus and Icaronix at the Sliver of Darkness. The orb will show you what happened in the past.

Witness with your own eyes what passed between Ecus and Icaronix. Put your hand on the orb.

For a long time I've had doubts about the Ecus' demise. What happened?

So Icaronix knew Ecus' true identity.

Ecus was a member of the Shadow Elders, like me. He was a great colleague who carried out many missions.

I had better tell you about the Shadow Elders, then. Simply put, we are those who seek Atreia's hidden truths.

You young Daevas have already forgotten that Atreia was once one and whole. The Cataclysm cleaved it in two, and we have been waging war as Elyos and Asmodians ever since. Fighting out of the belief that we need to destroy the other's Aion's Tower lest we ourselves came to ruin.

We Shadow Elders do not believe that to be the truth. There must be a way to restore Atreia as one, like it was before.

You will understand this truth one day as well, your character. But for now, I'd better inform my colleagues about Ecus. Please go to the Lyceum and tell Aithra about this.

What is your business with me?

What is it? Wait. What? Ecus...at the hands of Icaronix?

I understand. I appreciate you coming here to tell me despite the risks. But I just don't have the authority to take action on this matter.

Can you go tell Boreas as well? Stealthily, without being seen by anyone.

I don't think you've come here to learn a skill.

What do want from me, your class?

As we had feared.

We've had our suspicions about Icaronix for some time now, but never imagined that he would actually harm Ecus.

But, we now have the justification to track Icaronix down. Thank you for sharing this important piece of information, your character.

1. Talk to Yuditio in Teminon Landing.

2. Go to the Library of the Sages in Sanctum and talk to Nestor.

3. Find Manastone, Lazuli, and Stone of Black Embers and bring them to Diana.Manastone: MP +50, Lazuli Ore, Stone of Black Embers x3

4. Talk to Nestor.

5. Watch the incident from the past.

6. Report the result to Nestor.

7. Report the result to Aithra.

8. Report the result to Boreas.

Order: Yuditio says he wants to ask you something discreetly. Find Yuditio at Teminon Bind Point.

Yuditio said he always thought of you as a friend of the Shadow and wanted you to do something for him, but for you to not ask any questions.

When you went to Nestor as you were asked, he told you what he had witnessed in the past and Ecus likely fell at Icaronix's hands.

You acquired the materials as you were told and had Alchemy Master Diana make a Hidden Proof Ord, and when you returned to Nestor he told you to see with your own eyes what had happened in the past.

When you told Nestor you saw Icaronix harming Ecus, he revealed himself to be a member of the Shadow Elders and said Icaronix must've known Ecus' true identity.

He asked you to relay this story to his colleagues, so you told this story to Aithra and Boreas.