All throughout Thanalan, the omens burned strong: clouds of choking smoke high over Zahar’ak, fire sprites glowing balefully among the dunes in the Sagolii, and then the Amal’jaa themselves – no longer raiding and kidnapping, but instead standing proud, filled with the divine certainty of their god. Ifrit walked Eorzea again, stronger than ever.
The Immortal Flames were quick to answer, rallying together free companies and adventurers for a strike deep into Zahar’ak. The Grim were among the allied forces that fought their way into the Bowl of Embers – the point of the spear that plunged into Ifrit’s heart and banished him from the world again.
Thanalan rests more quietly now, but the Grim continue to march. Eleanor seeks to raid Imperial facilities looking for parts for a secret project; Haru plucked the eye from the Garlean agent who harmed Remi; M’wanthala continued research into a new weapon she discovered; and Sindl sent a team of Grim under the ocean to investigate a sunken ruin.
The ruin proved to hold far more than expected – instead of a pile of melted slag, they discovered an intact facility, ripped from the depths of Dalamud. The interior swarmed with voidsent, all feeding on the aether pulsing from some unknown force sealed at the centre of the ruin. The facility had survived for uncountable aeons up in the sky, but down under the ocean it is collapsing, and if something isn’t done soon it will be destroyed – releasing the beast stirring fitfully at its core. The Grim continue to search for a solution, travelling deeper into the facility, seeking clues – and finding little, save for one phrase repeated over and over in Allagan markings: “Valigarmanda”.
