Threads of the Originator
Threads of the Originator | |
| Required | No |
|---|---|
| Start | Enter a Tier 14 map |
| Objective | Find the Originator |
| Completion | You can now encounter more Memory Threads in T16+ maps |
| Boss | The Incarnations The Incarnations |
The Searing Exarch is an epilogue quest. This quest is the beginning of the Secrets of the Atlas storyline.
Walkthrough
While the player is exploring T14+ maps, they will encounter Eagon Caeserius standing next to a Memory Tear.
Eagon Caeserius: You there! A moment of your time?
Speak to Eagon Caeserius
Speak to Eagon Caeserius.
"
You're one of them, aren't you? An Exile? What strange odds to meet you here and now. I am Eagon, and I am undertaking an immensely important mission - and perhaps you can be of some use.See this tear? It is a gateway of sorts... to different realities within the Atlas. You may be wondering how I know all this... Of course, a commonborn such as yourself wouldn't understand!
The Originator of these realities left breadcrumbs. A trail. A thread of physical manifestations of the person's memories. They seem to be experimenting with the Atlas in a profound way. Entangling themself within the very fabric of what the Atlas is made of... and there, I believe they are trapped.
With my brain and your brawn, perhaps we can find answers to these questions. I'm sure there'll be something in it for you, to make it worth your while. What do you say?"
- - Eagon Caeserius
"
This tear – and others like them – give us a glimpse into what this other plane of reality is composed of. Their compositions took me quite some time to deconstruct, but working backward from its final structure, I was able to reinterpret them using the superposition of the memories' resonances and offsetting that entanglement from the Atlas itself...Hmm... have I lost you? It is merely the nature of reality we are discussing here!
Put plainly, in finding these tears, we can access the memories within them. There, we can chase down the one creating them. The Originator.
Unfortunately, the Atlas seems to have some unstable effects on the... presentation of these memories... but I hope that we can reach the Originator and save... her – well, more on that later."
- - Eagon Caeserius
Eagon Caeserius: Go on, Exile - approach the tear.
Use the Memory Tear
Use the Memory Tear.
Eagon Caeserius: It is done.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory
"
I have the thread coordinates. You will need to visit each location along the thread, to gain access to the subsequent ones. You have access to a map device, yes? Good. Let us meet there and I shall reveal the location of the first memory."
- - Eagon Caeserius
Eagon Caeserius: Do not dally.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory.
Complete the Memory of Loneliness by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout
Arcade MapArcade MapMap Level: 78Map Tier: 11
Guild Character: +We create so that some part
of us may remain after death.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
, 
Sunken City MapSunken City MapMap Level: 79Map Tier: 12
Guild Character: •From the walls, water, and ferns...
Death comes crawling on ancient steps.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
, 
Beach MapBeach MapMap Level: 80Map Tier: 13
Guild Character: XA paradise, forever replenished by
endless waves teeming with life.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
, and the memory boss arena Courtyard of Wasting.Complete the Memory of Loneliness by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout.
"
There was a time I saw the Atlas as a miracle — a gateway to infinite potential. How naïve I was.It is no promised land. It is none of the things I, or my father, once hoped it might be.
The Atlas has become a lure for the ambitious. A tool for those who would shape reality to their will – and a trap for those who cannot see the cost. By the time they understand what it truly is, if they ever do, it's already begun to take hold.
It does not consume you all at once. It wears you down. Thought by thought. Layer by layer. Until you are something else entirely.
I wish I could say that I knew how to stop it. But I will find a way. I have to."
- - Aberration (Zana)
Complete the Courtyard of Wasting
Eagon Caeserius: This is it! Here, we should be able to find the memory kernel of this thread... Go well, Exile!
Complete the Courtyard of Wasting.
"
Sirus and I enjoyed a simple collegial relationship, at first... it was hard not to be impressed by him. He was the finest of the Elderslayers – the brightest mind I had ever encountered.Together, we wholly dedicated ourselves to combating the growing threat within the Atlas.
But as with all singular pursuits, we grew blind to the dangers around us. Too possessed by purpose to consider the cost – to ourselves, and to one another.
Over time, the Atlas took hold of Sirus. His transformation was not merely of flesh, but of purpose. Twisted into something... unrecognisable. Whatever existed between us, died alongside who he once was.
Perhaps it was my fault. I should have seen the signs, should have prepared him for what awaited us. I should have seen many things... now, I choose not to see. I choose not to see the decay, the distortion... the misery.
What happened to Sirus must never happen again. No more will be lost. No more pain. It is why my work with the Atlas remains not only vital, but necessary."
- - Aberration (Zana)
The Neglected Flame: You cling to life... only out of ignorance!
Defeat The Neglected Flame
Defeat The Neglected Flame.
The Neglected Flame: You... left me there Zana... centuries alone... in.. the Atlas...
Eagon Caeserius: Well done! I knew you could do it! Now... I should be able to harness the origin of this form to... ugh... No matter, step aside.
Eagon Caeserius: There we have it! Now we have the true origin of this particular thread. With this, we can track down the Originator! Let us meet back at the device!
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Loneliness
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Loneliness.
Enter the Moment of Loneliness
Enter the Moment of Loneliness.
Find the Incarnation of Neglect
Find the Incarnation of Neglect.
Eagon Caeserius: This is different.
Eagon Caeserius: My word... It is him... Father...
Zana: Look father! Isn't it beautiful?
Valdo: Not now, Zana!
Zana: Ok. Perhaps later.
Incarnation of Neglect: But later never came.
Defeat Incarnation of Neglect
Defeat Incarnation of Neglect.
Incarnation of Neglect: Madness... consumes...
Eagon Caeserius: Zana! You don't know me. But I am your-
Zana, the Originator: I do know you. Listen to me. This cannot be stopped. It must not be stopped. You should leave and do not search for me again. This... is what must be.
Eagon Caeserius: What... What just happened? Where did she go? Damn it!
"
My journey was not without faults. I see them now. Whatever I have become, whatever... I became... is now laid bare. Though I now see my errors, she is blind to me."
- - Aberration (Valdo)
Find another Memory Tear in a Tier 15+ Map
"
She... knew me? But how? I am... bewildered to say the least.We must not stop. It is not clear whether she is fully aware of what is happening. She may be confused.
We must explore more threads and find her once again."
- - Eagon Caeserius
Find another Memory Tear in a Tier 15+ Map.
Eagon Caeserius: Exile, we have yet to unravel this one!
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory
Eagon Caeserius: Success. Return to the device when you are ready.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory.
Complete the Originator's Memory of Trauma by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout
Complete the Originator's Memory of Trauma by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout.
Zana, the Originator: You must give up this pursuit. Turn back. Leave!
"
The odds against success were... beyond measure. And yet, somehow, it worked.I set the threads in motion across time and space, and intervened before the timeline that would have consumed him began to take shape.
What he remembers - what he believes... is enough. He lives, untethered to the Atlas, unburdened by what came before – or after.
It was the only way to save him. And perhaps, the only way to save us all."
- - Aberration (Zana)
Complete the Courtyard of Wasting
Eagon Caeserius: We've made it. Search for the memory kernel and I will come to you!
Complete the Courtyard of Wasting.
"
Few can claim to have as much blood on their hands as the Templars. In their thirst for power, they cared not who they trampled – whose lives were ruined, whose families were torn apart at the seams.A handful of men, and yet they commanded thousands. Thousands willing to commit horrors in the name of 'virtue'.
My own memories of the Templars are nothing short of brutal. What they did to my family... what they did to so many...
And always, behind it all, the Atlas – the great unspoken prize. They saw it not as a danger, but as a weapon. A path to dominion.
When power is given form, it invites those willing to twist it. The Templars did just that – and the scars remain, burned into the world... and into those of us who survived."
- - Aberration (Zana)
The Cardinal of Fear: Repent, and you may yet rescue yourselves...
Defeat The Cardinal of Fear
Defeat the Cardinal of Fear.
Cardinal of Fear: My time... at last...
Eagon Caeserius: Please, allow me to extract the location...
Eagon Caeserius: I have it. Now back to the map device.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Trauma
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Trauma.
Enter the Moment of Trauma
Enter the Moment of Trauma.
Find Incarnation of Fear
Find Incarnation of Fear.
Eagon Caeserius: Another memory... An innocent moment between parent and child... distorted by the chaotic nature of the Atlas...
Zana: Father, what are you doing?
Valdo: Agh, what have you done? Foolish girl!
Zana: Aah!
Incarnation of Fear: All things said, remain..
Defeat Incarnation of Fear
Defeat Incarnation of Fear.
Incarnation of Fear: Forgive me... I was not myself...
Eagon Caeserius: Zana - wait! I must speak with you. I must understand!
Zana, the Originator: There is nothing to say. You will not understand. You must not understand.
Eagon Caeserius: But... why?
Zana, the Originator: There is no other way to stop them. There is no other way to stop... him. I am sorry.
Eagon Caeserius: No. Come back! Just a little longer, please!
"
Our very existence seems bound to draw out the folly of men. Dominus, Venarius... even me. I know I've grown less kind, less attentive to Zana, because of my grief.I even became irate with her once. I fear the darkness in each of us inevitably grows and coils through our minds, as the world batters at our frail walls of ignorance and pride.
This place, these Dreamlands... if the real world is flawed, perhaps I could build a better one..."
- - Aberration (Valdo)
Find another Memory Tear in a Tier 16+ Map
"
I cannot begin to fathom what she was talking about. It is... deeply troubling. This is the closest I've ever been to my family, and yet... I feel immensely distant. We must press on. I must have answers. We must find another tear!"
- - Eagon Caeserius
Find another Memory Tear in a Tier 16+ Map.
Eagon Caeserius: Exile, we have yet to unravel this one!
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory
Eagon Caeserius: I have the coordinates.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout about the Memory.
Complete the Originator's Memory of Reverence by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout
Complete the Originator's Memory of Reverence by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout by speaking to Eagon in your Hideout.
Zana, the Originator: You refuse to listen... Or perhaps, you do not know how to hear me. I do not know which is which anymore
"
I believed I had set enough safeguards in place to prevent him from following in my footsteps. More fool I, to underestimate one such as him.That he came this far – that he reached so deep into the Atlas – perhaps it was inevitable.
A part of me cannot help but feel... proud. He overcame every obstacle I placed before him.
But there remains one barrier he must never breach.
Some truths unravel more than they reveal. Each thread he plucks in search of answers draws us nearer to disaster."
- - Aberration (Zana)
Complete the Theatre of Lies
Eagon Caeserius: Go, Exile. Locate the kernel and depose it.
Complete the Theatre of Lies.
"
Belief can elevate. It can also erase. I've seen it in men... and in those who rose to godhood.There is no greater irony in all of Wraeclast than the name Innocence – a symbol of supposed purity, used to justify untold atrocities. From the time I was a child, I saw what belief in his name could do. What it {did}. Such memories do not fade.
Faith, when unchallenged, becomes a force no less dangerous than any god. And the Atlas... is no different. It does not ask for worship. But it rewards devotion, in a twisted sense of the word. It remakes those who follow it – not into saints, but into zealots.
I need look no further than Sirus... or my father..."
- - Aberration (Zana)
The Deceitful God: Observe, divinity!
Defeat The Deceitful God
Defeat The Deceitful God.
The Deceitful God: You deny... A God?
Eagon Caeserius: That's it. We have what we need. Let us meet back at the device at once.
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Reverence
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout to open portals to the Moment of Reverence.
Enter the Moment of Reverence
Enter the Moment of Reverence.
Find the Incarnation of Dread
Find the Incarnation of Dread.
Eagon Caeserius: Significant memories for a child... But a drop in a pool of insignificance to someone grown. Everything, a matter of perspective.
Valdo: And now, we stand on the edge of a new tomorrow... A brighter future! A secure future for one and all!
Incarnation of Dread: Nothing is secure within a reality of torment.
Defeat the Incarnation of Dread
Defeat the Incarnation of Dread.
Incarnation of Fear: Her dread... shall not be erased so easily...
Eagon Caeserius: Now, I must know... What is the meaning of this?
Zana, the Originator: You will never give up, will you? I suppose I should have known.
Eagon Caeserius: The tear... It remains open! Let us speak to my sister.
"
The High Templar grows increasingly cruel with me. Venarius suspects my involvement with the secret heretics, but he misunderstands. I have never known such a bitter fury. The 'truth' about Innocence means nothing to me, and the Templars can tear each other apart for all I care. That was my wife's cause, not mine, and she paid for her courage with her life. For that, I will never forgive them."
- - Aberration (Valdo)
Enter the Memory Tear
Enter the Memory Tear.
Witness Zana and Eagon
Witness Zana and Eagon.
Eagon Caeserius: It is true that I have pursued you, relentlessly so. But it is only to know your mind. To know your brilliance... and to save you.
Zana, the Originator: There are some truths we cannot know. Some realities we cannot allow. And... Sometimes we, ourselves, cannot be saved.
Eagon Caeserius: Forgive me, but this cryptic nonsense only drives me further into despair of not knowing. Be plain with me. Tell me the truth.
Zana, the Originator: I cannot. I have suffered too long here to fail now. It has almost broken me. But I must succeed. The only way is to destroy it. It all must be destroyed.
Eagon Caeserius: 'To destroy what?
Zana, the Originator: The Atlas.
Eagon Caeserius: But... why? Let us do this together. From the outside... Why must you suffer endlessly here to achieve this?
Zana, the Originator: It has already begun. The imbalance is almost at its peak. I must remain, for I am the catalyst. Afterwards, no one can harness its power.
Eagon Caeserius: Sister, please... Let me help you.
Zana, the Originator: Enough. I am not your sister.
Eagon Caeserius: What...? What do you mean?
Zana, the Originator: You mean... much to me. More than you could ever know. And that is why, it must all be destroyed.
Eagon Caeserius: No! Wait!
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout
Speak to Eagon in your Hideout.
"
She said... she is not my sister? Then... who am I? None of this makes any sense. My life continues to be an unsolved mystery.But I must move forward. I must... aspire. We should continue our work. There must be a way to appeal to Zana to prevent her unravelling herself beyond redemption.
If we continue to disrupt these memories, perhaps we can prevent her from destroying herself.
Atlas be damned! We must save Zana!"
- - Eagon Caeserius
Quest complete - You have relived the Originator's core Memories. You can now find more Memory Tears in Tier 16+ Maps.
Completing this quest will permanently change the visual look of the Atlas of Worlds.
Version history
| Version | Changes |
|---|---|
| 3.26.0 |
|
| Mechanics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | |||||||||
| Characters and Lore | |||||||||
| Bosses |
| ||||||||
| Quests | |||||||||
| Atlas expansions | |||||||||
