Skilled in their craft, a jeweler designs and creates jewelry made from precious metals, gemstones, and other fine materials. Precision is crucial for their artistic visions to come to life. It can take years to perfect their craft. Your creations must stand the test of time, even outlasting those who wear the desing.

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You have spent your life learning about precious gemstones and the qualities they possess. You have discovered that many precious stones in other planes can be trained to hold souls. Perhaps that can happen in Ulos as well?

Watching the festival attendees enjoying themselves, you feel sorry for them. Their lives are fleeting. Your creations will last far longer then they will. And, if the rumors are true, you may be able to outlast them as well. Stories abound of Kayok the Slipperquick, an elderly Kaiika, has unlocked the magic of the stones. You hope to learn from him and use the magic on yourself, trapping your soul in a gemstone for eternity.

Getting to the Frozen Expanse will not be easy. Joining the Heroes Guild is your best opportunity. They can offer you protection while you go about your quest.

Fighting side by side with the Immortal Knight, you wonder if Azema has offered the secret of eternal life to the bearer of the Immortal Helm. You ask Imbri about it bluntly.

“No. It is the responsibility that is immortal, not any of its bearers. Ulos will forever be in need of a great hero’s protection.” - Imbri - GS-Journal-ADV1-20

In the Temple of Ulos, you take notice of the blue opals used in the statue of Shissatissk. A Kaiika pristess informs you that they contain the soul of the Leviathan that once hunted Kaiika.

The priestess offers you:

• A chance to commune with the Leviathan.
• The opportunity to receive a blessing from her.

If you choose to commune, you feel transported to dark waters. You can feel the Leviathan swimming around you. The mind of the great beast melds with your own, allowing you to sense its pain and desire to swim free.

“The magic of binding souls to stone is not kind, but it can be a just punishment.” - Priestess - Servants of Azema (GS-ADV2)

If you choose to receive a blessing, you have visions of Shissatissk. You feel strengthened from her blessing.

“The power you seek can be used for good or ill. For your own sake, be sure your intentions are pure.” - Priestess - Servants of Azema (GS-ADV2)

While Nayo is explaining the virtues of the Insectoid ichor and her own experiments, you take a moment to inspect the cavern walls. You notice a streak of pale stone. It smells of fresh grass. A clear sign that it is a yolkstone deposit.

Picking at the clay like substance, you reveal several gemstones. Nayo takes an interest in your find.

• Offer Nayo the yolkstones. The pain she feels subsides.
• Keep them for their value.

Kethra has met your party at the entrance to another plane. Your previous alliances will determine your encounter. Your discipline and studies have strengthened your mind and may very well help prepare you for the tests ahead of you.

Your party discovers a subterranean lake. You wade into the unknown waters. A gigantic frog of living crystal rises up from the water. If your party chooses to fight the creature, your knowledge of crystals may help find a weakness in its flesh.

You encounter Yuvan Rokta in a crude shelter. Having helped him previously, he asks for your guidance.

• He wants to form a Vampire nation in the wilds.
• He wishes to support the Dragul war effort.

Despite offering advice, he is not sure if he should trust you. He attempts to mentally intrude into your thoughts. Your preparation for melding your soul with a stone helps you resist is intrusions. (GS-Journal-ADV5-9 & ADV5-10)

Your party finds a Construct frozen in the wall of an ice cavern. It's chestplate is hanging open. You notice there are two empty circular slots where parts clearly have been removed.

Bending in closer, you get a clear sense of design. Studying Gulpax's Journal tells you that this is an older model that uses non-standard power sources. One spot is clearly for power and heating. The other appears to be for navigation. Perhaps if you could find those missing components, you could get the Construct operational again.