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Gorgek for Warlord!

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On ground, next to a couple of sacks and one wooden crate, close to a Voreth Overseer nearby, The Fires of Kel Voreth.

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Auroria

Auroria

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Gorgek for Warlord!

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[The following is written on paper that appears to have been folded many times and is damp with smelly Osun sweat. It is probably best not to wonder about where it has been, although your datachron is able to translate the strange writing.]

GORGEK FOR WARLORD!
Overseer Gorgek has a plan. Must not let any other Osun know until time is right. If they did, they would try to stop me, and Gorgek must win. Gorgek MUST succeed! Only Overseer Gorgek sees the real problems in Voreth tribe. Only Gorgek
understand the solutions the Voreth tribe needs.

Voreth make weapons. Lots of weapons! And for what? To go to war! But how many weapons do the Voreth Osun really need? Overseer Gorgek estimates Voreth Osun have twenty swords for every Osun. Ten shields. Helms, axes, clubs, we have plenty of. But what about infrastructure? What about needs of everyday Osun? Voreth Osun literally live in ruins! Is it not time to rebuild? Is it not time to focus on what makes Voreth Osun great? We can forge our own
destinies. We do not need to take it from the gods. We can be gods ourselves with the power inside Kel Voreth!

Gorgek’s plan is simple.
1. Delve into the depths of Kel Voreth.
2.Find Eldan superweapon.
3. Slay Voreth Osun warlord.
4. Gorgek in charge!

When Gorgek in charge, Voreth Osun start producing more than ever! Increase the number of slaves. Take the offworlder worms – they are puny and small, but obedient. And more arrive every day. All the slaves in the galaxy for the taking!

This
can work. It must work! I, Overseer Gorgek, must become the new warlord!

[This remainder of the document consists of a crudely drawn series of images and directives depicting the titular Osun overseer of the title turning on his fellow Osun, slaying the loyalists and supporters of the Voreth warlord, and becoming the new warlord himself. The paper is very old, however, and so it is unclear whether Overseer Gorgek was ever able to accomplish his goal.]

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Faction: Dominion

Type: Journal

Down by Ludo

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On a small, reddish crate, close to a holographic statue of Mondo Zax and General Kezrek Warbringer, in a tiny settlement, The Western Battlefront.

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Auroria

Auroria

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Down by Ludo

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“You only make one mistake,” Ludo said, his huge Chua eyes flashing with wicked glee. “You forget first rule of Chua science.”

“What is that, puny worm?” the Osun warlord growled. “Hurry your words. I want to smash you, and you bore me.”

“‘BORE you’? That huge insult! Very, very not cozmotronic. Also not smart. Because,” the Chua said, “you only make one mistake, but it big, BIG mistake!”

“Yeah, still want to smash you. What mistake?” the Osun asked.

“Never loom over an armed Chua when wearing
a stupid loincloth!” With a cackle of pure malevolent joy, Ludo pulled the trigger on the molecular destabilizer ray, blasting the Osun’s undercarriage with thousands of particles of destructive energy.

The results were immediate. The towering Osun warlord, so confident of victory moments before, screamed in shock and pain as most of his body below the waist disintegrates into raw atoms. He continued to scream as his upper torso dropped with a sickeningly wet crunch onto the smoldering remains of his
shins, driving the jagged edges of his leg bones deep into his lower abdomen. Still screaming, the grotesque creature – who now appeared to have feet growing directly out of his mangled and bleeding intestinal cavity – swung his massive, meaty arms at the quick-footed Chua. Ludo easily rolled out of the way, then brought up his molecular destabilizer ray for another blast. This one caught the warlord a glancing blow alongside his face, stripping the flesh to the bone and forcing an even less intelligible
bellow from the dying warlord that sprayed blood, spittle, and pieces of flesh into the air.

Two more shots, and the Osun was armless and still roaring in agony. With a slightly unhinged laugh, Ludo stepped back, took careful aim at the Osun’s face, and asked, “You see now, yes yes?”

“Kill me,” the Osun gasped, his strength bleeding out into the muddy soil. With half his face missing, it sounded more like “kith mith,” but Ludo was able to understand.

“Yep yep! I think you understand after all. And
good news! No one will miss stupid warlord when gone. Because Ludo going to kill your whole tribe!”

The warlord continued to beg for death, but he would have to wait. Ludo and his molecular destabilizer ray had a lot of work to do.

[The previous excerpt is taken from a presumably fictional novel about a heroic Chua warrior who goes on to single-handedly destroy an entire clan of Osun using his cozmotronic technology. The rest of the story appears to be just as relentlessly violent.]

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Faction: Dominion

Type: Journal

Deployment Orders: Operation Backburner

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On ground, next to a small wooden bench, Fallen Lancer NPC, at the Northwestern part of DREDplex: Giant Crusher compound, close to the entrance from a nearby road.

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Deployment Orders: Operation Backburner

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DEPLOYMENT ORDERS: Operation Backburner

ENEMY TERRITORY ENGAGED

Things are heatin’ up in Auroria, mercs! And I mean that literally. Maybe ya know that Thayd was built by these big bastards called Osun, and maybe ya don’t. All that’s important for ya to know is that they ain’t the only Osun on this planet. We got some real charmers over in the south end of Auroria at a place called Kel Voreth.

Yeah, I said Auroria, and I know it’s Dominion territory. But you ain’t about goin’ in there to make
friends and settle down, ya hear me? The Dommies are crawlin’ all over the place, sure, and we gotta hit ’em hard while they’re preoccupied. Yeah, the Voreth Osun are gonna help us out whether they know it or not.

Only problem? It ain’t just Osun in there. They’re diggers, those big suckers – like to mine and smith metal. And it sounds like they dug up some real trouble: fire elementals. As if that weren’t hairy enough, they got some kinda KING elemental they call the Voreth Flame. He’s parked up
there on top of the whole damned Kel Voreth structure, and it’s gonna take some real gumption to get up there and snuff him out. Maybe the Dommies’ll take care of it, but if they don’t, we might have to. I ain’t worried about savin’ the Dommies, understand, but if those fiery creeps bust outta Kel Voreth, they ain’t gonna care who ya pledge allegiance to. They’re just gonna burn this planet to cinders.

So stay cool, mercs, and stay hydrated. That’s an order.

– Stonebreaker

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Faction: Dominion

Type: Journal

Explorer Jogo’s Log

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On ground, near couple of sacks, close to stairs that lead to Kel Voreth dungeon entrance, Court of the Battlesworn.

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Explorer Jogo’s Log

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Kel Voreth Expedition Day 001
Other explorers said Explorer Jogo doomed! DOOMED! But other explorers stupid stupid. Jogo not stupid. Jogo smart! Of course Osun are big. Crazy big! But also slow. Big and slow versus smart and small? Ha! Chua win every time! Just need to make sure Jogo has full water packs, water weapons, and primal water shield! Borrowed shield from the Zax. He said it needed testing. Jogo volunteered! Now no need to worry about fire at all!

Kel Voreth Expedition Day 002
Jogo
worried about fire. Very very worried. How this happen? Jogo’s plan foolproof! Water guns, water packs, even special DRED shielding. But water pack not made of water. Water pack catch fire! Then stupid fire elementals show up. No one said anything about fire elementals! Jogo ready for Osun, but not fire elementals! Only so much water to go around! Jogo have to find hidey place. Take stock. Figure out next plan. Safe place, dark, no fire. Only little water left!

Kel Voreth Expedition Day 003
Why Jogo
ever come here? Stupid Jogo! Should not have listened to the Zax. Go to Kel Voreth, the Zax said. Test the primal water shield, he said. It’ll be fun, he said. What a bunch of vind gas! Report for you, Zax: your shield stinks! Also, fire elementals very big! Bigger than they look in the holo-stills. How Jogo supposed to know?

Kel Voreth Expedition Day 004
This getting impossible. Jogo not a rock. Jogo need water! Jogo need food. So hungry hungry. But stupid fire elementals everywhere! What to do what
to do? Only one thing to do. Jogo gotta Chua up! Stand not-very-tall and very proud! Only thing to fear is fire itself! And when Jogo back in Illium, Jogo looking up the Zax and feeding him this stupid primal water shield! Wants a test, does he? How about a test of how stupid shield generator feels when it hit you in head, Zax? HUH?

Okay Jogo. Time is now. Destiny lies ahead. Here goes nothing!

[The scorched state of the log would appear to indicate Jogo was, in fact, unsuccessful – though to be
fair, there do not appear to be any scorched Chua remains nearby. Explorer Jogo may yet survive, though this seems unlikely.]

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Faction: Dominion

Type: Journal

The Price of Defeat

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  1. On wooden crate thats stands on wooden platform, next to group of hostile creatures, just east from nearby Ore Sample that gives quest “Exanite Examination”, part- Collect Osun Ore Samples by Destroying Osun Ore Deposits, Battleblood Trench.
  2. On the edge of a small shrine, close to Ruins of Kel Voreth, dungeon entrance, Kel Voreth.
  3. On ground, close to couple of NPC quest givers like Scout Tricus and Scout Hazira, next to a pile of junk Warherald’s Way.
  4. On a book, that stands on a wooden crate, inside of a house, close to Captain Acrie quest giver, The Western Battlefront. Capatin Acrie lies on a blackish platform.
  5. On ground, inside tent that stands next to a burn out Outpost Dawn Bounty Board, Outpost Dawn. This Outpost Dawn Bounty Board gives quest “[GROUP 2+] WANTED: Outpost Annoyances”, part- Kill Deathcaw.
  6. On ground, close to wolf Skrappy, inside area that is surrounded with wire fence, Outpost Dawn.
  7. Next to a control consoles with a lowered radar, close to Tech Seeker Logistician mob, DREDplex: Giant Crusher.
  8. Inside house that has almost no furniture, next to a small ladders, Meadow Point. This house has circular foundation. It is the most Southwestern house in this area.

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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The Price of Defeat

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General Zarkuna One-Horn, Supreme Commander of the Dominion Legions, stood silently before the emperor, awaiting judgment. His trusted friend and second-in-command, Colonel Kezrek Warbringer, sat behind him in the assembled crowd.

Zarkuna One-Horn had just recounted his spectacularly embarrassing defeat at the battle of Jorigan Prime. The emperor had tasked the general with hunting down the Granok renegade Durek Stonebreaker to punish him for his crimes against the Dominion. The One-Horn had sworn that
he would do it or die trying.

Zarkuna had pursued Durek and the Destroyers to the Fringe world Jorigan Prime. Stonebreaker had retreated behind the planet, using its mass to shield his troops from the approaching Dominion forces. Zarkuna sensed that victory was near. Despite Kezrek’s vehement warnings, the general ordered a full-scale assault and led the charge in his own personal battleship.

Stonebreaker had anticipated the general’s reckless maneuver. Arriving on the far side of the planet, Zar
kuna found himself caught in a vicious ambush. More than half of his forces were destroyed in the initial attack, and the general’s ship barely escaped after being engaged and damaged by the Stonebreaker’s war frigate.

Emperor Myrcalus sat in silence, regarding Zarkuna with an unfathomable gaze. By Dominion law, Zarkuna would be stripped of his title and executed by firing squad for dishonoring the empire. Myrcalus stood, preparing to deliver the sentence.

But before he could do so, Kezrek Warbringer
rose from his seat. He turned and addressed the emperor directly, speaking in the ancient tongue of his people.

“By the old ways of Mikros, I challenge the One-Horn for command of the Legions.”

Hushed whispers filled the room. Such a challenge involved combat to the death.

“Then by the old ways it will be done,” replied Emperor Myrcalus, speaking the ancient Draken dialect as if it was his own.

Each was stripped to the waist, and given a blade forged in the fires of Mount Crucible on planet
Mikros. A space was cleared in the middle of the room. Kezrek and his commander faced one another, crouched like two feral beasts.

“Begin,” said the emperor.

The fight was terrible to behold. Their blades flashed like lightning, thrusting and counter-thrusting, and soon, both were bleeding. Teeth were bared. Claws rent flesh. They were both taken by a primal bloodlust, slaves to the savage laws that had forged Draken warriors for millennia.

During their final exchange, a thunderous strike by
Kezrek shattered Zarkuna’s blade. The One-Horn fell to his knees as the Warbringer raised his blood-soaked blade. They locked eyes for the briefest of moments.

“Thank you, my friend,” said the One-Horn. And then Kezrek cut off his head.

After the battle, General Kezrek Warbringer was decreed Supreme Commander of the Dominion Legions, and he faithfully served that role ever since. The gilded skull of the One-Horn is mounted upon his pauldrons, a grim reminder of the terrible price of defeat.

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The Price of Defeat

Faction: Dominion

No. of Collectibles required: 8

Type: Tales from Beyond the Fringe

To Serve Snoglug

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Obtainable upon successful completion of the quest Misplaced Manuscripts .

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To Serve Snoglug

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[This extensive treatise on the culinary uses of snoglugs offers a number of fascinating recipes, including…]

Ingredients

1 clove verlag
3/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup softened butter
1-1/2 tsp galeronion
1 tb finely chopped teverleaves
1/4 tsp halicorns, ground
1 tbs white wine, dry
1 snoglug, cleaned, with scent glands removed
1 loaf bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Feed snoglug on galettuce or other neutral vegetables for at least three days to purge system of possible
contaminants prior to slaughter.

Using a crowbar, remove snoglug from shell, being careful not to damage the meat. If possible, sterilize snoglug shell using industrial or culinary autoclave.

Mince/mash verlag with knife and combine with 1/8 tsp salt.

Combine butter, galeronion, minced/mashed verlag, teverleaves, remaining 1/4 tsp salt, and ground halicorns in small bowl until mixed. Beat in white wine and combine well.

Smear interior of snoglug shell with half of
butter mixture.

Stuff snoglog into shell and top with remaining butter mixture.

Place snoglug in oven and bake for 18 minutes per pound. Allow snoglug to rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!

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Faction: Exile

Type: Journal

The Exalted Wilderrun: Myth and Legend

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Obtainable upon successful completion of the quest Misplaced Manuscripts .

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Wilderrun

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The Exalted Wilderrun: Myth and Legend

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[This battered volume seems to detail the myths and legends of Wilderrun, though very little fact is established based on the tall tales between the book’s covers.

An excerpt reads…]

Wilderrun is fraught with peril, from the carnivorous plants that comb the jungle floor for unfortunate explorers, to the giant vesquettoes that can drain a man of blood in a handful of seconds. Many creatures call the sultry forest their home, and even those normally herbivorous creatures seem to crave the quivering
flesh of sentients over the bitter and oftentimes poisonous leaves of the indigenous flora.

[Another excerpt reads…]

Legends state that a number of stone statues resembling the heads of giant Granok females – only prettier – were scattered throughout Wilderrun by the members of a razortail-worshipping cult of exceptional cruelty and viciousness. All who have reported such statues have disappeared without a trace, though it is commonly assumed they were killed by cultists or enraged
monkeys…

[A final excerpt reads…]

Let us not forget the barbarous women that roam Wilderrun. Of all the jungle’s denizens, they are perhaps the most dangerous. They survive on the flesh of male sentients, refusing to dine on captured females. Female sentients who are unfortunate enough to be abducted by these cruel harridans are instead fed to their pet pumera.

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Faction: Exile

Type: Journal