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The sounds of footsteps echoing through the western passageway preceded the sight of a faint glow coming from further down, towards the rest of the old temple proper that stood below the Patronus base so far overhead. Making her way down the stone hall was a slight figure, a girl with white hair and pallid skin. An ethereal glow filled the air around her, and her elegant robe-like dress seemed to glide upon the air, unhindered by gravity.

Aiedai stepped out into the room, casting her eyes across those assembled with a mixture of curiosity and wariness. "We had thought we sensed presences here." she said, her words reverberating oddly, as though spoken by a small chorus of voices as opposed to a single girl. "For what reason do you step upon this sacred ground unannounced, strangers? You walk the hallowed halls of a temple dedicated to old gods. The Patronus watch this place, as surely as we watch our own temple above. It was the site of a battle which reforged our order, and the death place of the Lady Taima, Champion of our order, now ascended to the heavens as something greater still."

The pale but beautiful girl gestured with a hand, back down the passage "Should you have required shelter, our temple above is open to all. There your wounds can be tended, and more suitable accommodation found. We are uncertain how you reached this chamber without passing through to begin with. We request that you proceed upwards, and leave this place undisturbed."