Quest Group: 40825749 — 15 steps

What are these statues doing here?

Very odd, indeed.
There's traces of the Ancient Stone Chamber all over the place.
Isn't this place a bit too far from the chamber?
What could possibly tie the two together?

Quest Walkthrough
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...Just as I thought! These statues are the spittin' image of the ones
back in the Ancient Stone Chamber!
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Objective What are these statues doing here?
Summary Very odd, indeed.
There's traces of the Ancient Stone Chamber all over the place.
Isn't this place a bit too far from the chamber?
What could possibly tie the two together?
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Hmm. But... something's not right.
Looks like the statue in the center's starin' off in a different direction, doesn't it?
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"Bow before the mighty King of Kabua!
This is the chronicle of Noir, the founding king."
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Let's not get ahead of ourselves—best read a bit more.
Could just be a wild coincidence, after all.
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Objective You listen to Lafi's interpretation.
Summary "The king, after slaying his own shadow, caught a glimpse
of the future's wisdom that the world would one day achieve.
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With that wisdom, he built a grand civilization,
and Kabua rose to rule the entire continent."
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Objective And this "future's wisdom" is his memory?
Summary So what we thought was a prophecy was really
just someone's memory all along...
That explains why the Cron Castle Explosion—just a single incident—
was described in such vivid detail!
Uh... wait a minute. Somethin's not addin' up here.
This doesn't match what we thought we knew.
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If Edana's second life starts earlier than the first,
they're supposed to lose their memories, right?
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Objective Maybe it has something to do with "slaying his own shadow."
Summary Good catch. I was thinking the same thing.
There's definitely a clue hidden in that part.
It sounds like it's saying he didn't have his past life's memories
right from the start.
So then... Just like any other Edana, he lost his memories,
started a second life, and then, after somethin' special happened,
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he got his memories back!
That could be our theory, eh? Hahaha!
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Objective Sounds convincing.
Summary Alright, let's hammer out what we've got so far.
When Cron Castle went up in smoke, Noir Bartali III died.
But turns out, he was an Edana all along. He started a second life
way back in the distant past, with no memory of who he was.
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Well, one thing's for sure—the scholars are gonna lose their minds over this.
Every question we had finally makes sense, doesn't it?
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Who'd have guessed we'd stumble on a secret this massive?
My beard's tinglin'! Always somethin' new—this is why I love archaeology!
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Quest Group40825749
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