Knowledge shall lead the...

[Corwin]

Correct, DvR 5

"Let's get home. I need to see if Sanzha's done with her lessons with Moore for the time being, and check up on Ianvasah's quest."

And she takes them to the Cauldron, directing her heartfelt gratitude towards Queen Morwel as she does so.

[Anastasia]

Okay, besides normal upgrades from that, what SDA are you going to take? Let me know when you know and better yet, just make a naggingpost about it.

Thus you return back.

Sanzha sits on a balcony overlooking the bustling business of the Cauldron, buying and selling going on. Creatures from across the planes gather - an ogre offers a burning dwarf a greatsword, while next to him a lillend and a courre bicker over a tiny helmet. A group of Waukeenites haggle away with what looks like an ostrich perfectly capable of speech, all over a bolt of fine cloth.

Amid it all Sanzha sits above it, sipping from a glass of wine. As you come up to her, "Have you hear about Ianvasah and Alyssa yet?" she asks, drinking after.

[Corwin]

"Not yet. Are they done with the quest?" Seira asks, getting a feel for it.

This mechanic isn't exactly clear, but I figure I can sense how my quests are going similarly to how I'd sense one of my followers acting against the faith?

[Anastasia]

Yes.

"They failed and the chakrams were lost," Sanzha says, "Far worse...Alyssa died. Ianvasah ensured her soul escaped to Shaundakul and she's been reborn as a spirit," A casual dismissal, "She'll recover from that. Ianvasah was lost to Shar and oblivion. As I understand it, Ianvasah sacrificed herself so that Alyssa could pass on and her soul fly free rather than facing eternal oblivion as well."

[Corwin]

"How!?" Seira exclaims, her divine will ensures privacy for them. "Did an avatar of Shar personally come to smite her? After trapping her?"

Do I get anything more than a sense of 'quest failed, try again later'?

[Anastasia]

You'd know what happened, yeah.

"An Eye of Shar got the better of them," Is the answer from Sanzha.

[Corwin]

"I don't know what to say," Seira tells her honestly. "Has Emily reached out to us yet?"

[Corwin]

Incidentally, Donald and Ranbar's node goals were hit~

[Anastasia]

In due time with them, letting this get top billing out of respect to the dead.

"She's hurt and upset," Is Sanzha's answer. "She has." A drink of her wine before with a glance to you, "Heroes die. She's not yet old enough to accept that, not fully. She should be thankful she got Alyssa back."

[Corwin]

"Hells, I'm hurt and upset! This is... I'm looking back and it wasn't a serious challenge. For fuck's sake, how do you want to take on Shar if you're taken out by a damned Eye? And, and... they didn't even use the fucking chakrams or pray or... anything, really. Like retreat, I don't know, am I reading this right? Alyssa's last act was to stop time, take them farther into Shar's domain and them pass out from the pain of using the Words?"

[Anastasia]

"I haven't heard the tactical details," Sanzha says evenly, "That they died shows that undoubtedly mistakes happened."

[Corwin]

"I don't shove my nose in when people are off questing," Seira says, trying to calm down. "Unless they're reaching out to me, or the quest needs my power to come to fruition. But I do get an idea of what happened if I want to look, even after the fact, and it's even worse than what I said."

She shakes her head. "This is so fucked up."

[Anastasia]

Sanzha finishes her wine in a long drink before, "I mourn Ianvasah. I have no great relationship or feelings for her, but she faces the ultimate nightmare. At least she feels nothing now."

[Corwin]

"It doesn't feel like she's facing anything anymore," Seira says sadly, a glass of strong ale appearing in her hand. She clinks it against Sanzha's empty one, and downs it in Ianvasah's memory.

[Anastasia]

Sanzha refills her glass and drinks up.

"Seira." Sanzha says at last. "If it comes to pass that I join her in that fate and you survive, do not allow me to be forgotten." Another drink before a pause and, "Also, I did visit Moore."