Burrowing ahead

[Corwin]

"Excellent! That saves me the time to subtly ask for your help with that~"

[Anastasia]

A laugh from Garl, warm and inviting like a hearthfire. "It's good to see you again," he says, "I am serious though, I need resources."

With an understanding smile, "So are you calling in favors?"

"All of them," Is Garl's answer, "Everything I'm owed, and anything you think would be useful."

[Corwin]

"I also imagine that you'd know of gnomes that squirreled themselves away in the past," Seira tells Waukeen. "Moore came across one in Arcadia, and I've met one on the Infinite Stairway, but your traders would likely know far more names and could help spread the word." She glances over at Garl, adding, "If I'm not stepping on your toes with this request?"

[Anastasia]

"That was going to be one," Garl agrees. "No harm done, Seira.'

"Oh, I'll include that," Waukeen seconds.

[Corwin]

"Thanks! So how about I take you on a tour of the grounds?"

[Anastasia]

With that the three of you...

Okay then, next move?

[Corwin]

I'm going to show them the realm, then I want to try resurrecting people from the memorial with Garl.

[Anastasia]

It's not hard to go there, the Memorial as solemn as ever.

Garl goes to it, looks over the first of many, many names without comment, silent.

[Corwin]

"The amount is daunting, once you understand the scale," Seira voices, hand placed on the Memorial. "Even as a goddess of knowledge using powerful magic, I still can't pull even the names alone into my conscious mind. But if there's anything I learned while working with elementals and creating more on demand it's patience for routine tasks. And I intend to have three avatars working here on shifts, for a twenty four-seven task of asking those lost to return. Perhaps we'll find a better solution along the way, or maybe once you've regained much of your power that would happen, but for now everyone we bring back is another set of hands towards restoring Bytopia, and another victory against loss."

[Anastasia]

"Most won't want to come back," Is Garl's answer as he lays a hand on her Memorial as well. "They are whole as part of a greater being now. Others may be unable, and others I will not disturb. Have you ever brought a spirit back from a situation like this, Seira?"

[Corwin]

"Not counting you?" she asks with a wry smile. "Yes. You've met her, actually. It's Kascha. Her entire people were massacred by a tarrasque, and she's merged with Arborea by the time I called her back. Yet I felt that she had unfinished business, and so I called her back after I came across that civilization's resting place. Kascha... in these two decades and change, she's had time to be a key member of the Aurora crusade and helped free two Primes that fell into Hell's grasp, and now she's ascended to spread even more good. I've brought back other people in complicated situations, too, and where it comes to death I always like to offer a second chance."

[Anastasia]

"She returned?" A note of surprise in Garl's voice, before, "She had a leg up from the beginning, then."

[Corwin]

"I believe that exceptional people will rise up to the challenge. But I also believe that sometimes, we must challenge them in the first place in order for them to rise to the occasion. So if there is anything you could think of for me to do to raise my chances even a bit...."

She's a native of Bytopia, and a good person besides. Souls she calls out to will know these things, so that alone should be enough, but Garl's active assistance could truly make the difference between just enough and exceptional outcomes!

[Anastasia]

"My presence will be the greatest aid you could have," Garl Glittergold explains, "But the odds are often steep. We should begin."

Go ahead and describe your general approach here.

[Corwin]

The first contact will be made by her true self, just to establish a proper connection to the Memorial. As her hand remains on it, Seira tries to read information much like Marie had before. Except instead of relying on the Bibliotheca spell directly, she establishes a filter for it with her divine will, searching for names that evoke the strongest feelings in her. Determination to live, unfinished business in this world... it might be vague, but Seira understands such things well, and waits to see what resonates with her approach.

Even if the list of names is infinite, I don't believe the list of people who felt the strongest about their lives beind cut short by the Fairest Star in that massacre would be infinite. Therefore, let's use Bibliotheca Arcana but also rely on my domain of Knowledge to create this filter and whittle down the names to a more manageable list. Time and War, too, would be useful in getting a picture of who they all were, and how well they would resonate with my plea to return. And finally, this is what Hope is, especially paired with my portfolio where countering death is rather prominent, going by past actions and successes alike.