Laveris, the Architect
Fool! How could you fall for their deceptive LIES! *sob* disappointing. But in the end... In the end it doesn't matter. You cannot end me.
I have a potion for you. Here! It will make you feel a lot better. We can work this out.
*gasp* NOOO! A POTION OF STASIS?! I cannot afford for things to end here! *squirms* you... VILE WRETCH!
I will have you drink this potion even if I have to force it down your throat!
NEVER! I would rather take my chances in the eternities beyond than to see all hope extinguished by your ignorance! *snarls* GOODBYE SWEET SUMMER CHILD! HAHAHA!
Damn...
You made it here! You must have figured out what is going on, right? RIGHT? You even brought the main figures of the Arkovian Hunters with you. Serving them up on a silver platter! Enabling me to get rid of these foul creatures and making sure you are present to assist us when we delve deeper into the Shattered Realms. Glorious! I am PROUD OF YOU! *sob* You are so PERFECT!
Okay. Enough with the crazy talk. Explain yourself. Otherwise, you are going down!
*frowns* NO! You lazy bum! Why did you not hunt down the WITCH! I LAID THEM OUT FOR YOU! THE BREADCRUMBS! AREN'T YOU A MORTAL BEING? DON'T YOU EAT?!?! *chuckles* Get it? It's a play on words. Breadcrumbs. You can eat breadcrumbs but it's also...
Enough! Stop talking in riddles! My patience is waning.
*chuckles* I noticed. Like I said... If you didn't lack patience, we wouldn't be having this discussion. THERE IS NO POINT! If you can't figure it out yourself, you need to EXPERIENCE IT. FEEL IT! BATHE IN IT! Otherwise, you'd lack conviction. That'd be a problem. *frowns* We can't have that now, can we.
You've been blabbering utter nonsense every time I encounter you. Why did you go here? What are you trying to do?
I HARBOR NO EVIL! I AM WHAT I AM. MY PLANS WILL GRANT SALVATION! Darkness and death... IT WAS BROUGHT UPON THIS WORLD BY MY KIN! IT LOOMS OVER US! AND WHO IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO RID THIS WORLD OF OUR SINS? BESIDES ME?! NOONE! THEY HAVE ALL BECOME COMPLACENT! THEY WON'T DARE GO TO THE LENGTHS I WOULD GO TO. Sitting around in their little hideout. *spits* FOOLS! THEY DON'T GRASP THE GRAVITY OF IT ALL! If you oppose me now... Just know... *whispers* The inevitable downfall of this world will be your fault and yours alone.
I've had enough. It's time to settle this! (Fight Laveris)
You ignorant buffoon! Keep the Lapis Portalis. Go to hunters blind and figure out the truth about the Arkovian Hunters yourself. I am convinced you WILL come around and support my efforts.
If you say so...
Meddling with my affairs... How dare you. YOU FOOL! Acting so brashly without understanding anything! If only I could stomp you into the ground... How disappointing. I am not strong enough. Yet. The entire world rides on my back! SO SHORTSIGHTED! Give it here... The Lapis Portalis! *incoherent mumbling* I am so close! Hand it over! I CAN HEAL THIS WORLD! I CAN MAKE IT PURE AGAIN!
Heal this world? I was expecting something more sinister than that.
Sinister? I am no evil being. Fate has smiled upon me and shown me how to curate this world and make it BETTER. I see so much more now. SO. MUCH. MORE. My mind has been ILLUMINATED. It is clear to me. I know the path forwards. I will find that wretched necromancer. For eons I have searched for him. Turned over every stone and investigated every single crevice and yet I was not able to find him. He must have perished at some point. IMMORTAL SORCERER?! Hah! What a joke. But I never gave up. I will find him. And if he has indeed left this world, I will search through all the infinite other realities and find another "him". AND I WILL MAKE HIM COOPERATE. *deep breath* Yes. YES! *frantically starts nodding*
What are you plotting?
I have big plans. That artifact you have STOLEN out of our stash is the key to salvation. It is... THE PATH! THE DOOR! THE GATEWAY TO AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF POSSIBILITIES! *starts breathing heavily* It is so close! All of my efforts were about to come to fruition! A lifetime's worth of... no... endless millenia of commitment... all for this moment. *stares into the void* I CAN SEE IT HAPPENING. It is so beautiful. It brings tears to my eyes. *starts sobbing* oh... So VIVID! I will make it happen. IT WILL BE REALITY!
What? What will be reality?!
MAYBE IT ALREADY IS! Not here... obviously... but out there. In the other here. In one of the other "heres". Maybe even in multiple other "heres". *chuckles* Maybe I will visit them on my way. See what went right. What went wrong. *grumble*
You have gone mad. Come with me. You need treatment before your sanity is lost forever.
Treatment for my sanity?! You think I desire to rid myself of Uroboruuk's curse? I have already walked down that path. It is a farce. There is no cure for this affliction. At least... not in this world. There are some... methods... that can delay the inevitable but they cloud the mind and stain the soul. And in the end... None of it matters. All succumb to the curse. I don't fight it anymore. I don't push back against it. I EMBRACE IT. I've never felt so GOOD. I KNOW WHAT I AM DOING. I KNOW WHAT I AM. I KNOW. *chuckles*
There must be a more reasonable path forwards.
*gasps* I UNDERSTAND NOW! You are collaborating with the Arkovian Hunters. You want to bring me back! Fool. They don't know. They don't see what I see. They are forsaken. YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME? You might find some clues about their true nature in that witch's journal about them. Go investigate and see them for what they REALLY ARE! Or go talk to them in Hunter's blind. Poke and prod them about their intentions. *pause* Hunter's BLIND. *chuckles* Oh how FITTING! *hysterical laughter*
What are you going on about? That doesn't make any sense.
Just trust me. Work together with me. You've been fooled by those plotting and scheming people. How did you meet them? Wasn't it rather convenient? *chuckles*
I am not convinced.
Ha! Ignorant buffoon. Fine. You know what. Keep the Lapis Portalis. Humor me. Go back to them and figure it out yourself. Once you have seen the truth, I am sure you will support my efforts. We will meet again.
Sure...
Sure...

Tell me about this witch and her journal.
Ha! Yes! There was one brave soul that managed to infiltrate their darkest secrets. Last I saw her she was lurking around in the Ugdenbog. In that wretched swamp! GROSS! I presume she was seeking out her kin.
I might look into it, if I pass by that area... I still don't really believe any of this though.

Are you ok? You seem a bit distraught.
*exhales* BETTER THAN EVER! I see so much more now. SO. MUCH. MORE. My mind has been ILLUMINATED. It is clear to me. I know the path forwards. I will find that wretched necromancer. For eons I have searched for him. Turned over every stone and investigated every single crevice and yet I was not able to find him. He must have perished at some point. IMMORTAL SORCERER?! Hah! What a joke. But I never gave up. I will find him. And if he has indeed left this world, I will search through all the infinite other realities and find another "him". AND I WILL MAKE HIM COOPERATE. *deep breath* yes. YES! *frantically starts nodding*
