On the morning of the 4th of Suntide, 99 PRH, the party woke up for breakfast at KB&S headquarters. There were bagels. Going to the abandoned church in the Capital Outskirts, they decided to bring Loreno Estevan with them. On the way there they stopped at Blood of the Bulette, run by a tiefling named Bart. Arkorow was offered a paid apprenticeship here, and they did some shopping for herbs, potions, and poisons.
At the old abandoned temple, Devinn found a servitude choker, and rotating the angelic statue the party found a hidden room beneath the stairs. In it, there was a small crystal embedded into the floor. Ordering Alyk to touch it, Devinn found himself dragged backward through time. This had different effects on the rest: Zephyr, Mordus, and Loreno seemed to de-age before disappearing; Green Tree stayed there all the time but vanished after the transition; Arkorow disappeared but popped back into existence immediately at the end. They found themselves perhaps millennia back, the church looked restored, and in the crystal's place was a square hole leading 100 feet down with a ladder. In the room were also several corpses, most followers of Draconiz, one follower of Arepo.
One of the corpses held a diary. It detailed how they erected statues of Draconiz, his consort (Lady Eponorrath), and their son, Arepo, in hopes that these gods most closely related to the circle of life would help them - or see them safely into the beyond if they were to die from the "coming calamity". As soon as Devinn touched the ladder, Zephyr, Mordus, and Loreno popped back into existence.
Climbing down was a barren room. Remembering the verse he had heard in his dream, Devinn figured he would have to fall asleep here. Arkorow knocked him out with a crowbar. As he was knocked out, a way forward appeared in a room with a small wooden stage. Continuing the verse, Devinn told a story from his past, which caused the small wooden stage to vanish beneath him and fall 30 feet down. Climbing down, they found a long corridor with four wings on either side. Looking into the wings caused nothics to appear, repeatedly. Killing them off, the party ran for the end of the corridor while trying not to look into the wings, as per the verse.
The door at the end swung open easily.