Crystal stairs in circular pattern ascend from the top of the mandala shrine opening up the only way to go now which is up. As the light fades, you ascend the staircase which goes into the rock of the cavern above as you move to the top of the shrine.

After some vertigo inducing stair climbing you find yourselves in the bottom of a tower. A door to the outside means you can get some air and your bearings after a harrowing and dizzying experience below ground.  Drue launches on his griffon to get an over head view while Alster checks in with everyone on how they are doing. He seems out of sorts sometimes in a crisies but he is always the first to offer help and check that we are doing alright. He hands out some green minty resin and suggest we chew it to calm our nerves and lower our heart rates. Drue soon lands and tells us the falls and river that we followed to enter the passage lies to the south and the coast to the northwest. Maeka declares that we are almost certainly at the base of the volcanic Mount Zaeka. Haden, never seems to need a moment to gather herself had gone back into the tower and then come out to get us and spoke to all of us who were standing around the door to the tower. "Hey, everyone, you are gonna want to see this, come back in." The girl of light stands before you, as well as a shining gate, just like the one that transported you here from Elda Island.

"You've done well," the girl says. "The sprite's energy has restored the tower, and the island's protector is at peace for now but the imbalance continues. You have listened to Ky's message well, Maeka of Kath."

"Ky came here, to this tower," Maeka says. "What happened to her?"

"I do not know," the girl says. "My memory is not complete." She gestures to the gate. "Use this gate to continue your journey. My other two siblings need your help, the imbalance has spread to many other places as it awakens the energy of the Voek."

Maeka faces you. "I need to stay here on Karaz and I need to get back to Kath. You are my best student and represent the earth mages well. Talik you most continue on also as your powers are needed in this group. Your companions are a capable group and I am sure you have the skills you need to continue on this quest.  Ky only wanted us to live in harmony with the elements. Yet we abandoned her wisdom. We've forgotten that our powers were a gift. I must bring this knowledge back and unite our people."

She offers the memory shards to Drue. "You came here looking for answers about the Voek. Perhaps you'll find them in these."

"Thank you," Drue says. "It's time I returned home as well. It has been many days since I left Vay and I must tell them what we have learned." 

You say your goodbyes, hopeful that you will see Maeka and Drue again — and that they find what they seek. Then you step toward the light gate. What awaits you on the other side? Where will your own journey take you next?

All this talk of shrines helps you recall facts from the Tomes of Knowledge that describe everything she knew and you remember the Shrines of the Ancients. In the centre of the shrine in the Tome of Knowledge you recall a crystal flower, gold in colour but what type of flower was it. You try to remember it as that type of flower is often associated with spiritual things.  

Name the flower in Thy Quests below to move on.