Exploration of the stabilized Veil remnants became the primary focus of the Twilight Council in the following months. Matt led several high-profile expeditions personally, accompanied by Viviennie, Lena, and mixed teams of Night, Twilight, and light-aligned scholars. Each site offered both danger and discovery. One particularly significant expedition took them deep into the f*******n Ruins where Matt had once collected early Codex pages. The area, once chaotic with mutated beasts, had calmed under the stabilized Veil but still held hidden chambers. Using Essence Sight at its peak, Matt detected a sealed vault beneath a collapsed ziggurat. The team cleared rubble and disabled lingering traps — combinations of ancient dark and light wards that required hybrid techniques to bypass. Inside

