Our three-year defense plan adapted to suit the new piece of information Morwyn had uncovered. Her covert operation began with a carefully crafted cover story, complete with carefully aged parchments and specific questions regarding the history of monastic orders and magic in and near Grimholt. Her mission was to track down any living scholar who could provide any information on the Vigil. In the mean time, Torian and I would continue our defense planning of the Nexus Chamber. We conducted thorough searches for any plants in the Shadowkeep that Kaelen might’ve installed during his time overseeing maintenance contracts. My magical training accelerated as well. Knowing the end would come from internal betrayal, I focused on learning how to isolate and magically lock down the Nexus core. I

