The Fourth House/Script

Cindered Shadows - The Fourth House
In the Imperial year 185, the construction of Garreg Mach was completed. Saint Seiros held a sacred ritual to honor the occasion. Four saints, known as the Four Apostles, we led to a tranquil place to perform the ritual. They poured their holy essences into the Chalice of Beginnings - a gift from the goddess herself - in hopes of bringing about her second coming. Alas, the Rite of Rising failed…

Bearing the blame for the ritual’s failure, the Four Apostles left the monastery, all but vanishing from the land. The first sought the lush forest of Adrestia’s mountains. The second traversed Fódlan’s Fangs, settling on the ocean’s salted shores. The third traveled to the mountains, vanishing beneath their lofty peaks. And the fourth faded into shadow in a town untouched by day’s light. Lost to history, nothing but legend now remains of the Four Apostles, their offering to the Nabatean chalice, and the goddess who never returned.

Event: Rite of Rising
Advisory Room | Daytime (Alois enters)
 * Alois: Excuse me! Sorry to intrude!
 * Alois: Please, forgive the disruption, Lady Rhea, but I have that report you asked for.
 * Rhea: Do not worry yourself, Alois. As it happens, I am presently unoccupied. Please, go on.
 * Alois: Ah, great! I’ll just… Huh? What’s that book you’ve got there?
 * Rhea: It is a chronicle covering the 995 years since Garreg Mach Monastery’s completion.
 * Alois: Huh! Sounds like a good read!
 * Rhea: Maintaining the church’s records is one of the duties entrusted to all archbishops, myself included. This one states that Saint Seiros ordered the monastery’s construction after the end of the War of Heroes. This is a rare and valuable text. Most documents of that era have been lost to time.
 * Alois: I see, I see… Time aside, we also lost many books in that massive fire 21 years ago…
 * Rhea: Indeed. What was once well documented exists now only in this chronicle. Not least of which is the ceremony commemorating the monastery’s completion.
 * Alois: Interesting! I’ll admit, I know the year it took place but not a thing beyond that.
 * Rhea: That is to be expected, unfortunately. According to this chronicle, the Rite of Rising was held during the ceremony. The intent was to bring about the goddess’s rebirth.
 * Alois: The Rite of Rising, eh? Hm, can’t say I’ve ever heard of that one.
 * Rhea: I am not surprised. There should be countless records documenting that important ritual. Alas… Today, all we have to go on are fragments of forgotten memories and our own imaginations. One thing is clear… Their wish for the goddess’s return was most fervent. Saint Seiros held the ritual along with the Four Apostles: Noa, Chevalier, Timotheos, and Aubin. However, it did not bear fruit, as the goddess did not return to this world… So it is written.
 * Alois: I’ve never heard of the Four Apostles before. They’re different from the Four Saints, right?
 * Rhea: That is correct. Today, almost no records exist of the Four Apostles. Their names live on only in the names of their Crests, but the bloodlines bearing those tokens of the past have been lost. Any deeper knowledge of the apostles has all but disappeared from the grand stage of history.
 * Alois: Well, that’s interesting. Does that mean they’re somewhere...backstage?
 * Rhea: In a sense. It is possible that their bloodlines have carried on in secret, perhaps materializing where no one thought to look. I did not intend to indulge in such a long-winded lecture. Please, tell me your report, Alois. It concerns the underground, does it not?
 * Alois: Oh, right! It’s as you suspected. Recently, there have been several incidents in the area beneath Garreg Mach…