Orn sat at the desk in his newly allocated office within the Keepers clan hall. He thumbed through a large leather-bound tome, one of several he had stacked upon his desk, all relating to Ragnarok in one way or another. He wasn't finding much useful and most of the information he did uncover seemed speculative and contradictory. He was beginning to wonder if anyone really knew much about the Rok at all.
The going had been slow. Book research was never particularly one of his strengths. His mother could have probably poured through all of these tomes in one day but Orn had always preferred being active and outdoors as opposed to spending time in a library. At this point, the best he had been able to glean from most opinions were that travel to the Rok was difficult and hazardous, if not impossible, and that survivability upon the surface was slim to none. Orn didn't quite understand the varying theories as to why, words ranging from weave distortion to gravity compression to makou density interference, but those two facts seemed rather consistent.
It was all so frustrating. Enmach had essentially confirmed that Velentham was holding his mother there and it was starting to seem that perhaps that was a feat which could only be accomplished by something as powerful as a full Celestial wizard. Orn would love to ask more questions of Enmach but he hadn't seen her about and he was pretty sure she was avoiding him. He couldn't blame her though. He knew she hadjeopardized her position among her people by guiding him originally and he couldn't guarantee if he were able to pin her down that he wouldn't push her for even more information.
Orn was going to need help from elsewhere if he were to find his mother. He hadn't told Gilean the news about the Ragnarok. The last he had spoken to Gilean the priest looked especially troubled and Orn worried that news of such a remote captivity without a proposed solution might push him even deeper into despair. No, Orn would need someone else.
There was only one person he could think of that might be able to draw enough power to somehow make a trip to the Rok. A man who had once brought Orn back from certain death and ostensibly could tap into the very life of the planet if needed. Orn would seek out Thasmudyan, share his findings, and hope that there was some way to reach his mom.
