9.2 Lore Spotlight: When We Saw Zereth Mortis from the Sanctum of Domination

If you've unlocked Altonian Understanding on the Cypher of the First Ones, you might have already played through the Jiro to Hero questline, started by a Maw-touched Jiro named Hanoa the Exile. This side story has a couple of interesting lore tidbits — one in particular relating to Sanctum of Domination, patch 9.1's raid.

This article contains spoilers for the 9.2 side storyline, Jiro to Hero. Familiar Location

At one point, Hanoa tells us a little about the event that led to her corruption, describing black steel chains piercing the veil to latch onto a cypher archive — ripping it out of Zereth Mortis itself. Hanoa, who was in the archive at the time, escaped — but not before the Maw magic changed her. Ever since, Devourers have been terrorizing the land, and Hanoa wonders if the two incidents are related.

Hanoa the Exile says: I will tell you what happened. I was in the cypher archive. Then the attack came. Hanoa the Exile says: Black steel chains pierced the veil. Made of the same metal you found in the cave. Hanoa the Exile says: Chains latched onto the archive. Ripped it out. Magic struck me. I escaped. Hanoa the Exile says: I felt the touch of the Maw. It spread over me. I began to feel strange. Hanoa the Exile says: I could not sense the other jiro. The Circle was gone. I was alone. Severed. Hanoa the Exile says: I returned to the Circle. They sent me away. I do not blame them. The Maw taint must not spread. Hanoa the Exile says: Here. This was the cypher archive. Now it is a scar on the land. Hanoa the Exile says: Devourers consume the magic of the land. They are unstable. Perhaps this is where they entered Zereth Mortis?

If any of this sounds familiar, it's because the Jailer pulled Korthia into the Maw

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