GM's Note:
The first part below was Act One's original Past Events prologue for players; I've left it intact as it is for flavor. After that is a summary of events of what happened up to Session 250. After that I summarize very quickly what happened after 250. For those looking for that, here is a tab of events:
The current year is 2389 AJ - 'After Judgement'. Not much is known what happened more than two thousand years ago outside what legends have been passed down in each of the kingdoms - as all historical records from the previous era have been destroyed. It was said that once the people on Tareh were as one, the land united together with no bodies of water to separate the various kingdoms. United as one people, man's greatness rivaled that of the gods who had made Tareh many thousands of years ago - and that they turned their back on the gods and thought of themselves as 'god'.
The gods were not pleased with man's arrogance - after all, the gods made the planet Tareh from their own bodies. It was said the planet was the heart of the gods, ever beating and providing man with furtile grounds to live on. That Tareh's two moons, one black and one silver, came from the blood of the gods and demons. Legend had it the silver moon came from the fresh blood of the gods, silver and beautiful, while the black moon came from the blood of demons - the silver reminding the people of the beauty of the gods and the black moon reminding them of creatures who were not favored by the gods. It was said that if man ever turned their back on the gods, then the demons would return to the planet to punish man. And so it came to be, 2389 years ago.
In the pinnacle of man's arrogance, the gods passed judgement. Man had turned his back on the old ways and created devices without soul and powered without magic. They spit in the face of the gods. And so the gods returned and destroyed the two moons - the reminder of their goodness, and the black moon of the demons - the black pieces rained down on the planet and broke up the land into separate bodies, so that man could never be united as one again - and monsters roamed the plains, forcing man to seek shelter in tiny villages. And the silver moon, broken into hundreds of pieces, orbited the planet in the sky, a reminder to man of what he had lost. It is said another planet appeared during these events - a red planet, that can only be reached if man could somehow get high enough into the sky to use the broken silver moon as passage. And that the gods remain on this planet, ever watching man.
Following this judgement from the gods, they took a more active role in man's life, so that he could not repeat the mistakes of the past. There are twelve gods - there is Gartareh, of which the planet is named after, and the leader of all the gods. It is said it is his heart that makes the planet Tareh beat, and when he is angered, the planet rumbles with his displeasure. His wife, DiMantha, is the goddess of firtility - all mothers pray to her for healthy babies. The other ten gods and goddesses are their children - Amazo, the god of war; Yeger, the god of death; Lenneth, the goddess of heroes; Harbinger, the god of the future and thing to come; Pariah, the god of outcasts and those misunderstood; Angelus, the god of saints and those who are devoted to the church; Manus Dei, the goddess of art; Autumn, the goddess of fall and the harvest; Solstice, the god of the winter and trials; and finally Phoen, the god of spring, summer, and rebirth.
The gods are said to look like humans, by the accounts of those who have seen them, and their statues; they are taller than man, ranging from unnatural heights of 7 feet to even 8, and are said to have wings. Their blood is not red, but the color of purity. Their strength is said to be greater than any man's or elves'. And they control magic, an art said to have been lost to man after the judgement.
The gods then met with the leaders of the kingdoms to pass on rules and judgements that they must follow, and it is said that Angelus himself oversaw the creation of The Church, which teaches the people about the gods and and ensures that no heretics ever rise up again amongst man. The Church was established in all kingdoms and nations and it has become it's own organization that not even the kings of each kingdom can touch; their primary base is on the island of Islen. In addition to The Church being present in all kingdoms and nations, each kingdom as time went on, as well as villages, would adopt one of their gods as their patron.
The language of the past was forgotten, changed by the gods, so that no man could ever find ancient texts of their ancestors who would rebel against the gods and attempt the same thing. Any man who found blasphemous text and attempted to translate it, would be killed.
The Prophecy:
After the devastating judgement by the 12 gods and the kingdoms were just in their infancies of rebuilding, Harbinger brought to each kingdom a prophecy that must be upheld, less they risk angering the gods again. The kingdom that failed to respond to the prophecy would be wiped from the planet as if it were never there.
The prophecy stated that one day a demon in the guise of a fallen angel would fall from the sky and bring with it changes that would lead man to it's destruction. It is said the demon would have blonde hair and a pure blue eye and one gray eye, that hid it's evil intentions, and that it could read the ancient texts of the men who tried to rebel against the gods. It would seek to form a party of followers, and with those followers, would seek out the gems of power; once it had all of the gems, it would subjugate the planet and make man it's slaves.
It is said the demonic angel would appear in a time of turmoil and use it to bring about it's intentions. The kingdom that manages to eliminate the demon, or bring it before the gods, would receive the gods' blessings and would have many hundreds of years of prosperity.
The Two Thousand Years That Followed:
The next thousand years were known as New Golden Age, 1 AJ - 1000 AJ, as man no longer had ambitions against the gods and sought only to live in relative peace. The Gods kept a close watch on man during these years, and it was said that out of Gartareh's children, most of them lived in the castles of the new forming kingdoms so that they could dictate law to the kings. The major kingdoms that arose during these thousands years were the early forms of the current kingdoms: Navarro, Nuege, Matias, and Sinai. The Church, which rose into influence during these years, was especially guided by the gods, and a fifth 'kingdom' was formed specifically by Gartareh's orders on an island to the far east. The Empire. It was the only place where known relics of the past were known to be found, and is the heart of The Church and where the gods blessings are most noteable. The Empire's natural defenses made it perfect as well, as it was surrounded completely by large mountain ranges.
Various other villages and areas remained isolated due to the waters that now separated the lands, but the four major kingdoms would slowly expand in their areas and armies would be formed to protect the people from the monster threat that loomed after the release of the demons. The first thousand years each kingdom focused on their own defense against the monsters and creatures that roamed the lands; villages joined the growing kingdoms with literal arguement in the lieu of defenses that could protect them.
The elves, humans with long ears and long lifespans, were the only race that seemed to keep their ablities following the judgement of the gods; their ability to manipulate nature made them highly sought after commodites by the humans, and since humans out populated the elves 20 to 1, the elves stood little chance of resistance against the growing kingdoms and the monster threat. The gods did nothing to protect the elves from this - and it is said by The Church the gods desired humans to make slaves of the elves. Humans mated with elves during this period to make half-elves, in the hopes of attaining their abilities and longjevity. They were treated, as best, as second-class citizens, at the orders of the gods, and despired by the elves who felt raped by man. Many half-elves ended up gowing insane, however, and saw the birth of half-elves was widely controlled; mostly only royals and nobles were allowed a half-elf.
Things began to change, however, over the next thousand years.
As the monsters were slowly controlled enough to keep to the plains and forests outside the main villages and cities of the various kingdoms, humans began to turn their attention toward one another's kingdoms for resources. Navarro and Nuege, being the closest together of most kingdoms - as they are each on the same continent, entered their first war in 1213 AJ. It is said by both sides the other began the war, which would be waged over the next 50 years before Navarro subjugated Nuege. For the next few hundred years, boats were perfected, and soon kingdoms began to trade with one anothe across the waters - but this also led to more conflict.
Matias on the south land mass from Navarro attacked Navarro in 1588 AJ, and a land/sea battle was aged, which continued for the next 30 years. During this, Nuege broke free of the shackles of Navarro and became independent again, joining Matias in their fights against Navarro. Despite all odds, and because Navarro was favored by Amazo, they held out, and in 1618 AJ, Navarro forced Nuege and Matias into a truce.
During this time period, Sinai, mostly left alone due to it's location to the east of the other three kingdoms, grew in prosperity as well and from 1530 AJ through 1760 AJ, they attempted to control the seas and islands nearby. During this period, they even controlled a good chunk of the 'Wastes', a territory of land without much life to their east. It was Sinai's own personal golden era during these years. However, in 1765 AJ, they began to enter sea skirmishes with Navarro, who's fleet had rebuilt since their last war, and they slowly chipped at Sinai's resources. This unoffical war was fought only at sea until 1830 AJ, when the islands to the east declared their own separate independence - they managed this by turning to The Church for help and offering the northern island, Islen, as the offical home to The Church. Once Islen became the church's base of influence, no other kingdom dared attacked, and the other three islands joined the fourth in a collation of islands known as the Island Nations in 1831 AJ.
Skirmishes and battles would continue for the next 500 years. Navarro and Nuege would conflict many times, usually ending in draws or truces. By the time 2000 AJ came along, man remained firmly divided and no truces amongst kingdoms. The only place that never became involved in any wars during this period was The Empire, which remained mysterious - it never even allowed trade to be conducted.
During these many conflicts, the elves managed to break free of their shackles and gathered in one place in the Kingdom of Navarro, a place that was said to be their ancestral home inside a thick forest. They came to an agreement with the current king at that time - they would remain isolated in the forest and not join any other kingdoms; and if Navarro needed their aid, they would dispatch a small number of elves to aid them. The agreement also stated no humans were allowed in the forest and in turn elves would stay out of the cities. This rule has been broken on occassion, even up to recent history, as half-elves, however rare, would be born occassionally. They are completely shunned by the elves, however, and are not allowed in the forests, due to the stigma of the rape of the elves that occurred centuries before. Humans are more open to half-elves, but there is racism toward them, even today.
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Part I, Act I: (Session 13-60):
The Angel arrived outside the capital of Navarro during the annual tournament. Without memory of herself or her past, and only having a thin strip of metal with symbols on it, some ruined, she read it outloud as "Jean Al'ryl" and so the group, led by Valen at the time, called her Jean. However, chaos began to break lose as some of the team, once part of the Church organization, had to decide what to do about their alliegances upon seeing that Jean the Angel was harmless and kind, and not the proposed killer of the world.
Amazo, the God of War, attacked the capital of Navarro, searching for them, and so the group of heroes fled from the city and began to trek across the Navarro landscape toward the north - toward the King of Nuege. The journey was lond and periless and they came across many traps and incidents. The team was put to the test during this journey and began to see that the Church was not as benevalent as once believed.
Things came to a head when another proclaimed god, Harbinger, attacked them in the north of Navarro before the Nuege border, when they found an ancient temple with a green like gem. The angel was drawn to it and took the gem, and the group was attacked by Harbinger. They began to learn the god of the prophecy and the future was tracking their movements, and he chased them into Nuege.
Along the way, they found a town of people suffering from some unknown illness, and that it began to occur around the time of the Angel's arrival. Thomas, a higher up in the church who was aiding the team while trying to decide for himself if the Angel was truly evil, said that there was a prophecy linking the angel to this incident, and that there were several more: that people would fall ill from the angel' arrival, that the angel's arrival would cause man to fight man, and that a group of people would sink into the earth. This was known as the 3 'Beginning' Prophecies of the Angel's Arrival. During the city, Valen was apparantly killed when they tried to find the source of the plague. Discovering a white object that looked to be part of something bigger, and another Anima, the group sealed away the ruins leaking the plague and escaped Harbinger again.
Once in the capital of Nuege, they met with the Prince there, who agreed to give aid to the Angel for help in killing his corrupt father, the King. The King was taking elves and halflings and experimenting cruelly on them to find ways to take their magic and abilities for humans to use. The group agreed and killed the King, allowing the Prince to rise to the position. As agreed, the new King let them continue on their way and gave them a ship to use to travel to an island where ruins were at.
There, they lost another teammate, but discovered a set of ruins and another red gem. There, they learned the Harbinger that had been attacking them was merely a vessel and that it was one of the 4 God Generals that the Arch Bishop used to conduct affairs. They managed to beat the derranged God General, but the entire city of Kar above the ruins collapsed into the ground and hundreds were killed. They also learned, upon using a stone to teleport back to Navarro, that Nuege was waging war against Navarro once more. The three prophecies were fulfilled.
In Navarro once more, they were captured by the God Lenneth and an apparantly alive Valen, who took Jean prisoner and had Zeal aid in her teaching while giving Valen his sister, Rachael, to stay in their father's mansion. While the others were free to go but got caught in the crossfire and sent to the prison island of Soniere. There, the team met new people and escaped the prison, unleashing the prisoners and fulfilling the next prophecy that said the angel's followers would unleash evil men upon the world. Returning to Navarro, they managed to beat Lenneth and collar her, then had their elf comrade, Nephilim, teleport them on the stone to Matias.
The stone in Matias set them all off in the jungle of Matias, where Rachael now leads them to her hometown. Jean, the Angel, while she seems fine, had been collared and her thoughts repressed by the church for over a week. The psychological affects have yet to be seen on her, or her split personality. And Thomas so far seems reluctant to mention the next prophecy of the Angel. For now, the team recovers from the battle with the gods, and having a captured Lenneth, who as long as she's collared, has no memory of her true self.
Act I, Part II (Session 76-124):
Traveling through the jungle of Matias and visiting Rachael and Valen's home village in the trees, the group learns that Aschae freed Lenneth from her collar and she remembered everything, but decided to remain with them to discover the truth about the angel for herself despite it. She wears the collar simply to shield herself from Gartareh's sight. Discovering a group of elves hidden in the jungle, they speak as if they know about Jean, speaking with the Angel privately and giving her some clues the others are not privy to hear. Afterwards, they travel down to the capital where Thomas speaks with the Bishop there, a younger man who believes will give them the benefit of the doubt as they are old friends. The Bishop listens and gives them what books he has and information, and allows them safe passage as they begin to sail across the sea on a ship they rent out. There they meet new people, including Sia Mason who joins them and becomes infatuated with the Angel.
However, a plague hits the ship on the open seas so Lenneth and Aschae, now lovers, bring down the goddess Phoen to heal the plague. It works, with Phoen curious as to what Lenneth is doing when Amazo, tracking Phoen's location, attacks the ship and destroys it, splitting the group up as they are lost at sea. One group lands up on an island where they meet Gemane and the Azuha, a group of fox people, who take them in and teach them a few things. Gemane, being 400 years old, has much to tell them and when she learns that Jean is the angel, and that sometimes Jean shows fox ears and tail, tells them they should meet El as soon as possible. She brings them to a Light stone and they use it to go to the church's HQ; the other group travels through Sinai with Lady Nicci's aid and travels to Zeal's village, where she and Kaelan have to protect Oas from a demon invasion that nearly kills them all. While the one group battles the gods on the main church island, they manage to destroy Solistice and capture his weapon, an elf with white hair and incredible power, who once freed, has no memory of her past. Lenneth, force to stay behind to destroy the Light Stone lest it be used against them, is lost to the team as they escape, much to Aschae's anguish. Slowly the teams reunite in the Sinai desert capital and find Lenneth once more, being controlled by Angelus and Harbinger. Nephilim manages to kill Harbinger and Angelus is forced to retreat along with his daughter, whom he claims was born from Jean's raped mother to take Jean's power once Jean was dead. Lenneth, feed, joins the group once more and the angel plans out where to go next. During all this, the thief guild begun by Nephilim years ago in Sinai joins forces with them, with Ruun being an apprentice to Nephilim when she was younger. Leruste joins the team and quickly begins to fall in love with Rachael.
Deciding to split the group up once more to get the remaining gems that is constantly drawing her, the angel sends Zeal's group to the north toward the Wastes, and marches her team down to the port city of Sinai where she has Sia build a boat. Once the boat is built, the Angel has them place a Light Stone on the ship so they can use it as a base of operations, then she begins to sail to the west to get the gem she feels there.
Act I, Part III (Session 138-200):
Braving the Wastes, Zeal's group heads through hellish monsters, cold, opressive snow and the emotional turmiol of the past in order to try and reach their goal, and the rune. Kaelan encounters people from her past and ultimately winds up hurting them in order to preserve the group, and over the journey learns much about her past, that her mother was assasinated by the Church, not the Empire, and that Rose was her killer. Instead of a rivalry, a bond forms between the two when Kaelan forgives her for things she couldn't do, and learns the secret of her past, a place called Kit'suun. They see the past, they see the future, getting to know Tanan, a monk they find on their journey and he learning of his own self-imposed life by saving himself in the past.
Emerging from the caves and ice paths down far below, guided by a man named Leon McTreggor, the group finally finds their rune in the deep wastes, and the Empire with them. All this time, the Angel has taken her people to the Island Nations, where they fall under the trickery of Manus Dei and must fight against time and shattered memories in order to save Jean's life. While a small force is left to deal with a mind controlled Jean, Sia is left to rescue the various people of the Hope who are captured by the Church when Manus Dei attacked, while mostly successful, her efforts have a cost, the lives of Faile, Azhren and Seraphim as the group is forced to leave them behind fleeing an army of Templars and God-Generals. The event is pasted into the sky by Manus Dei, altered to make them all look like murderers and villains, Sia's face the most prominent, her hopes of a future outside the Angel's destiny taken away.
Clashing in the ruins under the city of Kels, the group that originally went with Anne converges together. Autumn, whom they had previously captured, and Sia released, meets them there and takes an Anima from the ruins, the team choosing to let her go rather then fight for it. They then encounter Manus Dei, and she sets the Angel upon them, having to kill Jean and bring her back to life in order to free her from Manus Dei's grips. On their escape, Seth encounters his sister, ressurected and corrupted, driven to kill the group, and Parita is nearly killed declaring Seth her family and trying to help him. The group barely survives, Lenneth ultimately destroying the Light Stone they use to escape. They then head to Islen, a group teleporting to the Wastes to find and retrieve the others. It's here that all hell breaks loose.
Freeing the Lightning Stone from an Imperial General, the group finds their only real way out of the wastes is through the port city, controlled by the Empire. When they arrive, Amazo shows up and attacks the city, buying them a chance to steal an Imperial ship. In the struggle, they learn that Valen is a Church spy and Nephilim is the one who ultimately has to execute him. Their Mar'kus friend attempts to fight Amazo on his own and also dies. Boarding a ship, the group gets out and onto the sea, heading towards the Empire, where they learn of their interesting technology, losing McTreggor along the way. There they encounter the Emporer and Nephilim manages to steal the Dark Rune from him. Barely escaping with their lives, the group teleports off the ship and back to the Hope, skin barely on their bones.
With the Lightning and Dark Runes aquired, all that's left is the one Manus Dei got away with, the Holy Rune, and the group as a united front rides to Islen to attempt to take it. Meeting Revi and Crimson during their efforts, the group gains new team members before the Holy Rune is turned on them, and the group is forced to flee from the city. Half the group follows Anne, the other half follows Lenneth. Lenneth takes a ship from the city and heads to the Empire, inadvertently recruiting God General Cersei on the way and stealing the Book of Prophecy. As they head to the Empire, and as the group on the Hope heads towards their own goals, they encounter new ruins and a device activates, splitting the Angel into two, Anne and Jean, and bringing Jean to Lenneth's group. Those following Anne manage to cause the Empire a great deal of trouble by destroying the only exit and entrance into the Imperial Port, stemming an invasion, while those with Anne head into Nuege and broker a partnership with Arcane. Here, Kaelan learns a secret about Mercy and vows herself loyal to Nuege.
As the people sailing from the Empire make their way to join back up with the others, sailing towards the Great Barrier, Anne heads south to fight of the Navarran armies. Those with Lenneth find another island and it turns out to be a trap for Jean, Angelus showing up. After a terrible battle, the crew basrely escapes, and Cersei is lost to them, Tanan dies holding Angelus in his own trap, killing himself, but taking Angelus with him, killing a third God. The crew then heads through the barrier, barely making it to the other side, where they are assaulted by a terrible storm. Pariah shows up to take the refugees they rescued, and presumably the book of Prophecy, before they are shipwrecked. Anne's group heads southwards, Charles killed in an ambush, but revived by Sia, and Sia makes friends with the assassin, Mew, a cat creature like Haru. They travel further southwards.
Once back on the Hope, Jean's team splits, several going with her to try and clear out Soniere Prison, where they find themselves in a trap set by Manus Dei, ultimately getting free thanks to the help of a man named Jonathan Morrowind, who they freed. While Anne's group fights through the borders and heads further south, sneaking into Navarro and nearly getting caught outside one city. Aschae leads a group into Navarro. Here the Royal Family winds up slaughtered at Aschae's hands when a prince attempts to molest Lilica, and the surviving Princess is taken in by the Church, giving Navarro to them in power. The group learns of the plot for the clergy to also seize Nuege and Lightstones in there, winding up challenging the entire castle and attempting to get a warning out to the warring King Arcane. Arcane is killed, and during the struggle to take the castle and church, Parita is accidentally killed and El sacrifices herself to help beat back Amazo.
With a bittersweet victory, the team returns to the Hope to bring Mercy back to the castle, learning that Mercy is in fact Arcane's sister, and the true Queen of Nuege. Seth, who poses as Kyle, who also died in the effort, helps them secure power. Jean's team heads back to the Hope and begins the last legs of their journey as Anne's group evades Amazo and heads into fields, fighting off a wild fire and meeting up with Autumn, who helps Kaelan get to Nuege to join and protect Mercy. Anne begins her last stage of her journey as hers and Jean's group converge on the Elven Forest in Navarro. Here they mount a giant effort, the whole team unite, and fight their way through an army of Templars, Amazo, and DiMantha to get into the forest, losing Cersei and Rin in the final push. Once inside they get to the Elven Village and learn that the Elves sent Nephilim out long ago to bring the Angel to them. They direct her to a sacred place.
Drilling into a hidden mountain in the forest, they uncover and ancient ship and the AI inside it, CHIP, informs them that they stand on the PAX, buried for 2450 years, and they are a little late. As they learn about the plans set forth by Angela Bennet after Earth was destroyed by beings called The Others, those now posing as Gods, they also learn that Jean is Lorelei Mizukaze, and Anne is Lemon Mizukaze, the two sent into the future to find what they need, the Runes, to go back into the past in a complicated effort to tell the now long forgotten heroes of Prime how to stop the Others. Faced with the possibility that going back in time will destroy the Tareh of this time, they now understand the true meaning of the prophecy, and Thomas stabs Anne through the back with a Templar sword, choosing to end it here.
The group, stunned, watch Anne, or Lemon, die before their eyes.
Part I, Interlude I (211-217, 222-225):
Following an entirely new group, who believes they are following the angel, they begin to trek across Matias in the search of what they believe is the key to saving Tareh in destroying a false angel. However, as things begin to unravel, they learn the false angel is Nephilim, and they are being used by Manus Dei. Meeting Autumn, who now has Zeal and Thomas with them following the incident in 200, they switch sides and decide to fight back - but first they try to learn who they are following. Diving into her mind and past, they learn she is really Aurica, the sister to Jean, and they are mostly criminals she saved and changed their memories under Dei's influence. Together, they band together to stand up to battle Dei, in an epic battle where they fall one by one as they each her and learn she plans to destroy 1/3rd of the continent to lure Jean to her, using Aurica as bait.
During all this, following the incident of 200, the group quietly splits into two groups, one moving out to learn how to defeat the Empire, the other preparing to get the Holy Gem from the Arch Bishop. Both groups work together in their respective things when they learn of Dei's plan and Jean returns to battle her, saving her sister barely and running Dei off. There, she is reunited with Umi, who is likely Pupumi from her past. Though Aurica is sad to part with her, she does so and Jean gains a cute celestial dog teenager.
Part I, Act IV (226-250):
Both groups continue their tough quests across Tareh, with Jean's group managing to get the Holy Rune through great loss - like thinking Narok is dead briefly before he mysteriously returns, killing the arch bishop and encountering a strange blonde woman who might be her mother due to how much she looks like her in the glittering before they are sent back down to Tareh, and Gemane (with Anne inside her) fighting to try to stop the Emperor of the Imperials inside the flying tiny ship Ulieah AI. Suffering heavy losses, as they travel across the landscapes, with the Emperor gaining an ancient ship of darkness with tendrils of black, and Umi leaving Jean and going back to Aurica after saying that Jean doesn't love her, the world seems to teeter closer and closer toward darkness.
Finally, it all comes to a head in Meis Forest, after Manus Dei is killed, Pariah dies, and Navarro falls back into the hands of Queen Anora after they kill the Bishop there. Once inside the ship, they learn Jean is not Jean after all, but a girl, who CHIP called Subject 30 after 29 other failed subjects, that he injected with Lorelei's essence after Lorelei never returned after being vaporized so long ago, and that each time they raised her mark, they brought her one step closer to completition. With them waking up the red haired girl with the runes, who appears to be a red haired Azuha that looks a bit like Miyuki and Isis and has the time portal open, he plans top brain wash them all to rewrite time to save the universe as he sees fit - the AI apparantly having gone insane after so long. The group rebels and manages to shut off CHIP before he can use Jean to do it, but not before he opens he uses the time portal to suck them through time and realities itself in revenge, leaving the time portal open with Autumn there alone.
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Part I, Act V (251-285) - Super Short Summary:
Thrown in to the past and other realities, Jean's team teamed up with the Prime team, and together they learned what happened by making a time bubble to see the timeline if nothing had changed. After witnessing everything, the two groups worked together to make sure each would change things on their end and make sure the time portal would remain open. Returning to their time, Jean's team made sure to wrap up things on their end, while Aschae reached level 10 with Lorelei inside Jean. Once making the pact, the two agreed to die together to change Tareh to see a world they wanted, and for Lorelei to protect the time gate forever to make sure the past could never be hurt. During all this, Angelus from the past managed to sneak through into their future timeline.
In the end, they fought the gods, with help from some people from the past like Miyuki, who woke Ama who was alive in their time period, and who also saved Chieko in their time period and brought her back in time with her after the battle was over. Defeating all the gods, they learned the truth about Gartareh's origins and that he was born when the Prime team destroyed the famfrit blackholes with experimental dark matter technology while fighting the Others, and that he was born from it - like a newborn child in the past, the Prime team there has to decide what to do with him.
Caught in a time pull, Jean's team was sucked into a time vortex while Lorelei and Aschae died casting the reality spell to change Tareh forever. Those who did not join in the final battle was left to work on building a new Tareh while the world slowly began to change itself per Aschae's will.