PROJECT: Rifts & the Veil

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PROJECT

RIFTS & THE VEIL

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Figuring out how to permanently strengthen the veil to prevent further tears, who and what rifters are, and how to prevent the anchors from eventually killing those who have them are all high priorities. Kirkwall's particularly thin Veil makes it a good—if slightly dangerous—testing ground for many of these efforts.

DIVISION: Research
LEADER: n/a	STATUS: Active

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PERSONNEL

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Forms & Information

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This is a list of the project's current participants. Characters can join projects by completing the form and responding to the Personnel comment. While you're welcome to RP the process of speaking to the project leader and joining the project's efforts IC, that isn't required in order to join!

Please put the character's name in the subject line and (Primary) or (Secondary). Remember that your character can only participate in two projects at once, one primary focus and one secondary. If your character switches projects IC, edit your comment here to put (Former) in the subject line.

<blockquote style="text-align:justify;"><b>NAME:</b> <b>DIVISION:</b> <b>CONTACT:</b> <a href="L I N K">Inbox</a> <b>SKILLS & EXPERTISE:</b> <b>CURRENT WORK:</b> What is your character currently working on for this project? It's fine if the answer is "nothing yet." <b>COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS:</b> If you'd like to maintain a list of the reports your character has filed or relevant plots they participated in, do so here.</blockquote>

Inessa Serra (Secondary)

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NAME: Inessa Serra
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Circle-trained mage who is well-versed in the Veil and has been delving into rift magic for some time now.

Her focus is on the anchors and learning how to protect those bearing them.

CURRENT WORK: tba

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: Return to the Blackmarsh

Cosima Niehaus (Primary)

[youwonscience]

NAME: Cosima Niehaus
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Scientific method, off-world biology, forcing people to teach her Thedas biology whenever practical, basic first aid

CURRENT WORK: As a rifter, she's been looking into anchor shards and rifts since arriving to the degree she can. Given her skill set, her main focus has been on measuring and testing shards, but she's happy to take on anything if asked.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: Survey of rifter arrival sites

Myrobalan Shivana (Secondary)

[faithlikeaseed]

NAME: Myrobalan Shivana
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Creation magic and knight-enchanter-style Fade manipulation; research into things that oppose (specifically) entropy magic and (generally) Fade incursions that distort reality; hand-to-hand combat (getting better).

CURRENT WORK: Drops into the office now and then to keep it tidy while no one's heading it but largely consumed by the Chantry Relations work.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS:
we did the Blackmarsh stuff!!

Herian Amsel (secondary)

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NAME: Herian Amsel
DIVISION: Forces
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Knight Enchanter & Champion specialisations, also skilled in Primal magic - so she's very much a in-the-fray battle mage. Fluent in Trade, Orlesian & Starkhaven alienage dialect. Devout/Loyalist, so if ever that is useful in particular situations, bring it.

CURRENT WORK: -

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: -

Casimir Lyov (Primary)

[aestivation]

NAME: Casimir Lyov
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Circle-trained researcher with extensive background in spirit magic, previous experience working with lyrium.

CURRENT WORK: n/a

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: n/a

Ilias Fabria (Primary)

[libratus]

NAME: Ilias Fabria
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: Mortalitasi, with a focus on death-induced veil instability and the use of necromancy to offset it.

CURRENT WORK: TBD

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: N/A

SOLAS (primary)

[dirth]

NAME: Solas
DIVISION: Research
CONTACT: Inbox
SKILLS & EXPERTISE: The residential all around expert in all things Fade and Rifts.

CURRENT WORK: Constant research on the Fade, Rifts, shards and Veil.

COMPLETED WORK & REPORTS: If you'd like to maintain a list of the reports your character has filed or relevant plots they participated in, do so here.

REPORTS

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Reports for project-relevant research, missions, etc., can be filed here. The provided form is a template; feel free to add additional fields if you need them.

<blockquote style="text-align:justify;"><b>SUBJECT:</b> <b>PARTICIPANTS:</b> <b>DATE FILED:</b> <b>STATUS:</b> Ongoing / Complete / Abandoned <b>SUMMARY:</b> Briefly, what was this about? Stick to 2-3 sentences. E.g., "A team went to Orlais to attempt to acquire the perfect cheese. Bandits ate it before they arrived, but in exchange for killing the bandits in vengeance, the dairy owner gave them his secret recipe." <b>REPORT:</b> The actual IC report delivered to the project leader and archived with the project records. This can be as short or as long as your character would make it and should (hopefully) (if your character isn't a total slacker) include project-relevant information, such as the cheese recipe. <b>NOTES & LINKS:</b> Any other notes, links to relevant logs or inbox threads, etc. </blockquote>

Return to the Blackmarsh

[circleprodigy]

SUBJECT: Investigating the Blackmarsh
PARTICIPANTS: Inessa Serra, Anders, Kain Ventfort, Melys, Myrobalan Shivana, Loghain Mac Tir
DATE FILED: Harvestmere 9:43
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: Basically, Anders spoke to Inessa about his misadventure in the Blackmarsh with Warden-Commander Cousland, and the trap that the First laid for them. Namely, an orb that brought them to the Fade. So, they went to retrieve it in hopes of understanding Corypheus' orb better/gaining an advantage for the Inquisition.

REPORT: In Harvestmere of 9:43 Dragon, I gathered a team to enter the Blackmarsh, an abandoned and cursed area once explored by the Hero of Ferelden. It was brought to my attention by Anders that one of the encountered darkspawn possessed an orb which brought Warden-Commander Cousland and his companions to the Fade. As it sounded quite similar to the orb Corypheus bears, I thought it worth investigation. Anders joined the team, as he was familiar with the area, and his knowledge proved invaluable.

The Baroness and the Queen of the Blackmarsh that had terrorized the area before remained defeated, though issues persisted in the Blackmarsh itself. Blight wolves still roam the area, and the dead. The Veil there is unstable and perilously thin, prompting the Fade to bleed into the physical realm and form visions of the area's past. They were unsettling but at least in once instance rather useful, as we were able to witness the incident of which Anders had spoken about, regarding the orb. The largest threat to the area was the rift, which proved difficult to seal even with two shardbearers. It was akin to attempting to sew a rip in cloth which is falling apart; pull the edges back too hard and a new tear forms nearby. So it was with our first attempt to seal the rift. Only through focusing on both simultaneously were we able to succeed.

Afterward, it was Anders who recovered the orb. Its description seems to match both Anders' memories and what we have been told of Corypheus' orb, and though intact it remains inert at this time. Further research will be needed to determine its capabilities.

NOTES & LINKS: Log and map

Missing Woman With Anchor

[circleprodigy]

SUBJECT:
PARTICIPANTS: Leonard Church, Tessa Mackenzie, Inessa Serra
DATE FILED: 10/27/2018
STATUS: Complete
SUMMARY: The Inquisition has received a letter from a young man pleading for assistance in locating his fiancée, who was struck with an anchor approximately three months ago. She left, telling him she would seek help from the Inquisition, and since then his letters to Skyhold have gone unanswered, until someone finally responded to tell him that no one by that name had ever reached them. A team was dispatched to track her down, beginning by visiting her hometown to speak with her fiancé and family.
REPORT:

Earlier this month, I traveled with fellow project members Leonard Church and Tessa Mackenzie to investigate a missing woman named Elsie. Her fiance -Jacob-informed the Inquisition that she had been struck with an anchor three months ago and planned to seek help from the Inquisition. All letters sent to Skyhold had gone unanswered, however, and ultimately he was told that no one by her name had arrived. During his subsequent search, he visited her parents' farm, claiming to have heard cries from inside the house but was not permitted entrance by her father.

Armed with that knowledge, the three of us paid the farmstead a visit. Elsie's parents were not very accommodating, expressing hostility at the idea of their daughter being thus marked, and claimed she was sent to the University of Markham to prevent her from marrying Jacob. The lie was rather transparent, as such a situation would be well beyond their means. Jacob, however, was of much more assistance, providing us with needed details regarding the family's routine. When the couple departed to sell their produce, the three of us slipped into the home while my mabari stood guard.

The initial search didn't yield much, but moments later, we kept hearing faint noises and discovered the trapdoor leading to the cellar. What we found bellow was something I would not have wished on my anchor-bearing companions, for it could have been their own fate. Elsie was found alive, though barely. Her entire forearm as missing, and the resultant wound infected, but that was only part of her troubles. The anchor, absent of its point of origin, had spread along her upper arm nonetheless. Without any other anchor-bearers to mitigate the effects, the anchor had begun to crystallize in tendrils reaching up her veins, turning some of them green and hard, from the edge of the stump to the shoulder and stretching towards her chest and up her neck. It also grew outward from her stump into the air in unbreakable strands spreading outward. That she was in any way conscious was no blessing, for it was evident she had been suffering for a long time. I healed her with magic, as much as I could, though I'm certain the presence of two anchor-bearers helped lessen the pain more than I would have accomplished on my own.

Despite our best efforts, she -unsurprisingly- passed away not long afterward. We made certain it was away from the farmhouse, after allowing her parents their goodbyes. They gave us no significant trouble as we departed. I have informed Jacob as to her fate, and against usual Andrastian custom, brought her body back with us to Kirkwall for study. Though her fate is sealed, it's my hope that further research will aid other anchor-bearers and prevent this kind of suffering in the future.

Inessa Serra

NOTES & LINKS: Log

Survey Rifter Arrival Sites

[youwonscience]

SUBJECT: Survey Rifter Arrival Sites
PARTICIPANTS: Cosima Niehaus, Alexandra Karahalios, Gareth
DATE FILED: Harvestmere (11/9/18 real time)
STATUS: Backtagging, IC complete
SUMMARY: Cosima was assigned to take a small team to a few of the nearest Rifter arrival sites in order to take measurements and conduct a few simple tests. The ostensible goal was to see if any unifying features might make the future sites of rifts easier to identify.

REPORT:
[The report includes several pages of detailed measurements and observations. There are graphs. This is the cover page/executive summary:]

In the time allotted, we were able to visit three sites. In order, we investigated the sites where rifts formerly opened in Jader, near Highever and Amaranthine. At each location, we conducted a variety of tests, took several samples and plotted the features of the surrounding area as best we could. The results, as well as a more detailed write-up of our methodology, follow.

Though I hesitate to draw any broad conclusions based on such a small sample size, I hope the data will be a solid foundation for further study.

Of particular note: Though none of our team can claim to be Thedosian naturalists, we did note a seemingly unusual predominance of Deep Mushrooms in both the coast outside of Highever and the cellars of Amaranthine. Unfortunately, we visited Jader first, and did not note the fungi in the urban location. I might suggest that, if possible, our team or another return to ask landlords and proprietors near the site whether they've had to remove such growths more frequently (or at all) after the rift. We may also want to keep an eye out at future or former rift sites. We don't have the data to speculate at cause and effect, and two instances could conceivably be coincidence, but the growths were marked.

Should the project decide to do further field work in this area, I am happy to volunteer to go or to brief the team assigned to make the next push.

- C.N.

NOTES & LINKS: Log

ARCHIVES

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Theories, notes, compilations of codex entries, or other project-relevant information that you want to share with everyone but doesn't fit anywhere else.

INBOX

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Information

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Find objects or information of interest to a project you're not a member of? Have a question or a problem that the project's members might be able to help you with? This is a group inbox for project members to receive information or requests from others.

[circleprodigy]

It has been brought to my attention that attempting to centralize information about shards and rifters carries certain risks. The health and safety of those who have joined us from beyond the Veil (or were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time) is paramount, but so is protecting them from those who might exploit such information, be it the Chantry or Tevinter. I propose that whatever information we find about the shards is encoded and secured, so as to provide some barrier against that potential for exploitation.

Anchor Survey

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[This is available as a written form just outside the Rifts and the Veil office. Completed forms can be delivered to the mailbox.]

<B>Note:</B> All portions of this survey are purely optional. All information is confidential and will not be shared beyond approved Inquisition personnel. <b>Name:</b> <b>Native or Rifter:</b> <b>Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition:</b> <b>Location of Arrival/Acquisition:</b> <b>Location of Anchor:</b> <b>When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity?</b> <b>Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe.</b> <b>Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms.</b> <b>Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? <b>How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm?</b> <b>Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring.</b> <b>Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you?</b> <b>After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects?</b> <b>For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense?</b> <b>For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure?</b> <b>For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less?</b> <b>Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor?</b> <b>If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update?</b>

survey!!

[foundmyselfagain]

Note: All portions of this survey are purely optional. All information is confidential and will not be shared beyond approved Inquisition personnel.

Name: Gareth
Native or Rifter: Native
Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition: Some time in Harvestmere?
Location of Arrival/Acquisition: Don't quite remember, I was travelling a lot at the time.
Location of Anchor: Left hand

When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity? I'm so bad at these, I guess like a 7?

Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe. I was initially away from any others with shards, so it hurt for a while. Once I got to Kirkwall, that stopped.

Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms. I've only closed a rift once, in the Nevarra Circle. The Circle then kind of fell apart? My bad.

Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? No

How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm? n/a

Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring. n/a

Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you? If ordinary people find out that I have one, they tend to act a lot jumpier, like I may up and open a rift right under their noses. Other than that, no.

After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects? Wasn't there.

For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense? I think it's made it stronger, actually. Not that it was that weak before, but it feels stronger now.

For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure? n/a

For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less? I'm a mage so I already have pretty lucid dreams, they haven't become more or less lucid.

Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor? I'd rather not, if it's all the same.

If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update? Sure.

[[ooc note: these answers are not 100% factual, sorry about him]]

delivered by gwenaëlle's handmaid.

[elegiaque]

Note: All portions of this survey are purely optional. All information is confidential and will not be shared beyond approved Inquisition personnel.

Name: Lady Gwenaëlle Clothilde Decima Vauquelin
Native or Rifter: Native
Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition: Unknown
Location of Arrival/Acquisition: Orlais, the Dales
Location of Anchor: Left hand

When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity? I was delirious for several days as a result of other injuries, and was neither immediately aware that I'd received it nor aware of the pain as a separate and specific cause.

Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe. It hurts sometimes.

Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms. No.

Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? I can create a shield or an energy blast. It was months after, and at different times.

How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm? Unexpectedly.

Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring. Sort of. I don't go into battle on purpose.

Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you? No.

After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects? I wasn't among them.

For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense? I have no idea.

For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure? I'm not a dwarf.

For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less? I haven't noticed.

Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor? If an actual expert is conducting them.

If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update? Possibly.

survey;

[earthbones]

Name: Brónach
Native or Rifter: Rifter
Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition: Mid-Firstfall, 9:43
Location of Arrival/Acquisition: En route to Nevarra City
Location of Anchor: Left hand

When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity? Numbers? I don't know what to do with that but not the worst, not the best, less than the middle. Had worse than it, bit pre-occupied with other things more important than it to care much, took my mind off the hand issue.

Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe. None.

Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms. Closed a small rift close to where I arrived.

Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? Not applicable.

How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm? Not applicable

Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring. Not applicable.

Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you? Minor annoyance when aiming my bow at first (that much light right by my face) might be an issue in a dark place but nothing severe.

After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects? Not applicable.

For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense? Not applicable

For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure? Not applicable

For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less? None of your business. Don't ask me about this unless I bring it up

Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor? No. Don't ask me this.

If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update? I'll bring it up if it does, don't come checking.

survey;

[foxsays]

Name: Araceli Bonaventura y Castell
Native or Rifter: Rifter
Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition: Third week Harvestmere, 9:41 Dragon
Location of Arrival/Acquisition: Haven
Location of Anchor: Left hand

When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity? Seven, as bad as a severe jellyfish sting, lasted a whole day.

Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe. Being close to an active rift seems to make it worse, not to the same severity, a mild twinge but noticeable.

Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms. Several; the Western Approach, Craintellier, Kirkwall, the uncharted island close to Rivain.

Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? N/A

How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm? N/A

Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring. N/A

Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you? Only that it hurts when near an active rift at times or when I spent time in Rivain away from other members of the Inquisition, it's been very quiet for over two years fortunately.

After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects? N/A

For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense? N/A

For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure? N/A

For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less? I'd find it difficult to tell the difference, the only dreams I know to be different were due to the effects of lyrium or someone else being involved in the dream. In the case of the former, the anchor was involved due to Venatori interest.

Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor? If necessary but I would prefer nothing magical to be involved, I suspect this limits what may be done.

If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update? Certainly.

anchor survey / filled out with project member transcribing

[extraverse]

Name: Ignis Scientia
Native or Rifter: Rifter
Date of Arrival/Date of Anchor Acquisition: Wintermarch 11
Location of Arrival/Acquisition: Vinmark Mountains
Location of Anchor: Palm of hand.

When the Anchor was first acquired, how long did the initial flare-up/pain persist? On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the most severe), what was the severity? Two days. The pain level ebbed between four and seven.

Since then, what other circumstances have caused those symptoms to resurface? Have you developed any symptoms beyond what what initially present? If so, please describe. I have not encountered situations which have caused flare ups, though if that changes I will report it.

Have you participated in a rift closure? If more than once, how many times and how far were these times spread apart? If you cannot be precise, do your best to estimate. Please describe the shard's reaction and any physical symptoms. I have not participated in a rift closure at this time.

Has your anchor evolved to the point where you have abilities beyond rift closure? What are they, and how many days passed between acquiring the anchor and this new ability? I have not acquired additional abilities at this time.

How did these new abilities manifest? Can you describe your anchor's reaction (e.g. pain/pulsing, light flaring/sparking)? Approximately how long did it persist? Did said reaction extend beyond the initial anchor site, e.g. past the hand and further up the arm? Not applicable.

Have these abilities been battle-tested? This includes sparring. Not applicable.

Since the acquisition of the anchor, have you noticed any other changes in the anchor or how bearing one has affected you? I have not noticed any other changes at this time.

After the battle at Adamant, several anchor-bearers physically entered the Fade. If you were among them, how did your anchor react while within? Were there any long-lasting effects? Not applicable.

For natives: Has the anchor acquisition changed your relationship to the Fade in any other sense? Not applicable.

For native dwarves: Have you gained the ability to dream or otherwise interact with the Fade beyond rift closure? Not applicable.

For others: Have you found any changes in your sleeping/dreaming patterns? Have your dreams become more lucid? Less? There have been no changes in my sleeping patterns at this time.

Would you be willing to participate in regular check-ups, that we may monitor your particular anchor? I would. I think giving you the opportunity to track a new comer's progress starting right after he arrived would be a benefit to your research.

If any of your answers change in future, would you be willing to provide an update? Yes, of course.