Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain is the first act of the World Quest Series A Long Day in the Mountains.

Quests

1. The Wind Has Ceased

Summary

The Traveler and Paimon approach a crowd gathered in the north of Dornman Port, where a man named Mann warns people not to ascend the mountain after encountering a "ghost" at the Old Sanatorium Site the night before. While patrolling the area with his dog Hauptmann, he saw a young woman standing before a grave bearing her exact likeness.

Intrigued, the Traveler and Paimon investigate the sanatorium and meet the woman at the graveyard. She introduces herself as Zeitlind and explains that she is searching for her older sister, who disappeared while staying at the sanatorium. The gravestone turns out to belongs to her sister, who looks just like her. Although they search the area together, they find no relevant clues regarding her sister's fate. Suddenly, the sky turns red and a towering angelic automaton identifying himself as the Watcher Nihilita appears. After trapping Zeitlind within red cubes, he asks the Traveler to journey to the Temple of Space and free it from its "inverted fate." He also entrusts them with a juvenile Watcher named Dex, who will aid them in the trials ahead.

Upon arriving at the temple, Zeitlind is freed and the group meets Istoria, who explains that the Temple of Space was created by the God of Space. After her disappearance, the other Watcher, Melanta, took control of the temple and began terrorizing its inhabitants. Istoria asks them for help and they make their way to the Memory Core, freeing Josephus and witnessing an inhabitant being hunted by Domain Keepers. There, Istoria reveals that Zeitlind's sister, Hilda, had been in the temple before and gotten to know the inhabitants.

The group also learns that the suitcase Zeitlind carries contains belongings of her sister that she intended to say goodbye to. When a Domain Keeper steals the suitcase and scatters its contents throughout the temple's three exhibition spaces, the Traveler and Paimon offer to help recover the items while freeing the temple's inhabitants from Melanta's control.

Trivia

• The quest name is likely a reference to the novel The Magic Mountain by german writer Thomas Mann. The story revolves around a young and aspiring engineer that, while staying in a sanatorium, encounters otherworldly figures.

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