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ENIGMA REPORT: The Nursery

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OBSERVATIONS:

After her creation, the Eldan locked Drusera into a secure facility where she could learn to use her powers while they simultaneously monitored her development. Elyona the Evoker was assigned to teach and watch Drusera during this early stage.

Drusera grew, learned and mastered her powers at an accelerated pace, to the surprise of her creators. She also displayed behavioral quirks, including fits of anger and aggression, which greatly concerned Elyona.

After Drusera matured and the Eldan failed to destroy the Entity, he turned Elyona into a Phage Lord. She was sent back to the Nursery to corrupt the Genesis Chamber, which could make the Entity even more powerful.

HYPOTHESES:

The holographic records we found provide valuable insight into Drusera's early life. It was anything but nurturing and bucolic, and paints Eldan childrearing practices in a new light.

That Drusera was headstrong, willful, and prone to outbursts of anger when frustrated doesn't seem like unusual behavior in a child. But Drusera was and is anything but "normal." A temper tantrum in a god-like being is worrisome indeed.

One thing seems clear, while Drusera may have unsettled Elyona, she also cared for the girl. Perhaps she was given the job teaching Drusera how to use her powers because she possessed a greater empathy than the rest of the Eldan? It's not unthinkable that the compassion and vulnerability Drusera has shown in our previous encounters was learned from her first Eldan tutor.

This quasi-maternal relationship makes the fact that the Entity turned Elyona into a Phage Lord even more pitiful. To corrupt the closest thing Drusera had to a mother-figure and then send her to seize Drusera's birthplace, the Genesis Chamber? The Entity's cruelty is obvious, but who knew he also has a horrendous sense of irony?

Our pity for the Phage Lord's former incarnation did not, however, keep us from putting "Elyona the Mad" down. The energy essences collected there appear to grant temporary immunity to primal energy attacks, indicating the Entity has discovered ways to resist this raw power - a troubling prospect.

Also troubling was the presence of Pell who worshiped the Phage Lord Elyona. It is likely this tribe once served her faithfully in her work. Now they are enslaved to her dark will, dying for a cause that consumes them.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

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Given the Genesis Chamber's vulnerable state, the Royal Collegium intends to send an armed research cohort to secure it. Although it should be noted that Director Zax of DRED has issued a standing order to reserve any machines capable of creating techno-gods for his personal use, time is short and any advantage over the Entity is direly needed.