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This quest starts automatically after the party completes [[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] and moves on to the road to Baldur's Gate. After this, the party rests at [[Campsite|Wyrm's Lookout]] before entering the Outer City. After ending the day ('''Note''': there will not be an autosave), the party is awoken by the [[Elder Brain|voice of the Absolute]] commanding them to submit. The [[Astral Prism]] goes out of control, seemingly pushed away. Shortly after, a portal opens and three Gish'ra warriors step through and attack the party. An additional enemy will appear each turn. The party has only four turns to make it to the Astral Portal. Only one character needs to make it for all of the party to get transported. It is not necessary to actually fight any of the attackers, though killing them will each grant EXP; they do not pursue the party through the portal, and any that are left behind will be found dead when the party returns.

Once the party makes it to the Astral Plane, the [[Dream Guardian]] calls out and asks for help, explaining they are under attack. The party is attacked by two Gish'ra - High Gish'ra [[Sh'ari]] and Ember Gish'ra [[Mir'ic]] - while being aided by six [[Intellect Devourer]]s. Proceed to the skull, where a mind flayer is doing battle with several Gish'ra warriors. The mind flayer explains that it is indeed the Dream Guardian and, if asked, recollects events that happened during the party's adventures. If the party agrees to help it, they must defeat Prelate [[Lir'i'c]], High Gish'ra [[G'imre]], Ember Gish'ra [[M'i'hayk]], and Zephyr Gish'ra [[Verik]]. If the party insists on attacking the Emperor they must fight it ''and'' the Gish'ra, though the two factions of enemies will attack each other as well.  

After the battle, the party learns that the power used to protect them from the Absolute is stolen from the Githyanki Prince, [[Orpheus]], who is trapped by infernal chains in the Astral Prism. The mind flayer, also known as [[the Emperor]], was tasked to acquire the Prism as an agent of the [[Elder Brain]], but became freed from its control once within the prism's shield.