THROUGH THE ETHEREAL VEIL, GLIMPSES OF GELDER, AN AGE-OLD SETTLEMENT, EMERGED. THIS VILLAGE WAS INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO A PRIMAL BODY OF WATER. A CIRCULAR SANCTUARY AT ITS HEART KNOWN AS THE "POOL OF LIGHT." SURROUNDING THIS LUMINOUS EXPANSE WERE STONES OF PROFOUND BLACKNESS. THEIR ORIGIN A MYSTERY. THESE OBISIDIAN BLOCKS, FLAWLESSLY SCULPTED AND POSSESSING A GLASS-LIKE SMOOTHNESS, WERE ADORNED WITH CRYPTIC INSCRIPTIONS THAT SEEMED TO SWALLOW THE VERY ESSENCE OF LIGHT. ANCIENT CHRONICALS SPOKE OF THE INHABITANTS OF GELDER AS THE "KEEPERS OF LIGHT." A PEOPLE DESTINED FOR AN ETERNAL VIGIL OVER THEIR DOMAIN. THEIR EXISTENCE SEEMINGLY UNTOUCHED BY THE PASSAGE OF TIME. THE POOL, THEIR SOLE SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE, WAS WHISPERED TO BESTOW UPON THEM AN UNNATURALLY PROLONGED EXISTENCE.