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What Was Lost is the twenty-third chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Valon leaves the crystal chamber after speaking with his mother and moves with Imma, who offers to give him some of her energy. They walk to the room where Soltas is being held, finding Ysir and Soltas engagd in something that is interrupted. Valon approaches Soltas with the blood pact, though Soltas requests that Valon promise to look after his family. Valon states that he will look after all his subjects.

Following the pact, Ysir approaches Valon. She thanks him, then asks about titles, and requests Valon for permission to recruit archers. She also asks to take the same pact with Valon, but Valon does not wish to as he believes her unfalteringly loyal.

Upon returning to Imma's room, they are met with a stranger who draws a knife. Imma attacks, but disappears suddenly and is nowhere to be seen. The stranger introduces herself to Valon as a friend of his mother's, Lyn'sust, and suggests that Valon would remember her but suspects his 'accident' interfered with his earlier memories. Valon asks about her knife, but she explains that what she did was something she did herself. He admits he has seen it before, detailing the dream he'd had at Reitan. Just then, Imma and Palus burst through the door. Valon orders them to stand down and introduces them, at which point Lyn'sust admits that she's not in favour with Abaddon.

Palus recognizes her as the sorcerer and demands to know whether she was Surtur's sorcerer. She both confirms and denies, explaining that she was responsible for putting together the dimension rift. She also shows her knowledge of the Shadow responsible for kidnapping the demonesses. Valon is the one that realizes that Kaltrin, rather than working for Surtur, was working for the Shadow instead. Soltas, in giving Kaltrin the bags, was therefore furthering this agenda, and Valon notes that although Surtur's body was destroyed, part of it was spared. Lyn'sust explains that the Shadow is said to bring the Herald of Insanity into their world, and that he uses the dead to achieve this.

With no idea of how to proceed, Lyn'sust turns her attention to Valon's marrowblade, and gives some small amount of information on the avalbane, but suggests he go to the Temple of Do'zen for more information. She apologizes to Imma and promises to check in on both Calliste and Sharess, and after gathering her book disappears into the shadows and leaves.

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