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 On the left side, the series of paintings are:
-. A woman kneeling before a great light that shines down from the heavens.
+  - A woman kneeling before a great light that shines down from the heavens.
-. A woman holding a child, surrounded by a golden halo.
+  - A woman holding a child, surrounded by a golden halo.
-. A man on a cross, dark clouds above with a ray of light shining down.
+  - A man on a cross, dark clouds above with a ray of light shining down.
-. A man teaching students, who write in books. Two angels stand flanking him.
+  - A man teaching students, who write in books. Two angels stand flanking him.
-. Angels carrying a man up to heaven, a cave down below.
+  - Angels carrying a man up to heaven, a cave down below.
-. Men stand with swords, facing demons. Above them clouds of light and darkness.
+  - Men stand with swords, facing demons. Above them clouds of light and darkness.
-. Men building a tomb.
+  - Men building a tomb.
 On the right side of the hall is painted:
-. An angel looking down at a woman.
+  - An angel looking down at a woman.
-. Angels before a great throne. A light is upon the throne, and a woman with shining eyes sits beneath it.
+  - Angels before a great throne. A light is upon the throne, and a woman with shining eyes sits beneath it.
-. A great serpent with a lion head wrapped around a shining light.
+  - A great serpent with a lion head wrapped around a shining light.
-. A dozen angels, carrying flaming swords.
+  - A dozen angels, carrying flaming swords.
-. A woman with shining eyes holding a man that bleeds light.
+  - A woman with shining eyes holding a man that bleeds light.
-. Angels of light fighting a serpent with a lion head within clouds.
+  - Angels of light fighting a serpent with a lion head within clouds.
-. An angel holding a flask with lion heads upon it.
+  - An angel holding a flask with lion heads upon it.
 Vladimir decides to kneel and start praying, and some of the other magi follow suit.
 At the end of the hall are five archways, which lead into a great domed room 100 paces across. The walls and ceiling are painted in four sections, showing:
-. A great light on a throne. A shining woman at his feet, stars spread out below with angelic beings. Near the bottom, an angelic woman gives birth to a serpent.
+  - A great light on a throne. A shining woman at his feet, stars spread out below with angelic beings. Near the bottom, an angelic woman gives birth to a serpent.
-. A serpent coiled around a garden, many trees of fruit. An angel hands fruit to a woman, a man stands next to her. Another woman lays before the mouth of the serpent, its tongue between her thighs.
+  - A serpent coiled around a garden, many trees of fruit. An angel hands fruit to a woman, a man stands next to her. Another woman lays before the mouth of the serpent, its tongue between her thighs.
-. A serpent spews angels, and a light shines upon them from a woman by a throne. Those on the other side of the light are larger, brighter than the ones before it. Below is a world full of men. Amongst the men are angels.
+  - A serpent spews angels, and a light shines upon them from a woman by a throne. Those on the other side of the light are larger, brighter than the ones before it. Below is a world full of men. Amongst the men are angels.
-. Angels fight, some with blood stained wings. A serpent coils around them. From a throne is a shaft of darkness, which spears the ground, opening up pits of hell.
+  - Angels fight, some with blood stained wings. A serpent coils around them. From a throne is a shaft of darkness, which spears the ground, opening up pits of hell.
 At the centre of the room is a pedestal, on which is a gold and silver chest. Surrounding the chest, each facing away from it, are four giant iron statues of lions.
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+ Inside the Divine regio, the magi carefully enter the great chamber whilst keeping an eye on the elephant sized iron statues of lions. About half way in, the statues begin to move, turning towards the magi and beginning to attack. Shale summons a large wall to block them, though one of the lions leaps on top of the wall.
+At that point Vladimir starts repeating words he heard in his head after he prayed. The lions pause briefly. Shale, who understands Celestial much better is able to repeat the words and soon the lions stop advancing, and become passive.
+Approaching the golden chest, the magi realise that it is too heavy for them to open, so Shale resorts to magic to do so. Inside are three golden tablets, each over a tonne in weight, on which are inscribed words that Shale can understand. The titles on each of the tablets seem to be: //The Beginning and the End//, //The Tree of Knowledge// and //The Fallen and the Sinners//.
+Moving the tablets out of the chest reveals nothing else inside, and there does not seem to be any sign of thirteen books. Deciding that they may be buried outside the cave, Shale again uses magic to put the tablets back, but on trying to place the lid back on he falls into Twilight when the high Divine aura causes him to lose control of his magic.
+The magi hope that the experience is short lived, but after a day he has still not recovered from it so they start exploring outside themselves. Eventually Columbanus discovers a red jar, inside of which are twelve codices. Stuck into one of them is a thirteenth codex. The books seen by Benzigotrin in his visions.
+Leaving Shale and the tablets behind in the region, the magi head back to the Pyramids and explain to Heliobus ex Bonisagus the importance of their discovery and how it relates to the end of the world. With Meret's account of what she saw as well, he agrees to help the magi decipher the codices, which are written in Coptic.
+The rest of the season is spent at the Pyramids, trying to understand what they have found. At the end of the season, Shale comes out of Twilight.