Peshanden

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Peshanden is a massive, underground Sahin structure teeming with small atriums, bored cavities and tunnels, and wells of slimy stone lending itself more like an enormous ant hive for humans than an impenetrable vault underneath the fabled city of Dasuden. For those caught roaming its maze-like corridors, this place has all the impersonal ambiance of a large bunker or prison complex – eerie and ominously grey.&lt;sp&gt;One-hundred thousand years ago, the Unknown 9 unwittingly sacrificed their own civilization to trap Seshin within the Deep Fold. From the center of Peshanden, the architecture of the Sanctuary would draw energy from the Fold via a Terminal to power Sahin society but after the 9 reversed the flow back into the Fold to trap Seshin, the landscape was siphoned dry, became barren, turning Dasuden into a desolate city, &lt;/sp&gt;thus precipitating the downfall of the Sahin people. &nbsp;

Landing near Dasuden, an ancient Sahin ruin stripped and peeled back by years of relentless excavation, Haroona, Luther and Buchra quickly traverse &lt;sp&gt; the Ascendant dig site on the way to its underground gateway. &nbsp;Before they can advance, Mila appears, severely wounding Luther before Haroona defeats her for the last time. Unable to continue, Luther urges the women to complete the mission – nothing could be of more importance than stopping Vincent and Reika. Leaving Luther behind, Haroona and Buchra enter the Oculus, an imposing underground gateway into the Richat Sanctuary.&lt;/sp&gt;

Dasuden: Blood and Vengeance

Chapter 11

After an arduous descent into the Sanctuary, &lt;sp&gt;Haroona and Buchra break into the Terminal chamber to see the Cambrian device and tethering capsule already in use by Vincent and Reika. Haroona follows them into the Deep Fold where she coordinates with her past and future Shades to defeat Vincent, hurtling his untethered Shade into the unknown. However, it is too late: Reika succeeds in releasing Seshin.&lt;/sp&gt;&lt;sp&gt;Back in the Terminal chamber, Seshin’s dark form begins seeping from the Cambrian device into Haroona’s body, imbuing her with phenomenal Umbric power that she uses to dispatch all remaining Ascendants. Haroona is overwhelmed by the power inside her, and it threatens to consume her completely. Seeing Haroona in such a precarious state, Reika realizes her catastrophic error. She performs the ultimate sacrifice by drawing Seshin into herself, allowing Haroona to quickly place her mentor’s possessed body once again inside the Tethering Capsule. &nbsp;Contained in this makeshift prison, Seshin no longer resides within the Fold but cannot spread across the physical plane either, effectively placed in a state of perpetual stasis.&lt;/sp&gt;&lt;sp&gt;Having neutralized the threat, Buchra and Haroona emerge from the Oculus to observe Luther slumped on the ground, eyes closed but finally at peace.&lt;/sp&gt;

Peshanden: Demons Below

Mara Nilsen

Mila Savic

Rusher

Bruiser

Seeker

Reika's Amulet

Tethering Capsule

The Great Divide

The Three Bodies

Diving

The Unknown 9

Reithden, Central Africa

The Morning Star

Quinta Matos, Sintra, Portugal

Chamiri: Hostile Takeover

The Deep Fold: First Dive

Unknown 9: Awakening

The desert may give and take life, but its secrets lie buried beneath the sand.

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Peshanden

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Chapter 12

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Dasuden: Blood and Vengeance

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