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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Imprisonment=== | ===Imprisonment=== | ||
It is unknown who sealed the black sludge behind Mercury's Door or why.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 3, Intermission — About the | It is unknown who sealed the black sludge behind Mercury's Door or why.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 3, Intermission — About the black sludge}} The sludge was imprisoned behind three layers of wall and guarded by [[Baltas]], a mechanical humanoid with regenerative powers. In time, people came to believe that what was behind the door was a great magical power.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} The leader of the landed lords, Lady [[Cerulea]], was eager to open the door.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} The first wall had already been destroyed by the time she found it, and she managed to destroy the second wall herself. She was unable to destroy the third wall with the actual door however, but she did find a sleeping Baltas, who she recruited as an enforcer for the lords.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 6}} | ||
===Freedom=== | ===Freedom=== | ||
On June 6, 998, Lady Cerulea returned along with Lord [[Gray]] and his son Lord [[Shahor]] to try and open the door. She gave Baltas some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] to speak into a nearby terminal, but his voice data was deemed incorrect. He was therefore teleported away.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | On June 6, 998, Lady Cerulea returned along with Lord [[Gray]] and his son Lord [[Shahor]] to try and open the door. She gave Baltas some [[Old World language|Old World writing]] to speak into a nearby terminal, but his voice data was deemed incorrect. He was therefore teleported away.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 2, Chapter 7}} | ||