Granny Jenner recounts the past of the Origin Lodespring.

Greetings, I'm Jenner, and I'm the one raising this little sapling.

This sapling... Is it from...?

History only remains in the memories of old folks like us. Time goes on and barely anyone remembers what lay in the Containment Zone, or why it was called the Cradle of the Ages.

Does anyone remember the massive Great Oak that grew at that place? Oh, how it sparkled with gentle glows as it sank its roots deep into the soil. The one who planted it told us this very place would become our new home...

But then came the time when there was no choice but to destroy the Oak ourselves...

It was the day when dark Astarron fell upon the Valley. Hundreds of "bodies" twisted into a burning maelstrom that tore through the land. In its wake lay only desolation...

It was the largest Aggelos ever witnessed in the records of the UWST... The people fought a hopeless battle as they witnessed the unstoppable descent of Astarron. There was nothing to do but close their eyes ... and prepare themselves for the shadow of death.

Really? An ... Aggelos?

Yet the people achieved final victory, and the price they paid ... was everything. They detonated the Great Originium Oak — the giant tree that once gave them their homes.

The shards of the Great Originium Oak tore through the core of Astarron. Of the massive trunk of the Oak, only an empty hollow remains. The shattered Astarron now sleeps within it. What was once our Cradle became a tomb for two "bodies".

Only the old miners still worry ... fearful for the day when Ankhors come screaming down ... and wake the shattered Aggelos...

A day when dark Astarron answers the distant call, rises from its tomb, reassembles its broken body ... and cloaks the Valley once again in a deathly shroud of red...

So ... The Containment Zone between those Ankhors ... is a tomb for a giant Aggelos...?

...If this story were true, we would need to contend with more than that rift in the sky. That Aggelos alone would destroy the entirety of Valley IV.

And that is why we spent all these years taking care of this sapling. It is the only scion of the Great Oak. The Oak once left many of its fragments and traces, but this tiny thing is the only one that survived.

Perhaps it could save us again...

This tree shall protect you.

A day will come when this land becomes your home.

We depended on the Oak to make our living and win our battles. The Originium Veins created by its roots brought wealth, and an outpost started growing around it as prophesied...

Endmin? Endmin! Are you alright?

You don't look so good... Do you need rest?

Stay alert! Those Ankhors have been activated!

Aggeloi?! How did so many of them show up in such a short time...?

This is a very bad sign. We must act right now. Otherwise, the Aggeloi or even just the shockwaves could raze this place to the ground!

Indeed... It's been years since I last saw this many Ankhors.

Let's go, Endmin! We must have faith in these people!

Or the planter of the Great Oak.