The Future is in the Past

The Future is in the Past is the first character quest in the Sabre of Meitor Campaign. Focused primarily around Zenaxus, this quest served to explain the origins of Zenaxus' backstory and how he came to be the fierce assassin of the modern day.

Plot
Whilst infiltrating Twin Ruins, the Heroes of Time discover several artefacts that supposedly lead to the mythical Isle of the Ancients. Shortly after escaping Twin Ruins, these objects begin to glow and the heroes are transported to an island in the sky with only a temple.

Entering this temple, they meet a strange man in a chair calling himself Shadow Elder Xaro. He offers to show them the past.

The group is then taken back nearly 60 years, to the Rausten Magic College in 545 UB. The group appears as spirits and so are able to enter unopposed into all the rooms. Eventually they come across a meeting room, where Magnus Tenebris, the head of the college, is meeting with the second High Elder of Melsa, Weelen Holist.

Remembering what Old Man Swiths had written in his book, Zenaxus revealed to the other Heroes of Time how he came to join the Clans of the Thicket after the conclusion of The Enmity. Unbeknownst to Zenaxus and despite their incorporeal form, the necromancer Tenebris could hear every word and set about planning the downfall of Arman exactly as Zenaxus described. In effect, Zenaxus, who had suffered much as a result of the Enmity, had indirectly caused it, creating an unbreakable loop of events in time.

After returning to the Isle of the Ancients, Xaro showed Azrael a vision and begged them to spare his daughter Vertan Selmi before sending them back to the surface.

Main Characters
(*) Denotes first appearance

Zenaxus

Seth Qualls

Azrael

Astral

Ertelas

Aeron Sweetboy

Xaro*

Nekro Sander

Magnus Tenebris*

Weelen Holist*