- After being told about the new Age by Stephen, Norman had made his way to the office of Thomas Acklesen, a co-guildmaster of the Guild of Cartographers with whom he was on generally good terms.  After some negotiation and agreeing to perform some Primary Evaluation tasks in the Age for the Guild, Thomas agreed to let Norman and his team in a little ahead of schedule.

- From there, Norman gathered his friends to discuss the oppotunity, and then made his way to where lead explorer Loren Granville lived.  She was isolating herself as a precautionary measure, having just returned from an undocumented Age.  She gave Norman her field notes and told him she had a somewhat uneasy feeling about the place.  She also told him she doubted whether the "giants" he was searching lived there.

- Meanwhile, Kenta went looking for an acquaintance in the libraries of the Guild of Scientists.  He had previously "assisted" Reis Lennox with some sample-gathering on the shores of the cavern lake.  It took some convincing, but she agreed to accompany the group if they'd be willing to pay her a small amount for her time.

- As they gathered to make the Link to Er'cana the following morning, Thomas and Kenta learned that there had been an attempted break-in at the Guild of Cartographers' area of Tokotah I.  Kathleen, however, was greeted outsider her front door by a ghostly-white figure of a man that seemed to speak mutely before disappearing...