I. The Arrival

He arrives at the summit of all that is wisdom - all that is knowledge - with palms scabbed and bruised, tired blue washing agin vital red to form a brutal, mottled purple.

If Core Crystals are the message of divine interruption from the Architect, the embodiment of knowledge which humans themselves are not primed to obtain, in individuality, then lacking discovery of the Creator himself, surely Core Crystals will be Amalthus's such-sought answer.

This is the first step. From the seed found here, a new tree will be planted, and once the heavens are climbed, the entire world shall be cleansed.