Restoring the Portrait

How far must They Go to be Reunited with Their Children? Old Adversaries must put aside past enmity to find the Truth. The Survivors of 'Salem's destruction not only bring the Memory-Wasting Affliction with them - but the "gifted" notion of The Night, which is an intangible change of behavior first offered by Old Man Lopt in exchange for the cure to Hilo's Antidote to Life. In an effort to safeguard the new District of Lodi, a man called "Architect" uses Hilo's philosophies and his own technological advances to transfer The Brights to a monorail which surrounds the City. Unfortunately, this has the memory-erasing effect which the Survivors sought to escape - many of them fall victim to their loss of memory and place... and many outside Lodi are attacked by the Mystery Woman of their fireside ghost-stories. After a brief reconciliation, the Old Man is sent to protect the remaining Survivors as his Old Rival stands alone - between the Mystery Woman and her goal. When the truth about Un-Existing is offered, Lopt and his old friend/adversary are allowed to go forth and bring Their own End to the Memory-Stealing power of the Architect's Monorail.