# Interlude: Doryani's Contingency The third and final Interlude immerses the player in a thousand-year-old story. [[Doryani, Royal Thaumaturge]] of Vaal, once sealed a group of volunteers in a vast mountain crypt to survive the cataclysm. Thousands of years later, their descendants may still exist and hold the key to defeating the Beast. The ascent of the mountain will be perilous: bitter cold, formidable enemies, ice caverns, and the entrance to the mysterious crypt await the player.