After fifty years of meditation, Quova emerged from Sice Larwan’s shelter, and rode once more into the world. His self-appointed quest was to locate the messiah, she who – as foretold in Cassadra’s prophecy – had the power to become the resurrected God of the Land.
To this end, Quova formed the Cult of the Eternal God. He accepted followers, testing those he chose using the Essence stolen from the Penta Nera. Some died, but some became transformed. Still, he searched for the messiah.
Fifty years of searching passed from the day of Quova’s forming of the Cult of the Eternal God. At this time, Quova found a bedraggled man walking almost senseless, a child in his arms. This man gave his name as Talion. Talion, tested by Essence, survives; the child - his daughter, Carissa - was too young to be tested.