Josselyn told me that much of what they were doing came from her studying ancient texts that said you could achieve divinity through metamorphosis. She was combining that with knowledge about the plants and hallucinogens to see what worked. Most of it was pure guesswork.

[ Istredd found her mind fascinating, truth be told. An evil person, perhaps, but her certainty of purpose was unshakeable. She believed it until the moment she died. Faith like that is unknown to him personally, but she and the cult were very serious. She said there were people who believed. Members of her cult - to her knowledge - were taken, but it's possible they aren't the only ones left. Or other sects may go off what she did.

They can't trust their safety, they never could. Thorne's tried to remove their connection to the Singularity, it failed. For all they know, the Free Cities already has tried or will, though they care less about the Singularity as a whole. Any safety they feel here is an illusion, the Pit taught him that much. ]

Yes, that sounds like the same concept. [ He's heard that magic and technology can seem like each other, so it makes sense. ] I don't know if this place was a normal island once upon a time, but some of these plants were grown naturally here.

[ It's in the middle of no where, it's a smart choice, but it would make sense if they knew hallucinogens were here too. The shrines had always been there. It was a perfect place for this. ]

There are places in my sphere when the land is just wrong. Warped. I think that's what happened here.