Well then! So we know there were three Soul Stars made with the power to control the Warrens; Oric's gives him dominion over the Angels, Ciro's gives him the collective power of everyone who has ever died in the Warrens (a power that increases every cycle) and the third, unconfirmed Soul Star seems to be Al's, with the power over Illborn. Of course, if the Astral Influx truly gives its wielder the power of the combined memories of everyone who's ever died (seemingly confirmed by the times Ciro's gone all blue and glowy) it makes you wonder if there's some kind of power limiter in place by the OS to keep us from carrying memories between cycles.
I wonder if Yaos's memories are somewhere within us, or if the complete destruction of his Soul Star also completely destroyed his memories. Actually, we should ask about this.
This also explains why escape from the Warrens is impossible for us; we kinda
are the Warrens.
Also I'm not sure if Proxxy is trolling us for not solving her puzzle, or if she was delivering that message under the influence of a third party (e.g The Last Seraphim.)
Get close to Polydectes, prepare to whisper into his ears, do the iconic "SIX SINISTER SIBLINGS OF ORIC AWESOME" as he bends down to listen, skedaddle out of there, play Memor-E
-1, let's not get broomed. Also, still don't have the Memor+-E
No one has ever
had the Memor-E, suggesting that it is an item too intrinsic to have an inventory space (like clothing, it has no inventory space because then it could be removed.) It could be that the Memor-E was added to our collective spirit, and any PoV character can thus access it. I think it's worth a try.
First, though, Polydectes seems to have a wealth of forbidden knowledge of the Warrens, so as long as we have him here let's ask him some more questions.
"Do memories persist if a Soul Star is destroyed?"If nonmeaningful answer,
"What do you know about the void between dungeon levels and the lights within?"If again nonmeaningful answer,
+1 Cool Crab whereaboutsIf again again nonmeaningful answer,
+1 Memor-EIf Memor-E doesn't work, the only avenue for advancement is to
Go Right from the Warp Room (Enter RD3[3,2])