{{ :jpg_graymatter.jpg?nolink&400|}}====== Gray Matter ======
A curious interplanar liquid that holds visions of other worlds.

>//You reach inside the chest and pull forth a plain glass jar of translucent gray material. Strange, colorful images pass through the material as if it were displaying the dreams of another world.// - Battle at Blacklake (RPA-ADV1) 

|**Description:**|Gray Liquid|
|**Origin:**|[[affril|Affril, Plane of Knowledge]]|

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===== References =====
==== Battle at Blacklake (RPA-ADV1) ====


Gray matter is a viscous liquid first seen contained within a simple glass jar, the prize within the [[durgolium_box|durgolium chest]] guarded by the Ogre Tog.

It displays dreamlike images in its form.

Upon exposure to the outside world, a strange event takes place;

>//As the chest pops open, the earth quakes and the sky crackles with strange purple energy. For a moment, you hear the screech of bats, and you smell a briny sea.// - Battle at Blacklake (RPA-ADV1)

Tucking it into a chainmail sack made of the same metal from Tarik ends the phenomenon;

>//You place this curiosity in Tarik’s durgolium sack. Immediately, earth and sky are still.// - Battle at Blacklake (RPA-ADV1)

==== Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3)====
If you have any gray matter in your possession, you may show it to the [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]] members assembled in the underground, secret [[library|library]]. Impressed, they will allow you to participate in their meeting.

==== Eye of Ulos (RPA-ADV4)====
Entering [[taron|King Taron's]] [[taron_s_chambers|chambers]], you witness him standing on his bed holding a jar of the gray matter. He is preparing to enter the rift forming above him.

Once he enters the rift, it closes behind him. The [[grayfolk|Grayfolk]] wandering his [[taron_s_chambers|chambers]] immediately dissolve, splashing gray matter in multiple directions. A small portion hits you, causing you to suffer in agony.

==== Dragons of the Sunken City (RPA-ADV8)====
[[taron|King Taron]] still has a jar of the gray matter in his possession as he battles on [[dagger peak|Dagger Peak]].

==== Gurlung Colossus (RPA-ADV9)====

You watch from a distance as a [[grayfolk|Grayfolk]] attempts to pour gray matter over the head of [[tarik_nowlin|Tarik Nowlin]]. - Tome of Encounters (RPA-Tome-ADV9-2)

  * Help [[tarik_nowlin|Tarik]] get away from the strange creature.
  * Watch as the gray matter completely dissolves poor [[tarik_nowlin|Tarik]].

Placing a sample of the gray matter on a pedestal in the [[bridge|bridge]] of the [[gurlung_colossus|Gurlung Colossus]], it lowers into the floor. It appears to have awakened the dormant machine, opening a rift large enough to enter.

====Above the Dreaming Sea (RPA-ADV10)====
Standing in the [[klynoks archives|Klynoks Archives]], you witness [[giant_bat|giant bats]] flying overhead, each carrying containers of gray matter.

Shelves and shelves of the gray matter can be found in the [[endless_stacks|Endless Stacks]]. Each jar appears to not only hold the gray matter, but also to hold memories of various [[ulos|Ulos]] denizens.
==== Saurian Wasteland (GS-ADV5)====

If your chosen profession is [[herbalist|herbalist]], you will encounter [[grepet|Grepet]] while visiting [[hornhelm|Hornhelm]]. He gives you a choice of items he is carrying.

Choosing the [[durgolium|durgolium]] sack, he slowly spoons out a tiny amount of gray matter. You can see strange visions of other lands, floating islands, and living mists, all represented in that tiny droplet.

[[grepet|Grepet]] forces you to swallow the strange fluid. Your mind is immediately overloaded with histories of another world and dreams of its people.

>//"Interesting effect. I would like to experiment further but it looks like your time has come."// - [[grepet|Grepet]] - Saurian Wasteland (GS-ADV5)

==== Silver Threads of Fate (LC1)====
Finding [[taron|King Taron]] frozen in his [[taron_s_chambers|chambers]], you manage to remove a jar of gray matter from his tight grip.