The First Trial Of Aql
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What are the trials
In Dune: Awakening, the trials of AQL are a spiritual and transformative journey that players can undertake, described as being "guided by the spice" and focused on learning the ways of the desert. These trials appear to involve visions or challenges influenced by spice, drawing on deep Fremen mysticism and maybe inspired by the Seven Mystic Questions from the lore. They offer players a chance to explore their character’s inner growth, connection to Arrakis, and understanding of survival.
What to expect
Your objective is to remain concealed within the shadows, advancing only when the watchers eyes are shut. You are able to move in the light for a very short time before you are reset.
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Dialogue
SADUS: Who is it that thinks?
SADUS: Ibn qirtaiba.
SADUS: The weight of a kindly god is a fearful thing.
SADUS: Do you understand, wali?
SADUS: Our god gave us the burning eyes of al-Lat.
SADUS: and the words of the Kitab al-Ibar.
SADUS: 'Rest in black shade.'
SADUS: Bi-la kaifa!
SADUS: When we began our wandering, we suffered.
SADUS: Until suffering was a thing we came to know within our souls.
SADUS: Arrakis is suffering.
SADUS: When we found it, we were home.
SADUS: On Harmonthep we were made to suffer.
SADUS: Our children taken and made into slaves.
SADUS: They denied us the Hajj
SADUS: Never to forgive. Never to Forget.
SADUS: The weight of a kindly god is a fearful thing.
SADUS: Did not God give us the burning sun to defy?
SADUS: Suffering leads to defiance.
SADUS: And where does defiance lead?
SADUS: Ibn qirtaiba.
SADUS: Defiance leads to thought.
SADUS: Who is it that thinks?
SADUS: Those who suffer
SADUS: Remember Harmonthep.
SADUS: Bi-la kaifa.