NO THANK YOU!!

Summary
Picking herself up from the fall, Tasi proceeds to explore the alien-like corridors, as she stumbles onto a large chamber containing a graph of a male human anatomy and research notes written with an other-worldly script, yet she still manages to read them despite her initial lack of knowledge. The notes describe methods to create a substance known as vitae in order to extend Empress Tihana's life. Upon discovering the Empress' memory capsule, Mark learns that, despite her immortality securing her place on the throne, the Empress had always longed to bear a child for herself. Exiting the building, Mark sees the dark, desolate land that was once home to a great Empire. Near the balcony lie memory capsules of a forgotten alchemist who described the collapse of their civilization as a white sun appearing over them and triggering the calamity before a sudden irruption of flesh-like substance (known as the Shadow in the first game) that covered their Empire, killing its inhabitants or turning them into wraiths and destroying the gate they used to traverse between worlds. This was later revealed to have been caused by the alchemists who were tampering with the orb used for teleportation, which ultimately incurred the Shadow's wrath.

After using the orb to solve the first puzzle, Tasi sees a brief glimpse of her destination inside the sphere, with black smoke rising from beneath it. As she prepares to leave, the Shadow chases her down the hallway, before Tasi uses her locket to escape through the rift, only to find herself in a dream-like world where the ground is being torn apart. Following the path, she finds her daughter Alys playing with Salim's stuffed monkey on a blanket, but disappears out of existence as soon as Tasi approaches her. In the far distance, the same image of a fetus inside a mother's womb can be seen, now rapidly growing larger as Tasi slips out of consciousness.

Back in her world, Tasi wakes up beneath a ruined crypt, now appearing to be several months pregnant. Moments later, the Shadow reappears and once again gives chase to Tasi, as she jumps between the worlds and squeezes through tight cavern tunnels, eventually losing her pursuer behind a large door that leads to the Portal Chamber. Inside, Mark finds a note next to an abandoned excavation camp recalling the events preceding The Dark Descent storyline, where Daniel shattered the orb that ultimately led him to Brennenburg castle in Prussia. Additional notes state that the group was originally in search of the Traveler's Locket for Alexander.

Venturing deeper, Tasi stumbles upon a large, open chamber with three tall pillars, where she briefly receives a call from Yasmin, one of her crewmembers, before being interrupted by the Doctor, as the signal cuts out. After solving the puzzle and recharging the portal, Tasi heads back and wonders about her unborn child's name. Not knowing the baby's gender, Tasi decides to go with Amari, a gender neutral name given in honor of her late husband's mother. Attempting to reactivate the portal, Tasi notices that one of the two Leyden jars has been depleted. With no other choice, Tasi uses the vitae-filled jar to access a previously locked-off area with a blood trail leading out of it.

At the Hunting Grounds, Mark explores several cells before hearing an ominous voice of a man in the distance talking to himself in Afrikaans. In one of the cell's hallways, Tasi finds a mutilated body of Alex Sterling, one of her crewmates. Several additional recordings found in a nearby room suggest that vitae is a substance harvested from humans who have been previously traumatized and tortured. Progressing further, Tasi goes through a labyrinth where she's eventually ambushed by a patrolling ghoul who's seemingly familiar with her. Escaping beneath a closing gate, the now enraged ghoul continuous to taunt Tasi, swearing he'll hunt her down.