# Lab Halen ## Category Order / [[The Order|Universal Order]] Laboratory / Rift Gate Research Site ## Known Facts - Lab Halen is named in the [[Official Log of Lab Halen]] by Chief Researcher Alwyn Falcon. - Early entries described the discovery of [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] and its ability to enhance magic, especially space and time. - The laboratory spent years researching planar transportation and dimensional traversal. - The lab eventually succeeded in creating or enabling planar transport. - Leadership later shifted to [[Keth]]. - Under [[Keth]], the lab became colder and harsher. - [[Keth]] developed Rift Gate devices. - Rift Gates are portable portals linked to pre-programmed locations. - The devices are activated by channelling intent through [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] while runes illuminate in sequence. - The breakthrough became industrialised. - The lab transitioned into full production of Rift Gate devices. - Records repeatedly mention [[The Night Council]]. - The portals reportedly opened pathways into the [[Shadowfell]]. - A new enhanced Rift Gate device was tested in the laboratory. - Something went wrong. - A portal opened to an unknown location and something came through. - The creature could not leave but also could not be killed. - Production operations were relocated to [[Lab Venos]]. - Lab Halen became focused on containment. - A later journal identified the entity as connected to [[Ovk]]. - [[Ovk]] is described as interdimensional, itself a form of pocket dimension, endlessly hungry, and possibly able to use rifts as mouths. ## Connected To - [[Keth]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] - Rift Gate devices - [[Shadowfell]] - Night Council - [[Lab Venos]] - [[Ovk]] - Adaptive Engine - Strange goldish alloy - [[Arcturox]] technology - [[The Order]] / [[The Order|Universal Order]] - Pipe’s research - Raphius’s device understanding ## Open Questions - Where is Lab Halen? - Is the [[Ovk]] entity still contained there? - Is Lab Halen one of the known Order labs, or part of a related older network? - What exactly is [[Ovk]]? - Why did [[The Night Council]] receive Rift Gate devices? - Did [[Keth]] intend the accident? - Is the lab still active? - Can the party survive going deeper?