# [[Secrets of the Ancient Aturi Portals]] >[!question] Thread: [[Secrets of the Ancient Aturi Portals]] >**Status:** 🔲 Open >**Location:** Various locations across Ibir >**Heard when:** [[Session 2 - South of the Border]] > >The ancient [[Aturi]] civilization created magical portals across the land. Their knowledge of how to operate them has been lost since the [[Reign of Terror]], when many [[Aturi Seals]] were broken open by greedy colonizers. ^thread ## Timeline >[!timeline|t-l c-plain] **🌌 Discovery** _[[Session 2 - South of the Border]]_ >The party discovers their first [[Ancient Aturi Portal]] while camping in the Sunset Range. ^s2 >[!timeline|t-r c-plain] **💬 Report** _[[Session 8 - Brine Rapids]]_ >[[Drakus Thunderheart]] tells [[Thaynera Yvyrasulûm]] about the portal discovery, exciting her greatly. ^s8 >[!timeline|t-l c-plain] **🏛 Observation** _[[Session 20 - The Speaker]]_ >The party sees another portal in the courtyard of the [[Norod Clan House]] in Kaagunud. ^s20 >[!timeline|t-r c-plain] **📚 Lore** _[[Session 20 - The Speaker]]_ >[[Speaker Guro Norod]] explains that the Aturi no longer know how to operate the portals, and many seals were broken during the Reign of Terror. ^s20 >[!timeline|t-l c-plain] **📰 Headline** _[[Session 37 - Welcome to Lake Hope]]_ >The [[Lake Hope Chronicle]] has [[Lake Hope Chronicle - 5th of Flowertide|a piece on the portal]] in [[Orlando]], mentioning the [[Council of Vaikemekhem]] sent a clan to claim the [[Ancient Aturi Portal]]. ^s37