>>724829757
I like how Tolly straight up rejects you if you try to flirt with him, basically calling you a geriatric.
>>724829670
The purpose of the mark was to furrow the soil, to prepare Phyre's body to be taken over by Gideon/The Gardener's soul. Gideon's body could not be fixed, and Safia was desperate to both save him, and get her revenge on Lou.

What is interesting is that on ArtStation we get a glimpse at what the original warehouse looked like (the one with the box). It was originally called Ritual Warehouse. I think the original vision was that Fabien was a random thinblood who was sacrified for some purpose. This got rewritten and Safia got changed from a fake Tremere into a real Tremere and stuff like that.