Editing The Lost Art (section)

== Season one ==
=== Prologue: Passing the Torch ===
'''Released: August 7, 2016'''

The episode  briefly sketches some of the post-D'ni history of the Cavern: its discovery by [[John Loftin]] and [[Elias Zandi]], the attempts at reconstruction under the stewardship of the [[DRC]], and then abandonment of the project. The episode ends in [[2025 CE|2025]] with the establishment of D'ni as a [[w:World Heritage site|World Heritage site]] under the guardianship of the United Nations. [[Beatrice Lang]] and [[Zarek Mazerowski]] of UNESCO Special Projects Unit come up with a plan to protect D'ni's secret, i.e. the existence of [[Linking Book|book]]s capable of linking to other worlds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-lost-art/season-one-episodes/473287113675268/|title=Season One: Episodes|website=''The Lost Art'' Facebook group|access-date=June 5, 2021}}</ref>

=== 1: A Crackpot Idea ===
'''Released: July 2, 2017'''

In [[2040 CE|2040]], as Earth continues to be plagued by a series of disasters of unknown origin, the UN decides to send a small team of civilians and military support personnel to the Cavern. This team, under the leadership of Colonel [[Gabriel Collins]], are tasked with finding anything that might help the increasingly dire situation on the surface.

=== 2: Through the Looking Glass ===
'''Released: July 22, 2017'''

Following the accidental triggering of a linking book, [[Morgan Lapahie|Lapahie]], Collins, Mazerowski and [[Alexander Jung|Jung]] end up in [[Teledahn]]. While working to find a way back to Earth, Alex discovers some interesting properties about the age, and Morgan and Zarek encounter an [[Shroomie|alien creature]].
 
Meanwhile back in the Cavern, Lukas and Katja help [[Henry Culver|Henry]] search boxes, during which [[Katja Lenček|Katja]] expresses dismay regarding some aspects of the [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]] culture.

=== 3: D'ni Dreaming ===
'''Released: August 4, 2017'''

Katja and Henry continue their exploration of D'ni culture by reading all the journals in the [[Hall of Kings]]. After visiting the [[Great Zero]], Alex persuades Gabe to send for the physicist [[Thomas Maxwell]], believing that the GZ has potential that the DRC hadn't unlocked. 
 
Meanwhile Lukas takes Morgan to one of the [[neighborhood]]s, where a strange artifact has a disturbing and long-lasting effect on them.

=== 4: The Age of Writing ===
'''Released: December 8, 2017'''

Gabe holds a team meeting in [[Eder Delin]], where they catch up on the progress of the mission, and Katja finally has a chance to use a linking book. Meanwhile, Zarek rehearses a presentation on the 'D'ni [[Art|Art of Writing]]', with Lieutenant [[Grace Larson|Larson]] as his test audience.

Exhaustion from his long trip from CERN catches up with Dr Maxwell. He falls asleep on a rooftop and succumbs to a nightmare, the content of which prompts Morgan and Lukas to take him to see the artifact they discovered.

Gabe tracks them down and berates them for their 'insane' theories. Meanwhile the discoveries of a reference book and the Teledahn descriptive book prompt Alex, Thomas and Gabe to begin experimenting with the D'ni art of writing.

=== 5: Sorrowful Songs ===
'''Released: December 24, 2017'''

Morgan and Lukas follow Zarek to [[K'veer]], where they use another linking book to explore a lead. Back on [[Ae'gura]], Henry and Katja discover a [[Memorial imager|memorial]] for lost explorers, which Henry is determined to get working again.

Meanwhile, in spite of their initial successes, Gabe, Alex and Thomas experience a series of writing disasters. Determined to overcome these losses, Gabe decides that the best plan is to keep going. Without telling anyone, they set off to explore another age, [[Kadish Tolesa]], in the hope of finding something useful.