All Season Four Zombies Intel for Dark Aether on Mauer der Toten in Black Ops Cold War

Throughout the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies experience, players are tasked with collecting Intel to give insight into the world of the Dark Aether storyline. Each Season, including the post-launch Preseason, various forms of Intel can be discovered for each of the four primary Zombies factions.

This article will serve as a complete collection of Intel for the Dark Aether faction in Mauer der Toten from Black Ops Cold War Season Four. If you are looking for Intel from the three other factions, check out the following article which serves as a hub for our coverage of the Mauer der Toten Zombies experience. As the Seasons progress, you can expect to find the latest Zombies Intel on our website, we'll also Tweet when it goes live!

Dark Aether

A mysterious realm beyond the world we know, filled with untapped resources and nightmarish creatures. Proceed with caution, but listen and observe closely…

Audio Logs

Lost Souls: Valentina 1

Father, I did it. I told you we would be together again. Here I am.

Valentina: Father, I did it! I told you we would be together again -- really together. And here I am.

Vogel: My child. I knew you would come. I never lost faith in you -- as you never lost faith in me.

Vogel: Tell me, my clever Angelika, did you have any trouble crossing into the Dark Aether?

Valentina: None. The portal you hid in Berlin worked perfectly. And Omega is none the wiser. Their trust in "Aleksandra Valentina" was as blind as it was complete.

Valentina: I suppose a lifetime of living a lie has finally paid off.

Vogel: Indeed, but your work is far from finished. We have reached the moment of truth for Operation Baldr.

Valentina: I know, father. And I am ready. I did not spend all those years playing a Soviet lackey just to fall short of the prize now.

Valentina: Marching jackboots will once again echo down the streets of Berlin like thunder. The glory of the Fatherland will be restored. This I swear to you: Task Force Baldr is coming home.

Lost Souls: Valentina 2

Father, I have always wondered about the day you crossed into the Dark Aether.

Valentina: Father, I have always wondered about the day you crossed into the Dark Aether. What happened, exactly? I understand you were doing your duty, but I have always wondered... why did you leave me?

Vogel: That... was a difficult day, Angelika. One I try not to think about. What mattered then was getting Task Force Baldr in place. What matters now is completing the mission.

Valentina: Of course, father. I meant only that abandoning me must have been almost as difficult for you as it was for me.

Vogel: But I never abandoned you. The fact that you are here is testament to that. Now, are you prepared for what comes next? If you are to lead our army, you must... ascend.

Valentina: My body means no more to me than the name I left behind. I will proudly remold it for the honor of leading the charge to reclaim Germania. My entire life has built toward this moment.

Vogel: As has mine, child. As has mine.

Lost Souls: Valentina 3

Father? Are you? ... Are you my Father?

Valentina: Father! It... it worked!

Vogel: You look every bit as glorious as I envisioned. How do you feel, my child?

Valentina: How do I feel? I feel incredible! I thought I knew what it was to wield power before. Now power sings in every fiber of my being! Nothing will stand against us!

Vogel: Then go to the head of our army and lead them to glory! Unleash the judgement of the Reich on the soft, weak ingrates who sullied the Fatherland.

Forsaken: Tell them their day is done! The sun sets forever upon their divided world!

Valentina: Father--?! Are you...?

Valentina: Are you my father?

Vogel: Of course, child. My time here has... left its mark on me, but I am the one who guided you to this moment. I am still me.

Vogel: Now, go. Make me proud one final time. The Reich must rise from the ashes.

Documents

Day 4,527

Zykov records rumors he has heard about a strange creature hunting the Dark Aether's Elder Gods.

Day 4,527: I have heard more rumors about a creature hunting the "elder god" entities who battle for supremacy here. They say it is fairly new - not of the Old Ones who have fought to a stalemate since this realm was young.

There is a particularly disturbing detail I keep hearing. They say it actually consumes those it defeats in combat, devouring them whole. And, somehow, it absorbs all the dark power from its victim and adds it to its own. Some claim that it gains new abilities this way, such as the power to change its appearance, allowing it to stalk its prey disguised as someone they trust.

I dismissed it as idle fantasy the first few times I heard it, but repetition has a way of giving credence to such claims. I have not seen it, but I now believe it is out there.

Day 4,771

Zykov recounts witnessing the Forsaken in person for the first time.

Day 4,771: I saw it. The Great Devourer. The Stealer of Souls. Or, as more and more of us have started calling it: the Forsaken.

I was searching for machine parts further from my fort than I usually dare to travel. This was in territory once ruled by an Old One who valued science and technology, so I hoped to find a trove of good components. Instead, I realized I was being stalked by some nameless horror too big for even my crucible-empowered weapon.

Just as it cornered me, it seemed to sense something amiss, started to turn, and was suddenly in the clutches of the Forsaken. It was different than I had anticipated. In fact, it seemed to change appearance as it tore into the flesh of the thing that was hunting me.

I ran. I do not think the Forsaken even noticed me. But it is very real.

Day 5,169

Zykov notes that the Forsaken has amassed an army of loyal followers.

Day 5,169: The Old Ones are encountered less and less these days as the Forsaken continues its steady rise. The creature has grown to a size only rivaled by the crowds of followers that are drawn to it. I watch them from a distance, through an old telescope I restored. What I see has left me shaken.

The Forsaken appears to be organizing them into an army. I have encountered some of them while foraging and they always ask me to join them. Actually, it is less "ask" than "threaten." Those who refuse -- and are less capable of defending themselves -- have been dragged to the Forsaken as sacrifices.

Join, or be consumed. That is the offer. That is what the Forsaken expects from us all.

I may need to move my fort -- or abandon it altogether. I am still beneath its notice, but continued resistance to the call of the Forsaken will surely make me a target.

Radio Transmissions

The Forsaken

Zykov reveals the true nature of the Dark Aether threat.

Zykov: Hello again, my friend. It is your old comrade Zykov. And, yes, we are still comrades, even if you now serve Omega Group.

Zykov: This secret war we fight -- and the ultimate enemy we both face -- transcend the politics of East and West. And now, thanks to Dr. Valentina, we have entered a dangerous new phase.

Zykov: She thinks she is carrying out her father's wishes. She is wrong. The being that has visited her since childhood is not her father.

Zykov: The Forsaken is not simply powerful. He is a master of deceit. I have seen him do this before -- alter his appearance, play upon emotions -- all to make others do his bidding.

Zykov: I have seen others here become drawn to him, follow him, worship him. And now the Forsaken commands a vast army, hungrily eyeing our world.

Zykov: This is the nature of the great evil I have been warning you about. This dark universe is no longer enough for him. He lives to consume -- and when you reopened the gateway at Endstation, he looked upon our world and saw a banquet to be devoured.

Zykov: I can still help you stop him, but only if you free me from this place. Only if you bring me home.

Consumed

Zykov explains how the Forsaken came to power.

Zykov: Things were not always like this, my friend. I remember a time here in the Dark Aether when the Forsaken did not even exist.

Zykov: When I first crossed over, things were very different. Back then, there were many powerful entities at war here, forming alliances, betraying each other...

Zykov: Not that I realized it at first, any more than an insect would know the names of leaders in the Great Patriotic War.

Zykov: But eventually I cam to recognize the Lords of the Dark Aether. They had been locked in an ever-changing stalemate since the dawn of time.

Zykov: And then, one by one, the Forsaken hunted them down, consumed them, and made their power his own.

Zykov: The Forsaken imposed order upon the Dark Aether. Those who remained rallied to him, seeking his favor and pledging loyalty.

Zykov: This is a different place than when I arrived. It is infinitely more dangerous.

Artifacts

Electrical Fuse

An electrical fuse collected off a Tempest corpse.

Tempest Essence

Raw crystal essence siphoned from a Tempest. A critical component in the construction of an Inversion warhead.

Corrupted Uranium

Uranium from a warhead, corrupted by a Megaton. Warning: highly unstable. Decontaminate immediately.

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