I've almost certainly missed something painfully obvious.. Possible spoiler alert. (If you want to be surprised by the conditions in The City of Archives, stop reading here.. ) In the setup instructions for The City of Archives, you're told to remove all unique Item assets, but there is no mention of allies. On the face of it, that would suggest that your allies accompany you there. Is that supposed to be the takeaway? (I've searched this forum for the subject but I never have any luck with the search feature on this site..). How do people play this? Bring the allies along? Thanks!

You'll notice that somewhere in the setup instructions, it mentions that all your ally assets gain the "yithian" trait. So yes, the villains are kind enough to teleport your entire posse into the past with you, in their own yithian bodies. It's crazy, but they're time travelling aliens so it's pretty on-brand.

Hmm Yithian cats and dogs....

Those enemy weaknesses is even more funny.

A Yithian with red gloves shows up suddenly and saves you from certain peril.