although doesn’t the editor let you warp to the beginning? It did in the Exile games.
But regardless, you should always have a couple of backups placed in towns.

I assume the Crystal Soul you got was in the Ziggurat?

I’m probably not going to bother sorting out my computer at this point, it wouldn’t support Widows 11 and 10 will stop updating soon, right? I should just get a new one.

I’ve never played any Geneforge, if I do I’ll just go with the new versions.