While it's currently one of the more obscure bits of Glorantha (I think it's only mentioned in The Fortunate Succession) there is a Darkness-based version of Illumination (Umbarism). There was even a group that combined Umbarism with Nysaloran Illumination (The Good Old Shadows)
And then there's the fact that a lost of people dislike and distrust Darkness - with the result that Darkness worshippers tend to dislike and distrust everyone else. And a lot of people dislike and distrust Uroxi. Uroxi are also not known for intellectual curiosity. There are a lot of social difficulties involved in even trying to find a solution - and anything outside of normal society, such as Darkness, makes it more difficult.
In general I would say that the player should be prepared to accept that progress is likely to be slow - and that even the investigation is unusual behaviour for a Uroxi. Followers who are in on the secret and share the goal might be helpful (an initiate of the Chalana Arroy subcult Natyrsa Chaos Foe, for instance). Choosing a more socially acceptable and intellectually open cult than Urox might make the character easier to play to play.
-- -- "The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of immortality. More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala Guide to Taoism_ Paul K.
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