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“Many attempt to tell the future. I find it hard enough to divine the present.”

“This one treats scorpid venom, this one soothes sand sickness. This one? This one just looks pretty.”

“Go forth, seek out the secrets of the world and return them to me.”
—Naiala

It used to roam the open waters, desperate for a friend, but the other fish were wary of its tusks and horn. Upon arrival in the Coralight Dukedom, though, its majestic tusks are admired by all and its horn is the subject of many a conversation.

Devils are those who failed Ni'Ama's trials, transformed into the god's servants.

The Natia Valley is one of the key routes many nomadic tribes pass when the seasons change.

“Though they may talk of things like spirituality, the Leonin of Natia Valley are no more than savages crudely wearing the veneer of civilization.”
—Gavis, Stalwart

“Every time I lose sight of something, it seems to come back good as new. Finally, some proper challengers.”
—Lucien, the duelist

“Keep still in the fog. Do not follow the lights.”
—Jyllian Selhoff, geist-trapper

Stardust and hope, sunlight and joy, sweet dreams are made of these.

“The way the stars are shifting is a startling sign; fate has finally found me.”
—Glitch, Galactic Muse

“Daisy, you're as beautiful as the stars. What a match; I'm half-doomed and you're semisweet.”
— Dr. Sadie Dal to Lieutenant Saxon

Cultivating a reputation for egregious brutality can clear a viking's path like any weapon.

The Drow inherited dark magic from their transformation, but also managed to develop some of their own.

“And lo, hewn from obsidian, at Athreos's behest, did Purphoros fashion the soldiers of death.”
—The Purphorestia

“Nimunot belongs to those standing at the top of the food chain, lucky for us, we control the ones who do.”
—Vythraktos, Master Necromancer

The renegade vampire Kahra slew the Belmord bloodsire who first bit her in a bitter struggle. Now she seeks the power to reanimate him, and bind him to her will.