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  • An Echo for Elara 338

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    From: Whispercap Spore Bloom 713 Quest Giver: A frail but immaculately dressed elderly man named Master Valerius, a renowned clockwork artisan, seeks out the party in a quiet corner of a teahouse. His hands, though spotted with age, are steady, but his eyes carry a deep and weary sadness. The Lore/Background: Valerius’s wife, Elara, is…

  • Tupilak 291 of the Hoarfrost Grip

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    Lore In the deepest polar wastes of Saṃsāra lies the Great Glacier, a sea of living ice that groans and shifts with a will of its own. The Ukiuk tribes who live on its edge do not fear the cold; they are born of it. They believe the Great Glacier is a sleeping primordial, and…

  • Transform 303 of the Predators Guise

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    Lore: In the early days following the arrival of souls on Saṃsāra, many communities found themselves at the bottom of the food chain. To survive against the world’s uniquely evolved and powerful monsters, they adopted a simple, brutal philosophy: to fight a beast, one must become a beast. Shamans and warriors began a tradition of…

  • Taoist 33 of The Golden Cicadas Shell

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    Lore: The alchemists of the Taoist 33 path pursued a unique form of enlightenment, one based on the principles of non-attachment and freedom. They believed that true immortality was not just living forever, but achieving a state of spiritual liberation so profound that one could not be bound by worldly chains—be they iron manacles, solemn…

  • Sorcery 87 of The Enviers Tagelmust

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    Lore: In the bustling port cities of the Vashnarian Archipelago, trade is not merely an exchange of goods but a complex dance of influence, reputation, and subtle coercion. Centuries ago, the powerful silk-weaving guilds, locked in bitter rivalries, sought an edge that could not be traced back to overt action. They turned to the disenfranchised…

  • Reflecting 4 of the Deceitful Martyr

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    Slot: Neck Tags: Reflecting Magic, Deception, Illusion, Control, Worn Item, Common, Tier 1, Knock-back, Misdirection, Intimidation, Defensive, Non-lethal, Psychological, Subtle, Triggered, Auditory Lore: True Reflecting Magic is notoriously volatile, immensely powerful, and incredibly rare—the province of legendary heroes and warnings in cautionary tales. However, the idea of it is a potent weapon in its own…

  • Reiki 5 of the Souls Cadence

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    Slot: Feet Tags: Reiki, Dancer, Support, Performance, Worn Item, Common, Tier 1, Feet Slot, Auditory, Movement, Grace, Stamina, Social, Aura, Auditory, Rhythm, Jewelry Lore: On the island nation of Cyria, known for its floating pavilions and vibrant, artistic culture, dance is considered a language of the soul. The Cyrians believe that true communication transcends words…

  • Glass Tailed Mimicrab 4

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    Original Life Forms Referenced: Appearance The Glass-Tailed Mimicrab is a small, delicate, and truly bizarre-looking creature. It has the slender, graceful body and long legs of a Dik-dik antelope, standing no taller than a large cat. Its skin, however, is its most striking feature: it is smooth, moist, and almost perfectly transparent, like that of…

  • Geostellatus Electrorex 13

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    Original Life Forms Referenced: Appearance The Geostellatus is a deeply unsettling subterranean creature. It has a powerful, low-slung, tubular body, much like a scaled-up, elongated mole, covered in slick, scale-less, eel-like skin that is typically a mottled brown or grey. A constant, low-level static charge crackles across its skin, causing dust and small particles of…

  • Necromancy 17 of the Composers Fingerbone

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    Lore: In the island nation of Sonnet’s Rest, it is believed that music is the true universal language, the only tongue that both the living and the dead can truly comprehend. The island’s famed College of Dirges teaches that every soul, upon its creation, is imprinted with a unique and complex melody—a “soul-song” that shifts…

  • Kupala 23 of the Whisper Pipe

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    Lore There are those who twist the joyous rituals of Kupala Night to serve darker, more insidious purposes. The Whisper-Pipe is a tool born from such a blasphemous rite. It is a secret known only to spies, cultists, and manipulators. On the eve of the solstice, the creator must find a hollow river reed from…

  • Kahuna 808 of the Resonant Breath

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    Lore In the chaotic dawn of Saṃsāra, as souls from a thousand worlds and a million histories were scattered across the islands, a great forgetting began. Genealogies were lost, the epics of dead worlds faded into half-remembered dreams, and the identities of the people began to fray. A Kahuna of the Haku Mele—a master of…

  • Acoustic Lenses 820

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    From: Aiptas Ouroborus 113 This piece of gear is designed to both protect and enhance the creature’s most vital sensory organs: its massive ears. The device is a pair of large, concave dishes fashioned from thinly shaved, acoustically resonant crystal, each held in a lightweight but durable frame of dark iron. This framework is mounted…

  • Sufism 110 of The Taqiyah of Unveiling

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    Lore The first of these simple caps were said to be woven by a mystic known as Alim the Silent, the first librarian of a hidden school dedicated to understanding the magical nature of Saṃsāra. Alim believed that every spell, every rune, every enchanted stream, and every monster’s roar was a “word” in the divine…

  • Sufism 786 of The Keshf Eyepiece

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    Lore: The first Keshf Eyepieces were crafted not by a grand artisan of a metropolis, but by a humble mystic named Halim the Glass-Grinder who resided in a small coastal sanctuary. Halim was a member of a lesser-known order that believed that every object, no matter how mundane, retained an echo of its creation and…

  • Exorcism 8 of The Drunkards Rattle

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    Lore Among the myriad cultures that found themselves scattered across the lands of Saṃsāra, there was a small community from a world of endless ice and stark twilight. Their shamans communed with the spirits through ancient, precise, and physically demanding dances. However, the chaotic and overwhelming flow of magic in their new home made these…

  • Coptic 73 of Alarm

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    Lore: The arrival of countless souls upon Saṃsāra brought with them fragmented memories of traditions and beliefs from myriad lost worlds. Amongst these were whispers of rites from ancient lands where faith and protective charms were deeply interwoven with daily life. One such echo manifested as a simplified form of Coptic magic, adapted by those…

  • Targeted Illusion 317 of Harmonious Echo

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    Item Description: A delicately crafted, hand-held mirror with a frame carved from ebony wood and adorned with motifs of intertwined musical notes. The mirror’s surface shimmers with an ethereal glow, and when gazed upon, faint melodies can be heard emanating from its depths. Lore: Legend tells of a bard named Lysandra who, while trapped in…