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  • Silent Witness of the Sepulcher 791

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    From: Whispercap Spore Bloom 713 Quest Giver: A nervous, sharp-eyed woman named Sister Kaelen, an aide to a high-ranking city councilor, arranges a clandestine meeting in the bellows of a dusty archive. She speaks in hushed, urgent tones and constantly glances at the shadows. The Lore/Background: Kaelen is convinced that a rival faction, led by…

  • Amulet of Acceptable Accord 217

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    Lore:Among the 73 island nations, floating bazaars, and cavernous megacities of Saṃsāra, not all magical items are forged for battle. The Amulet of Acceptable Accord 217 is an unassuming talisman that originated from merchants who traveled long trade routes across the endless oceans. They claimed its design derived from older charms brought to the world…

  • Tupilak 717 of Knucklebones of Whispering Spirit

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    Lore: The first Tunguska shamans on Saṃsāra learned quickly that the world was thick with spirits. While some bound powerful, angry spirits into constructs of vengeance, others pursued a quieter path. They discovered that lesser, more curious spirits—the spirits of flowing water, of the north wind, of clever foxes—could be coaxed into small, inanimate objects.…

  • Tunguska 620 of the Weaver of Whispers

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    Lore: When avatars from the Tunguska traditions found themselves not in the great wild taiga but in the sprawling, bureaucratic cities of Saṃsāra, they had to adapt their magic to survive. They discovered that the spirits were not just in the trees and the rivers, but that a faint, lesser spirit—an echo of intent 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…

  • Seiðr 42 of the Mortar of Mystic Grinds

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    Slot: Carried Lore: In the deep, magically-saturated jungles of the southern isles, there are communities that live in symbiosis with the strange and potent flora. The veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is thin there, and many of the plants possess powerful psychoactive properties. The early shamans of these communities learned that consuming these…

  • Necromancy 66 of the Vintners Jawbone

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    Lore: On the sun-drenched, fertile islands of the Ambervine Archipelago, there is a saying: “A meal is a story; a good chef is merely its narrator.” This philosophy was perfected by the legendary epicurean, Master Callan. Callan was not a necromancer in the traditional sense; he was a culinary artist who believed that the true…

  • Necromancy 31 of the Grave Silent Brooch

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    Lore: In the sprawling, intrigue-filled megacities of Saṃsāra, there exists a discreet and ancient guild known as the Veiled Attendants. They are the professional undertakers and funerary priests who handle the last rites for the wealthy and powerful—the guild masters, the ship barons, and the political figures. To navigate the grieving, paranoid, and often dangerous…

  • 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…

  • Settlers Marrow Steel

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    Lore In the early days after the first souls arrived on Saṃsāra, survival was a matter of trial and error. New settlements, scattered in unforgiving wilds, had to learn which of the world’s strange creatures were edible and which were poison. In a small, struggling community carved into the side of a jungle-choked mountain, there…

  • Exorcism 7 of The Bones of Patterned Truth

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    Lore Among the People of the Long Night, the discovery of the three paths of magic—the Drunkard’s Chaos, the Watcher’s Focus, and the Brewer’s Community—led to a schism of belief. A fourth path was forged not by a shaman in the field, but by a reclusive scholar and diagnostician named Kenai. He observed the other…

  • Chameleon Sting

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    From: Aquilarachnid This specially crafted shortbow is made from chameleon bone and imbued with the creature’s natural venomous properties. Arrows fired from this bow have a chance to inflict poison damage on the target, causing lingering damage over time. Level: Tier 1 Stats: Attuned passive: (May be continuing or have charges) If target is hit,…