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RS079

RS079 Astral Templar are trained for combat wearing heavy and restrictive armour, for years, until they can move and fight as naturally as without it. Upon disembarking after a long training session,...

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RS083

RS083 End of Act 1.

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RS084

RS084 Llyri is the name given by the sylph to their city principality, located along Erj’s inner Western coast—although the name tends to refer more generally to the surrounding lands, as well. But...

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RS085

RS085 Owing to Llyri’s ashlessness, trees and assorted flora are much easier to grow within the city. Through centuries of careful cultivation, many species have become themselves a deterrent to ash,...

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RS086

RS086 The creation of an ash-free environment takes more than one’s proximity to water and trees. Beyond horticulture, another discipline at which sylph excel is ventilation. Through the generations,...

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RS087

RS087 It is a common myth throughout Erj that Thralls of Ybris are themselves a distinct, monstrous species, and many an erjan child is kept within parentally-defined boundaries by a fear they may be...

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RS088

RS088 Thralls bear a hatred for all that continues to be—and that hatred burns for no particular group more than the sylph, who also worship Ybris. However, to the sylph, the interpretation of Ybris...

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RS089

RS089 The designless obliteration of all things is not the only way in which thralls venerate Ybris’ perfect absence of being—those few souls who have survived an encounter or bore witness from afar...

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RS090

RS090 The encumbrance of Templar armour is a necessary evil; however, the burden is substantially lessened on the home front. While the armour was designed around the immense size and shape of the...

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RS091

RS091 Templar initiates, upon undergoing the procedure of commission into the program, are faced with a choice: which weapon to wield in protecting the Conservatory—and the sylph moral foundation—from...

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RS092

RS092 To the casual observer, it would seem that the Astral Templar and thralls of Ybris do not represent an even match in combat—and in a purely physical context, this is largely correct. Armoured as...

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RS093

RS093 Ybric thralls have no compunction about ending their own lives. As far as Erjan researchers can gather, ritual suicide is perhaps the single largest reason Ybric cults do not represent a larger...

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RS094

RS094 The generation of energy is not unknown in Erj. Water and wind are utilized commonly in mills, and the sylph—while not fully understanding the intricacies of the technology—employ salvaged...

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RS097

RS097 For their numbers, ferocity, and destructive arcane knowledge, thralls are still unarmoured, and thus theoretically simple to dispatch. Many of the strategies and tools employed by a Templar in...

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