#starfallenlore

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To protect their souls from dissolution, Nurathic sailors tattoo the shape of weapons over their hearts. Should they die while at sea, they believe that their souls will wield spiritual representations of these weapons against Chaos as they begin their long journeys home to rest.

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Zhubaq

The owl god of Malondra is long dead, its bones scattered around the acid pools of its clifftop nest. When disturbed, shard of rock and veins of acid pull the bones together, and the skeletal god rises to devour those who seek the souls and relics mummified in their pellets.

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The Jesters

In many Tekuni cultures, jesters may not hold noble titles, but have the right to challenge the decisions of the nobility without fear of legal consequence. This is normally done with words, but when a noble turns truly corrupt, jesters fight with blade and spell, bringing them to justice.

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The Prophet's Bones

The ice-shell surrounding the Fourth Prophet is cracked and broken, and his bones litter the altar of the Frozen Cathedral. Many have been gnawed, but the remaining bones each hold a powerful measure of his arcana, and would be valuable if deeply sacrilegious reagents for unscrupulous sorcerers or desperate delvers.

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Madame Vestrade

Madame Vestrade was a delver who came to Gellaway over forty years ago. She claimed the Axiom Vestige, but was trapped for months and fell prey to it. Now, she slips through the catacombs, clutching the Vestige to her and feeding from its whispers; she will kill to keep it.

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The Flame-Eater

A large demonic newt, the flame-eater found its way into the Frozen Cathedral long ago. It burrows into a frozen corpse, devouring their soul before settling in to hibernate for a decade, emerging to pick a new victim. If woken, it will explode into flame and fight desperately to escape.

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The Axiom Vestige

The ultimate symbol of the Ashen Church, a heretical Numenist order, the Axiom Vestige was an amulet inherited by each newborn Prophet. The Church claims that the Vestige can only be wielded by the reincarnated Prophet, and with its loss fractured over disagreements as to who the current Prophet is. 

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Reynaud Madrigal

A chaplain of the Dissolutionist branch of the Ashen Church, Reynaud believes that the Axiom Vestige is a heretical symbol of the Church’s decline that must be destroyed before it is claimed by the Revivalists. He successfully infiltrated Gellaway a few months ago, and struggles to track the Vestige down.