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...damage—so soon, in fact, that they even heal injuries in the middle of a fight. ...when necessary—the sudden change from sluggish plodding to a flurry of rapid motion often catching those unfamiliar with the things by fatal surpr ...

...ld]] and its contents undergo between its sixteen [[mester]]s. The people of Diddu have, however, established some locations, the [[Golden Cities]], tha ...in, the largest settlement is the port city of [[Harambare]], on the shore of the [[Harvage Sea]]. ...

...at they can catch. This decidedly includes [[human]]s; damacolots are one of the most dangerous [[organism]]s in their area. ...f horns running down the center, diminishing in size as it reaches the tip of the snout. ...

...zation itself, and finally, bowing to common usage, the former Brotherhood of the Earthbound officially adopted the name. ...rationalization as disingenuous—and, truthfully, on the part of many of the Condescent, it no doubt is, though there are surely some who really do ...

...s an important asset to those who fight the [[cressarch]]s... which means, of course, that the cressarchs themselves would love to see her neutralized. ...nowadays, she wasn't sure if she really believed that, but she wasn't sure of the real explanation. ...

...its being referred to as an [[altar]], there is no evidence that the Altar of Storms is in fact associated with any [[god (Dverelei)|god]]. ...lored in striations of red, brown, and grey, though the colors change over time and sometimes other hues appear. ...

...er]]s are activated, or both. In still other cases, the object is capable of independent motion, but its "wielder" still has some control over it: for e Of course, those who adhere to the philosophy of [[panempsychosis]] would consider ''all'' talismans alive, but not necessar ...

...ch that a normal [[human]] [[lifetime]] is generally measured in some tens of years. ..., the abbreviations "mya" for "millions of years ago", "bya" for "billions of years ago", and so on are common, though they are discouraged by some autho ...

...is to arise as a shade, though in practice other factors (such as strength of personality and unfinished business) also come into play. ...There seems to be a [[correlation]] between the size of the object and the time it takes to return to the shade on separation—the smaller the object, ...

...ifferent forms and lifestyles. There are over eight hundred known species of gharn, though only perhaps three hundred are commonly summoned to Curcalen. Gharns are native to the plane of [[Kalar]]. While they were previously believed to be [[apex predator]]s th ...

...e those who count [[city|cities]] and other complex, organized collections of [[intelligence|intelligent]] (or not) life forms to also be distinct life f ...are all (at least arguably) living, but abiotic. The [[magic]]al process of bestowing life on a formerly inanimate object is known as [[animation]]. ...

...[[summoning]]s do not. The creation of [[talisman]]s is one notable form of enchantment, and the one perhaps that the word is most often used to refer ...n conditions even without the involvement (or the intentional involvement) of any living creatures or preexisting magics. ...

...major criminal organizations. Despite this, it still serves as something of a tourist mecca, in addition to hosting continued mining operations. {{main|Geography of Kadis}} ...

...[[primary form|primary]] and [[secondary form]]s, but must maintain parts of each form, whatever overall form it takes. While they are sometimes confus ...n any sort of intermediate form it wishes to, but most spend most of their time as ''almost'' one form or the other. Rarigs tend to settle into a few diff ...

...on Gala alongside the [[human (Gala)|human]]s that still form the majority of its [[ellogy|ellogous]] population. ...''didn't'' refer to the world, then "Iliwigala" couldn't mean "Great Ring of the World".) ...

'''Phantoms''' are immaterial [[ghost (Interlife Earth)|ghost]]s with no form of their own, When a phantom first [[divestment|divests]], it is already in possession of an object, generally something on his person when he died, or at least some ...

...A|&#X02C8;&#x0251;rv<S>&#x026A;</S>n}}), the City of Change, is a [[city]] of [[Eidecia]] where virtually everything is constantly in flux. The city's l ...ognize the name if they hear it. (They seem, however, to retain no memory of the city's ''previous'' names, unless they make a conscious effort to do so ...

...er [[daily sun]]s Metcitum's sun, [[Tembecus]], defines an integral number of days each [[year (Vlastach)|year]], rising and setting exactly three hundre {{main|Geography of Metcitum}} ...

...me she is called by the [[Halok]] peoples. She also is called by a number of [[epithet]]s, including "the Purple Lady", "the Unveiler", and "Young Grand ...considered virtually a necessity for any tribe to have at least one priest of Hauhlen among its people, advising the chief. ...

...alan has no industry or resource exploitation other than the incarceration of criminals. ...e; others may end up there due to political reasons. Of course, the worst of the criminals are kept in the highest-security areas and are segregated, at ...