RS069 For their part, eidola tend not to bemoan the erjan public’s mistrust—while it often presents considerable social hurdles, they are otherwise in very little danger, owing to their extreme physical size and strength. As far as anyone can tell,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS070 Most decadents dress as plainly as any monk, but their allegience is laid bare by the Weight of Existence: massive ornaments that serve as identification, conduits of worship, and often weapons. Created by the master glaziers of the Luminous Body,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS071 A decadent’s desire is Cynosure—to rise above and transcend the blandness of common existence, and be celebrated by Nyue as a beacon of Isness, a worthy representation of her splendor. To this end, decadents stalk the cities and settlements of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS073 Decadents spend painstaking years accruing wealth enough to attain Cynosure upon their return to the Luminous Body. The most common way for a decadent to make his fortune is through labour or mercenary work, and he will often endure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS076 Should a Templar’s filter become compromised, the ambient ash in the erjan air can no longer be removed before it reaches the lungs, and an initial shortness of breath rapidly becomes fatal asphyxiation as the ash immediately begins to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS077 Even those few sylph whose bodies can miraculously process ash must take care; while theoretically immune, they are still far more susceptible than any erjan, experiencing dizziness, respiratory distress, and even cognitive impairment. Great physical exertion tends to exacerbate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS103 ‘Pillar’ or ‘pike’ shrines are markers used to honour the memory of the dead. Found in and around erjan settlements and in the wild alike, the shrines are a feature of the Erjan landscape almost as ubiquitous as ash[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS104 The Western Waste is littered with thousands of mires, pits of wet silt that present a considerable nuisance—and often danger—to those traveling the open desert. Ranging in size from meager puddle to ample lake, most mires are easily differentiated[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS105 Dangerous though they might be, mires are yet not as dangerous as the ‘mireworms’ which often inhabit them. Despite wide colloquial adoption of the term, however, ‘worm’ is fundamentally inaccurate; rather, the moniker refers the distinctly unwormlike creature’s several[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RS106 Clean water is not as difficult to come by in Erj as one might guess; indeed, the four races of Erj survive in part because they have long since each mastered the filtration and distribution of drinking water on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…