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"An adranach is a winged feline construct made of raw arcane energy, fuchsia in hue and flecked with stars. It is an iconic servitor of the {@book League of Miracles|TDCSR|2|League of Miracles}, and the exact method of their creation is a closely guarded secret known only to the {@book Wonderworker|TDCSR|2|The Wonderworker} who guides that organization and the spellwrights who serve them.",
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"As constructs, adranachs are unfailingly loyal servants to the spellwrights who created them. To the people of Tal'Dorei, they are best known as the creatures that allowed cities razed by the {@book Chroma Conclave|TDCSR|1|The Chroma Conclave} to be rebuilt in a matter of weeks, rather than years. But adranachs are also mighty combatants that serve their masters as hunters, bodyguards, and even assassins."
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"An adranach's body is formed from the energy of the Astral Plane. Their claws and face, as well as a number of rune-inscribed braces on their body, are made of mithral and are necessary to keep their form of pure energy from losing cohesion. The methods for creating these mithral foundations and for binding astral energy to them are known only to the {@book Wonderworker|TDCSR|2|The Wonderworker} (the leader of the {@book League of Miracles|TDCSR|2|League of Miracles}) and the spellwrights who learn from them.",
"This secret knowledge is granted to worthy spellwrights in the form of an orb of mithral bands, about three feet in diameter, called a dormen. As the bands are removed and forged into the adranach's braces and mask, the dormen speaks aloud the instructions of how to craft an adranach in the magically recorded voice of the {@book Wonderworker|TDCSR|2|The Wonderworker}."
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"Each adranach has a unique mask crafted by its creator as their signature. This mask is crafted from pure mithral, and is the key to summoning and dismissing an adranach to a unique pocket dimension where it can rest and repair itself. When not in use, the mask magically shrinks from its true size to an easily concealable size fit for a humanoid face. Most spellwrights keep this mask in a chest stored on the Ethereal Plane with the {@spell Leomund's Secret Chest|PHB|secret chest} spell, and only produce the mask when it is time to call their adranach forth."
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"The secretive master spellwrights of the {@book League of Miracles|TDCSR|2|League of Miracles} are taught how to build adranachs of monumental size, with strength to match. These legendary constructs are also inevitably outfitted with unique enhancements of their creators' own devising, from upgraded espionage tools to the ability to sublimate their starry form and travel through the Astral Plane."
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"A reclusive society of elementalist druidic masters, {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} symbolize the connection between civilization and nature in balance as they govern, heal, and tame Exandria's primordial threats.",
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"No one knows {@book the Ashari's|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} true origins, though one popular legend ties directly to the ancient war between the gods and the primordial titans. As the {@book Prime Deities|TDCSR|2|Prime Deities} scattered the essence of their fallen foes across Exandria, the titans' remains birthed new Elemental Planes. In response, numerous humanoids\u2014who would eventually become part of {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari}\u2014were gifted with a magical affinity to shape the world and a responsibility to defend against future primordial threats."
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"A multiracial people, {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} strategically organize into four distinct communities\u2014the Fire Ashari of Pyrah, the Air Ashari of {@book Zephrah|TDCSR|3|Zephrah}, the Earth Ashari of {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah}, and the Water Ashari of Vesrah. Each community builds homes alongside sources of elemental power."
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"The walls between the Material Plane and the Elemental Planes are thin, and if those boundaries are tested, they tear asunder and form rifts. These planar fractures hemorrhage vast fields of wildfire, avalanches of crushing stone, boundless expanses of screeching hurricanes, and unending oceans of pounding tsunamis, all seemingly yearning for destruction.",
"When an elemental rift grows volatile, {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} become a living dam\u2014subduing, soothing, and sealing its escaping power. Then, once a rift calms, {@book the Ashari's|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} work to heal the surrounding land begins."
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"Ashari is a word found in many languages with a multitude of meanings, including: sunrise, innate will, torchbearer, and gardener. Some Ashari greetings include, \"The Wildmother sees you\" and \"Your actions bring forth light.\""
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"Of all {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} tribes, the Fire Ashari of Pyrah have suffered the greatest. Their people were all but destroyed when {@book Thordak|TDCSR|1|Thordak, the Cinder King} burst through the Rift of Flame in his cataclysmic return to Exandria. Yet despite their immense hardships, the Fire Ashari have given selflessly to the people of Tal'Dorei.",
"Firetamers are the elite elementalists of the Pyrah, using their attunement to the primordial forces of the world to not just create fire, not just command it, but tame it to their will. A firetamer of Pyrah is nothing like the manic pyromancers of Tal'Dorei. For while the latter recklessly wields fire as a weapon, firetamers use their talent to protect others from fire's destructive power\u2014or wield that same power to destroy those who threaten their people.",
"Firetamers are almost always accompanied by a {@creature salamander|MM}, a {@creature fire elemental}, or a small herd of {@creature magma mephit|MM|magma} or {@creature smoke mephit|MM|smoke mephits}. While home in Pyrah, Ashari firetamers use their power to control the Rift of Flame or to control the flames of the volcanic forest known as the Cindergrove. And on the outskirts of {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship}, a group of firetamers led by a half-orc Ashari named Lorkathar keeps watch over the volatile {@book Scar of the Cinder King|TDCSR|3|Scar of the Cinder King}."
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"{@book Zephrah's|TDCSR|3|Zephrah} location in the {@book Summit Peaks|TDCSR|3|Summit Peaks} has shielded {@book the Ashari|TDCSR|2|The Ashari} who dwell there from countless hardships. Few infringe upon their isolated home, and this safety has bred a certain recklessness among the Air Ashari. Though they guard their elemental rift as closely as do the rest of their kin, their lack of stoicism and restraint often earns them the scorn of the Earth Ashari of {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah}, the only other Ashari tribe in Tal'Dorei.",
"Air Ashari children learn to fly before they learn to walk, accompanying their parents through snow-fattened clouds on Ashari {@item skysail|TDCSR|skysails}. But while all in {@book Zephrah|TDCSR|3|Zephrah} love the sensation of flight, few hone their skills as rigorously as the skydancers. These graceful masters of the wind are at once artists, performers, and warriors. They are the beloved heroes of their people, both defending them in times of danger and bringing them happiness in times of peace."
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"The Earth Ashari of {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah} are a stoic people, slow to change and more likely to fight defensive battles and outlast enemies than wage offensive wars. The {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah} stoneguard are the perfect embodiment of this ideal, with their druidic training augmented by ancient combat techniques that allow them to hold fast against a tide of enemies. The stoneguard craft arms and armor from the granite around them, and their magical stonecraft rivals even that of the {@book dwarves|TDCSR|4|dwarves}. It is said that when elemental armies poured into Exandria in mythic times, two legendary stoneguard protected all of {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah} against that onslaught for ten days and ten nights, each standing guard while the other rested.",
"Today, the stoneguards stand vigilant along key defensive points within the {@book Cliffkeep Mountains|TDCSR|3|Cliffkeep Mountains}, warding the {@book Terrah|TDCSR|3|Terrah} tribe against the {@book dwarves|TDCSR|4|dwarves} of {@book Kraghammer|TDCSR|3|Kraghammer}. If the stoneguard were ever to falter in their vigil, they believe the {@book dwarves|TDCSR|4|dwarves} would doubtlessly enter their ancestral lands and strip its natural beauty in search of wealth and fuel."
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"The waveriders of Vesrah know firsthand the dangers of the open ocean and dedicate their lives to protecting seafarers from storms, pirates, and sea monsters. They are not warriors, however, but rather accomplished healers and aquatic empaths, using their powers to seek out and rescue survivors of marine disasters. They sometimes bring critically wounded survivors to Vesrah, a practice that the isolationist Water Ashari condemn for fear that such outsiders threaten their way of life. The waveriders take their peers' scorn in stride, for they would rather be righteous than popular.",
"A waverider turns to violence only as a last resort, preferring to fight in their shapechanged fishform rather than with harpoon in hand. They use hit-and-run tactics as a {@creature hunter shark} or employ their {@creature giant octopus} form's natural camouflage to harry opponents. When patrolling the open seas, waveriders skim across the water on personal waveboards with folding sails, similar in function to the {@item skysail|TDCSR|skysails} of the {@book Zephrah|TDCSR|3|Zephrah}."
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"altText": "A heavier woman with brown skin and long blue and silver hair wearing a purple fish-like body armor. She surfs on a sailboard overtop green water which twists around her free hand. The sail of the sailboard is green with an image of an octopus upon it."
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"Palest Westruun was not a king, but his new statue in the Opal Ward is often called the {@creature Black King|TDCSR}, a subtle jab at the city's previous \"Black King,\" the tyrannical dragon Umbrasyl. The high priest of the First Bastion blessed both the {@creature Black King|TDCSR} and {@book Westruun|TDCSR|3|Westruun} itself when the statue was unveiled on the anniversary of {@book Westruun's|TDCSR|3|Westruun} reclamation, saying, \"May the {@deity The Lawbearer|Exandria|TDCSR|Lawbearer} grant us all strength of spirit when chaos next threatens our peaceful civilization. When that time comes, may the {@creature Black King|TDCSR} unsheathe his sword to rally our people and lead {@book Westruun|TDCSR|3|Westruun} to victory.\"",
"When the safety of all of {@book Westruun|TDCSR|3|Westruun} is threatened, the {@creature Black King|TDCSR} will animate and defend its people, becoming a {@creature Black King|TDCSR|stone golem with a speed of 60 feet, Charisma and Intelligence scores of 18 (+4), and the ability to speak Common}. Its personality is dour but determined\u2014regal and single-minded in its desire to protect its city and its people.",
"{@note See {@book The Black King|TDCSR|3|7. The Black King} for more information on this NPC.}",
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"The {@book Alabaster Sierras|TDCSR|3|Alabaster Sierras} are bordered by hazardously treacherous shore-side cliffs and bleak mountains swarming with starving monstrosities. But beneath those peaks is a dense, beautiful, and eerie forest called the {@book Parchwood|TDCSR|3|Parchwood Timberlands}. During the six-year nightmare that was the Briarwood's reign, refugees made their home here\u2014but so did Lady Delilah and Lord Sylas's experiments. The centaur skeletons of the {@book Parchwood|TDCSR|3|Parchwood Timberlands} are not {@book centaurs|TDCSR|6|centaurs} at all; rather, they are the remnants of the {@book Briarwoods'|TDCSR|3|Scars of the Briarwoods} fleeting attempts to entertain themselves by refashioning the remains of different species into unique forms."
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"Death comes for all things in their time. It is the will of the {@deity The Matron of Ravens|Exandria|TDCSR|Matron of Ravens} that no being, no matter how heroic or how powerful, shall escape their rightful place in the hereafter. Yet when his sister {@creature Vex'ahlia|TDCSR} died in a sunken {@book Issylran|TDCSR|3|Issylra} tomb, Vax'ildan demanded that the goddess of death release her claim on {@creature Vex'ahlia|TDCSR|Vex'ahlia's} soul\u2014and claim his instead.",
"Inscrutably, the {@deity The Matron of Ravens|Exandria|TDCSR|Matron of Ravens} acquiesced to Vax'ildan's demand. He donned the {@item Deathwalker's Ward|TDCSR}, a {@book Vestige of Divergence|TDCSR|5|Vestiges of Divergence} imbued with the {@deity The Matron of Ravens|Exandria|TDCSR|Matron of Ravens'} power, and the legendary armor of her previous mortal champion. In time, Vax'ildan too came to be called her champion, and returned to life from death more than once\u2014even enduring utter annihilation by {@deity The Whispered One|Exandria|TDCSR} and strangulation by an Archfey. All these deaths were permissible for the {@deity The Matron of Ravens|Exandria|TDCSR|Matron of Ravens'} champion, since the threads of fate that bound Vax'ildan to her service had not yet run their full course. But they inevitably did.",
"Vax'ildan bade farewell to all the people he held most dear in the wake of {@deity The Whispered One|Exandria|TDCSR|The Whispered One's} defeat, and vanished into the eternal embrace of his god. In the years since, his returns to the world he once knew have been rare and fleeting. The Champion of Ravens is not Vax'ildan, though Vax resides within him. He is a loyal arbiter of the ineffable providence of death itself. He appears at times as a wrathful angel, masked and surrounded by a storm of raven feathers, bringing an end to those who would pervert the sanctity of oblivion out of greed or fear of the unknown.",
"All fear the end, in their own way. Some fight it, delving into magic that delays the inevitable by making a mockery of both life and death. Others lash out, hurting people around them in smaller ways. But those whose fears are greatest are met by the Champion of Ravens, whose kind soul soothes and shepherds the fearful beyond the veil of the mortal world."
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"Cinderslag elementals are pure manifestations of the hatred and furore of the deceased {@book Cinder King, Thordak|TDCSR|1|Thordak, the Cinder King}. Even after his death, the fires of that great red dragon continue to ravage {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship}, as places scorched by his corrupting flames are transformed into vitriolic pits of slag and ash that spawn mindless creatures of elemental destruction. Though {@book Thordak's Crater|TDCSR|3|7. Thordak's Crater} in {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship} has mostly been healed by the Fire Ashari of Pyrah, the terrible fires still churning beneath the city give rise to {@creature cinderslag elemental|TDCSR|cinderslag elementals}, as do other areas where the {@book Cinder King's|TDCSR|1|Thordak, the Cinder King} elemental devastation has left an indelible mark, including the ruins of {@book Serpent's Head|TDCSR|3|Serpent's Head} in the {@book Cliffkeep Mountains|TDCSR|3|Cliffkeep Mountains} and the {@book Ashen Gorge|TDCSR|3|Ashen Gorge} in the {@book Stormcrest Mountains|TDCSR|3|Stormcrest Mountains}.",
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"A cinderslag elemental's Molten Gaze unleashes incredible power that can melt steel and stone with a glance. If one of these creatures is allowed to focus its gaze for long periods, or if several elementals work in unison, entire cities can easily be leveled in a tide of molten stone. Fortunately for the people of {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship}, {@book Thordak's|TDCSR|1|Thordak, the Cinder King} elemental spawn are mindless and incapable of unified action\u2014as long as no one is able to bend these creatures to their will."
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"When the thieves and assassins of the {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} need to acquire additional funds or relieve certain people of their possessions, the organization's cutthroats are the first to be called. However, the {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} didn't earn an extraordinary customer satisfaction rating by letting just any scoundrel claim the rank of cutthroat. An effective cutthroat is patient and precise. Sneak in, take cover, wait, strike only with advantage, and fight without honor. If spotted, misdirect by fleeing\u2014then regain a strategic position, and attack when they least expect it.",
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"Just because we of the Clasp are heroes these days doesn't mean we won't slit your throat in a heartbeat if you cross us. Heroism is good up on the streets of Emon, but it don't mean much when you're down here in the Grotto."
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"The {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} prefers to operate in the shadows, but sometimes blackmail targets need convincing. Whenever a scare or a show of force is needed, the Clasp's enforcers make quite an impression. An enforcer values promises and debt repayment nearly as much as profit, so any who break agreements with the {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} are sure to earn a visit from one. \"Want to know exactly what enforcers enforce?\" is a popular {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} one-liner\u2014before the operative delivering the joke switches from telling to showing.",
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"When night is come and darkness falls,",
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"In ancient times, the Mirescar was called the Heartwood. It was the domain of a wise and kindly {@creature guardian naga} named {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR}, who welcomed all with good hearts to share their bounty or receive alms. However, this {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR|naga} has been corrupted into a cruel shadow of his former self. He and his {@creature diseased grick|TDCSR} minions have been twisted into hideous, pus-oozing spreaders of disease\u2014and spreading it is now the only thought in their minds. The {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR|naga} can cast {@spell contagion} at will, and his {@creature diseased grick|TDCSR} minions can do so once per day. Is it possible to save the mind of this corrupted guardian?",
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"{@note This Hyrda lives in {@book Mooren Lake|TDCSR|3|Mooren Lake} and has gained intelligence by living for so long in the {@item residuum|TDCSR}-infused waters. It has an Intelligence score of 12 (+1), can speak {@language Common}, and commands a tribe of {@creature lizardfolk}.}",
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"An ember roc patiently observes prey for hours before it strikes, snatching up {@creature elephant|MM|elephants}, {@creature killer whale|MM|whales}, and even young dragons. It unleashes iron talons to {@action grapple} targets, paying no heed to counter-attacks, then soars back to its nest\u2014often inside an active volcano. If prey proves too much trouble while in flight, an ember roc readily drops it from some great height. But those unable to escape slowly roast in the creature's fiery grip."
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"Where it looms over a divine forge, a forge guardian's appendages end in a stretched set of hooked forceps and a rune-adorned blade. The golem can assist a blacksmith in creating new golems, or it can trample, bludgeon, push, and knock down any who threaten this sacred process of creation.",
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"During the {@book Age of Arcanum|TDCSR|1|Age of Arcanum}, magic inspired a deep arrogance in many of the gods' children, who assumed arcane gifts were proof of inevitable divinity. In response, many mortal folk experimented with manufacturing \"life\" of their own. The {@book dwarves|TDCSR|4|dwarves} succeeded first, marrying divine gifts with technical skill to animate autonomous wardens as protectors of their ancestral halls. The {@book dwarves'|TDCSR|4|dwarves} knowledge was quickly stolen and expanded upon by other folk, and creating golems eventually became less about proving that mortals can shape life as the gods do, and more about protecting life, wealth, and secrets from others."
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"Of the great, terrible legends born in the blood and fire of the Calamity, few managed to defy mortality and endure the ages as deftly as the assassin queen Jourrael. Blessed by shadow and death, they walk between realms, relishing the hunt and stalking their target tirelessly, unburdened by wall, gate, or door. Whatever poor soul finds the ire of the Caedogeist can only accept their 'Inevitable End.'"
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"Jourrael cannot die. A contract between the {@deity The Lord of the Hells|Exandria|TDCSR|Lord of the Hells} and the {@deity The Spider Queen|Exandria|TDCSR|Spider Queen} forbids death from claiming the assassin, though many have tried\u2014often in increasingly creative ways. At the {@book Calamity's|TDCSR|1|The Calamity} end, armies joined together to separate Jourrael's body into disparate parts. The Savalirwood {@book elves|TDCSR|4|elves} took their head to Veluthil, while their heart was hidden in the Lotusden Greenwood under a dread {@creature wraithroot tree|TDCSR}.",
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"Many children in the {@book Rivermaw herd|TDCSR|3|Rivermaw Herd} get into friendly brawls, but only the truly dedicated learn the art of fist fighting. Rivermaw brawlers usually lead the charge on the battlefield, using their exceptional strength, speed, and cunning to throw an enemy vanguard into chaos.",
"Beyond the {@book Dividing Plains|TDCSR|3|Dividing Plains}, brawlers trained by the Rivermaw can be found in noble adventuring parties, working for the {@book Clasp|TDCSR|2|The Clasp} as muscle, in underground fighting rings, and as personal bodyguards. In {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship}, the most famous fist fighters make a name for themselves within the {@book Brawler's League|TDCSR|2|Brawler's League} or the {@book Godsbrawl|TDCSR|3|10. Godsbrawl Ring}, representing the {@deity The Stormlord|Exandria|TDCSR|Stormlord} in that annual holy tournament."
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"Countless goliath legends tell of heroes born beneath a raging storm: Kaldon Thunderhead, who slew the {@creature ember roc|TDCSR} of the south; Marydra Skysplitter, who defeated a champion of the {@deity The Ruiner|Exandria|TDCSR|Ruiner} in single combat; and Yodrell Rumblechest, who halted a flash flood with only his voice, to name just a few.",
"Though the stormborn of legend were all {@book half-giants|TDCSR|4|Half-Giants}, more and more Rivermaw have begun to feel the {@deity The Stormlord|Exandria|TDCSR|Stormlord's} power reverberate within them. These peerless warriors are blessed with preternatural skill with a blade and the uncanny ability to command lightning. Often destined to become mythic heroes, stormborn fight with reckless abandon\u2014but many can be distressingly prideful and might need reminding that the songs of defeated or tyrannical stormborn are rarely sung by the bards.",
"The tyrant Kevdak's fearsome Herd of Storms was so named because of the many stormborn in its ranks, but that herd was broken at {@book Westruun|TDCSR|3|Westruun} some two decades ago. Now the {@book Rivermaw herd|TDCSR|3|Rivermaw Herd} is bolstered by those who were freed from Kevdak's rule. The few stormborn remaining from that broken herd are part of the Rivermaw, and more storm-blessed warriors have been born into the Rivermaw since, ready to forge new legends."
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"The {@book Rivermaw herd|TDCSR|3|Rivermaw Herd} is a nomadic society mostly composed of {@book half-giants|TDCSR|4|Half-Giants}, also known as {@book goliaths|TDCSR|4|Half-Giants}, and a mighty force for good on the {@book Dividing Plains|TDCSR|3|Dividing Plains}. The herd was once conquered by a goliath tyrant named Kevdak, then formed anew after Kevdak was eventually defeated by Vox Machina. Free of Kevdak's martial cruelty, the Rivermaw see it as their duty to prevent any such tyrant from conquering the {@book Dividing Plains|TDCSR|3|Dividing Plains} ever again.",
"Though most members of the {@book Rivermaw herd|TDCSR|3|Rivermaw Herd} are {@book goliaths|TDCSR|4|Half-Giants}, their ranks include people of all races who wish to live beyond the stone walls of {@book Westruun|TDCSR|3|Westruun} and the palisades of plains towns like {@book Turst Fields|TDCSR|3|Turst Fields}. {@book Orcs|TDCSR|4|orcs}, {@book humans|TDCSR|4|humans}, {@book halflings|TDCSR|4|halflings}, and {@book gnolls|TDCSR|6|gnolls} make up most of the rest of the herd's warriors. Most of those warriors value strength and endurance over other qualities, but the brawlers and stormborn of the Rivermaw are better known for cunning, intelligence, strategy, and a unique attunement to the mighty thunder of the {@deity The Stormlord|Exandria|TDCSR|Stormlord}."
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"In ancient times, the Mirescar was called the Heartwood. It was the domain of a wise and kindly {@creature guardian naga} named {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR}, who welcomed all with good hearts to share their bounty or receive alms. However, this {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR|naga} has been corrupted into a cruel shadow of his former self. He and his {@creature diseased grick|TDCSR} minions have been twisted into hideous, pus-oozing spreaders of disease\u2014and spreading it is now the only thought in their minds. The {@creature Sagacitous Erusaire|TDCSR|naga} can cast {@spell contagion} at will, and his {@creature diseased grick|TDCSR} minions can do so once per day. Is it possible to save the mind of this corrupted guardian?",
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"Scanlan has always been a self-centered, showboating braggart, but it doesn't mean he doesn't have a heart. These days, friendship and family mean more to him than anything, even if he's still not very good at showing it.",
"Following the defeat of {@deity The Whispered One|Exandria|TDCSR}, Scanlan eventually proposed to his long-pursued sweetheart, {@creature Pike Trickfoot|TDCSR}, and they were married in a grand ceremony. The duo had a pair of children, one named Juniper (Juni) and the other named Wilhand'ildan (Wax). When the children were grown and in school, {@creature Pike Trickfoot|TDCSR|Pike} and Scanlan amicably divorced and went their separate ways, remaining good friends\u2014and occasional lovers\u2014but content to follow their own paths.",
"Scanlan is approaching a century of life, but as a long-lived gnome, his looks are much as they were in his adventuring days except for his slowly receding hairline and the slight belly he's developed. Vanity dies slowly, though, and he hides even this modest amount of aging with a comb-over, frequent use of his trademark beret, and well-placed illusion magic when he needs to look portrait perfect.",
"Scanlan likes to sing songs of the Vox Machina days to crowded houses in cities across Tal'Dorei. He spends his winters in {@book Ank'Harel|TDCSR|3|Marquet}, where he and his daughter Kaylie operate their high-end trading business, Meatman Imports & Sexports. It's a good job that keeps him constantly traveling around Exandria, suiting his interest in seeking out new people and places around the world\u2014and for new performance venues and places to get into trouble.",
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"Odd mysteries surround these skeletal nightmares given renewed, violent purpose as a mockery of mortality. Rumors speak of a dark intelligence rooted within, seeking power and using their own bones, or even the wriggling worms that thrive within their corpses, as currency to trade with shadowy merchants."
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"Skeletons follow the orders of their creators until those orders are completed. Their obedient, tireless nature makes them perfect as disposable battle fodder, guards, or distractions\u2014and, in great enough numbers, turns them into an overwhelming tide of bone, tooth, and blade.",
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"Gleaming, resplendent, and overflowing with indefatigable confidence, Taryon Gary Darrington is every bit the man he was when he parted ways with Vox Machina over twenty years ago. These days, though, all the bravado and good cheer he had two decades ago is real\u2014not just an act. Tary doesn't need to fake it anymore; he's made it. Even if responsibility doesn't come easily to him, he takes it whenever he has to.",
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"After many years running the Darrington Brigade\u2014his heroic adventuring band\u2014and publishing several absolutely true accounts of their exploits, Taryon realized his adventuring checklist was essentially complete. He left his home in Deastok, in {@book Wildemount's|TDCSR|3|Wildemount} Dwendalian Empire, and began a new chapter of his life. Leaving the brigade in the capable hands of his sister, Maryanne, and his confidant Lionel Gayheart, Taryon traveled around launching several smaller \"satellite\" brigades in {@book Wildemount's|TDCSR|3|Wildemount} most dangerous lands.",
"Then, realizing he had spent his career as a writer of nonfiction adventure books, he decided to try his hand at fiction instead. With his trusty scribe and majordomo {@creature Doty X|TDCSR} at his side (\"Doty Ten,\" he patiently explains to anyone who mispronounces it), Taryon and his husband Lawrence moved to the Menagerie Coast, setting up in a small writing cottage in Port Damali. While Lawrence tutors local students, Taryon has been dashing off novel after novel. His most successful books are a series called \"The Deastok Mysteries,\" which feature a young, handsome blonde boy who solves crimes around {@book Wildemount|TDCSR|3|Wildemount} with his brilliant intellect and trusty robot sidekick.",
"From time to time, Taryon charters a {@item skyship|TDCSR} to visit his old friends in {@book Whitestone|TDCSR|3|Whitestone} and enjoy the memories of their time together as full-fledged members of Vox Machina."
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"Doty X is much like past models of Tary's mechanical servant\u2014vaguely humanoid but not too expressive. The new model is sleek and stylish, and not built for battle. Doty's vocabulary has grown to six words: \"Tary,\" \"Yes,\" \"Correct,\" \"Absolutely,\" \"Soon,\" and \"Handsome.\" The scribe also features a built-in shelf of Taryon's favorite books\u2014that is, his favorite books that he's written himself\u2014in case Taryon needs to make a sale while he's on holiday."
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"Vex'ahlia was one of the first members of Vox Machina when those adventurers initially met in {@book Stilben|TDCSR|3|Stilben}, along with her twin brother, {@creature Champion of Ravens|TDCSR|Vax'ildan}. Today, she is one of the most influential people in Tal'Dorei. She sits on the {@book Tal'Dorei Council|TDCSR|2|Tal'Dorei Council} as Master of Commerce and is {@book Whitestone's|TDCSR|3|Whitestone} {@book Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt|TDCSR|2|Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo, Baroness of the Third House of Whitestone and Grand Mistress of the Grey Hunt}, a champion of the {@deity The Dawnfather|Exandria|TDCSR|Dawnfather}, and a hero beloved by all who know the legend of Vox Machina. Her charm and skill with a bow are legendary, and she is equally dedicated to changing the world as she is to raising her five children in {@book Whitestone|TDCSR|3|Whitestone}.",
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"As an adventurer, Vex'ahlia was known for being resolute and confident even in the face of unspeakable despair. The stories told of Vex revolve around her cunning, her flirtatious charm, and her propensity for haggling\u2014an expression of her impoverished childhood in the wildlands of Tal'Dorei. The hardships she has endured and overcome have not changed her for the worse, though. She is the same Vex'ahlia that is remembered in the legends, just with a few more gray hairs and somehow even more responsibilities. Even her beloved animal companion, the brown bear {@creature Trinket|TDCSR}, is still by her side\u2014though age has slowed him somewhat. His young cub is now a well-behaved playmate for the youngest de Rolo children."
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"Though she's better known for her archery skill, Vex'ahlia's capability with coin made her an easy choice for election to the {@book Tal'Dorei Council|TDCSR|2|Tal'Dorei Council} as Master of Commerce. She makes frequent use of a teleportation circle to travel between {@book Castle Whitestone|TDCSR|3|1. Castle Whitestone} and {@book Traverse Junction|TDCSR|3|4. Traverse Junction} in {@book Emon|TDCSR|3|Emon, the City of Fellowship}, making it possible to fulfill her duties to both the {@book Chamber of Whitestone|TDCSR|2|Chamber of Whitestone} and the {@book Tal'Dorei Council|TDCSR|2|Tal'Dorei Council}. Though she has generally left her adventuring life behind her, she does occasionally sortie with the {@book Grey Hunters|TDCSR|3|Grey Hunters} to eliminate threats to the continued peace and prosperity of Tal'Dorei."
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"Most serpentfolk have little love for the {@deity The Cloaked Serpent|Exandria|TDCSR|Cloaked Serpent}, though they pay him homage as the deity of poisons, assassins, and darkness. For the Vos'skyriss serpentfolk, worship is a means to an end. Their legends say that the devout will be granted the ability to devour nightmares, enabling them to gorge themselves on dreams of fear and terror until they grow so large that they can turn on their god and swallow the {@deity The Cloaked Serpent|Exandria|TDCSR|Cloaked Serpent} himself. Once begun, this feast is unending\u2014they will devour the remaining gods one by one, and finally, the entirety of the multiverse."
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"Several decades ago, Jorlund Vohr, professor of archaeology at the {@book Alabaster Lyceum|TDCSR|3|5. Alabaster Lyceum}, led an expedition to the ruins upon {@book Visa Isle|TDCSR|3|Visa Isle}\u2014and found them prowled by the restless spirits of the serpent empire. Their incursion unleashed these entombed spirits, and awakened hundreds of their living kin from magical stasis. Now, living and undead serpentfolk plot together to rekindle the embers of their long-lost empire."
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"Heroes. Scoundrels. Legends. Dumbasses. The legacy of the adventuring party Vox Machina is a complicated one. Over the course of their adventures, they've selflessly saved the lives of thousands of people in Tal'Dorei, {@book Wildemount|TDCSR|3|Wildemount}, {@book Issylra|TDCSR|3|Issylra}, and beyond. Of course, there are also countless tales of individuals they've bullied, threatened, insulted, or otherwise needlessly antagonized throughout those same adventures. These legendary figures grew from a band of dime-a-dozen sellswords in the swamp burgh of {@book Stilben|TDCSR|3|Stilben} to gods-blessed warriors whose actions might have saved all of Exandria from a future of undead tyranny.",
"The deeds of Vox Machina are sung by bards across Tal'Dorei, often exaggerating those already belief-defying tales of gods and monsters and magic. But though their legend has grown wild and unruly, the members of Vox Machina are still people. More than twenty years have passed since their last great campaign. Most of them are still alive, and the lives of these heroes have changed\u2014in big ways and in smaller, more subtle ones.",
"Those among them who age have softer bodies and lines on their faces. Those among them who don't age still show the weight of the world upon their shoulders. By and large, the members of Vox Machina have set aside weapons, armor, and spells in favor of more subtle ways of helping others. Some lead the lands they were born to lead. Others have been elected to the {@book Tal'Dorei Council|TDCSR|2|Tal'Dorei Council}, shaping the fate of the continent's people with quiet wisdom rather than blades and battle cries.",
"Still, each member of this legendary band of adventurers would take up arms again in an instant if it meant protecting those they care for the most. And the {@table Vestiges of Divergence by Advancement|TDCSR|Vestiges of Divergence}, whose power they unlocked in the battles against the {@book Cinder King|TDCSR|1|Thordak, the Cinder King} and {@deity The Whispered One|Exandria|TDCSR}, are still within their grasp.",
"The following stat blocks are here for GMs to use if their players encounter a member of Vox Machina\u2014hopefully as an ally or a \"quest giver,\" for woe betide anyone who encounters these legendary heroes as a foe. These statistics don't represent the full extent of the characters' abilities as 20th-level adventurers, but have been streamlined to make them easier for the Game Master to run."
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"entries": [
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Vengeful Restoration",
"page": 259,
"entries": [
"Wraithroot trees are the product of foul necromancy and transmutation rituals that first see a tree awakened, gifting it with advanced intelligence and imbuing its roots with mobility. But the {@creature awakened tree||awakened tree's} first moments of joyous awareness are tragically cut short as necromantic energy courses through it, channeling rage and evil to transform it into a wraithroot\u2014filled with longing to obliterate the life it so fleetingly enjoyed."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Wraithroot Sites",
"page": 259,
"entries": [
"In Tal'Dorei, wraithroots can be found in a number of locations, including the {@book Parchwood Timberlands|TDCSR|3|Parchwood Timberlands} below {@book Whitestone|TDCSR|3|Whitestone}, the {@book Torian Forest|TDCSR|3|Torian Forest} along the southwestern edge of the {@book Cliffkeep Mountains|TDCSR|3|Cliffkeep Mountains}, the {@book Grey Valley|TDCSR|3|Grey Valley} north of {@book Kraghammer|TDCSR|3|Kraghammer}, and the Moldered Grove southeast of the Ashkeeper Peaks."
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Alignment",
"page": 259,
"entries": [
"Neutral evil."
]
}
]
}
]
}
],
"images": [
{
"type": "image",
"href": {
"type": "internal",
"path": "bestiary/TDCSR/WraithrootTreeFluff.webp"
},
"credit": "{@link Elisa Serio|https://elisaserioart.com/}",
"altText": "A twisted treant covered with dry, grey moss and green ooze. Embedded into its bark are six eerie eyes at odd angles."
}
]
},
{
"name": "Young Magma Landshark",
"source": "TDCSR",
"_copy": {
"name": "Magma Landshark",
"source": "TDCSR"
}
}
]
}
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