Bestiary

Aqura are enormous, sleek river fish used by the Tenari as mounts and to tow boats in Thalcoris. They swim in the broad river along the route from Tequaltor to Xalatun. Riders hold harnesses fastened around their dorsal fins while the fi...

Astragons are immense, intelligent celestial beasts with luminous scales and wings. Giant cuddly frogs can evolve into this form and return to their frog shape. Astragons carry companions through the air and communicate thoughts and feel...

The atraxi are the people of Atraxis Prime, ruled by Jorhan. Amos and Jareth are atraxi scientists.

Colossal fish are immense aquatic creatures in Lake Eternity and the ocean along the Plains of Eternity. Some are larger than ships and leap from the water to attack boats or low flying mages.

Common beasts include wild animals and livestock such as oxen, fish, birds, insects and rabbits. People eat fish and rabbit meat, use animals for farm work, and use large beasts to transport goods.

Darkness creatures inhabit lands corrupted by darkness. They include skeletal beasts, ghostly humanoids and powerful, shifting forms. They attack people and settlements.

Dragons are enormous, winged magical beasts found in Myrravel and the Plains of Eternity. They are infused with essence.

Ebon wraiths are ghostly darkness creatures with humanoid silhouettes wreathed in black mist. They drift above the ground and attack settlements alongside umbral stalkers.

Essence shapers, usually called shapers, are people whose bodies are infused with microscopic essence core fragments, and their descendants. They originated among the surviving humans of the Malverand Empire and formed the population of...

Frosthorn oxen are enormous beasts of burden kept in Teryndal, valued for their strength and tenacity on rough terrain.

Giant cuddly frogs are intelligent magical amphibians found in the swamps of Erenmyr in Xalmyrra. They choose mage companions and carry riders over long distances in powerful leaps.

Harbingers are high ranking darkness creatures. Their attacks threatened the southern villages of Soltheris and forced even elite defenders to drain essence from living beings.

Humans live on Earth and in Xalmyrra. Their populations include ordinary people and mages whose connection to essence strengthens their bodies.

Ibrashi are sheep like livestock prized in Ulzathir for their excellent wool and meat. Their fleece supplies fine robes and embroidery, while their value puts the meat beyond the reach of many people.

Large land snakes are dangerous creatures encountered in the Plains of Eternity. One attacked the army accompanying Viviana and Gren on its march toward Myriandel, swallowing several members without warning.

Large serpents are serpent shaped darkness creatures encountered during the renewed darkness outbreak in southern Thalassai and its islands.

Massive yellow orange birds are enormous, essence rich flying creatures encountered in the Plains of Eternity.

Moving blue flowers are mobile plant creatures of the Plains of Eternity. Towering specimens can stand twice a person’s height and glide across the ground, spinning on their stems.

Orange and white striped bugs are large insects found in the Plains of Eternity. They rest on enormous flowers near Lake Eternity, sometimes in pairs, and zip from flower to flower along the river leading toward the source.

Pure essence beings consist entirely or almost entirely of essence, taking forms such as human bodies or large animals. Hrzai is pure essence despite her human appearance. Splin’s giant cuddly frog body consisted almost entirely of essen...

Skylorns are goat like animals native to Thalassai, valued for their meat, milk and fur. They graze in Aetherion’s courtyards, and the city holds skylorn races.

Umbral stalkers are wolf like darkness creatures with angular, skeletal bodies, crimson eyes, gnarled claws and skeletal teeth.

Whisperfoxes are elusive beasts resembling foxes that live in Xalmyrra. Eira encountered a pair beside ruins near the western borders of Lake Velisyth. They had sleek, dusky fur flecked with silver and vanished from sight, leaving a soft...