"Before the mana-less age, House Lum ruled all of Zefria".
"When the mana-less age began and the cold spread, wars for mana-rich resources became commonplace".
"They don't know when the mana-less age began, they just know it was a horrible time".
Islas's voice fills my ears as the delicious, large shoo slug fills my mouth.
The large fire in the center of a common area seems to almost bloom smoke, smelling of incense.
I don't fail to notice how people around me visibly relax.
"Seven hundred years ago the Meru began to open, releasing enough mana to save this dying world".
"Ijora was born at that time".
"His grandfather Yarlen was the first to walk into a Meru and obtain the blessings of the gods".
"Yet with the Meru came the Sylph and the beast kin, they are vicious on land and even crueler in water," she says with a twitch of her nose.