The merchant leaned back slightly, his eyes taking on a faraway look as he began to recount the tale of the Leviathan.
"It's best to begin from the start of her tale. It was in the time when the world was freshly molded, in the briefest moment when the chaos of the elemental energies gathered to create the peaks of the mountains and the depths of the seas. The gods, pushed back in their eternal battle with the abyss, sought to create a sanctuary—a haven for their mortal children and a stronghold to amass their forces. Thus, Nexaria was born, a realm forged from the very essence of their combined elements. From this primordial stew, the Leviathan emerged, a behemoth of unparalleled power and the first native being of Nexaria.
