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Under the master's eye, skills are honed sharper and spells cut deeper.

"I can make you dance to my tune like a puppet, your very blood eager to obey."
—Olivia Voldaren

Joining the Worldsoul took years of study and meditation. Severing that connection took the snap of Rakdos's fingers.

Reluctant to meet face to face, the leaders of the ten guilds prefer to do official business through a go-between immune to bribes and threats.

"Forget yourself. Forget your city. Forget your homes, your families, the debts and obligations that hold you to this world."

"At some point, every trapfinder will lose a hunk of flesh. It's just a question of how much—and whether it'll grow back."
—Arhana, Kazandu trapfinder

Travelers in these waters leave a bit of themselves behind.

"Trapmaking is an art. The trap is a corporeal riddle, a battle of wits between its creator and whatever it lures inside."

Goblins generally have two possessions: one per hand.

He was left with just enough memory to understand what he had lost.

Visiting a shrine at the start of a journey makes the traveler more likely to finish it.

"What we call magic is nothing more than hope crystallized into a destination."
—Perisophia the philosopher

The Champion and the philosopher Olexa returned from the opposing camp at dusk. Behind them, the enemy raised sail and departed, breaking the siege. When asked what the two had done, the Champion replied, "We spoke to them."
—The Theriad