Chronicles of the World of DaoTyr

In the stony landlocked wastelands to the Northeast, almost a thousand miles from the cultural Orsolon hub of Fahrib, are the bleak, well protected Canyons of Lodo Shyan. In this almost impenetrable terrain hides an unassuming, long-forgotten people who choose attunement over progress.  These halflings known as the Lyssai have kept to themselves, and their deeply monastic traditions, for almost fifteen hundred years.  Their ability to defend themselves from the roving dwarven barbarians and encroaching goblin hordes has stemmed from their careful, patient and pacifistic study of the original power of the Bonatian Circle, using no invasive magic or even weapons.

The high priest of Lodo Shyan came slowly to sense a need in the West, a purpose, and felt the Lyssai must at long last reach out.  Where some leaders with this sense may have sent a diplomatic party, or even an army, he called upon Shni, a young monk student, to go forth to the lands of the seas.  As he anointed Shni’s shoulders with the traditional markings of power, he assured his wary pupil that he would recognize his purpose when he came across it.

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