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The Arcane Archive
The people, places and secrets of the archipelago.
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The Apprentice
The young mage sent to Bellacosta to learn how to control the Arcane.
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Elio
The retired Archmage who protects Bellacosta and becomes your mentor.
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Neri
A boatman, a keeper of island stories and your guide on arrival.
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Livia
Livia connects the investigation into the illness with ingredients and brewing.
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Pietro
Pietro’s fever reveals the human cost of the affliction.
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Marta
Pietro’s sister, whose hopes for Bellacosta begin close to home.
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Ada
A travelling artist sketching the coast while struggling to ask for help.
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Vasco
The boatman on Portovela’s pier who takes travellers back to Bellacosta.
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Bellacosta Island
Your first island: a sheltered village, ancient Arcane structures and tainted water.
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Valdoria
A second, visitable island with forests, rivers and three villages.
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Bellacosta
Beneath Elio’s protective dome, the residents try to carry on with daily life.
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Portovela
Your first arrival on Valdoria, on the island’s southern coast.
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Rivafonte
A village among Valdoria’s western fields, orchard and mills.
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Pietraluce
Valdoria’s northeastern village, with terraces and stone quays.
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The Arcane
The magic you learn to wield in attack, protection and liberation.
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Arcane Bolt
The Arcane attack you learn during your first lessons with Elio.
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Purify
Free afflicted creatures from the influence of Dark Magic.
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Dark Realm
A dark parallel world whose influence reaches into the Light Realm.
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A spring that connects local folklore with the investigation into the water.
Image & map locationStory spoilers · open to revealThe Waterworks
The underground chambers connected to the water and the Island Heart.
Image & map locationStory spoilers · open to revealGrogoloth
A central adversary in the final confrontation on the first island.
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Griffin
A rideable griffin for travelling over land and through the air.
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Brewing
Learn recipes, gather ingredients and make potions at the workbench.
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Foraging
Find herbs, flowers and unusual materials in both Realms.
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Pietro’s Remedy
The special story remedy prepared with Livia for Pietro’s fever.
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Healing Draught
A basic healing potion brewed from Bitterleaf and Sunberries.
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Arcane Tonic
An energy-restoring tonic made from Silvermoss and Sunberries.
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Restorative Brew
A restorative potion that replenishes health and energy together.
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Ironbark Draught
A defensive draught that temporarily reduces incoming damage.
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Arcane Fury
A potion that temporarily increases Arcane power.
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Elixir of Clarity
An advanced elixir that strengthens regeneration, range and channeling.
Image & map locationBitterleaf
A common Light Realm herb used in healing preparations.
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Sunberries
Common berries used in several healing and Arcane recipes.
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Silvermoss
A common herb used in Arcane Tonic and Ironbark Draught.
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Dawnpetal
An uncommon Light Realm flower used in Restorative Brew.
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Ironbark
An uncommon forest material used in a protective draught.
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Emberroot
A rare root gathered near the shrine in the Light Realm.
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Moon Orchid
A rare Light Realm orchid used in Elixir of Clarity.
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Voidcap
An uncommon fungus found only in the Dark Realm.
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Ghostbloom
A rare blossom gathered on Dark Realm hillsides.
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Starshard
An exceptional crystal material found near the Dark Realm shrine.
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Sella
A resident near Bellacosta's square who supports Livia and points newcomers toward help.
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Tomas
A Bellacosta resident who repairs the boards, hinges and benches around the square.
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Bruno
A harbor resident who watches what returns in Bellacosta's fishing nets.
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Ina
A resident who helps Marta keep the inn terrace ready for its guests.
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Ivo of Bellacosta
The farm resident who helps supply Bellacosta's inn and the houses below.
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Alba of Bellacosta
The pasture resident who keeps an eye on Bellacosta's hens.
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Amalia
The innkeeper at Portovela, with a meal and an upstairs bed for travelers.
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Rocco
A Portovela fisherman with a taste for extravagant fishing stories.
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Celia
Portovela's harbormaster, responsible for the order behind the harbor's traffic.
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Tavio
A Portovela shipwright who judges a vessel by its wood and joints.
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Mira
The Portovela net maker who repairs the equipment behind the fishermen's catches.
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Dario
A Portovela merchant with a welcoming manner and a close interest in prices.
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Leonor
A Portovela healer concerned about the river and the people living beside it.
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Berto
Rivafonte's miller, who knows the mill well enough to hear when something changes.
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Ines
A Rivafonte farmer whose fields depend on the management of upstream water.
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Sabina
Rivafonte's innkeeper, whose hospitality begins with a proper meal.
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Tomé
Rivafonte's orchard keeper, who remembers family history through its apple trees.
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Rosalia
A Rivafonte beekeeper who pays close attention to the flowers her bees avoid.
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Ferran
Rivafonte's blacksmith, who values patient measurement and durable work.
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Alba of Rivafonte
A Rivafonte herbalist who has noticed patches of illness in the forest.
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Nico
A Rivafonte courier who knows the island's bridges through the sound of a loaded handcart.
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Bruna
A Pietraluce stoneworker who approaches the material with patience.
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Matteo
A Pietraluce bridge builder concerned with the safety beneath a handsome arch.
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Oriana
Pietraluce's innkeeper, offering a place to stay and stories from the mountain folk.
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Silvio
A Pietraluce ranger familiar with quiet routes beneath the beeches.
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Estela
A Pietraluce cartographer interested in Valdoria's terrain and old observatory.
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Ivo of Pietraluce
A Pietraluce woodcutter unsettled by changes in the sounds of the forest.
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Leda
A Pietraluce potter who has noticed an unexpected change in the river clay.
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Cosimo
A Pietraluce fisherman who watches the changing habits of the river's fish.
World in developmentImage & map locationStory spoilers · open to revealRusk, the Sluicekeeper
The bound guardian encountered in the Source chamber of the underground waterworks.
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The bound keeper waiting in the Stream chamber of the underground waterworks.
Image & map locationStory spoilers · open to revealThe Bellwarden
The bound guardian of the Basin chamber in the underground waterworks.
Image & map locationStory spoilers · open to revealVeyr, the Heartbound
The creature bound to the Island Heart at the deepest point of the waterworks.
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Woodland Fox
Animal creature with a threat rating of 1 out of 4.
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Gloam Wisp
Magical creature with a threat rating of 1 out of 4.
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Thorncap
Magical creature with a threat rating of 1 out of 4.
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Nightfang
Magical creature with a threat rating of 2 out of 4.
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Briar Stag
Animal creature with a threat rating of 2 out of 4.
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Hexwing
Magical creature with a threat rating of 2 out of 4.
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Stone Revenant
Magical creature with a threat rating of 3 out of 4.
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Riftmaw
Magical creature with a threat rating of 3 out of 4.
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Dusk Drake
Magical creature with a threat rating of 4 out of 4.
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