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What seems a harmless veil of pale dust upon the flagstones stirs with quiet intent, each grain resting as if placed by ritual rather than chance. Disturb it, and the stillness shatters—the ash surges upward in a violent spiral, coalescing into a shifting, human silhouette, its form threaded with flecks of vivid Artmali Blue that burn like memory trapped in storm. The spirit moves with suffocating purpose, its presence thick with the bitterness of an ending denied.
Once a Veldang slave who dared defy the chains of Ompalam, this soul met a brutal death, its body reduced to ash and sealed without honor in a black urn deep within the Necropolis. No sea received it, no rites carried it onward. Now it lingers, bound to the scattered blue relics of its people, guarding them with a fury sharpened by injustice.
The Ashen Guardian conceals itself with unnatural subtlety, opposing intruders’ Perception through its Covert ability, indistinguishable from ordinary dust until the moment it strikes. It either Covertly tries to possess the target and induce its passion or directly attack with filling the lungs with ashes using the Smother ability. When roused, it engulfs its victims, forcing its choking substance into their lungs through Smother, turning breath into a battlefield. Should it be drawn into Spirit Combat, it plants a corrosive obsession within the mind: Passion (Hate: Masarin Slavers), a burning legacy that can outlive the encounter itself. |
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