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Creature Deep-Sleep Bear Man A massive, deep-brown furred kin of the deep forest who hibernates as a sacred rite and keeps the grove's long sleep, the hold's patient, honor-bound voice.

Race Deep Ones Pale gill-bellied folk of the pressure vaults. They surface only to drag, and they consider the pull a promise the deep keeps.

Race Dark Elf A dark-skinned elven lineage of the deep places — violet-to-black skin, eyes that glow in the dark, and a history that runs through fire.

Creature Dark-Sight Observer The tall, narrow, robed shape of the silent city, faceless under the hood, with a pale robe the color of old spire-stone and pale eyes that see the dark the way the surface sees the light. It sees the dark the way the surface sees the light, and the seeing is not a choice.

Creature Dark-Sight Basilisk The thin, quick shape of the deep dark — small through the ridge, the eye wide and pale, the whole of it built to see what the stone will not light, and to spend a look the size of a whisper.

Creature Crypt-Sense Vampire The tall, narrow, pale shape — heavy through the jaw and shoulder, the eyes the red of kept blood, the whole of it reading as one word that is waiting for a name, built to stand in the crypt and not move.

Creature Crag-Sense Manticore A lion-bodied, scorpion-tailed, bat-winged beast of the bare crag who senses the crag and keeps the sting-rings, the crag's territorial, aggressive, and most certain sting.

Race Cockatrices Crested, serpent-tailed fowl of the roost. A hundred eggs in a single nest, each one a threat. The mother decides which hatch.

Race Crow Men Black-plumed carrion-kin of the great tree whose economy is built on bones, feathers, and the trade of information.

Race Chimeras Three-parted beasts of the mosaic crags. Lion-front, goat-mid, serpent-tail — each part a different animal, and the mother decides which.

Race Centaurs Nomads of the open plains — half human, half horse, who do not ride because they are the ride.

Creature Clutch-Carry Cockatrice A crested, serpent-tailed fowl of the bare cliff roost who carries the clutch and keeps the high rings, the roost's territorial, cunning, and most certain wing.

Race Cat Men Lean, fast feline humanoids — slit pupils, retractable claws, and the unhurried confidence of apex predators.

Creature Anvil-Singer Dwarf An iron-skinned deep-dwelling dwarf of the delve who sings the forge-fire and the anvil, the clan's patient, remembering, and most steady voice.

Creature Brook-Salmon The great silver fish of the deep brook — 30 kg of the toll's own meat, and the only prey in the world that the trolls consider an honour to take.

Creature Bridge-Spawn The young of the toll-trolls — grey-green and slow to anger, near-impossible to kill, and the only beast in the world that collects its own toll.

Race Basilisks Scaled, gaze-wielders of the cavern. A look is a weapon, and the cavern answers the look.

Race Boar Men Tusked barrens-kin whose tusks are polished status and whose foraging lines are run by the stocky females.

Race Bear Men Massive furred kin of the deep forest who hibernate as a sacred rite and consider the long sleep a promise the forest keeps.

Creature Bone-Carry Skeleton The lean, quick shape of the field — thin through the ribcage, the finger-bones long, the whole of it built to carry the walk-line and to spend a nod the size of a whisper on the stranger who is worth the grave.

Race Bugbears Hulking swamp-ambushers with club-jaws — they plan the kill, they set the trap, and they consider the swamp a debt the water owes them.

Creature Brood-Carry Chimera A three-parted beast of the mosaic crags — lion-front, goat-mid, serpent-tail — who carries the brood and keeps the high rings, the crag's pack, cunning, and most certain tail.

Deity Brakka, the Unbroken Word God of oath and law. She speaks once, and it is law. A broken oath cracks her hall forever.

Creature Bone-Read Crow Man A black-plumed, watch-marked carrion kin of the great tree-city who reads the bones and keeps the low roosts, the roosts' curious, clannish, and most certain eye.

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