The Observer
Amidst the Age of Arcanum, the people of the great Tetrarchy of Qoniira were visited by a being of sheltering power and comforting light. The people of Qoniira were on the path to creating the most prosperous civilization that the Verdant Expanse-and indeed, all of Olcari - had ever seen. In its peace and magical might, it exceeded even the grasp of the nearby eleven domain of A'mlian. Magic, entirely separate from arcane rituals practised by arcanists of the era, fuelled their city’s rise to splendour, and the being that came to them looked on in fascination.
It appeared before them in a form that at once seemed majestic and familiar. It had a body like one of the catfolk - a wiry humanoid frame with a feline face, covered in tawny fur and possessed of a tail and limbs that ended in large paws. Beyond this familiar appearance, four broad, avian wings burst from this ten-foot-tall avatars back. It was surrounded by a golden light that seemed not to illuminate and saturate the world around it, but make it dimmer, ashy and more washed-out. Yet in this pallid light came a sharpness of perception, as if it were more real than the material world around it. The being appeared in the centre of Qoniira civilization, at the heart of the city of Niirdal-Poc, and it spoke a single phrase “I am the Observer, and I give you the Gift.” Then, it vanished from sight.
All at once, the grey-gold light of the Observer surged throughout Qoniira. Though the citizens didn’t notice a difference at first, as time went by, many people began to manifest new forms of magic. This magic was not the controlled, scientific power of far-off arcanists in their flying cities, but chaotic, unpredictable, and miraculous.
The once-sprawling civilization of Qoniira has shrunk over the centuries, but its people still draw upon the miracles of the Gift, and they are still watched from afar by the unseen Observer. This entity does not reign like a god, but watches impassively those whom it gave its unpredictable Gift. As those born in Niirdal-Poc under the auspices of the Observer travel out into the Republic of Olcari, the gaze of the Observer is moved even further afield - adding more variables to its mysterious experiment.
Appearance: It appeared before them in a form that at once seemed majestic and familiar. It had a body like one of the catfolk - a wiry humanoid frame with a feline face, covered in tawny fur and possessed of a tail and limbs that ended in large paws. Beyond this familiar appearance, four broad, avian wings burst from this ten-foot-tall avatars back
It appeared before them in a form that at once seemed majestic and familiar. It had a body like one of the catfolk - a wiry humanoid frame with a feline face, covered in tawny fur and possessed of a tail and limbs that ended in large paws. Beyond this familiar appearance, four broad, avian wings burst from this ten-foot-tall avatars back. It was surrounded by a golden light that seemed not to illuminate and saturate the world around it, but make it dimmer, ashy and more washed-out. Yet in this pallid light came a sharpness of perception, as if it were more real than the material world around it. The being appeared in the centre of Qoniira civilization, at the heart of the city of Niirdal-Poc, and it spoke a single phrase “I am the Observer, and I give you the Gift.” Then, it vanished from sight.
All at once, the grey-gold light of the Observer surged throughout Qoniira. Though the citizens didn’t notice a difference at first, as time went by, many people began to manifest new forms of magic. This magic was not the controlled, scientific power of far-off arcanists in their flying cities, but chaotic, unpredictable, and miraculous.
The once-sprawling civilization of Qoniira has shrunk over the centuries, but its people still draw upon the miracles of the Gift, and they are still watched from afar by the unseen Observer. This entity does not reign like a god, but watches impassively those whom it gave its unpredictable Gift. As those born in Niirdal-Poc under the auspices of the Observer travel out into the Republic of Olcari, the gaze of the Observer is moved even further afield - adding more variables to its mysterious experiment.
Appearance: It appeared before them in a form that at once seemed majestic and familiar. It had a body like one of the catfolk - a wiry humanoid frame with a feline face, covered in tawny fur and possessed of a tail and limbs that ended in large paws. Beyond this familiar appearance, four broad, avian wings burst from this ten-foot-tall avatars back
Divine Domains
Knowledge, Light, Twilight
Divine Classification
The Archfey, The Celestial
Alignment
Neutral Good
Children
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