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imported>Soranin Created page with "{{Spoilerhd|18 February 2026|Valley of Memory}} "My father spoke of the nasnas - half man, half shade - born of jinn and mortal blood.<br>He said it bears but one arm, one leg, and half a face, yet it hops with unholy speed.<br>Its eye gleams like molten rock, and its touch brings death so swift the flesh falls from the victim's bones in a single breath.<br>That is nothing.<br>The merchant from Baghdad who gave me this coin once told me of the shadhafar.<br>He said i..." |
imported>Darman36 m Line about "One arm..." is direct quote from Edward Lane's translation of "One Thousand and One Nights". Per WP, "Rūm" in this case means Byzantine Empire |
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"My father spoke of the nasnas | "My father spoke of the {{Wiki|nasnas}}—half [[Human|man]], half shade—born of [[Djinn|jinn]] and mortal blood.<br>He [[One Thousand and One Nights|said]] it bears but one arm, one leg, and half a face, yet it hops with unholy speed.<br>Its eye gleams like molten rock, and its touch brings death so swift the flesh falls from the victim's bones in a single breath.<br>That is nothing.<br>The [[merchant]] from [[Baghdad]] who gave me this [[coin]] once told me of the {{Wiki|shadhavar}}.<br>He said it roams the lands of [[Byzantine Empire|Rum]] with a single horn of wondrous design—hollow and branching into many pipes.<br>When the wind sighs through those pipes, it plays a melody so sweet that beasts draw near to listen.<br>And when they come too close, the shadhavar tears them limb from limb and devours them whole." | ||
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"My father spoke of the nasnas—half man, half shade—born of jinn and mortal blood.
He said it bears but one arm, one leg, and half a face, yet it hops with unholy speed.
Its eye gleams like molten rock, and its touch brings death so swift the flesh falls from the victim's bones in a single breath.
That is nothing.
The merchant from Baghdad who gave me this coin once told me of the shadhavar.
He said it roams the lands of Rum with a single horn of wondrous design—hollow and branching into many pipes.
When the wind sighs through those pipes, it plays a melody so sweet that beasts draw near to listen.
And when they come too close, the shadhavar tears them limb from limb and devours them whole."