ilyana | [Voice]

Umm... hello? Is... is there anyone there? I'm not sure who exactly I'm speaking to, as I've never used something like this before, but... does anyone know where I am? I... I was traveling with a merchant caravan until just recently, but I'm afraid I'm a bit lost. I... ohh...

[the voice grows fainter, and fainter, until an audible thud is heard.]

Ooh... I'm so sorry about that... I'm afraid I'm feeling a bit faint... This kind of thing happens to me from time to time. Does... does anyone have any food they might be able to spare me? I feel... so weak... I have so many questions I want to ask about where I am... and why in the Goddesses name have I found myself here... but I don't think I can really rightly ask those questions until I eat something. It... feels like it's been weeks since I've last eaten anything.

[The young woman's voice becomes a bit more somber for this last part.]

There is... one more thing that is incredibly important to me. Upon arriving here, I seemed to have been stripped of my belongings, and there was one item that was very precious to me. Does anyone know what would have happened to my rexbolt tome? I fear it is... utterly irreplaceable.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Zoan are... like me. I'm a zoan. We have more than one species. We can change in-between animals and humans usually, but some of us are two different animals.

But tribes? It's genetic then?

Ah, the power of the herons. You said they could do all those amazing things with just their songs.

That's right... it's in their blood. I could never change into a bird or anything like that myself... but these Zoans you're talking about... they don't inherit this ability?

Their songs contain magical properties that they developed by centuries of communing with nature. So yes... with just their songs.

Correct, we do not inherit it. It's a curse for life that comes from a fruit.

That's even more impressive. Centuries individually or as a species?

As a species... while herons can live much longer than most humans, and even most Laguz... I don't think they tend to live for centuries. Though I can't be certain as I've never met with any herons outside of the Royal family.

... Well except for him... but he's a special case.

"Him?" Him who? Why is he a special case?

Lehran... he was one of the 4 great heroes to defeat the goddess Yune and seal her within the medallion. He is considered to practically be the father of the heron race, and his magic is only outclassed by the goddess herself. I would not be a match for him myself, and I am the greatest practitioner of lightning magic in Tellius.

He has been alive since before the time when the goddess was asleep, nearly 700 years ago, and he will likely live hundreds, if not thousands of years more.