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The Architects of the Crown. Born from the First Emanation of the Arbor's canopy, they are beings of pure Seidra (Light) devoted to order, clarity, and the pursuit of perfection.
The Smiths of the Root. Born from the First Emanation of the Arbor's deepest roots, they are beings of Orkrin (Shadow) who find wisdom in transformation, entropy, and hidden potential.
The Ascended. Formerly mortal Nascents who conquered the Veilbound Cycle, metabolizing enough friction to exceed the gravity of death. They are the "New Gods" of the Resonant Epoch.
The Industrialized Souls. The Gladewrought were not born, but manufactured during the Arcane Project of the Arcane Epoch. Created by the Gladewardens to serve as tireless, perfect maintainers of the Verdant Boughs, they possess a "Glyphic Lattice" instead of a chaotic soul.
The Nascents are the Mortals, the eidkind of souls bound to the Veilbound Cycle of birth, life, and death upon the surface of a single world. Largely unaware of the greater cosmic reality, their collective existence serves as a great engine that consumes dangerous excess magical energy. It is from their ranks that the Essendir, through great trial, Ascend.
The Mosaic Souls. Survivors of the Spectral Rift, the Proteans emerged into a broken world. They are "Hollow Spirits" who must borrow mass from the world to exist.
The Sessile Custodians. Thursa are the sentient manifestations of the Deep Arbor's geology, existing in a symbiotic state with the Glimmerloam.
The Children of the Waste. Voidhewn are not a stable species, but the result of Chaotic Emergence. They are Living Reactors, born with a "Void Maw" parasite in their chest that metabolizes biological matter into magical energy.
The Sentient Humors. Born from the catastrophic Sundering of the Wells, they are the Arbor's vital fluids given will. They exist to maintain the cosmic flow.