Мастера и другие

Navali: a Karui hatungo who died and was greeted in the afterlife by her furry companion, Yama the White, holding a Seeing Stone. Yama and the Seeing Stone were both imbued with a hair of Hinekora's dark knowledge, allowing them to guide Navali through visions of the future. She came back to life in Wraeclast, where she was captured by the Faun in what she believes was a trick by Hinekora to remind her of her place.

Helena: an apprentice archaeologist from Oriath who claimed she could tell if a Vaal artefact was genuine simply by running her hand along it. She became convinced there was a pattern behind the absence of mythological artefacts and suspected a secret organization was at work, though her colleagues wouldn't listen. She accepted a position in the Ebony Legion to go on an expedition to Wraeclast, but defected after witnessing the horrors of Piety's work. She was taken in by the Azmerians in the Forest Encampment, though remained paranoid that the scattered Blackguards remaining in Wraeclast were still hunting her for being a traitor. After the Fall of Oriath, she joined the Citizen Vanguard and served under Kirac.

Einhar Frey, Beastmaster: an Ezomyte who sailed to Wraeclast alone. According to Jun Ortoi, he claims to be from Oriath. He hunts and studies beasts in the hope of learning the secrets of the First Ones. Einhar believes the world will end soon (within the next three years), and that when it does the First Ones will return and take those who have proven themselves to be "survivors" to the Great Grove. Per Kalandra, he once encountered her lake on a hunt.

Нико Безумный, Мастер Глубин: выходец Ориата, выросший, продавая вольтаксовый сульфит Жрецам для использования в их странных экспериментах. Воздействие вещества в конце концов заставило его начать слышать голоса, которые рассказывали ему секреты, и он начал думать, что он пророк. Он сообщил об этом Жрецам, думая, что они помогут ему, но вместо этого был отправлен в психиатрическую лечебницу. Он выкопал выход и сбежал через площадь, но солдаты выследили его по следам, оставленным его кровоточащими руками. Его поймали и сослали в Рэкласт. Там он начал исследовать шахты под руинами Вечной Империи с помощью "Ползучего" - машины, которую он построил из старого устройства для пыток "Вечных". Кавас говорит, что Нико - единственный мастер, способный видеть его в своей призрачной форме.

Alva Valai, Master Explorer: an Oriathan woman with some Vaal ancestry, who became a Reliquarian and treasure hunter. When she was young her father enlisted her in High Templar Dominus’ navy. After some unknown events she returned to Theopolis where she joined the Reliquarians, a secret society of treasure hunters funded by the upper class of Oriath. She had a few run-ins with Helena while hawking forged heirlooms, as the latter has a knack for spotting fakes. On one of her temple and tomb raids she discovered a manual of Vaal blood thaumaturgy. Not wanting it to fall into the wrong hands, she hid it from the High Templar. As a result, she was no longer welcome among the upper class of Oriath and instead continued hunting treasure on her own. She learned to perform a fickle spell using ancient waystones and her own Vaal blood that opened a portal to the Temple of Atzoatl in the past and helped her locate it in the present.

Jun Ortoi, Veiled Master: a Maraketh woman who was orphaned and taken in by a secretive organization known as the Order of the Djinn. As part of the Order she was tasked with guarding the Forbidden Vault, within which resided artefacts deemed dangerous enough to put the world in jeopardy. Janus Perandus sold out the Order, resulting in the death of all its members save for himself and Jun and the theft of a number of powerful artefacts. Following this Jun began investigating the rise of the Immortal Syndicate and the disappearance of several prominent exiles. As part of the Order she was forbidden from having relationships with men or having children, but is interested in a relationship with Zana and adopting orphans with her.

Weylam "Rot-Tooth" Roth: a Brinerot warband leader until he was betrayed and marooned by his younger sister, Lussi (see Warbands section). He was the captain of the Black Crest, a ship whose hull was said to have been reinforced by the bones of the Leviathan that he'd killed. In an attempt to regain his notoriety, he tried to kill the sea-witch Merveil. However, his ship ran aground and she ate him alive. He was later reanimated somehow, retaining his full mental faculties.

Meredith: the deceased wife of Weylam Roth.

Lilly Roth: a pirate captain, smuggler and the granddaughter of Weylam Roth. She was Tarkleigh's lover and partner for a time, smuggling booze with him to make money. However, she began to fear that he planned to settle down and have children with her. She betrayed him and left him on Penance Quay, where he was captured by Blackguards and exiled for his crimes. At one point she managed to acquire the Teardrop, a map to the sunken city of Tsoatha, but it was taken by Oriathan privateers and she was thrown in the slave pens. She escaped and broke into the Theopolis Reliquary in an attempt to retrieve it but failed, and her three accomplices (Kraityn, Alira and Oak) were captured and exiled. After the second fall of Oriath, Kirac convinved her to become a naval officer for the Citizen Vaguard, in exchange for her pirating crimes being forgiven.

Oshabi: an Azmeri woman from the same tribe as Yeena, before they were driven out of their home and forced to settle in the Forest Encampment. Oshabi had a deep connection to the land and believed it spoke to her. She felt that the land wanted a sacrifice, so she kidnapped a child but was stopped from sacrificing it by her tribe. As a result, she felt her connection to the land was severed. Her tribe exiled her for her actions. This led her to discover the Sacred Grove, which she thought to be older than the Eternal Empire. She believed the secret behind the dead rising in Wraeclast lay in something she called the Lifeforce, "the desire for survival in its purest form," which she sought to use to be reborn as Wraeclast intended (becoming the Avatar of the Grove). However, she discovered the Lifeforce was actually corruption.

The Trialmaster: a being who was once a mortal man and now serves an entity known as Chaos. He has been tasked with searching for suitable challengers for trials of skill and chance. Through Chaos, the Trialmaster experiences many different outcomes or versions of the same events.

Последний, кто умер: последний выживший представитель рода Верховных жрецов Ваала. Во время пика безумия империи Ваал Кровавый Котел был выкован в рамках договора между Верховными Жрецами и сущностью, известной как Хаос. Большую часть своей жизни "Последняя, кто умрет" использовала Копилку крови, чтобы превращаться в Кошмар и сражаться с Бичом, тремя фракциями ужасных существ, хотя говорит, что ничего не добилась, кроме того, что пережила всех остальных. Она утверждает, что видела бесчисленное множество различных версий Wraeclast, и что все они были уничтожены Scourge, кроме одной, в которой доминировал верховный тамплиер Венариус. По словам Дивинии, она таинственно исчезла из тюремной камеры тамплиеров за несколько лет до встречи с изгнанником.

Chaos: an unknown Vaal entity. Per the Trialmaster, moments of chance lead to multiple diverging paths of reality, and Chaos sees all of them. Chaos is fascinated by the ability of the skilled to bend chance in their favour, and has tasked the Trialmaster with finding challengers and putting them through trials of skill and chance. Per the Trialmaster, Atziri is an enigma because her life is the one event that never changes in any version of reality.

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