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Thanks for the welcome, Stavos. I'm glad you're enjoying the lore! 1. That make-a me happy. I don't normally get into the whole "character writes himself" mode, but Hugo was definitely like that. The Boar Spear was an absolute blast to write. 2. To manys degree. While Akylios and his squishy fishies are the most overtly Lovecraftian critters in the game (which I work hard to express in my writing) all the Blood Storm are eldritch abominations. I can tell you that the Lore Leads and I are all big Lovecraft fans. But we're also Robert E. Howard fans, so we believe that the best response to alien awfulness is to punch it right in the non-Euclidean geometry. Haliaeetus: Hola! So, I'm not the man what invents the lore, I'm only the man what writes about the lore what's invented by others. I can give you my opinions and conjectures, but they're not canon. As for which races would consider Druids (or any class) an abnormality, I think that's purposely left vague, to let you, the player, come up with your own back-story. While I don't see the Dwarves as a whole disliking Druids (indeed, the Druid Soul is a Dwarf) your character's community can see things differently. According to the Druid lore, Druids get their powers through bargains and alliances with helpful Fae. I imagine the Guardians do this while thinking about the Vigil, and the Defiant do it while thinking about their their Illudium Q-32 Planar Modulator. I would imagine that each Druid must work out a personal relationship with his Faerie buddies. You know, if you roleplay, your character has a relationship with his trusty steed, but the in-game spell doesn't need to represent this. The Fae are at least all those that can be summoned by a Druid. :-) Fae politics are something you'll have to play the game to find out. Clearly, not every single Fae is bound to Greenscale, so take that as you will. Also something you'll have to play to discover. It is safe to say that Druid pets are not the only friendly Fae in all of existence, though they might be the only ones you get to see right now. Finally, when writing about the Fae, I have this advice: Faeries are capricious. Even at their most friendly and adorable, they should be a bit disturbing. In many ways, the Fair Folk are folklore's more basic Lovecraftian monsters. Not quite gods, not really spirits, alien and other. When writing the Fae, think less Tinkerbell, and more the Faun from Pan's Labyrinth. Hope that helps a bit! :-)
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