Alef/Stereotypes

• Cliffside: My homeland. I used to think little of it, it was home. I lived, learned, studied and grew up there. I was trained as a battle-mage there. Having lived somewhere else for some time, I look back at home without the same vision I had before. No place is perfect, not even home.

• Sweetwater: Before I lived here I bought into the talk of it being a land of plenty where the beings grew fat and weak. That the last war was a fluke. While this country DOES have its problems... I have met a lot of good people, just as hard working and energetic as the most patriotic Cliffside Artisan. It is less structured then Cliffside, but, its home; and that's good enough for now.

• Soulless"Gifted": Back home Soulless are considered 2nd class citizens at best. Having seen little Shadow activity compared to Sweetwater the demand for soulless is far less back home. Many are pressed into military service or menial labor. Simple Soulgem's for simple people and simple jobs. Some get better chances. Not a lot, but some, like those who hold natural talent for magic. Here in Sweetwater Soulless are a class unto themselves, its a complete change from back in Cliffside, one that... makes me quite proud to be a Soulless.

• Creators: Our Parents among the stars, Amazing Beings more fascinating then we can imagine. Father said that even though they are mighty beings, they are but Beings, and that while we owe them a great dept that we may never repay, one day we may just come to be accepted as there children here on Promise, Worthy of this world they gave us.