Tales From the Shadows Updated (SPOILERS ABOUND)

[Enkidoh]

An interesting story, particularly the

insinuation that Ifrit had a genderswapped parallel in ancient times (created by Lahabrea too no less, confirming the specific identity of the 'Paragon' who first taught the amal'jaa how to summon Ifrit 12000-something years later in the Sixth Astral Era). And it also confirms that Amaurot's society was not representative of the Ancient Star in general - the island Azem was sent to being stated as agricultural in land use (particularly wine-growing), suggesting there were still societies pre-Terminus that were more 'primitive' (in a manner of speaking), thus also kind of contradicting something I recall being mentioned during ShB's story about Emet's cultural posturing of how 'perfect' the Ancients were, that their creation magic made anything and everything available to them, including food and drink so that there was no such thing as food shortages. But it's clear from this story food was still being produced naturally on farms, which kind of throws a spanner in that idea (although I guess creation magic could be used to produce hearty, resilent crops resistant to drought and pests).

And given the statement that Azem mentioned that island grew "grapes that were particularly sweet", there must have been some kind of trade going on between various places, including Amaurot. Either way, this was a very minor snippet into the Ancient world that I am increasingly intrigued by.

Also, irony of ironies, Azem asks to summon a version of Ifrit to quell a volcano. Azem. Think about it.

[Mieck]

...thus also kind of contradicting something I recall being mentioned during ShB's story about Emet's cultural posturing of how 'perfect' the Ancients were, that their creation magic made anything and everything available to them, including food and drink so that there was no such thing as food shortages. But it's clear from this story food was still being produced naturally on farms, which kind of throws a spanner in that idea (although I guess creation magic could be used to produce hearty, resilent crops resistant to drought and pests).

I feel it is a little bit like the Replicators in Star Trek - sure, they are wonderfully convenient, but the Picard family still made wine because it was good and the satisfaction of creation the hard way could not be merely circumvented by technology.