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|Name=Awenlas

|Image=[[File:Awenlas - General 01.jpg|center|frameless]]

|Realm=Kalpanas

|Aspect=The ever-changing kaleidoscope, the artist's palette, the dreamer's mind

|Osia=Awenlasia

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* The Ever-Shifting Muse – A presence that moves through artists, inventors, and thinkers, gifting them with bursts of inspiration or leading them down labyrinthine paths of obsession. Some see Awenlas as a benevolent guide; others fear it as a force that demands creativity, no matter the cost.

[[File:~~Korrash~~ - ~~Artist 01~~.jpg|thumb|Awenlas touches all aspect of creativity]]

[[File:Korrash_-_Artist_01.jpg|thumb|Awenlas touches all aspect of creativity]]

Because Awenlas is everywhere, its touch is unpredictable—one moment a source of divine inspiration, the next a descent into delusion and uncertainty. To create, one must surrender to the unknown, embracing both the marvels and the terrors that imagination brings.

|Realm=Kalpanas is the intangible realm where form, memory, and desire drift unshaped. It is the metaphysical current through which Awenlas, the [[primordial spirit]] of imagination, breathes and dreams. Kalpanas is not governed by time or space; it is the field of becoming, where thought precedes existence.

* Linguistic Root (in-world): Often interpreted as ''“woven imagining”'' or ''“the place of potential”''

* Mythic Role: The place where human souls were first sculpted by Awenlas, before coalescing in Awenelir.

=== Relationship to Reality ===

* '''Partially Accessible:''' Through dreaming, trance, or visionary states, mortals sometimes brush against Kalpanas—though few return unchanged.

* '''Unstable and Reflective:''' Kalpanas reflects the inner world of those who enter it. It is shaped not by geography but by memory, fear, and longing.

* '''Portal of Origin:''' The breach through which the first humans crossed into the physical world is believed to have opened within Kalpanas and anchored in Awenelir.

=== In Present-Day Adaris ===

* '''Scholars and mystics''' debate whether Kalpanas is a place, a state of being, or the shadow of Awenlas itself.

* '''Dreamwalkers''' and '''storyweavers''' seek echoes of forgotten truths within Kalpanas to shape the waking world.

* Some claim the '''Trueborn''' maintain rituals that keep Kalpanas tethered to mortal consciousness—preventing total disconnection from the origin.

|Osia=The practice of [[Awenlasia]], a branch of [[Osia]], focuses on the manipulation of dreams, imagination, and possibility. Practitioners, known as Awenlasari, walk the line between vision and illusion, creation and dissolution. They are dream-weavers, reality-benders, and architects of worlds unseen.

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 |Name=Awenlas
 |Image=[[File:Awenlas - General 01.jpg|center|frameless]]
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 |Aspect=The ever-changing kaleidoscope, the artist's palette, the dreamer's mind
 |Osia=Awenlasia
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 * The Ever-Shifting Muse – A presence that moves through artists, inventors, and thinkers, gifting them with bursts of inspiration or leading them down labyrinthine paths of obsession. Some see Awenlas as a benevolent guide; others fear it as a force that demands creativity, no matter the cost.
-[[File:Korrash - Artist 01.jpg|thumb|Awenlas touches all aspect of creativity]]
+[[File:Korrash_-_Artist_01.jpg|thumb|Awenlas touches all aspect of creativity]]
 Because Awenlas is everywhere, its touch is unpredictable—one moment a source of divine inspiration, the next a descent into delusion and uncertainty. To create, one must surrender to the unknown, embracing both the marvels and the terrors that imagination brings.
+|Realm=Kalpanas is the intangible realm where form, memory, and desire drift unshaped. It is the metaphysical current through which Awenlas, the [[primordial spirit]] of imagination, breathes and dreams. Kalpanas is not governed by time or space; it is the field of becoming, where thought precedes existence.
+* Linguistic Root (in-world): Often interpreted as ''“woven imagining”'' or ''“the place of potential”''
+* Mythic Role: The place where human souls were first sculpted by Awenlas, before coalescing in Awenelir.
+=== Relationship to Reality ===
+* '''Partially Accessible:''' Through dreaming, trance, or visionary states, mortals sometimes brush against Kalpanas—though few return unchanged.
+* '''Unstable and Reflective:''' Kalpanas reflects the inner world of those who enter it. It is shaped not by geography but by memory, fear, and longing.
+* '''Portal of Origin:''' The breach through which the first humans crossed into the physical world is believed to have opened within Kalpanas and anchored in Awenelir.
+=== In Present-Day Adaris ===
+* '''Scholars and mystics''' debate whether Kalpanas is a place, a state of being, or the shadow of Awenlas itself.
+* '''Dreamwalkers''' and '''storyweavers''' seek echoes of forgotten truths within Kalpanas to shape the waking world.
+* Some claim the '''Trueborn''' maintain rituals that keep Kalpanas tethered to mortal consciousness—preventing total disconnection from the origin.
 |Osia=The practice of [[Awenlasia]], a branch of [[Osia]], focuses on the manipulation of dreams, imagination, and possibility. Practitioners, known as Awenlasari, walk the line between vision and illusion, creation and dissolution. They are dream-weavers, reality-benders, and architects of worlds unseen.