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|Inhabitants=Few call Baelmarsh home.

The **Driftborn**, a wandering people of the marsh, do not build permanent settlements but instead craft **floating dwellings woven from reeds and driftwood**, which follow the **slow pull of unseen currents.** To the Driftborn, **stagnation is ~~death**—all~~ things must move, shift, and change, or they will be swallowed.

The Driftborn, a wandering people of the marsh, do not build permanent settlements but instead craft floating dwellings woven from reeds and driftwood, which follow the slow pull of unseen currents. To the Driftborn, stagnation is death—all things must move, shift, and change, or they will be swallowed.

Other inhabitants include:

<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Tarn-Elders** – Solitary seers who live within the hollows of ancient trees, their voices carrying through the mist. It is said they **never open their eyes, for they see through the roots and the water instead.**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Tarn-Elders – Solitary seers who live within the hollows of ancient trees, their voices carrying through the mist. It is said they never open their eyes, for they see through the roots and the water instead.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Mirebound** – Those who **vanished into the marsh and returned changed**, their skin pale and webbed, their voices thick with water. They do not remember their past lives, but sometimes, when the fog is thick, they weep.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Mirebound – Those who vanished into the marsh and returned changed, their skin pale and webbed, their voices thick with water. They do not remember their past lives, but sometimes, when the fog is thick, they weep.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Hollow Courtiers** – Figures clad in **decayed finery**, glimpsed moving through the marsh as though in an eternal procession. Some say they were nobles from a kingdom lost to the mire, unable to move on, doomed to **relive a court that no longer exists.**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Hollow Courtiers – Figures clad in decayed finery, glimpsed moving through the marsh as though in an eternal procession. Some say they were nobles from a kingdom lost to the mire, unable to move on, doomed to relive a court that no longer exists.

|Mythology and Legends=Baelmarsh is **a place of lost things**, and many who enter do so in search of **something forgotten.**

|Mythology and Legends=Baelmarsh is a place of lost things, and many who enter do so in search of something forgotten.

<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Half-Sunken Archive**

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Half-Sunken Archive

Somewhere within the marsh lies a **library drowned beneath the roots of an impossible tree.** Its halls are flooded, but its tomes remain untouched, preserved by something **that does not wish them to be read.** The Archive is said to contain **histories that were erased from time, stories that no longer belong to any realm.**

Somewhere within the marsh lies a library drowned beneath the roots of an impossible tree. Its halls are flooded, but its tomes remain untouched, preserved by something that does not wish them to be read. The Archive is said to contain histories that were erased from time, stories that no longer belong to any realm.

<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Mouth of the Mire**

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Mouth of the Mire

A massive **chasm of black water**, said to be the heart of Baelmarsh. No light reaches its depths, and no sound returns from its edge. Some believe it is a gateway to **something beneath the land, something older than [[Adaris]] itself.**

A massive chasm of black water, said to be the heart of Baelmarsh. No light reaches its depths, and no sound returns from its edge. Some believe it is a gateway to something beneath the land, something older than [[Adaris]] itself.

<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Glass-Faced Stag**

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Glass-Faced Stag

A creature seen only when the mist is thickest, its **antlers entwined with strands of glowing moss, its face like a perfect mirror.** Those who gaze into its reflection are said to **see themselves as they could have been, or as they never should be.**

A creature seen only when the mist is thickest, its antlers entwined with strands of glowing moss, its face like a perfect mirror. Those who gaze into its reflection are said to see themselves as they could have been, or as they never should be.

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 |Inhabitants=Few call Baelmarsh home.
-The **Driftborn**, a wandering people of the marsh, do not build permanent settlements but instead craft **floating dwellings woven from reeds and driftwood**, which follow the **slow pull of unseen currents.** To the Driftborn, **stagnation is death**—all things must move, shift, and change, or they will be swallowed.
+The Driftborn, a wandering people of the marsh, do not build permanent settlements but instead craft floating dwellings woven from reeds and driftwood, which follow the slow pull of unseen currents. To the Driftborn, stagnation is death—all things must move, shift, and change, or they will be swallowed.
 Other inhabitants include:
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Tarn-Elders** – Solitary seers who live within the hollows of ancient trees, their voices carrying through the mist. It is said they **never open their eyes, for they see through the roots and the water instead.**
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Tarn-Elders – Solitary seers who live within the hollows of ancient trees, their voices carrying through the mist. It is said they never open their eyes, for they see through the roots and the water instead.
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Mirebound** – Those who **vanished into the marsh and returned changed**, their skin pale and webbed, their voices thick with water. They do not remember their past lives, but sometimes, when the fog is thick, they weep.
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Mirebound – Those who vanished into the marsh and returned changed, their skin pale and webbed, their voices thick with water. They do not remember their past lives, but sometimes, when the fog is thick, they weep.
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> **The Hollow Courtiers** – Figures clad in **decayed finery**, glimpsed moving through the marsh as though in an eternal procession. Some say they were nobles from a kingdom lost to the mire, unable to move on, doomed to **relive a court that no longer exists.**
+<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Hollow Courtiers – Figures clad in decayed finery, glimpsed moving through the marsh as though in an eternal procession. Some say they were nobles from a kingdom lost to the mire, unable to move on, doomed to relive a court that no longer exists.
-|Mythology and Legends=Baelmarsh is **a place of lost things**, and many who enter do so in search of **something forgotten.**
+|Mythology and Legends=Baelmarsh is a place of lost things, and many who enter do so in search of something forgotten.
-<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Half-Sunken Archive**
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Half-Sunken Archive
-Somewhere within the marsh lies a **library drowned beneath the roots of an impossible tree.** Its halls are flooded, but its tomes remain untouched, preserved by something **that does not wish them to be read.** The Archive is said to contain **histories that were erased from time, stories that no longer belong to any realm.**
+Somewhere within the marsh lies a library drowned beneath the roots of an impossible tree. Its halls are flooded, but its tomes remain untouched, preserved by something that does not wish them to be read. The Archive is said to contain histories that were erased from time, stories that no longer belong to any realm.
-<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Mouth of the Mire**
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Mouth of the Mire
-A massive **chasm of black water**, said to be the heart of Baelmarsh. No light reaches its depths, and no sound returns from its edge. Some believe it is a gateway to **something beneath the land, something older than [[Adaris]] itself.**
+A massive chasm of black water, said to be the heart of Baelmarsh. No light reaches its depths, and no sound returns from its edge. Some believe it is a gateway to something beneath the land, something older than [[Adaris]] itself.
-<nowiki>***</nowiki>The Glass-Faced Stag**
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>The Glass-Faced Stag
-A creature seen only when the mist is thickest, its **antlers entwined with strands of glowing moss, its face like a perfect mirror.** Those who gaze into its reflection are said to **see themselves as they could have been, or as they never should be.**
+A creature seen only when the mist is thickest, its antlers entwined with strands of glowing moss, its face like a perfect mirror. Those who gaze into its reflection are said to see themselves as they could have been, or as they never should be.
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