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These titanic monsters, borne from a sorcerous mixture of Rasa and High Person origin, are believed to have been early experiments of the Yevim to create the servant race that would become the Daemon.

Whether the magespawn were designed to be weapons of or merely guardians to the High People is unknown. These terrifying beings are amalgamations of dragon and High Person essence, the dragons being among Asag's most powerful brood. As precursors to the Daemon, they are susceptible to magical domination, and though they have a consciousness of their own, it is raw and beastial. It is believed that the High People deemed the magespawn experiment a failure because they were unable to engender a sense of fealty in the creatures, due to their inherently chaotic natures.

According to forbidden Yevim lore, the heretical founder of the Left Hand of the Goddess Tezirah originally designed the magespawn. Ultimately, the magespawn were magically sealed in secret crypts within the Magic City, to slumber for eternity.

Story Hook

Make no mistake: these are no ordinary cryptids. The magespawn are legendary monsters with a divine origin, meant to singlehandedly flatten entire civilizations. The High People sealed them away not just because they were a threat to the Magic City, but because they are a threat to the entire world.

If you introduce magespawn into your campaign, it’s important to foreshadow their dangerous, eldritch nature long before they are revealed. The magespawn are likely to be sealed away in elaborate tombs that have been shielded magically by the High People. The party will find such tombs floating amidst the wreckage of the Daemon Aerie, or perhaps somewhere beneath the Ocean of Furies, in the chaotic whirlpool that is the Conamura Chaos. Mora prophecies can reveal the secrets of their origins; strange artifacts may serve as MacGuffins required to unseal their tombs; or continental tremors may accompany their awakening.

A magespawn is not meant to be defeated; it represents an apocalypse to be averted. (Though level 10 adventurers are welcome to try!)

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