PART VII · THE SIXTEEN
DRAGON XII

Thossar

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*Keeper of the Drowned Marshes*

**Territory:** The Three-Mouth Marsh **Known Territory Radius:** 5 days

Pell's Observations

Movement defines Thossar's territory.

Water shifts.

Channels change.

Boundaries migrate.

Travelers quickly learn that permanence is an illusion.

The dragon appears unusually comfortable with change.

Possibly because resisting it would be exhausting.

Things Travelers Say

"The map was already wrong."

"The marsh changed overnight."

"I stopped expecting certainty."

Known For

Adaptation.

Change.

Flexibility.

Survival.

What Not To Do

Do not insist reality match your expectations.

Reality rarely agrees.

Questions Still Unanswered

How old are the drowned channels?

What settlements once stood there?

MAGDA'S WARNING

The marsh wins every argument eventually.

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