What Is A Shaman

Locations/Replays: Slifsgaard - World Tree


Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): Ahhhh. Yes. I can hear the spirits once again. For now, anyway.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): The spirits thank you, Hero. As do I.
Hero: Happy to help but I have questions.
Hero: First, who are you?
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): My name is Slifsgaard. I'm a Shaman.
Hero: Next question, what's a Shaman?
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): We speak with the spirits of all things.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): We serve the people of lore. Sometimes as teachers, sometimes as healers, sometimes as guides…
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): We safeguard the connection between all things and all worlds.
Hero: It seems like this tree is more than just a really big tree. What is it really?
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): This is the World Tree. It binds all worlds together.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): It is under attack on the Dream Plane by a creature called a Void Knightmare.
Hero: The Dream Plane? But I can see that thing attacking it here in the real world.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): The World Tree might look like a normal tree…
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): …but its branches and roots really reach into many worlds, connecting them all.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): While we are this close to the tree, certain aspects of the worlds bleed into each other.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): That's why you can see the Void Knightmare.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): If the World Tree falls, the consequences, not just our world, would be… unthinkable.
Hero: Can you travel to the Dream Plane and stop it?
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): No. My duty is to serve the people of lore.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): I cannot abandon my post protecting the World Tree here on the Prime Material Plane.
Hero: OK, then. I'll go!
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): You? It takes years of training to become a planewalker much less a full Shaman.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): The elemental guardians of the Dream Plane won't even let you in without their approval.
Hero: You said the spirits told you that I was coming to help you save the tree.
Hero: Train me to be a planewalker.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): Hmmm. What you say is true.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): Very well, we begin your training now.
Hero: Oh, one last question…
Hero: …what does the Void Knightmare want, Slifsgaard?
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): It's a creature of the Void. It wants… Nothingness.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): You need to learn how to move through the world of the spirits.
Slifsgaard (Shaman of Lore): Return to my raven friend, H'rok. He will being your training.

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