When I first arrived, there was a wasting afflicting the turtle, one that affected the powers of the residents. I had sought them out to understand what could be done, and how I could adapt my own sorcery to draw on the turtle's life force.

It was the lady shaman, who I was directed to by the elders of the kedan, who answered my questions. The Turtle's life force generates such power as sustains our abilities, and our very lives on the Turtle. I would question it, except at the time this wasting had affected not only those Foreigners with powers, but the crops and livestock the kedan grow.