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The '''rats''' of [[Sapience]] can be found in five of the six city-states - [[Ashtan]], [[Shallam]], [[Mhaldor]], [[Hashan]] and [[Cyrene]]. The forestal [[:Category:villages|village]] of [[Eleusis]] is lucky enough to be free of the vermin, but is instead inhabited by many types of [[butterflies|butterfly]].
The plane of '''Memory''' is a shadowy dimension populated with historical imagery made manifest. The [[plane]] seethes with psychic impressions, where [[mortal]] and [[:category:immortals|immortal]] replicas and scenes lost to time recur endlessly. Their permutations are limited by recollection and their replication is often imperfect, influenced by the perception of collective memory.


Rats have limited, yet very important purposes. They can come as a reliable source of income for anyone out to make some easy [[gold sovereigns|gold]], or as [[:Category:Food and drink|food]] for [[falcons]] of [[chivalry|Knights]]. The process of hunting and slaying rats is known as '''ratting'''.
It was from the plane of Memory that [[Lupus]] attempted to summon and resurrect his memory of the dead [[Selene]] in 844 AF, an act counter to the fundamental strictures of reality. The act tapped into the horrors of the rise of [[Bal'met]], the aggregate fear releasing memory [[Dala'myrr]] and other nightmarish creatures into the [[Prime Material Plane]].  


== Rat Types ==
It was also from this place that the [[Conclave]] recalled the champions of the second [[Conclave Reckoning|Reckoning]] to create the [[foray]]s in 839 AF.
There are five types of commonly seen and sought-after rats. Each of these are accepted by the various rat collectors around the cities, in return for a gold reward.


;Baby rat - 7 gp : An infant rat, barely growing hair yet. Almost pet-worthy.
Memory was the staging ground for [[Pazuzu]]'s war upon the Prime in 922 AF, his refuge from [[gods|pantheonic]] retribution, and ultimately his grave after his failed final stand against them. Finally it was from this plane that the [[Bloodsworn Gods]] uprooted a memory of [[Shallam]], concretising it into material reality in last ditch exchange with the foundations of [[Targossas]] which the plane had claimed as its own in 928 AF.
;Young rat - 14 gp : Not an infant, not an adult. A teenager in adventurers' years, if you will.
;Rat - 21gp : An adult grey rat. Enjoys scamping through the sewers and garbage. Dislikes: [[newbies]].
;Old rat - 28gp : The battle-scarred old man of the rat world.
;Black rat - 35gp : Black-furred and red-eyed. The thug of all rats.


== Rat Locations ==
The [[icon statuette]] talisman is an [[artefact]] related to this plane.
Rats can be found in the streets, [[shops]], stockrooms, [[subdivisions]] and sewers of every [[city-state]], barring Eleusis.
[[category:Planes]][[category:History]]
 
== Rat Collectors ==
Each city-state with rats also has one [[:category:ratmen|rat collector]] to take care of the vermin. Simply approach one of these collectors, and they will take your offerings without any qualms, paying you in return.
 
== Other Rats ==
These rats are found outside the urban city-states of Achaea and are not accepted by ratmen at all.
;[[Black Warren]]
Brown rats, small grey mice, and young country rats call the tunnels of the Black Warren home.
 
;[[Creville Asylum]]
Enormous greasy rats crawl amongst the filth of the deprecated sanatarium of the Northern Vashnars Mountains.
 
;[[Dun Valley]]
Plague rats of the misty marshes afflict any who approach them with disease.
 
;[[Yggdrasil]]
The huge, extraplanar rats of the dendritic Yggdrasian highway are by now infamous amongst travellers around the great bulk of the World Tree's illusory branches.  
 
[[Category:Creatures of Targossas]]
[[Category:Creatures of Mhaldor]]
[[Category:Creatures of Hashan]]
[[Category:Creatures of Cyrene]]
[[Category:Creatures of Ashtan]]
[[Category:Creatures of Enverren Marsh]]
[[Category:Creatures of the Creville Asylum]]
[[category:Creatures of the Black Warren]]
[[Category:Trade]]
[[category: Creatures of Yggdrasil]]

Revision as of 16:31, 31 January 2024

The plane of Memory is a shadowy dimension populated with historical imagery made manifest. The plane seethes with psychic impressions, where mortal and immortal replicas and scenes lost to time recur endlessly. Their permutations are limited by recollection and their replication is often imperfect, influenced by the perception of collective memory.

It was from the plane of Memory that Lupus attempted to summon and resurrect his memory of the dead Selene in 844 AF, an act counter to the fundamental strictures of reality. The act tapped into the horrors of the rise of Bal'met, the aggregate fear releasing memory Dala'myrr and other nightmarish creatures into the Prime Material Plane.

It was also from this place that the Conclave recalled the champions of the second Reckoning to create the forays in 839 AF.

Memory was the staging ground for Pazuzu's war upon the Prime in 922 AF, his refuge from pantheonic retribution, and ultimately his grave after his failed final stand against them. Finally it was from this plane that the Bloodsworn Gods uprooted a memory of Shallam, concretising it into material reality in last ditch exchange with the foundations of Targossas which the plane had claimed as its own in 928 AF.

The icon statuette talisman is an artefact related to this plane.