A Lakelands setting post Most of the Unbound crave human worship, attention, or service, but not all of them do. Some of them lack any interest in humanity. While the Howling Rustic decided to make its own version of a terrestrial hominid, the Sulphur Herald remembered its former subjects. Long ago it held sway over the peoples of two planets: on Yir and its moon Sdikga it governed the drakemantids and amazons, while on Nkamvond it commanded the psanzomv, often called spacegnomes in the Lakelands. It lost its cult-empire millennia ago when the Unfolding Emperor recalled it for other tasks, but once it was freed of its master’s shackles, the Sulphur Herald turned its mind to its former holdings. Dominating only as many humans as it needed, it designed and ordered the construction of an interplanetary portal that opens onto Yir and Nkamvond; while unable to pass through that portal itself, it could send emissaries, which it used to lure its servants' descendants through. Now it's trying…
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