“As you’ve probably guessed already she is also an Old Blood. Like my father she too is a direct descendant of the first shapeshifters. Her family was one of the first families that accidentally sailed into Nordarra millennia ago. In those days all of Nordarra was full of great and terrible beasts and old powerful magic. In comparison, humans were weak like little children in the land of giants. The beings who built the ancient structures took pity on them and taught them how to use the magic of the land to become shapeshifters. At least that’s one version of the story. Another version states
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Crazy lore dump... almost half-way through the book and we're getting the main worldbuilding of the story. Also I hate when authors dump lore that is supposed to be well-known in-universe
