Role

Chapter 2

The crime of his sister, Hollyharanas, had been to leave the clan and become a sorceress. Despite this,
the Nsa Nsa do not hate magic. On the contrary, they revere it. Magic is so sacred to them that it is
absolutely forbidden for mortals to use, and Hollyharanas had apparently used quite a bit of it.

The Nsa Nsa, who prize Thera and its natural well-being, see magic as its life blood. To them, it is the
invisible force behind everything that nourished and fed the planet. The Veil is the barrier or the skin
that keeps magic with Thera. A strong veil means more magic and a healthier earth. When mortals use
magic, it thins the Veil allowing more of the earths essence to leak out, thereby weakening the earth
and so therefor magic is forbidden. Finally, to the Nsa Nsa the divine beings are as much a part of Thera
as Thera is itself, and themselves beyond the Veil. Magic is as much theirs as it is Theras.

Hoyoharannas loved his sister very much. When it was learned that she had taken up sorcery upon her
departure from the Nsa Nsa it troubled him deeply. He and several others left to track her down and
begged her to give up the practice but she refused them outright. She cared far more about the personal
good magic could do for her than any greater good not using it did.
When a member of the Nsa Nsa uses magic and harms Thera they feel they owe her a debt which will
heal the harm done. Generally, this happens by mistake where a small magic is accidently activated and
the debt to heal this wrong is small in return. Often times, the debt is a pilgrimage to Tahrens forge to
destroy a small, magical item and the same person who committed the offense repays the debt.
However, there are the rare times, as with Hollyharannas, where the magic used is vast and the offender
refuses to repay their own debt. In times like these it is not only necessary but tradition that someone
else make the sacrifice and repay the debt.