"Life is hard. You must be harder."

An elderly pale pink Galapa with a cozy patchwork quilt over her shell. Beneath, she is clad weathered plate armor and carrying a warhammer larger than most people. Emaida Ah'Shuul has spent a lifetime protecting others from the dangers of the world. Kind-eyed and impossibly patient, she talks almost entirely in proverbs and motivational speech - like a walking fortress with the spirit of a doting grandmother. These days, she walks beside the newer generations of adventurers, determined to help them survive long enough to become the legends she has always believed they are meant to be.

A guardian learned two things. First, that not everyone can be saved. Second, that this changes nothing.