Encountered in my Travels

The boundary between the magical world of Azmerith and our own has always been fragile. Creatures that make their home in Azmerith have frequently crossed to our shore, and vise-versa. Through the mystical portals of The Between, dragons, goddesses, and demons have traveled to Earth, and there have been many sightings recorded, sadly now often considered to be myth, legend, or bedtime stories.

Goddesses, such as Baba Yanga, Kybele, Kwan Yan, and Diana, used to come more frequently to visit the human race when and where devoted followers worshiped them openly. Now however, since many of their devotees were burned alive as witches, or otherwise extinguished, by human politics, religious bigotry or intellectualism, their visits are less frequent and more secretive.

Though there are those who would like to diminish all mythical beings to the realms of animals or make-believe, those in Azmerith still tell their children that humans do truly exist in an invisible world that is right next to their own. Many a time, elf parents have had to rush to their children’s bedrooms, hearing screams of "Mommy, there a human under my bed," to find that indeed, some human child had fallen through The Between during sleep and was under their child’s bed. 

There have also been many mystical and powerful beings born of Earth who have visited or even gone to live permanently in Azmerith. They may be called back to Earth with offerings at their shrines and will still come to the aid of those who believe in and venerate them. The origins listed below are either the birth place of the mystical beings from Earth or the locations of the most frequent sightings of Azmerith beings on our side of the portal.

Sal’awa

Origin Crypto-zoological creature of the Nile, Egypt

 A jackal-like beast with square ears, dagger-like fangs and forked tail. Sal'awas are still seen in the Nile valley by villagers. Created by the Vagabond Mara in Azmerith as domesticated transport animals for trolls and Akvan demons, many escaped into the wild and crossed the Between to Egypt about the time of the Pharaohs.