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'''The Caravan''' is a liquid concentration which acts similar to a hive mind. This liquid concentration split into multiple different fragments each roaming [[Alathra]] individually. Periodically these fragments will pull together both animate and inanimate objects to serve as a host, allowing The Caravan to have a physical shape. This physical shape can resemble most species that exist or be a twisted compilation of surrounding dirt and trees. While it is very uncommon, these hosts can serve as a means for The Caravan to interact with people on [[Alathra]].

The inquisition, they called it. The inquisitors called them the [https://wiki.alathramc.com/wiki/Solaris#Devourer Devourer]. In their so-called [https://wiki.alathramc.com/wiki/Solaris#The_Age_of_Subjugation age of subjugation], a group of these inquisitors turned their blame towards The Caravan. The Caravan watched as the hubris of artifact creation led to the near extinction of humanity. The Caravan observed another entity wipe the memories of the horrific destruction. But some remembered. One of those men, Maoilios Ó Corraidhíni, led a crusade against what he called the [https://wiki.alathramc.com/wiki/Solaris#Devourer Devourer].

The proto-Pyrrhians lived subjugated by the thriving bandits and warlords. The rise of the Free Cities of Alathra and the destabilization of society thank the [[The Orkni Extinction Event|Orkni Extinction Event]] ended the Age of Nature. At this time, the Felu fragment found itself exploring [[Arith|western Arith]], taking control of various mammals and misshaping their bodies to look like Felu’s preferred form. The dark-haired elf with black eyes cared not about the damage it was causing to sentient beings, leaving their bodies destroyed after Felu was done with it.

Maoilios, saw the Felu fragment on multiple occasions, leaving sheep and deer in unsightly states. Limbs were torn off and moved, joints disfigured, and bones sculpted. Once the Felu fragment left these animals, they died immediately or died suffering. As the Druidic Annals warned, the [https://wiki.alathramc.com/wiki/Solaris#Devourer Devourer] had returned to the Realm of Existence, Maoilios thought to himself. Maoilios gathered proto-Pyrrhians under him under the belief that banishing the [https://wiki.alathramc.com/wiki/Solaris#Devourer Devourer] would in turn remove the plight of the bandits and warlords.