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The Benthen

The Benthen are a race that appear to be human but are not, at least by their reckoning. The Benthen have shown up in Neridia several times throughout its history and have had relatively minor skirmishes with the Neridians. The Benthen describe themselves as a product of what is to come and have stated that they are removed from Reality. What this means has been a matter for debate among the scholars who have studied the Benthen and their conflicts with Neridia. Many of these scholars feel that this means the Benthen are from another plane of existence, like the elemental planes but more similar to our own world. Other scholars feel the answer is not so simple and lean toward the theory that the Benthen experience the world around us on another level, able to see and manipulate energies and forces that are beyond the norm. The Benthen do seem to have some sort of ability to manipulate magical energy at a level beyond most normal mages.

The Benthen tend to appear once ever few hundred years from wherever they are removed from Reality. They battle Neridian forces for a period of years and then vanish once again. No amount of searching or magical scrying has ever revealed the true location of the Benthen.

Of late, there have been rumors of Benthen sightings but nothing confirmed and no battles as yet.