

This is the library, where many paths meet. Please feel free to share with me any questions you may have; I probably won't know the answer, but I will be sure to get back to you when I do!
I have the pleasure of seeing travelers from all around the world; they come to me with me tales of their adventures and friends. Some of them are explorers, always eager to return to the rough and tumble. (They damage my books.) Others are researchers, oftentimes bringing back fantastic specimens and letting them loose. (They also damage my books.) Yet others fancy themselves as mysterious nomads, and mostly keep to themselves. Merchants, wandermen, students, and locals also frequent this library; you can find a kaleidoscope of people here at any time. Some are helpful. Some are friendly. Some smell pretty bad.
And most of them keep special cards.
These cards have been immensely popular recently; crafted by Artists, they summon a likeness of the being they depict. I've noticed that people love to collect them as pets and companions, or even for use in challenges and fights!
Some Artists draw inspiration from the world around them; others choose to create from pure imagination.
But the most coveted of the cards are the ones of the spirits...who are not created, but found. Spirits often choose to inhabit innocent objects- such as strange flowers, or pretty lanterns. Wanderers frequently stumble across them unknowingly. When this happens, some spirits chose to flee, but others choose to stay with their discoverer, whether it be for curiosity or for the joy in company, or for other reasons of their own. The card, then, becomes their home of convenience.