Shepherd

The Shepherd, also referred to as Alraaei, is a celestial warden, comparable to a Mystic, whose duty is to restore aether balance in case of disturbances, such as Glitches. Previously coming from another world that required their service, there were four Shepherds before the first Shepherd serving Yggdrasil, Yuzai Cai'ohe, marking him the Fifth Shepherd in total.

They possess a single magic ability, the so called Judgement, which allows them to return aether to its default stage, thus cancelling any magic spell or curse. In order to execute the skill, the Shepherd has to touch the caster of a spell.

Life Circle

 * The Shepherd is reincarnated if a previous Shepherd dies, the species and location being chosen at random. Similar to a cuckoo laying its egg into the nests of other birds - upon pushing out the eggs that were inside the nest - in order for the cuckoo's chicks to be raised instead of their own, Yggdrasil puts the Shepherd into the womb of an already pregnant mother, replacing their child with the Shepherd. This results in the Shepherd being born an impostor without own aether aura, but with a physical body.


 * Should the Shepherd be assigned to a species that is not born through a mother, they will be born inside the Aetherbed.


 * A Shepherd holds a large concentrated amount of aether in their physical form, and therefore allegedly requires periods of long slumber between duties in order to keep the aether inside their mortal body balanced. Due to the excessive aether radiation, Shepherds will almost always mutate. The radiation can be harmful to other creatures, should they spend too much time in a Shepherd's presence. This can be avoided by periodic cleansing at the Aetherbed.

List of Shepherds

 * 1) Unknown
 * 2) Mishipeshu Mutant, Male.
 * 3) Uktena Mutant, Female.
 * 4) Itotia: Quetzalcoatl Dragonborn Mutant, Intersex. Died at the age of approximately 40 years.
 * 5) Yuzai Cai'ohe: Harpy/Elf Hybrid Mutant, Male. First Shepherd serving Yggdrasil. Current Shepherd.