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Vayhena

**Vayhena** is the name proposed by Seryanna to refer to the entity behind the Glade of Dreams. It is an elven word that designates "a dream so powerful that it leaves its mark on the world".

## Background

Vayhena is an entity that was born of the Dreamscape and solidified the moment Aiden accepted through his dream that she would take root in the territory of his Evergreen Garden skill. From there, she founded the Glade of Dreams and came into contact with the material world for the first time. She then created Camilla from a Seed of Life and sent her out as her agent.

## Appearance

As an entity belonging to the Dream Landscape, Vayhena doesn't really have a tangible, precise form. When people perceive her being, they see an ethereal silhouette sharing the pink and violet colors of the unique flowers of the Glade of Dreams. The sight is reminiscent of a Dreamcatcher Dryad, but less clear-cut and more... supreme in nature. Her face has no eyes, no nose, no ears, but a thin, elegant mouth that smiles mischievously and is still somewhat discernible despite the blur. From the line that normally marks the eyes, the already quite unreal skin becomes a rosy haze that merges with the ethereal reality that is Dreamscape.

## Personality

Vayhena is an entity whose actions and motivations even Camilla finds hard to understand. But if she and Aiden know one thing, it's that Vayhena is driven to action by a very specific feeling: curiosity.

## Abilities

Vayhena is a being who surpasses anything Aiden can conceive in terms of pure potential. What sets Vayhena apart from everything else he knows is that she seems limited in her interactions with the world by the system itself. That's why she uses Camilla as her agent.

## Relations

* Camilla

Camilla sees Vayhena as the being at the origin of her existence, and serving her is the purpose that gave birth to her.

* Aiden

Aiden treats Vayhena with great respect because he recognizes that she represents an existence beyond his comprehension despite the little direct impact she can have on the world around her.

He is aware that the foundation of their relationship lies in the fact that he serves as her anchor in the material world and that his adventures entertain her. In return, she sometimes contributes to help him achieve extraordinary things. In a way, she offers her cooperation as rent and payment for the entertainment.

## Story

### Quintessence of Life

Vayhena participated in Aiden's rebirth when he first awakened his Transcendence. Just as when she used Camilla as a bridge during a ritual to modify a skill, she infiltrated Aiden's soul space. Aiden suspected that she had left the means to get back there on her own the first time. This time, she offered Aiden to form a pact so that his entire territory would share an intimate, yet insignificant, relationship with the Dreamscape, using her as the core of that connection.
Uramon Madanis

**Uramon Madanis** is a paladin who fights like a pugilist.

## Appearance

His forearm tattoos constantly pulsate with blinding light, forcing him to camouflage them behind bandages so as not to disturb ordinary people.

## Abilities

Each of his punches transmits holy energy on impact. As holy magic is particularly effective on things considered corrupt, the undead and demonic creatures have a hard time under its brutal, merciless assaults.
Zombie

**Zombies** are creatures generally born from the reanimation of a corpse.

## Appearance

Unlike Skeletons, which are generally made only of bone, **Zombies** always have decomposing flesh on their bodies, giving them a horrible, pestilential smell of putrefaction.

## Behavior

Zombies are, for the vast majority, mindless creatures. Guided only by the baser instincts of the undead, they roam where they've been reanimated unless they receive orders from a necromancer.

The only real reaction they're capable of is when they smell the flesh or blood of the living. They then throw themselves into a frantic hunt to kill and devour the unfortunate one who has come too close to them.

## Trivia

* Some necromancers don't like using Zombies because of their foul smell. But some have got round this problem by altering them with alchemy, creating Zombies whose bodies, though dead, look as clean and healthy as those of the living. At least in appearance.
Talent

A **Talent**, sometimes called a **Gift**, is a kind of innate ability that some beings are born with.

## List of Known Talents

* **Waterstep**: Ability to walk on water. Works poorly on choppy water.
* **Darkvision**: Allows the holder to see even without light.
* **Sniper**: Ability to see at a great distance with great accuracy.
* **Perfect Memory**: Ability to remember everything with great precision. Makes involuntary memory changes particularly difficult.
* **Echolocation**: Allows the holder to perceive the world through sound.
* **Inner Fire**: Ability to increase body heat on command. Provides effective protection against the cold caused by bad weather.
* **Water Breathing**: Ability to breathe underwater.
* **Flight**: Ability to fly without restriction.
* **Spiritual Insight**: Ability to perceive the spiritual essence of the world.
* **Eye of Truth**: Ability to see through low-level illusions.
* **Stealthy Presence**: Allows the holder to conceal their presence from the senses of others.
* **Rainsinger**: Ability to bring rain by singing.
* **Cloudstrider**: Ability to walk on clouds.
* **Camouflage**: Allows the holder to change the colour and texture of their skin to blend in with the background.
* **Lifeforce Perception**: Allows the holder to perceive the vital energy of living beings.
* **Glowing Eyes**: Allows the holder to make their eyes glow in the dark.
* **Soulsight**: Ability to see souls.
* **Voice Modification**: Allows the holder to change the sound of their voice at will.
* **Levitation**: Ability to levitate above the ground.
Thresh's Lantern

## Abilities

### Prison of the Afterlife

The lantern serves as a container capable of capturing the souls of spectral entities such as ghosts. Capture can also take place directly upon a person's death.

### Spectral Sacrifice

Sacrificing souls to strengthen the power of a spell. Souls are literally used as fuel.

### Midnight Assault

The Lantern releases all the souls it holds in the form of mad wraiths that will rush to the targets the user has indicated. Once they have done their duty, all souls can return to the rest they have been denied until now.

The use of this ability weakens the lantern greatly, preventing it from capturing souls until it has been repaired. If the user attempts to do so, the artefact will break.
Lyrian Talis

**Lyrian Talis** is a hunter known for his very special relationship with poisons.

## Abilities

### Hunter

Lyrian has been hunting since he was very young. With his bow and arrows, he slaughters his prey with precision and patience.

### Poison Maker

Poison creation is an art that Lyrian has greatly exploited during his career. He is an expert in the preparation of multiple poisons, many of which are the result of his own research and experiments.

### Venomous Biology

Lyrian has altered his body to produce poison naturally. His blood and saliva contain cytotoxic poison while his skin is capable of secreting a neurotoxic substance.
Ulfhedinn

The **Ulfhedinn** is a breed of Werewolf which can be found in harsh and barren regions.

## Behavior

Like Werewolves, Ulfhedinns are most active at night, particularly when the moon is at its fullest. Fast, strong, and amazingly resilient, these creatures kill with disturbing ease. Unlike their cousins, Ulfhedinns do not hesitate to hunt humans, quite the opposite in fact.

Ulfhedinns like to live alone in the forests, on the edge of civilisation. This habit means they don't attract suspicion too easily when travellers suddenly disappear. Beware of lumberjacks and other forest rangers living in the middle of the woods.

## Trivia

* The Ulfhedinn is a creature from The Witcher universe.
Time Magic

The magic of time is a school of magic that manipulates the most unconditional variable in the world.

## Capabilities

* Precognition

Precognition is the ability to read the future. If a person want to use this ability they have to concentrate on specific question – for example "are there any dangers on the road?" – and then more or less clear vision of the future is given. If they want to learn the answer on someone's else future, they generally have to touch this person.

The beginners are able to precognize only after hypnosis. Precognition is a time-bending ability and its complexity is unalterable.
Thelonia

**Thelonia** is an evil spirit who has set up a cult to worship her and serve her agenda.

## Background

Thelonia was born from the mind of a madman who wanted to silence the pain that was rotting his life. A spirit born of the twisted desire of a desperate man seeking deliverance.

## Abilities

* Prophet

To interact effectively with the world, Thelonia must do so through a chosen one: her prophet. She is bound to this person and depends on them for the most important actions she takes.

* Seed of Deliverance

Through her prophet, Thelonia can create spiritual seeds which, when swallowed by someone, extinguish their pain, whether physical or mental. What is not said is that in order to remove the pain from the memories that haunt these people, it is the memories themselves that are muted. If someone was feeling grief over the death of a loved one, all memories relating to that person would be blocked.

Thelonia has access to the psyche of everyone who takes a Seed of Deliverance. She can talk to them, perceive through their senses, and even control them to a certain extent.

## Trivia

* Thelonia was inspired by the character of Alie in the series The Hundred. Her name refers to its first convert: Thelonious.
Trial of the Grasses

The **Trial of the Grasses** is a rite that modifies and improves the subject's physiology.

## Preparation

Before undergoing the Trial, the subject must feed exclusively on a diet of mushrooms, mosses and specific herbs, while undergoing intense physical training that will often lead to total exhaustion. This strict preparation, combining diet and physical exercise, lasts a minimum of two weeks, and can last up to three months, depending on the individual.

## Procedure

The subject first drinks an alchemical potion prepared from regenerative and pain-relieving medicinal herbs and a secret essence with mutagenic properties.

The subject then proceeds to an empty basin, where he himself attaches the chains that will hold him to his feet and pelvis, before assistants chain his wrists. The basin is finally filled with water in which a variety of herbs, flowers and roots are bathed, all with different properties ranging from poisonous to healing.

After about 15 minutes, the subject's body begins to experience the many effects of the infused herbs. His skin will absorb the poisons while welcoming the healing substances, which will then fight a fierce battle of destruction and healing in his body.

## Effect

The subject's physiology will be changed and improved through the rite, with the body having no choice but to adapt or die. This is not an uncommon occurrence, even if it remains isolated, as the shock to the organism is sometimes too strong. The experience of extreme pain, on the other hand, is inevitable and often traumatic.

If the subject survives, the ordeal will grant superior regeneration, slower aging, enhanced physical strength, superhuman reflexes and sharpened senses.
Ternecia Vay

## Ternecia

Ternecia is one of the most powerful archfeys in existence. Her magic of annihilation allows her to unleash a devastating offensive that is countered by very few.

## Story

She ventured into Aiden's territory without his permission and left her spiritual mark, giving birth much later to Ewen.

Learning of Ewen's existence, she seeks to reclaim him, believing him to be rightfully hers. When Aiden refuses, she launches an assault, threatening to destroy everything in her path. A reaction that Aiden has been waiting for, and for which he has been preparing. The confrontation ends with Ternecia, too powerful to take down, offered as a sacrifice to Vayhena in exchange for her help in neutralising her.
Yunala

**Yunala** is a goddess associated with fertility, pregnancy, birth, maternity, family, protection, cycles, ascension and might. She is the founder and undisputed leader of the Pantheon of the Fertile Orchard. The Divine Mother is one of the most powerful entities in the Exaly Universe.

## Abilities

Each time Yunala gives birth to a child and it reaches adulthood, she completes a cycle. For each cycle successfully completed, the Divine Mother gains in might. The degree of power she gains depends on many factors and can be minimal or even imperceptible, but each rise is permanent and accumulates over time.
Velkyanna

**Velkyanna** is the Queen of the Formyssia Hive. She was created by Aiden with the help of his Transcendence: Quintessence of Life.

## Appearance

Velkyanna is dark green in colour, sometimes leaning towards black. A chitinous carapace covers her body except for her belly. Two sharp mandibles protrude from its mouth, giving it a fearsome appearance.

## Abilities

Velkyanna, as the beneficiary of Aiden's Transcendence before she was even born, has inherited abilities far beyond any other insectoid queen.

Her primary purpose may have been to give birth to and lead a hive seeking to colonise the planet, but she was endowed at birth with powerful physiological weapons to prevent the 'Hive' project from being wiped out by an unfortunate encounter with a creature superior to the Queen.

Velkyanna has been endowed with an absolutely titanic ability to use biomancy on her offspring. Every need, every threat, every circumstance the hive encounters, she has the potential to produce a caste that will serve as the perfect response. Its only constraints are resources and knowledge. Adaptation is the word that governs Velkyanna's nature.

Her ability to lay eggs is naturally important, but it is not her most impressive feature, and could even be considered inferior to what is expected of an insectoid queen. The reason for this is that her speciality lies not in quantity, but in quality. It doesn't matter if her laying rate isn't high enough, she'll just have to lay a queen who specialises in that area.

As the first of her kind and the queen mother of the hive, all the members of the hive are spiritually connected to Velkyanna. This connection gives her supreme authority over all her offspring.

When Aiden created Velkyanna, he did not only have at heart the potential to create an army. He also wanted his creation and its descendants to be able to maintain and produce resources without having to always expand. That is why he endowed Velkyanna with a powerful affinity for fertility magic, allowing her to create a truly self-sufficient hive.
Witchcraft

A strange art, more on the edge than any other, practiced by witches.

## Capabilities

Their rituals follow a logic that nothing else does, and each ritual has its own criteria. What are these criteria? No one knows. Maybe the trees need to be placed in a certain way, the stars form a certain pattern, or a number of highly specific items need to be in the proximity of the ritual.

Witches often use mediums to reach their target. A way of doing magic that allows them to attack from a distance, sometimes from the other side of a world, without exposing themselves directly.

Among their arsenal, they also have a particular kind of curse called hex.
Weena Enex

**Weena Enex** is a marsh-dwelling witch who practises a form of necromancy.

## Abilities

Weena uses a mixture of swamp magic and necromancy in battle. Animating corpses and strengthening them with plants, she can deal with a large number of enemies on her own.

She can quickly terraform the environment around her into swamp, giving her the advantage of the terrain. She then manipulates the water, mud and plants of the swamp to disrupt and restrain her opponents while her necromantic army attacks them.
Wererat

**Wererats** are therianthropes who transform into rats or half-rats.

## History

There are two most common ways to aquire arouranthropy: the first one through a curse and the second is to simply have a Wererat parent. Being bitten by another Wererat, while popular in folk tales, gives only a very small chance of becoming one in reality. Those who are born as Wererats are able to fully control their shapeshifting abilities, while those cursed or bitten change into their Wererat form only during the full moon. Those who became Wererats during their lives however are the only ones who can be cured.

## Behavior

Wererats are the only therianthropes who create strictly hierarchical societies. They live in colonies consisting of two to four wererats and a number of rats and mice; they do not accept Pseudorats and hate them as those are not true rats. Wererats have an aversion towards Werewolves and fiercely hate Werecats.
Vesani

The **Vesani** are a humanoid species with fox-like physical characteristics.

## Description

The Vesani resemble a mix between humans and foxes, having vulpine-like traits such as big bushy tails, claws, and a pair of fox-like ears. Their nine tails can be grouped together to appear as only one tail.

The spiritual magic they wield as naturally as breathing gives them an aura of mystery that tends to captivate people.

## Abilities

The Vesani have a natural affinity for spiritual magic and are able to perceive the spiritual aura of anything, just as Spirits can.

Although they feed mainly on plants and meat, Vesani can absorb the life force of beings they encounter. If they fail to control themselves, they can suck every last spark of life from their victims, killing them in the process.

## Trivia

* Vesani are creatures from the League of Legends universe.
Zekyl

**Zekyls** are a species of dragon attuned to shadow magic.

## Physiology

Zekyls have totally black scales with very little light reflection.

## Abilities

Blending into shadows and dark corners is an art they've mastered from birth.

Attuned to the shadows since birth, these draconic creatures can learn to twist and animate them to attack and restrain other creatures.

## Behavior

Zekyls are solitary creatures who hunt by hiding in the shadows and pounce on their prey after restraining them with shadow magic.
Voodoo

**Voodoo** is a very special form of magic, almost unique in its kind. It is often closely linked to totems and puppetering.

## Utilizations

* Voodoo is very effective when it comes to weakening or cursing a target.
* Voodoo can increase the physical might of a target through a curse.
* Voodoo can be used to mentally control other beings, and in some cases, to enslave them. Very effective on beings of flesh and blood as well as on spiritual beings. However, both require different criteria to be met.
* Voodoo can bring the dead back to life and use them to fight. Unlike necromancy, undead animated by voodoo have a limited lifespan. To change this, certain conditions must be met, like a ritual for example.
* Voodoo can provide some forms of exorcism.
* Voodoo allows one to connect to a puppet that will become a spiritual extension of its master. Through it, the master will be able to cast spells, share its senses, and many other uses.
Valeria Leonhart

**Valeria Leonhart** is a slayer of the undead. Armed with her sword, Rising Sun, she mercilessly tears through hordes of creatures rising from their graves.

## Background

As a child, she came into contact with spectral creatures that altered her body to the point where she developed the ability to make herself intangible in the manner of ghosts.

## Abilities

Valeria Leonhart combines two seemingly incompatible forms of magic in a unique style: spectral magic and light magic.
Werewolf

All it takes is one bite to risk becoming one of them.

**Werewolves** are therianthropes who transform into wolves or half-wolves.

There are two most common ways to aquire lycanthropy: the first one through a curse and the second is to simply have a Werewolf parent. Being bitten by another Werewolf, while popular in folk tales, gives only a very small chance of becoming one in reality, though it is still recommended to get magical treatment. Those who are born as Werewolves are able to fully control their shapeshifting abilities, while those cursed or bitten change into their Werewolf form only during the full moon. Those who became Werewolves during their lives however are the only ones who can be cured.

The Wolfsbane is said to mitigate the illness' symptoms.

## Abilities

* Shapeshifter

Werewolves can alternate between a humanoid form, a wolf form and a Werewolf form.

* Great sense of smell

Werewolves have a legendary sense of smell, exceptional even amongst real wolves.

* Bonder

## Behavior

Werewolves are usually on good terms with other canines, but hate Werecats.
Whistler Centipede

The **Whistler Centipede** is a species of giant desert centipede that burrows under the sand in ambush, emitting an ear-splitting hiss when it attacks.

## Biology

This centipede uses a unique organ threaded through its long body to produce a piercing whistle at devastating volume and pitch. Most mammalian creatures that rely on inner ear mechanisms for balance will be incapacitated or severely hindered as this sound interferes.
Verena

**Verena** is a former prisoner of a cult trying to bring about the end of the world by summoning demons. She has the Bloodline of the Void Songstress.

## Background

Verena was captured as a baby by the Cult of Scarlet Children. She only escaped the fate of sacrifice because a fragment of her Bloodline was triggered and awakened when she was manhandled by one of the cultists who wanted her to keep quiet. Instead, she was kept as a prisoner throughout her childhood, with the aim of making her a weapon for the organisation.

## Abilities

### **Voice of Annihilation**

Verena can deploy powerful void magic through her voice, thanks to her bloodline. Her chant is capable of reducing matter to nothingness.
Volcanic Salamander

**Volcanic Salamanders** are small creatures that live underground, close to the currents of magma.

## Biology

Their bodies constantly emit extreme heat that ignites anything that gets too close to their fragile skin. The minerals they eat are slowly refined in their stomachs before being released in the form of magnificent jewels.
Judith Zaavan

**Judith Zaavan** is a necromancer who brings the dead back to life with perfume.

## Abilities

Judith is a special case when it comes to bringing the dead back to life. Instead of simply using the magic of death and igniting a dark spark within them that will act as new vitality, she breathes life into them through a scent she generates.

A method seen almost nowhere else, but one that has the merit of making Judith famous and setting her apart from other necromancers.
Wyrden

**Wyrden** is an elven god associated with nature, beauty, art and gardens. The **Gardener** is a decorative god, bringing beauty through nature in all its forms. Certain groves, glades and other gathering places are dedicated to him, and feature natural decorations made from flowers, wood, fruit, and so on.
Werecat

**Werecats** are therianthropes who transform into cats or half-cats.

## History

There are two most common ways to aquire ailuranthropy: the first one through a curse and the second is to simply have a Werecat parent. Being bitten by another Werecat, while popular in folk tales, gives only a very small chance of becoming one in reality. Those who are born as Werecats are able to fully control their shapeshifting abilities, while those cursed or bitten change into their Werecat form only during the full moon. Those who became Werecats during their lives however are the only ones who can be cured.

## Abilities

* Shapeshifter

Werecats can alternate between a humanoid form, a cat form and a Werecat form.

* Great Eyesight

Werecats have a good night vision, slightly better than those of real cats.

* Bonder

They find faithful companions in other felids, either domestic ones or wild such as pumas or lynxes.

## Behavior

They are hostile towards Werewolves and Wererats.
Vampire

**Vampires** are a humanoid species that feed on blood. They can live forever, but must drink blood to stay sane.

## Description

Vampires look exactly like humans, which makes it hard to spot them. It's when they drink blood that they stand out from mere mortals: their eyes turn scarlet and their canines, otherwise retracted, unfurl in all their bloody glory.

## Physiology

Amazing strength, increased reflexes and unfailing endurance. A predator's body.

The consumption of blood offers them an experience not unlike the consumption of alcohol.

## Abilities

* Blood Drinker

Drinking blood, especially high-quality blood, has a number of effects on Vampires. Firstly, their strength and regeneration are enhanced for a time. Secondly, they experience a certain euphoria reminiscent of the effects of alcohol. If they drink too much blood and lack total self-control, they risk going into a bloody killing frenzy.

* Regeneration

Vampires have a healing factor well above other creatures of their level. A nasty cut from a sword blow will take less than a day to completely heal.

* Hypnotic Gaze

Probably the ability that allowed them to integrate so well into societies without being discovered. This ability allows them to hypnotize weak minds through their eyes. Practical to drink blood without the screams of their victim and to blur, or even erase, their memories.
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## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* This song is total projection. I imagined what this person’s life might be like based off a few minutes I spent with her in a crowded bar and some scattered tabloid journalism. It is almost certainly and completely inaccurate on every level but, hey, it’s a catchy tune. And considering what her family has been through its surely not the worst thing ever uttered about them. Mad empathy is what I was going for. All apologies. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Nano falcon

nano falcon is a mini version of helicopters. it is one of the nano helicopters.

## description

Nano Falcon is a 3-channel ready-to-fly infrared remote control helicopter, suitable for operation indoors

Steer the helicopter by simply moving the transmitter joystick left or right, whilst operating the throttle to take off, hover and land

Incorporates a lightweight lithium polymer battery for long flights, and fast recharging direct from the transmitter

As assortment varies, we are unable to guarentee which colour product or infrared band you will receive

## videos

Nano Falcon Stunt Fly- World Smallest RC Helicopter by Silverlit
Weather Magic

**Weather magic** is a school of elemental magic that manipulates the different forms of weather such as rain, storm or clouds. It is particularly popular on sea voyages because of the problems that storms can bring to a ship.

## Schools of Magic Involved

* Storm Magic
* Wind Magic
* Lightning Magic
* Cloud Magic
* Rain Magic
* Mist Magic
* Snow Magic
Pokibot

pokibots are portable robots.

## bio

A Portable Robot with more than 6 features, available in 2 styles and 6 colors of your choice! Robotic voice playback and the Sound Activated Motions bring POKIBOT to life with personalities.

Store up to 3 voice recordings with robot play back.

Pokibots interact and play together as well as react to clapping hands.

## trivia

* pokibot's sounds are similar to R2-D2 from star wars.
Syna Arcadia

**Syna Arcadia** is a human wandering from city to city, from country to country. She earns her living by hunting monsters on the road.

## Background

Syna was raised in an order of mages who experiment on the human body. From birth, she was exposed to dense arcane magic on a daily basis to force her metabolism to adapt to it. Of the hundreds of children who underwent this treatment, she was one of only ten who survived to the end.

At the age of seventeen, the members of the order inscribed a runic formation on her body through tattoos. The formation channels the arcane magic she produces into a beam that is shot from the centre of her chest. The beam is of extraordinary power, capable of finishing off many creatures.

## Abilities

She wields arcane magic, which she uses to reinforce her body and her striking power. Her blows send out waves of arcane energy that damage whatever she hits.

## Story

Syna has decreed that the only time she will allow anyone to study her runic tattoos is when she is dead. Aiden respected this requirement.
Cartoon Blues

**Cartoon Blues** is the fifth song on the Bright Eyes EP  Four Winds.

## Lyrics

I listened to a lecture of nonsense until dawn

By a plagiary poet with dark glasses on

He said, "How did you ever dream up that song

The one where the baby dies?"

I said, "I'll tell you the secret, which one's your good ear?

Yeah, people are made up of water and fear

If there weren't women present we wouldn't be here

So let's make like we're friends"

And the pot turned to powder and soured the mood

And the people I'd come with were gone from the room

So I asked like a child, "May I be excused?"

And disobeyed them all

Into that late-night latrine, rain soaking through my shoes

I tried walking backwards to get less confused

Working off the theory I could never prove

That it was life itself to blame

And time ruined the world

Like a failed revolution

A tumor we could not remove

An old friend, a constant, the blues

Now my days are distractions, sit wringing my hands

Solitaire, crosswords and films on demand

When you turn from a cartoon back into a man

You start to smell that human smell

So I sleep with the fan on to drown out the street

And the noise rising up from the bar underneath

But for that inconvenience all my drinks are free

So I guess it's just as well

Why do I envy the ending right from the start?

Just get it together to take it apart

Watching the horse as it follows the cart

I sweep up my broken spell

And I felt something changing the world

Like a new constitution

A thief I would have to pursue

At all times, at all cost, the truth

## Notes and references

* This song references the line "I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up" in Hot Knives.
* The lines "He said, 'How did you ever dream up that song/The one where the baby dies?'" reference the fictional story of Conor drowning his baby brother in Padraic My Prince and the fake interview in *Fevers and Mirrors*.

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "**Cartoon Blues**" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Susan Miller Rag

**Susan Miller Rag** is a Bright Eyes song. It was released as a B-track to the album Cassadaga. It was available in CD and vinyl to customers who had preordered the album.

## Lyrics

When all the knots of tension keep you from getting loose

Relax your love, relax your living

And cruise past the People's Choice and their backwards attitudes

When you've done no sleeping and all your dreams fall through

Relax your rush, relax your grieving

And lose yourself in the trill of your woodwind solitude

Light in the corners of the room

In your Eighth House is a rising moon

Better get out of here soon

Far away from the rag trade

Fa away from this maritime state you're stuck in

Relax your law, relax your ego

And groove from the deep-sea dive to the nose-bleed altitudes

When you divide the memories outside the photo booths

Relax your cause, relax your feeling

And choose not the one that you want but the one they just handed you

When wet tequila gimlets starts off but gets you juiced

Relax your thoughts, relax your breathing

And do what you want, when you want, with whoever you wanted to

The sun's eclipsed as Saturn swoons

And your Eighth House is a darkened room

Is it midnight or high noon?

Far away from the rag trade

Far away from this marathon race you're running

Relax your costs and dodge the zeroes

And prove what you think that you can to whoever you needed to

Far away from the rag trade

Far away from this maritime state

Far away from the rag trade

Far away from this maritime state you're stuck in

You're stuck in

## Notes and references

* Susan Miller is a famous astrologer who has a circle of celebrity friends, explaining the mentions of the People's Choice Awards and the 'rag trade' (fashion industry).

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "**Susan Miller Rag**"
Classic Cars

**Classic Cars** is the seventh song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

She was a real royal lady, true patron of the arts

She said the best country singers die in the back of classic cars

So if I ever got too hungry for a suitcase or guitar

To think of them all alone in the dark

So I laid some nights beside her in a bed made for a queen

She said I kissed her different, that all the men her age were mean

Gave me anything I wanted, oh the generosity

I took all that I could, it was free

Now the sky's a torn-up denim and the clouds are just splattered paint

It's a room I'm renovating; it's a name I got to change

If I get out of California, I'm going back to my home state

To tell them all that I made a mistake

And I keep looking for that blindfold faith

Lighting candles to a cynical saint

Who wants the last laugh at the fly trapped in the windowsill tape

You can go right out of your mind trying to escape

From the panicked paradox of day to day

If you can't understand something then it's best to be afraid

The whole world it loves you if you're a chic chameleon

Intersecting circles, she could hang with anyone

But when conducting business she would lie about where she's from

Saying, "Life is how it is, not how it was"

I learned to listen, felt like I was back at school

She'd talk forever about the phases of the moon

Saying, "Everything's a cycle, you've got to let it come to you

And when it does, you will know what to do"

Without even knowing, I guess I took up her advice

Painted her front door, it seemed a suitable goodbye

It's not that often but I think of her sometimes

Just something quaint, a couple ships in the night

And they keep moving at a glacial pace

Turning circles in a memory maze

I made a new cast of the death mask that's gonna cover my face

I had to change the combination to the safe

Hide it all behind a wall, let people wait

And never trust a heart that's so bent it can't break

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - guitar
* Nate Walcott - piano, organ
* David Rawlings - guitar
* Gillian Welch - voice
* Jason Boesel - drums
* Tim Luntzel - bass

## Comments from Bright Eyes

* "Well, I like David Rawlings' guitar parts on it, I think that they sound really good... actually, I like the piano, I like all the instrumentation. It's one of my favorite songs, how it came out, very live feel. It's about a romance with a... older woman... which I know nothing about." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Biopod

## Biopod

### battery

regular biopod creature: 2 button cell batteriesinmotion: 2 AAA batteries

### remote control

no

biopod robots are primitive robots.

## types

### original

#### single pack

* raptor
* komodo
* triceratops
* pterodactyl
* stegosaurus
* turtle
* alligator
* chameleon

#### anitron

* smilodon
* mammoth
* glow in the dark raptor
* glow in the dark turtle
* glow in the dark chameleon
* glow in the dark alligator

### cyberpunk

#### regular

* smilodon
* stegosaurus
* raptor
* komodo
* triceratops
* pterodactyl
* rhino
* toucan
* seahorse
* anglerfish
* lion
* T-rex
* mammoth

### battle edition

* scorpion
* warthog
* bull
* elemental dragons
* electric dinos
Hundreds of Ways

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* It is a song of encouragement. Maybe for myself or someone else. The idea that you just have to keep going even when you are covered in mud and shit. Your options are limitless once you take the yoke off and believe you are free. And the truth is everyone you have ever looked up to was just making it up as they went along. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Old Soul Song (for the New World Order)

**Old Soul Song (for the New World Order)** is the third song on the Bright Eyes album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

## Lyrics

Grey light, new day leaks through the window

An old soul song comes on the alarm clock radio

We walk the forty blocks to the middle

Of the place we heard that everything would be

And there were barricades to keep us off the street

But the crowd kept pushing forward

'Til they swallowed the police

Yeah, they went wild

Yeah, they went wild

Yeah, they went wild

Yeah, they went wild

We left before the dust had time to settle

And all the broken glass swept off the avenue

And all the way home held your camera like a Bible

Just wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth

And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room

You drop the paper in the water

And it all begins to bloom

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

And just when I get so lonesome I can't speak

I see some flowers on a hillside

Like a wall of new TVs

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

Yeah, they go wild

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
Stray Dog Freedom

**Stray Dog Freedom** is the fourth song on the Bright Eyes EP Four Winds.

## Lyrics

There's a skinny dog in a dirty parking lot

And he doesn't bite, but he begs

And he knows what's true, so if you are, he'll follow you

If you're headed home, all the way

So we let him finish every dinner plate

And we watched his tail say thanks, thanks, thanks

And we tried to name him, but he ran away

Once he knew his freedom was at stake

It's the same old shit, so it's how you deal with it

It's the glove that fits that you wear

So when the wind blows strong, I put a few more layers on

And I tell myself I don't care

I might make a phone call to a better man

To ask the questions that I have, have, have

Like "How do I get started, and where's it gonna end?

Why should I treat a traitor like a friend?"

## Notes and references

* This song references the line "Well, all these claims at consciousness, my stray dog freedom" in Gold Mine Gutted.

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "**Stray Dog Freedom**" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Artifact 1

## Comments from Conor Oberst

* It is a love song. Plain and simple. Some people leave their fingerprints all over the scene of the crime. Some just disappear to where even the six o’clock news can’t find them. But real love trumps all. Paper, rock or scissors don’t stand a chance. Crushes. Wins every time. Even through a gnarly delay pedal. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

**I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning** is the sixth studio album by Bright Eyes. It was released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek; *Digital Ash in a Digital Urn* was released on the same day.

## Tracks

All tracks written by Conor Oberst.

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 5
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## Personnel

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
No One Would Riot for Less

**No One Would Riot for Less** is the tenth song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

Death may come invisible or in a holy wall of fire

In the breath between the markers on some black I-80 mile

From the madness of the government to the vengeance of the sea

Everything is eclipsed by the shape of destiny

So love me now

Hell is coming

Kiss my mouth

Hell is here

Little soldier, little insect, you know war it has no heart

It will kill you in the sunshine or happily in the dark

Where kindness is a card game or a bent-up cigarette

In the trenches, in the hard rain, with a bullet and a bet

He says, "Help me out

Hell is coming

Could you do it now?

Hell is here"

See the sterile soil, poisoned sky

Yellow water, final scraps of life

Bringing new tears

Wake, baby, wake

But leave that blanket around you, there is nowhere as safe

I'm leaving this place

But there's nothing I'm planning to take

Just you

Just you

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - pedal steel
* Nate Walcott - organ
* Tim Luntzel - bass
* Jason Boesel - drums
* Stacey DuPree - voice
* Sherri DuPree - voice
* Z Berg - voice
* Rachael Yamagata - voice

Strings arranged by Nate Walcott

Conducted by Bill Meyers

## Comments from Bright Eyes on this song

* "That second verse is obviously about a soldier. The song itself is sort of a love song that takes place in the not-so-distant future, when the peak of the oil crisis comes to its full tilt and the basic needs of people -- food and fresh water and those things --- become scarce. That's really a much more plausible Armageddon than anything else in my mind. I think there will still be love, even then." (The Omaha Reader interview)
* "Janeane Garofalo helped me name that song when I played it on her radio show. It's about... it's a love song that takes place after all the oil runs out and the world's thrown into chaos." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
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We Are Nowhere and It's Now

**We Are Nowhere and It's Now** is the second song on the Bright Eyes album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

## Lyrics

If you hate the taste of wine

Why do you drink it 'til you're blind?

And if you swear that there's no truth and who cares

How come you say it like you're right?

Why are you scared to dream of God

When it's salvation that you want?

You see stars that clear have been dead for years

But the idea just lives on

In our wheels that roll around

As we move over the ground

And all day it seems we've been in between

A past and future town

We are nowhere and it's now

We are nowhere and it's now

And like a ten minute dream in the passenger seat

While the world was flying by

I haven't been gone very long

But it feels like a lifetime

I've been sleeping so strange at night

Side-effects they don't advertise

I've been sleeping so strange

With a head full of pesticide

I got no plans and too much time

I feel too restless to unwind

I'm always lost in thought as I walk a block

To my favorite neon sign

Where the waitress looks concerned

But she never says a word

Just turns the jukebox on and we hum along

And I smile back at her

And my friend comes after work

When the features start to blur

She says, "These bars are filled with things that kill

By now you probably should've learned

Did you forget that yellow bird?

How could you forget your yellow bird?"

And she took a small silver wreath and pinned it onto me

She said, "This one will bring you love"

And I don't know if it's true

But I keep it for good luck

## Sources

**B-sides:** "Well Whiskey" • "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" • "True Blue" • "When the President Talks to God"
Make a Plan to Love Me

**Make a Plan to Love Me** is the fifth song on the Bright Eyes album Cassadaga.

## Lyrics

I heard you're scheming new pyramids

Another big idea to get you rich

Make a plan to love me sometime soon

You said you'd got a foot in the door

You buy and then you sell, you buy some more

Make a plan to love me sometime soon

Life's too short, death doesn't ask

It don't owe you that

Some things you lose, you don't get back

So just know what you have

And make a plan to love me sometime soon

First you want to ride off into the sun

Then you want to shoot straight to the moon

Make a plan to love me sometime soon

When you're young the world's a Ferris wheel

I know we will grow old, it's lovely still

Make a plan to love me sometime soon

Life's too short to be a fool

I don't owe you that

Do what you feel, whatever's cool

But I just have to ask

Will you make a plan to love me?

Will you make a plan to love me?

Will you make a plan to love me sometime soon?

## Credits

* Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
* Mike Mogis - bass, guitar
* Maria Taylor - drums
* David Rawlings - guitar
* Stacy DuPree - voice
* Sherri DuPree - voice
* Z Berg - voice
* Rachael Yamagata - voice

Orchestra arranged by Nate Walcott

Conducted by Suzie Katayama

## Comments from Bright Eyes

* "Make a Plan to Love Me is a romantic song for any romantics out there and it's about... I guess it's about a person that has a lot going for them, they're very busy, they have all these plans and dreams and schemes and you know, really... they're really propelling themselves through all the hurdles of the world, but there may be neglecting something right beside them that is perhaps more important than all these other things that they're keeping themselves busy with and so that's kind of the idea of it and... I like to close my eyes and picture the London Eye when I sing it." (Track by track Cassadaga)

## Sources

* LP liner notes

**B-sides:** "Reinvent the Wheel" • "Smoke Without Fire" • "Stray Dog Freedom" • "Cartoon Blues" • "Tourist Trap" • "Endless Entertainment" • "Susan Miller Rag"
Time Forgot

## Comments by Conor Oberst on this song

* It is a song about self-preservation on a fundamental level. I wrote it in east LA in a house with no furniture. Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the floor. The two freeways sounded like the ocean so I pretended I was on the beach. My neighbor is some kind of science photographer and takes pictures with a special microscope camera. I had a look at his slides that day and was feeling particularly irrelevant. (Q Magazine guest column, 2014)
Fountain of Caritas

The **Fountain of Caritas** is a construction where the legend says that if you throw a coin while making a wish, there is a tiny chance that one of the members of the Pantheon of Cyhen will grant it.

In reality, the fountain has been enchanted by an Archfey, allowing it to recognize beings who are blessed by luck when they throw a coin.

Each time such an individual comes forward and throws a coin, a signal is sent out with the wish that has been made. A manifestation of a member of the Pantheon will come forward and attempt to grant the wish as best it can.