Beings
The entities, creatures, and peoples that inhabit the world of TrueDark.
Eyru
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--light">Being — Creator</span> Personified creator, understood as a being rather than an abstraction. **[TrueLight](../systems/truelight.md)** incarnate, not me...
Nova
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Dark</span> An individual, powerful **[Highborn](highborn.md)**. Conducted secret works in darkness. Believed **[Lightmere](../places/lightmere.m...
Oslog
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--light">Being — Protector</span> A great ape (gorilla-like) inhabiting the ancient forest surrounding the lake at **[the Crossing](../places/the-crossing.md)**....
The Archfiend
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Dark Manifestation</span> Name given by unknowing **[Kinsfolk](kinsfolk.md)** to a singular presence brought forth by **[Umbra](umbra.md)**. Used...
The Elect
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Dark</span> **[Highborn](highborn.md)** who followed **[Nova](nova.md)**. They shared in his insurrection during **[Eyru's](eyru.md)** absence. E...
The Highborn
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--light">Being — Original Race</span> Beings created by **[Eyru](eyru.md)** who naturally emitted **[TrueLight](../systems/truelight.md)**. Created during the Ag...
The Keepers
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--keeper">Being — Survivors of the Fall</span> Former **[Highborn](highborn.md)** who retained fragments of light during **[the Scorching](../events/the-scorchin...
The Kinsfolk
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--light">Being — Primary People</span> The **Kinsfolk** were created by **[Eyru](eyru.md)**, who sang them into existence. They are not survivors of **[the Fall]...
The Pursuer
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Wandering Name</span> Collective mythic name for **[the Shades](the-shades.md)**. Used because **the Shades** were not understood as separate ent...
The Shades
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Survivors of the Fall</span> What **[the Elect](the-elect.md)** became after **[the Scorching](../events/the-scorching.md)**. Multiple entities w...
The Sparkless
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Social Outcasts</span> The **Sparkless** are widely viewed as failed, unreliable, and socially diminished. They are blamed for disorder, decay,...
Umbra
<span class="entity-badge entity-badge--dark">Being — Primary Antagonist</span> What **[Nova](nova.md)** became after **[the Fall](../events/the-fall.md)**. Driven into **[Deepmere](../places/deepmer...