A Brief Preliminary Treatise on the
Koup’ira
Written by Tiberius Clodius
Faustinianus
While
I was in Argoport preparing to travel to Sylvanor to study the otherworldly
creatures that call it home, I witnessed a most curious sight. A group of four creatures
that looked like nothing less than human-sized, upright shellfish dragging nets
of fish up onto the docks. One of the dockhands was kind enough to inform me
that these giant crustaceans are a race called koup’ira. They trade fish and
pearls for red meat and copper-rich alloys, and will swiftly correct anyone
that confuses them for beasts.
My
transport wasn’t due to leave for several days, so I decided to take the
opportunity to learn about these strange entities. As the sun began to set, I
drank a potion to ensure that I could understand them and set about questioning
the koup’ira.
