The Lore of Alchemist Baozhai of the Wood

Visitors to the Wood on the night of a full moon have reported otherworldly singing drifting through the trees. Many are enchanted, and become fixated, even obsessed, with locating the source of this sound, but are unsuccessful.

The daughter of a Spellsinger, Baozhai learned that craft from an early age. But as she reached adulthood, the practice of alchemy attracted her attention. She was fascinated by its combination of science and magic, and its ability to imbue both the concrete and the abstract into her creations.

Gradually, due to her enhanced command of liquids through her Rune of Water, she gravitated toward the creation of potions. She prefers to work during the wee hours of the night to create nightshade potions and her own custom creations. The quiet and dark suit her. She chose an isolated spot in the Wood to set up her hidden workshop.

These days, most of her creations combine standard alchemical processes with sound. By singing arias, nocturnes, and ballads during the alchemy, she can finetune her creations in a way not seen elsewhere.

One clear, moonlit night, as she was at the pinnacle of a new creation, she hit a pitch-perfect high note. As she finished and the note hung in the silence, she heard the pitch coming back at her. Out of the darkness flew in a bat, calling in the same pitch as her song. And her potion turned out to be twice as potent as she had expected!

Clearly this was no ordinary bat. Although it was not her strength, Baozhai managed to create a magical bug-attracting flame to encourage the bat to hang around. Over time, through trial and error, she trained the bat to “sing” during her alchemy in order to increase the type and potency of its effects. The bat could reach ultrasonic registers that Baozhai could not reach or even hear, but the results were evident - a new power duo had been born.

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