Branded

The name for human dwellers of Tilmere, thus far encountered in Plyth. In relation to the Vir, these victims are herded into prison camps where they are shackled with Spirit Manacles that may only be unlocked by a Soul Key. This Soul Key is retrievable only within a ritual circle, and the only one yet found bore the semblance of Haaskat.

Once rounded up, Branded are used as fuel to sustain Groves. Branded used this way have been seen to have an extremely advanced level of the Blight with roots connecting their very flesh to the Grove resembling those we have seen growing on Blight victims of Brink. The process by which they are connected and fed to a Grove leaves them a desiccated husk, and likely still alive in torment. The only known way to free them from their connection to the Grove is to kill them, which has been regarded as a mercy by those still conscious and suffering.