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For thousands of years, the course of humanity has been shaped — for better and for worse — by the unseen influence of strange and powerful beings. From their perch on the vast floating island of Annwyn, hidden beyond the clouds behind the Féth Fíada — the Druid’s Fog — the Tuatha de Danann instil in mortal hearts the virtues of wisdom, curiosity, compassion, self-sacrifice, courage, and diligence. A seemingly-immortal race of kind and wise beings, the Tuatha leverage their godlike powers in subtle ways to gently guide humanity toward the pursuit of knowledge. But for the Tuatha’s ancestral enemies, the monstrous and vicious Fomorians in the bleak wastelands of Dubnos, teaching mortals anything is a waste of time; beasts of burden need only know how to do back-breaking manual work. 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