The Frigid Tundra is a dangerous place to traverse through, both explorers and residents alike are subjected to unrelenting winds and subzero temperatures. It is not uncommon for one to claim seeing phantasms in the day or wild visions of beasts in the night. If you strain your ears and listen closely, you can almost hear a soft melody of bells and chimes whenever in the Tundra, you would be forgiven for assuming it a hallucination but in fact it is simply the Magnus, Shime.
The Shime are a peculiar bunch of magnus that grows natural musical bells and instruments on their body. The Library is unsure whether the Shime is mimicking the instruments that it has seen before, or if our human instruments are in fact imitations of the Shime’s physiology. The music of the Shime has a two-fold effect, it can both aid and harm the listener depending on the intention of the Shime. There are testimonies of explorers having different reactions to the same song of the Shime.
My personal encounter with the Shime is quite uneventful. During our trek towards the elevated areas of the Tundra, my party came across a group of wondering Shime clinking and ringing in the air. We stayed quite a distance away from them until one of my party was brave enough to approach quietly. When he came about a couple of yards away, the Shimes immediately bunched together in a defensive position, a constant ring permeating the air. We backed down quite hurriedly and took another path up the mountain.
Head Librarian,
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