For the Vennara, who live upon the planet’s great plains, the Flayvane element is central to every aspect of their lives. They believe that only devotion to the shard will bring the fortune upon which every hunter depends. For the nomadic Vennara depend utterly on this success; the creatures that they kill provide them with food and clothing. Success, or failure, can mean the difference between life and death. By tradition, the Flayvane is carried on a litter and rotated amongst the sub-tribes of the Vennara. They are not aware that the shard was created when the Traveller Stone flew through an erupting volcano, imbuing the Flayvane with a unique form of energy that still resides within the shard. It is this energy, now within the bodies of all Vennara, that makes them such formidable hunters – and warriors.