Hm...I suppose we would be most similar to your sorcerers, then? In that it's an innate gift. The other variations are not applicable, as much. And...I'm afraid that you must exercise caution, using your magic in public. Mages are distrusted and feared, only slightly less as of recently, and explaining why will in and of itself be a long tale.

As for the rifts, I believe only demons emerged until roughly two years ago, when the first rifters emerged at the ruins of Haven.

[So many questions, but that's fine. As Garahel nuzzles and pants happily at all the attention, Inessa gestures back to her area of the camp.]

Why don't I make us some tea while you write? Have you eaten? Camp rations are hardly exciting, but they're filling enough. [Garahel whines.] Yes, you'll have treats. Maker's breath, you're going to have people thinking I never feed you.