 Paradys has long been legend among the Vartans, a sky island that would appear, then disappear into some Forbidden Zone, making pursuit impossible, supposedly made of gold and crystals and other shiny things. Thus, it was only natural that this should be the subject of the final quest of an old Vartan hero, Shokar, and the crew of his airship, "Shokar's Silver Bell".  In very recent history, Paradys has been rediscovered, though it is still hard to reach, and it has been revealed that a Sphinx colony (half-Vartans who insist on calling themselves Vartans) has long been on there ... along with a colony of jaguar-morphs which, unfortunately, were almost entirely destroyed.
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