>>4887
>I smell interference with my great plan of utmost importance!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QBCBSlX54jI [Embed]

>Pray that never happens!
They're called by various names, you may hear rumors of them about.

>So orbs indeed are the doing of the winged creature?

?? They're portals set up by the gods, not all gods are evil, there are reasons why "leveling" is now needed. In the past they just gained proficiencies and abilities and slowly gained HP over the course of a lifetime of training. Leveling is something of a shortcut.