====== Yalaka ======
The [[frogkin|Frogkin]] goddess of nightmares. 

Yalaka's skin is smooth and pale white. Her eyes are deep pools of black, almost like staring into a bottomless pit.

|**Race:** | [[frogkin|Frogkin]] [[deities|Deity]] |
|**Affiliation/Loyalty:**| Self |

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===== History =====

Yalaka was imprisoned long ago by [ ] for her misdeeds and transgressions against [ ]. Legend has it that she was trapped in the caverns of the [[parsis|Parsis]] mines.

>//Beneath the mountains of [[parsis|Parsis]], you discovered a large stone covered in glowing runes trapping someone behind it — a [[frogkin|Frogkin]] woman with smooth white skin, eyes as black as tar.// - Festival of Heroes (GS-ADV1)



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===== Personality =====

Yalaka appears to delight in driving mortals insane;

>//She smiles, knowing that her visions are slowly chipping away your sanity.// - The Hive (GS-ADV3)

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===== Powers =====

Yalaka visits those she torments in their dreams, forcing them to live countless nightmares and visions in their non-waking hours;

>//You pushed the stone aside and she smiled at you, opening her mouth to unleash a swarm of locusts. Then, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Ever since, you’ve been haunted by horrible nightmares — giant frogs chasing you through the streets of [[wildwood|Wildwood]]; rusted [[construct|Constructs]] feasting on [[human|Human]] flesh — and through it all, the pale [[frogkin|Frogkin]] woman always appears, the source of your fearful visions.// - Festival of Heroes (GS-ADV1)

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===== References ======

==== Festival of Heroes (GS-ADV1) ====

A statue to Yalaka occupies the [[temple of shintal|Temple of Shintal]] in [[wildwood|Wildwood]];

=== Profession: Miner===
Unknown to you, you have freed Yalaka from her imprisonment below [[parsis|Parsis Mountains]].

>//Beside the altar to [[shintal|Shintal]] rest many statues to lesser gods. To your horror, you realize that one of them is of the [[frogkin|Frogkin]] woman you released from the mines. The statue’s base reads, “Yalaka (yah-LAH-kuh), [[frogkin|Frogkin]] goddess of nightmares.”\\
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It seems you have released no ordinary spirit, but a god of chaos and disorder.// - Festival of Heroes (GS-ADV1)
==== The Hive (GS-ADV3)====

=== Profession: Miner===
While trying to free some trapped miners in the [[dwarven_mines|Dwarven mines]] of the [[serrated_mountains|Serrated Mountains]], you are knocked unconscious. Nightmares invade your thoughts. Yalaka is testing your mental fortitude.
==== The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)====
=== Profession: Miner===
Your final confrontation with Yalaka takes place in the [[arcazion_tunnels|Arcazion tunnels]].

  * Agree to serve the goddess.
  * Attempt to trap her in the caverns.