Väsen characters

Meet the small neighbors first. Väsen are the mythical beings of this forest: trolls, sirens, giants, faeries, gnomes and others. Because a Sprýg gnome is about 10 centimeters tall, the diary says faeries, smaller trolls, Lilvätt and other gnomes are the common encounters, and the first characters you meet. Larger names are in the world, and more will be added later.

Who is worth a page

Sprýg Gnomes are you. They are the Last Revel, driven from Midgård, about 10 centimeters tall, living in houses that blend into the wood and show themselves with lanterns and music.

Skóug Trolls are three meters tall. The diary calls them beacons of hope from the time they entered the Dark Forest. They are not the smaller trolls you are more likely to see on day one.

Troll Queen Hilda split the realm with a choice and then vanished into self-exile. You may have been the last to see her. She is a story character, not a boss on a timer.

Faeries, sirens, giants and Lilvätt are named and not given the same detail. Tjärn Faeries are the diary's image for mist on a lake at dawn. They do not have a spawn page. Sirens are on the store page, with trolls and faeries. Giants are named in the diary, beside trolls, sirens, faeries and gnomes, and they are not in that store sentence. Leave both in this table until the studio gives you a place, a height and a way to meet them that can fill an article.

How they behave

The store page draws a simple line. Some Väsen wander over and join the campfire. Some attack on sight. Calm them, or offer something, and they might live with you. The official campfire screenshot, a gnome and a much taller neighbor over one flame, is that idea in a single frame.

The playtest breaks the line on purpose. Befriending is removed until Early Access. The beings that are present may fight more than intended, including among themselves. Not every Väsen is in the test. So the campfire scene is the design, and the exaggerated fights are the current build. Do not force a gift. Playtest has the cut list.

Rotinn can turn a neighbor. Corrupted Väsen grow ill-intentioned and easy to anger. A sudden fight from someone who shared the fire yesterday is a reason to check for tiny white mushrooms, not a reason to write them off as a hostile species.

What to do when you see one

Stop. Look at the size. A being a few times your height, close to the fire, is the "smaller troll" kind of meeting, not automatically a 3-meter Skóug. Give it room in this build. Whistle your friends over with Z if you want witnesses, then back toward the shelter on building. Report a spawn that clips into a trunk or a skybox. The studio asked for a location shot and a map shot for those.

Verdict: Learn Sprýg, Skóug and Hilda by name. Treat everyone else as a neighbor you do not have a quest for yet. In the playtest, distance is the right greeting.

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