Reilora

Reilora are beings connected to Ruidus who communicated with certain Ruidusborn in their dreams. The Reilora communicate (apparently telepathically) in emotion and imagery, rather than in words. They are an intelligent people, though the Grim Verity struggled to understand their form of intelligence. Within the dreams, the Reilora would present themselves in different physical forms, ranging from flesh to pure energy, but would generally appear crimson in color.

History
The Grim Verity learned of the Reilora during research on Ruidusborn at the Aydinlan Seminary as first reported by Exaltant Ruidusborn, individuals who manifested magical ability from their connection to the moon. Liliana Temult, the first Exaltant involved in these studies, could communicate with the Reilora; she began working with the Grim Verity beginning around 831 or 833 PD, twelve or ten years before Campaign 3 in 843 PD. Liliana and other Ruidusborn in the study had dreams of walking in a dust storm on the surface of Ruidus and eventually began to see the Reilora in these dreams. The Grim Verity initially believed the Reilora to be dream-state beings outside of the standard cosmology of Exandria. The group also theorized that the Reilora would use the Ruidus flares to connect or tether to Ruidusborn on the Material Plane of Exandria during the moon's flares, eventually marking and mentoring them.

Reilora of different personalities and dispositions would reach out, and individuals would use different methods, including persuasion, intimidation, and empathy. Sometimes, the kinder and friendlier Reilora would not return and more aggressive individuals took over. Through the dream studies in this research, the Reilora often spoke in riddles and requested alliances or "subversions". The Grim Verity scaled back their research in response and, uncertain of the Reilora's moral framework, ultimately decided to stop communicating with them.

Imogen Temult, while fighting a chimera aboard the Silver Sun, cast a spell called Summon Crimson Shade that physically manifested a creature that matched the description of a Reilora, an immaterial humanoid made of red energy with an elongated featureless head. The creature's psychic whispers dealt damage to other creatures in proximity to it.

Following the ritual performed with the Malleus Key on the apogee solstice, Imogen had a dream of a red storm at the key, at the base of a beam of energy emerging from Ruidus. Within the storm, she could see red entities she believed to be Reilora.

While exploring the ruins of Molaesmyr, Imogen cast Summon Crimson Shade to call forth a thought-eater, the same type of creature she summoned previously, which she sent to scout ahead of them. She commanded it to make a sound, which caught the attention of a heavily mutated elk that rammed and destroyed it.

Trivia

 * The name "Reilora" is similar to "island of Reil", a name for the insular cortex used in the Gray's Anatomy textbook. The insular cortex is a part of the brain that is believed to be connected to consciousness and to play a role in emotional functions including self-awareness, cognitive processes relating to consciousness, and social emotions.