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| Title | Summary |
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| Change change-burden | Change is one of the Five Burdens and is carried primarily by the Mankin. It concerns adaptation, innovation, altered motive and historical movement. Its exposed fault is conventionally identified as the Crack of Change. |
| Emotion emotion-burden | Emotion is one of the Five Burdens and is carried primarily by the Dires. It concerns the Heat of the Heart and the balance between cold calculation and overwhelming feeling. Its exposed fault is conventionally identified as the Emotion Crack. |
| Memory memory-burden | Memory is one of the Five Burdens and is carried primarily by the Aelven. It concerns continuity, preservation and resistance to the loss of state across immense time. Its exposed fault is conventionally identified as the Memory Crack. |
| Nature nature-burden | Nature is one of the Five Burdens and is carried primarily by the Drywid. It concerns hunger, growth, decay, instinct and the pull of embodied life. Its exposed fault is conventionally identified as the Crack of Life. |
| Pressure pressure-burden | Pressure is one of the Five Burdens and is carried primarily by the Dvergr. It concerns stress, sustained attention and the ability to continue under impossible weight. Its exposed fault is conventionally identified as the Crack of Pressure. |