Parjians

Parjian. They run the essence trade from Temal, don’t listen to a word he says. They’re heartless, stealing children to farm their love.”

but Parjian orbs are second to none. We can pack twice the amount of essence into a single orb than you could store up in a lifetime, and with half the wall thickness for an effortless drain.”

“Because you use slaves!” the palm-guard yelled. She struck him through the bars with a wooden baton and stormed off in a puff.

Miguel considered the revelation. I had no idea this was going on. I guess I never cared where the orbs came from. Most Salenyians produced minimal amounts of essence these days. Getting enough to fill an orb… He tried running the calculations in his head, but quickly gave up. “To run an operation like that, you would need hundreds of people to drain themselves into near limbosis daily.”