The Filigree Sages specialized in ‘webcraft’, which was basically the aranea equivalent of spell formula. Instead of carving glyphs onto items, they anchored their spells into web constructs. Zorian didn’t understand why they would do that, since web constructs were bound to be far more fragile than glyphs carved into stone and metals, but it seemed to be a thing among the aranea. It was probably a matter of convenience—aranean limbs weren’t exactly made for carving and chiseling, so they probably had to use alteration magic anytime they wanted to do such things. Easier to just spin some webs.
The River Navigators made their homes on the banks of an underground river, and had mastered the skill of making boats. This allowed them to range a lot farther than most aranea could manage and t
