The Astral Archive #560

Ghua-Ar'Tan, the Patient One: "It comes from a race of beings that are quite simple, but very long lived. Though they are born dull, they slowly amass knowledge and wisdom as they age, and those who have survived for tens of thousands of turns of the Calendar are known to surpass even the greatest imperial savants in the extent of their learning. Ar'Tan's species is very weak in the Art, but that couldn't stop it from pursuing it anyway. It has done so for ages, much longer than any other mortal. Only the Ascended seekers can rival its patience. And though it took it an eternity, it eventually attained power that many respect."