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* '''Lorin Windwhistle''': A shifty trader who specializes in rare goods and rumors, often acting as the village’s liaison with outsiders. | * '''Lorin Windwhistle''': A shifty trader who specializes in rare goods and rumors, often acting as the village’s liaison with outsiders. | ||
* '''Elder Nix''': A grizzled Tengu who serves as the keeper of Kyrecliff Roost’s oral history. Nix recalls old alliances and grudges, often stirring tension with their stories. | * '''Elder Nix''': A grizzled Tengu who serves as the keeper of Kyrecliff Roost’s oral history. Nix recalls old alliances and grudges, often stirring tension with their stories. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:00, 3 February 2025
Tengu Village: Kyrecliff Roost
Location
Perched atop jagged cliffs overlooking a winding river, Kyrecliff Roost is a natural fortress. Its position grants the Tengu a commanding view of the surrounding valley and a strategic advantage for both defense and trade. The cliffs are lined with narrow pathways and bridges, their construction a mix of Tengu ingenuity and scavenged materials.
Key Features
- Aerie Spires: Wooden and stone towers rise from the cliffs, serving as both lookout posts and homes. These spires are adorned with colorful banners and chimes that create a haunting melody in the wind.
- Feathered Market: A bustling trade hub where the Tengu barter in rare goods, exotic spices, and shiny trinkets scavenged or crafted. The market is a maze of stalls, each covered in vibrant canopies.
- The Skycaller Shrine: A sacred site dedicated to their patron spirits, represented by carved avian totems. The shrine doubles as a place for communal decisions and ceremonies, where the Tengu elders consult omens from the wind and stars.
- The Cliff Walks: Narrow wooden pathways connect the various parts of the village. Many are rigged with traps and quick-release mechanisms to prevent enemy advances.
- The Hidden Roost: An underground network of tunnels and caves that serve as the Tengu’s last line of defense and a repository for their most valuable treasures.
Tengu Society
- Leadership: The Tengu are led by Kael the Skycaller, a charismatic and cunning leader who claims to interpret the will of the wind spirits. Kael is both a spiritual guide and a shrewd negotiator, willing to take calculated risks to secure the village’s future.
Values:
- Ingenuity: The Tengu pride themselves on their resourcefulness, often crafting tools and weapons from what others consider junk.
- Freedom: They view themselves as free spirits, disdainful of the kobolds’ servitude to Vyrra, which they see as subjugation.
- Flight and Sky: Though unable to truly fly, their culture is obsessed with the skies, and they idolize creatures like griffons and rocs.
Relations:
- Kobolds of Vyrra’s Nest: They see the kobolds as clever but naive, criticizing their reliance on Vyrra. There is tension over hunting grounds and the Tengu’s raids on kobold trade caravans.
- Surrounding Villages: Kyrecliff Roost maintains cautious trade with nearby human settlements, offering unique goods but guarding their secrets fiercely.
Key NPCs
- Kael the Skycaller: A visionary who combines spiritual authority with tactical acumen. Kael is willing to negotiate with outsiders but harbors a deep mistrust of Vyrra.
- Tessa Sharpclaw: A fierce warrior and Kael’s enforcer, she despises the kobolds and is eager to prove the Tengu’s superiority in battle.
- Lorin Windwhistle: A shifty trader who specializes in rare goods and rumors, often acting as the village’s liaison with outsiders.
- Elder Nix: A grizzled Tengu who serves as the keeper of Kyrecliff Roost’s oral history. Nix recalls old alliances and grudges, often stirring tension with their stories.
