Portune
The Portune are one of the nine major Arak races that appear as small moth-winged fairies with black skin and white hair. These sagely fey are skilled alchemists and the healers of the Arak. Their universal skill in herbalism allows them to detect poison and concoct remedies to most diseases, poisons, or other similar afflictions. They can even cast a small number of magical healing spells. Portune also serve as clerks and lorekeepers.
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Basic Information
Behaviour
With little ability for inclination towards violence, portune usually avoid or flee combat. If forced into combat, the portune attack with very weak bites. Still, the wounds inflicted by a portune can never be relieved short of powerful magic like wish or the healing efforts of the portune that afflicted the wound. However, the skills of the portune benefit all of the Arak , so the other breeds make sure to watch out for their portune kindred. In times of war or other circumstances of concentrated Arak battle operations, portune use their healing abilities to keep the muryan fighting forces going.
Portune demonstrate a physical resiliency against weapons, save for those made of copper or of sufficient magical strength to harm them. They also enjoy total invulnerability to heat and fire as well as weapons made of wood or stone.However, portune possess the universal shadow fey vulnerability to sunlight.
