Birdfolk
Birdfolk are a gregarious and resourceful people that have spread far and wide, collecting and combining whatever innovations and traditions they happen across with those from their own history. They are survivalists and conversationalists, equally at home living off the wilderness and finding a niche in dense cities. They accumulate knowledge, tools, and companions, adding them to their collection as they travel. Having lived in a variety of conditions and locations, birdfolk tend to be nonjudgmental, especially with regard to social station.
Birdfolk are extremely social, banding together in extended communities with many families living in adjacent houses and sharing the work of the household. In cities, a community may also contain members of other ancestries. Birdfolk children raised in the same unit consider each other siblings, usually forgetting which of them share a biological connection.
Birdfolk have many avian characteristics. Their faces are tipped with sharp beaks and their scaled forearms and lower legs end in talons. As closed footwear tends to fit poorly unless custom made, many birdfolk wear open sandals or simply go barefoot. Birdfolk are rarely more than 5 feet tall, and they are even lighter than their smaller frames would suggest, as they have hollow bones. A small number of tengus have vestigial wings incapable of true flight.
Birdfolk hatch from eggs and are featherless for their first year of life, during which they rarely leave home. They soon grow a downy gray coat, which is replaced by a covering of adult feathers by the time they come of age at around 15 years. The exact coloration and pattern of thier feathers varies greatly based on their ethnic background. Birdfolk use their shed feathers in a variety of tools, from simple writing quills to magical fans to focus magic. Many birdfolk modify their appearance by dyeing patterns into their feathers or talons, which amplifies their body language and has the added benefit of aiding other humanoids in understanding their expressions.
Birdfolk Cultures & Ethnicities
Kean
A mysterious and isolated group that reside in the hidden Feathertop Peaks, and have a deep connection with primordial magic.Kuri
Vibrantly colored birdfolk that live amongst the countless islands of the Si-Lin Archipelago as sailors and adventurers.Owlen
Many of them wise scholars and mages, the Owlens are the most ancient of the bridfolk and come from the great forests of Garas'Khan.Styrge
Dark feathered and stoic, the Styrge come from a cursed homeland in Orscillio.
Lifespan
130 years
Average Height
1.4m - 1.6m
Average Weight
55kg - 75kg
Average Physique
Varies
Geographic Distribution
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