The Clay Family

The Clay family is one of three ancient clans, along with the Stone family and Dust Family, who descend from champions of The Matron of Ravens. The Clay family protects the Blooming Grove from the cursed blight that has overtaken the Savalirwood and has been encroaching on the Blooming Grove for the last hundred years.

Structure

Known members

• Corrin Clay
• Constance Clay
• Cornelius Clay
• Colton Clay
• Clarabelle Clay
• Caduceus Clay 
• Calliope Clay

History

The Clay family are descended from one of the three champions of The Matron of Ravens named Clay, Stone, and Dust. The three champions debated what to do with the body of a hero of a recent conflict, whose body could not be maintained within a city for unknown reasons. The Matron of Ravens told them to seek instruction from The Wild Mother, saying she had taken what was hers already, and that she had no domain over what remained. The Wild Mother instructed Clay to take the head of the hero to a spring deep in the Savalirwood, and a beautiful grove would grow as a gift to the Arch Heart. The other two champions took parts of the body as gifts for the Change Bringer and The All-Hammer, creating a garden menagerie (Stone) and a kiln (Dust).
The descendants of these heroes protect and care for their sacred locations to this day, occasionally making pilgrimages to the other families when the need is dire. All three families assist the families of those who have died with funeral rites, each burying the bodies in their own way: the Clay family buries the dead in the Blooming Grove, the Stones leave the bodies in the woods for animals to consume, and the Dust family cremate the dead.
The entire Clay family save Caduceus had left the Blooming Grove in pursuit of a way to "cure" the Savalirwood of a mysterious blight, but they had not returned and left Caduceus all alone at the Grove.

Type

Family

Leader

Caduceus Clay

Deities

• Melora

Location

Blooming Grove