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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6415194" data-attributes="member: 92511">Don't know how I never saw this when it started. Seems I've got some catching up to do....which is good, I guess, since I don't have the new MM yet and have no idea what comes after "Angel."So...under the gun/top of the head...lessee...AarakocraIn the waters claimed by the island kingdom of Dalram is a series of three small isles with particularly steep peaks that give way to lush jungle before turning to the white beaches and turquoise waters for which Dalram is so well know. They are called the Screech Trio for the shrill cries of the birdmen which echo out over the waters from them. All of the Tankuun know to widely circle the three islands, for coming to near any or daring the passes between each, puts one in the hunting waters of the brightly colored feathered humanoids. Ancient texts refer to them as "aarakocra" and propose them to be an enlightened species, but in the remembered history of the United Island Kingdoms, they are savage and deadly raptors against all who dare to enter their territory.AbolethFrom the writings of the sage, Belbin, in his seminal work Treatys of Peoples Under the Werld: AngelTranslated from the Sanctilibrum, the Book of Andryram, as written by one of the learned Astaran church father, Gaen the Elder:"Of the orders of beings beyond the Veil, of those who exist in allegiance to the forces of good and law, at the behest our Divine Sovereign and those as doth appeal to His ideals, tis the orders of Angels against which no mortal can stand and no evil tolerate. In beauty and majesty the Angellik can not be compared by mortal iys, though to our perceptions doth appear as strongly handsome and lovely to behold, both the male and female. With pinions of light to rival the great rocs of Leeth and coronas of divine brilliance ensconce the regal form, they shine e'en to rival Irion's traveling star*, and upon which the evil-hearted dare not peer. The righteousness of their arms and armament, most oft a bow and sword of greatness immortal, brings the faithful to weep for its perfection and no agent of Kaos** dare force them in conflict, for they would surely be cast down into the furthest Pit."*The sun. Irion is the god of the sun and seen as a protector of travellers, the sun warding off darkness, etc... In antiquity, "Irion's traveling star" was often used as a flowey way of referring to Orea's sun.**Kaos: an antique spelling [on Orea <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />] of the word we know as chaos. Theologians and those versed in sacred writings, believe this may also have been an intentional variation by ancient scholars and holy men, including Gaen the Elder, on Karos to avoid writing out the wicked name of the Chaosbringer.</blockquote>

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