Aarakocra

Native to the southern Weeping Spine the Aarakocra are a highly religious people, before the worship of Eldione spread through Karnath they worshiped what they called the Aspects - pieces of a greater Whole, the wind under their wings and trees they made their villages in. Eventually they integrated these beliefs into Eldione worship, though the more isolated Aarakocra villages tend to have a different relationship with the pantheon than the rest of Karnath.
During the late Iwaric Saga the first Fey Queen - Qinjyra vi Kivessin - drove the Aarakocra out of the mountains where they made their homes, she had them relocated into the Highlands of a 'barbaric' nation known as Vuduin (what would come to be the northern section of the Edge), here the Aarakocra honed their nature magic into a craft that would come to be known as Druidry with the aid of the indigenous Vuduin - who consisted primarily of Orcs and Dwarves, who worshiped Rillu above the other Gods and practiced a form of Druidry they called Circle of the Shepherd.
Eventually, in the late Vitara Saga the southern Avoureli assimilated the Vuduin and the Circle of the Shepherd was all but lost - even to the Aarakocra who were primarily associated with the Circle of the Land.
The Aarakocra were also caught up in the Cicarith Ascendancy's purge of the bestial races, though they fared better than most, primarily because of their association with the refugee Kenku who they brought into their villages and taught druidcraft to.
They opened up their Druid Circle to other races only about 30 years ago, the only older Druidry tradition on the continent is in Esterwyn where they've practiced since the time of the Evunasi.
== Notable Aarakocra ==
Aderyn the Unbroken
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