Paxarro

## Description

The Paxarro are the bird people of the Aratian mountains, created
upon a string of wishes granted by the Great Owl Maotouying. Lacking the
 ability to fly, or sing the songs of their truely avian bretheren, they
 have developed a strong written tradition and practice, keeping vast
records in great libraries, and a scholarly practice that takes them far
 and wide on a journey for enlightenment, though who's to say whether
what they find is better than what they left behind...

## History

The Paxarro are a spiritual people, kind and gentle are their ways.They
hail from the Sacred Glade, a hidden grove deep in the Aratian
Mountains, where Maotouying, the Great Owl, their Laoshi rests within
his great Library.

The story goes that that primite Paxarro flew around the Glade, and
saw primitive man. The Paxarro watched him for a while before flying
back to the Glade and asking the Great Owl:

"Oh Great Owl, I have traveled into the valleys below and seen beings
 of pink skin and featherless hair, they walk across the bare dirt and
bare talon-less wings of many toes, they have tools and build huts of
stone and wood, while we Paxarro must nest in trees and twigs. Oh Great
Owl, may we be blessed to be as they"?

The Great Owl looked upon the small Paxarro for a time, before
answering "I can make it so, you will have arms akin to the men below,
and the legs to match, though in exchange for the ground and the tools
to work it the skies are yours no more"

The Paxarro gazed upon his new limbs in amazement, and thanked
Maotouying, before walking down from the Glade to see the men below once
 more.

Once more the Paxarro returned troubled

"Oh Laoshi" he proclaimed "I have seen the Men below once more, and
once more I am beset with doubts! They speak and laugh in tongues not of
 song, they have words and phrase for things not in notes, and can
convey without lilt or harmony! Oh Maotouying, bless me with this gift
so I may speak with the men below"!

Maotouying blinked once more, and spoke across the Glade "I grant you
 this gift young Paxarro, though know that in the speaking tongue the
gift of the old songs will ever evade you, with words you lose your
notes, and with speech does the harmony become undone"

The young Paxarro opened his beak to speak, and a strange new voice
emerged "Thank you Laoshi! I will carry this blessing with pride for all
 my days"!

Maotouying nodded "With these blessings you are ready for the world
ahead of you, I shall watch over you as my own clutch, and shall always
protect you" With this, Maotouying took to the sky and flapped his might
 wings. The dew on his wings scattered themselves to the heavens and
glinted in the distant lights, setting themselves as the stars above.
Maotouying flew above the clouds, and for a time was not seen, until the
 dark of night came and the moon hung high over the Glade, the eye of
Maotouying ever watchful over his clutch and kin.

#### Size

Paxarro are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 80 and 100 pounds. Your size is Medium.

#### Writing Traditions

You can duplicate other creatures' handwriting and craftwork. You
have advantage on all checks made to produce forgeries or duplicates of
existing objects

#### Paxarrin Teachings

Your are proficient in your choice of two of the following skills: Acrobatics, Deception, Stealth and Sleight of Hand

#### Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Paxarrin and another language of your choice.