Clans

The Clans are groups of Skyborn who share the same wing shape, appearance, and style. They are named after real species of birds, such as Sparrows and Crows, excluding Pheonixes.

# Clan List

## Sparrow

The Sparrow Clan has a Low Clan tyoe and their Clan Seat is Linden. Their wings are elliptical, with a broad shape, and a short wingspan. They have brown, white, and copper feathers with dark flecks. They are optimal for quick takeoffs and maneuverability, but are less suited for distance and speed. They have the traditional occupation of being farmers and harvesters. They are best known for making the most popular wing oil in all the Clandoms.

## Crow

The Crow Clan is a Shattered one, and they have no Clan seat. Their wings are broad, with a rounded shape with black iridescent feathers and a medium wingspan. They are best suited for fast flying over short distances or soaring. They have the traditional occupation of being thieves, beggers, and low-wage workers. They are best known for rumors of dark magic and treachery in the past.

## Falcon

The Falcon Clan has a High Clan type and their Clan seat is Vestra. Their wings are long, thin, and tapered with dark and light stripes with a long wingspan. They're less suited for quick takeoffs and flight in tight ares such as forest or cities. They have the traditional occcupation of being soldiers, knights, and nobles. They are best known for their strict upbringing and training, strength, and speed as warriors.

## Hawk

The Hawk Clan has a High Clan type and their Clan seat is Norivad. Their wings are long and broad with dark and light stripes on the top and very pale undersides with a medium to long wingspan. They are ideal for distance, diving, and speed. They have the traditional occupation of being soldiers, knights, scouts, and nobles. They are best known for their keen eyesight over long distances and in poor conditions, which makes them excellent scouts and trackers.

## Eagle

The Eagle Clan has a High Clan type and their Clan seat is Thelantis. Their wings are long and broad-shaped with dark golden-gray tops, lightly lighter undersides, and a very long wingspan. While they're ideal for spped, soaring, and diving, they are less maneuverable. They have the traditional occupation of being royals, knights, and nobles. They are best known for ruling the Clandoms in a centuries-old dynasty and being fierce warriors.

## Mockingbird

The Mockingbird Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Illris. Their wings are gray with white patches and a short wingspan. They have the traditional occupation of being translators and actors. They are best known for being highly skilled entertainers, often transient, traveling from town to town to perform. Gifted at languages, they're often employed by high Clan diplomats as translators.

## Crane

The Crane Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Silvermarsh. They have long wings that are white with black tips and a long wingspan. Slow and somewhat laborius fliers, they are more prone to walking than flying when possible. They have the traditional occupation of being fishers and trappers. They are best known for being a somewhat reclusive Clan who keeps to their marshes.

## Dove

The Dove Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Ashfield. Their wings are light gray with two dark stripes with white underneath and a short to medium wingspan and are suitable for gliding. They have the traditional occupation of being weavers, tailors, and dyers. They are best known for their uncanny ability to find their way home no matter how lost.

## Swan

The Swan Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Luwenza. They have wide, long, and usually white wings, though black wings are not uncommon with a long wingspan. They are ideal for soearing and long distance flight, but are less manuverable. They have the traditional occupation of being dancers, artists, and performers. They are best known for their peevish temperments and mistrust toward outsiders.

## Quetzal

The Quetzal Clan has a Free Clan type and their Clan Seat is Brightbay. Their covert feathers are iridescent green with gold highlights. Their primary and secondary feather are black, and they have a medium wingspan. They are not the strongest fliers, and usually avoid ranging out far. They have the traditional occupation of being weavers and dyers. They are best known for their beautifully dyed and patterned cloth woven from plant fibers.

## Macaw

The Macaw Clan has a Free Clan type and their Clan Seat is The Clay. Their covert feathers are typically bright green and yellow, with bright blue primary and secondary feathers. Wings may also present and entirely blue or entirely green with bright yelllow underwings. They have a medium wingspan and have the traditional occupation of being potters. They are best known for making exquisitely crafted pottery made with the help of their elephants.

## Flamingo

The Flamingo Clan has a Free Clan type and their Clan Seat is Falorian. They have pale-to-dark-pink covert feathers with black primaries and secondaries with a long wingspan. Their wings, being wide and powerful, are suited for acrobatic flight. They have the traditional occupation of being shrimpers. They are best known for their elaborate and acrobatic traditional dances often performed with fire.

## Vulture

The Vulture Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Bone Mountain. Their wings have dark-brown feather with pale underwings and a long wingspan. They are best suited for long periods of soaring, with minimal flapping. They have the traditional occupation of being undertakers and moritcians. Because of Vultures' traditional roles as undertaker and morticians, they are often feared and mistrusted by other Clans. In some ares, even seeing or speaking of a Vulture is seen as a omen of impending death.

## Kingfisher

The Kingfisher Clan has a Free Clan type and their Clan Seat is Green River. Their wing color ranges from blue to green, with real being most common, and with a pattern of white dots and a short wingspan. Their underwings are orange, and their wings are best suited for rapid, direct flight. They have the traditional occupation of being fishers, and are best known for their in-depth knowledge of the jungle rivers, on which Kingfishers live in their flotillas of houseboats.

## Swallow

The Swallow Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is White Quarry. Their wings have dark blue feathers with pale or tawny undersides tapered to points with a short wingspan. They are highly maneuverable and suited for endurance flying. They have the traditional occupation of being stone masons, sculptors, and artisans. They are best known for their skill in working with stone, clay, and mud. Most of the greatest sculptors come from Swallow Clan. Nobles and royalty often commission their work.

## Woodpecker

The Woodpecker Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Delven. Their wings have dark feathers with bold white patterns, either in solid stripes or evenly distributed dots and a medium wingspan. They are rounded in shape and are highly suited for vertical flight and soaring. They have the traditional occupation of being loggers, woodcarvers, and carpenters. They are best known for their skill in working with wood and trees and supplying the majority of the lumber used in the Clandoms. Red hair is common among this Clan, and they are known to be boisterous singers.

## Robin

The Robin Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Robinsgate. Their wings are dull gray on both sides, with some lightening on the tips of the feathers and a medium wingspan. They are long and rounded in shape. They have the traditional occupation of being farmers. They are best known being the largest Clan, and the most distributed. They supply most of the grain produced in the Clandoms.

## Finch

The Finch Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Finchton. Their wings are pale brown to gray, with some white streaking, slightly lighter undersides, and a short wingspan. They are rounded and short, ideal for fluttering short distances and rapid takeoffs. They have the traditional occupation of being farmers and tea growers. They are best known for producing a range of highly sought-after dandelion teas.

## Owl

The Owl Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Nightglen. Their wings are widely varied, but alway large and round with a medium to long wingspan. Most commonly, their wings are brown with black stripes and white undersides, though the northern branches of the Clan feature wings that are snowy white on both sides. They have the traditional occupation of being scholars, inventors, and historians. They are best known for being not quite a low Clan, due to their wingspans and proximity to the high Clan nobility. Owls are often seen as a category of their own. They run the universities in the Clandoms and oversee most academic matters. There are alway a few owls in residence at high Clan courts, to handle administration and research.

## Osprey

The Osprey Clan has a High Clan type and their Clan Seat is Lake Pandion. Their wings are dark brown with golden highlights and uhite undersides flecked with brown and a long wingspan. They arch in flight and are powerful, suited for steep, fast dives and long-distance flight, particularly over long bodies of water. They have the traditional occupation of being warriors, nobles, and naval officers. They are best known for controlling the seas around the Clandoms. Most of the soldiers in the king's navy are Ospreys, and they represent nearly all the naval high command.

## Hummingbird

The Hummingbird Clan has a Low Clan type and their Clan Seat is Trolia. Their wings are iridescent green or blue, with long and sharply tapered feathers and a short wingspan suited for extremely high speeds over short distances. They are the only Clan whose wings do not have an alula joint. They have the traditional occupation of being couriers and messengers. They are best known for being the fastest Clan alive. A hummingbird can outpace even a high clanner over a short distance, though they tire quickly. Their wings beat so rapidly they produce a musical "humming" drone. One of the smallest Clans in terms of stature, they are nevertheless quick-tempered and swift to pick fights, even against those much larger than they are.

## Phoenix

The Phoenix Clan has a High Clan type and their Clan Seat is Cyrith. Their wings are iridescent and luminous, appearing to change between metallic shades of gold with a long to very long wingspan. They are wide and powerful, suited for high soaring and long-distance flying. Their feathers are unnaturally hot, capable of producing smokeless flames when agitated. They have the traditional occupation of being monarchs, judges, and warriors. They are best known for ruling the sky islands of Tirelas for thousands of years, until their fall to the gargols led to their destruction and the exile of all the Clans.