8.2.4.2 THE BLACKTALON GUILD
Deep in the heart of the Glomdoring Forest, the Song of Dark Returning lay
dormant for many, many years. In the early years of Glomdoring reawakened,
Crow began to appear with Brennan Stormcrow in the dreams. Brennan, whole and
handsome, spoke to the commune of the Song, slowly revealing hints and
eventually leading the whole commune to search for it. Uncovering the words,
many of the commune's guildless druids agreed to sing the Song, hoping it
would reawaken Crow, so that he might teach one to lead the druids on a new,
uncertain path. After many unsuccessful tries, Glomdoring was informed that
they must choose amongst themselves who the Chosen of Crow would be, and they
would be handed the spine of a feather to open the way to the Dark Nest. After
some debate and discussion, Bau Sayelle-Gladheart was eventually chosen to be
the first Eye of Crow, and sang the Song of Dark Returning which gave birth to
the Blacktalon Guild.
The Blacktalon are a druid archetype, thus, they are required to take LowMagic
as a common skill before being able to study Nature magic. Once having
mastered Nature magic, they then specialize in druidry. Their main secondary
skill is Totems, which once mastered allows them to specialize in the Crow
totem. Blacktalon druids may choose Runes or Dreamweaving or Hunting
(with the specialization of Ecology) or Shamanism as their final skill, and may take Alchemy as their trade skill.
