Hatching a Mantra

Name: Zeed

Occupation: Freedom Fighter and now lifestyle

Characteristics: A true leader and stands strong for his beliefs.

Growing up on the elemental plane of air Zeed did what all strong Aarakocra do, hunt and provide for the tribe. However One day a portal from the material plane opened up and with them a band of explorers and hired mercenary's. They destroyed the land they arrived in for testing which upset the wildlife destroying trees, rocks and some wildlife, When the elder of Zeeds tribe confronted the explorer they were fascinated by the creatures, and took him for testing. This created a war between these explores and tribe. In the end the tribe was too much for the explores, the home advantage was too much for them. However they didn’t leave empty handed, they took a number of Aarakocra back with them in cages, including Zeed. After a year of testing Zeed and his remaining tribe were then sold to a circus where they would travel around Ellarith and be displayed for with other creatures not normally seen on that part of the world. Well one day the ring master got sloppy and Zeed managed to break out his cell and overpower him. He got the keys and set all the creatures free. Some obviously were smarter than others. Some ran as soon as they could some stayed to destroy and eat whoever was there. Zeed freed the rest of his tribe and they fled to the mountains. They lived there for a time but it wasn’t the same for Zeed, he still had this rage build up in him and with a small number of others left to return to Carneth to put an end to The explorer that once pillaged his home. It took some time and a lot of work but Zeed found the explores manor and he burnt it down. While the Explorer ran out in a rage he didn’t see Zeed come from above. He picked him up with his claws and flew him as high as Zeed could carry him, they just let go. Word got around of what Zeed and his newly named group of bird people, 'The Talons' did to the explorer. People would come begging them for help, however The Talons would only help if it fell under a niche requirement, and that was greed, if they had taken something that doesn’t belong to them or profiting of people that had no choice in what they did. After a few years of helping get revenge on wrongdoers, Zeed began to see that people didn’t just want their help but want to believe in something more, he became a preacher and grew in followers especially among the poor, he taught his was in how to live and treat people and in some occasional helped people train to becomes Talons.

Generations after Zeeds death what he build and the ideas he placed are still felt today A lot of the poorer citizens of Carneth see him not quite as a god but as a way of life. There are also myths about the Talons however they are just story's parents would tell their children or bards would sing in a tavern.