Lore

Faun are, in some respects, planetouched. Like other planetouched, they are mortals descended from outsiders, but unlike the others they have stabilized into a race of their own, breeding true and carrying on their lines.

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The faun have their origin in the strange fae that arrived from the Lands Beyond in deep antiquity. They mingled with humans and elves for so long and in such prolificity that when they returned to Lands Beyond they left a new race behind, rather than just the occasional manifestation in mortal bloodlines.

 

While deeply removed from their fae ancestry, fauns still attempt to keep in touch with nature - typically living in small villages in deep glades and high mountains, praying to the gods of nature.

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Most Faun are generally careful, quiet, and subtle creatures with strong familial ties keeping them in their isolated communities, but sometimes tragedy, wanderlust or merely an aggressive curiosity for the trappings of civilization brings individual fauns out of the wilds and closer to the other races as adventurers.

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Quirks​

• Fauns are biologically compatible with both humans and elves, resulting exclusively in young fauns.

• Fauns need rest like any other, though they need less of it than normal, either sleeping for less time or with larger gaps between rests. When they do sleep, they do not dream like most mortals - instead entering a meditative void where they can think and plan. Fauns who sleep in close proximity can choose to enter the same void, able to share time together while their bodies recuperate.

• Fauns are religiously almost exclusively Naturalists, though occasionally a faun mage becomes a Seeker.

• With such a deep rooted connection to the land, faun tend to avoid overly urban areas.

• ​Fauns have a reputation for calm, quiet wisdom. It is common knowledge amongst humans that if a faun gives advice, stop and listen - even if you don't take the advice, it would do you good to hear it.​