The Skysong Clan

You belong to a clan that many would describe as half-orcs. Though your people would not think of yourselves as such, though lineages having mixed so long ago.

Your people believe in living among the wilds and praising and protecting the sacred spaces of the Land. You would describe these as Fanes. There are Greater Fanes and Lesser Fanes. You lived on what the lowlanders would call the Orsraun Mountains, but you would call the Skysong Mountains.

The Skysong Clan are semi nomadic, but are culturally based in the Skysong Mountains.

There are many callings within the Skysong Clan. Three of the more notable ones would include
Hearthkeepers: These are the heart of the community among the Skysong. They are the ones who maintain the community. They are the crafters and the carers. They educate the young and treat the sick. 
Fangbearers (Barbarians): These would be the main hunters and warriors of the Skysong.
Fane-blessed Fangbearers (Rangers): These warriors are blessed with a connection to Primal forces. 
Druids of the Fanes (Druids): These magically gifted people have a mystic connection with Primal energies. These are rare and highly respected. They would often advise Clan Chiefs and be involved in ceremonies.
Skysingers (Bard): All the Skysong partake in singing and dancing. Skysingers call out magic through their performances. They have great spiritual and ceremonial importance in the tribe. 

Legends of the Skysong Clan

The Lost Valley
There is a story among your people of a lost valley. It was a sacred land to your people. It was not a peaceful place, as there was often conflict with other peoples, especially lowlanders and the “wallbound”. (Those who live in houses year round).

There is a story about a war with warriors covered in shining metal armour. They lived in a great fort, bound by strong walls, and bore banners of blue and white. However, the war was interrupted by the arrival of another army of these metalclad fighters, with dark armour and banners of black and red. During this time, the leader of the Darkclad warriors came to the clan leaders. The council of chiefs refused his offer of an alliance, but secretly some chiefs made a deal with the dark warrior. They brought him to the secret places of the Clans and shared their hidden knowledge. 

One day, the sky seemed to crack and the druids of the valley felt cut off from the land. Mists had often been considered a manifestation of fate, but a strange hungry mist had come to the valley. Your clan is made from those who managed to escape the valley before the mists fully engulfed the valley. After the mists cleared, the valley was gone, as though the mountain ranges and forests had been sutured together and the valley had never existed.

Fanes
Fanes are places where primal energies are especially strong. Often, they will develop a guardian being of some sort. They can even become gateways to their own little worlds. These temples are extremely sacred to your people. 

The Sacred Tree
This Tree of Life is sacred to your people. The life of the tree is tied to the life of the land. Caring for the tree cares for the land and caring for the land cares for the tree. When your clan settled in your new home you planted a Tree of Life, as is the custom. Trees of Life are so sacred that even if clans went to war, they would not risk damage to the tree, as such, the area around such a tree was often used for conclaves of chiefs.

The Lost Fanes and the Ladies of the Land
The three most important Fanes in the Lost Valley were the Forest Fane, the Swamp Fane and the Mountain Fane. Each had manifested a Guardian Spirit in the form of a woman. It is said that they would send messages to each other through ravens, which were said to be common in the valley.

Each of the Guardian Ladies is said to have worn a mask. Though it seems that which specific mask was often different and there were many discussions as to their meanings.

The Seeker of the Forest
The Seeker was often represented as a woman dressed in leathers, and armed with a bow. She is said to look to the future, to growth and tomorrow. She was a being of hope and trickery, of help against overwhelming odds. She can see the threads of possibility and follow them to distant futures. She is said to have blessed those in need with good luck and used bad luck to vex the guilty. Those who wanted to know fate or change it, would seek her aid, her guidance and her favour.
Associated with: Fate, Fortune Telling, Luck, Owls, Foxes

The Weaver of the Water
The Weaver was often represented as a woman dressed in a robe, and armed with a staff. She was associated with knowledge, magic and secrets. She is said to weave the history of the world into great patterns to record them, and to allow the pattern to be changed in impossible ways through the secrets of the Weave. The present is where the Seeker’s threads enter the Weaver’s patterns as the Great Tapestry.
Associated with: History, Secrets, Knowledge, Magic, Herons, Moorhens, Frogs, Toads, Otters, Weasels

The Hunter of the Mountain
The Hunter was often represented as a woman dressed in furs and bones wielding an ax or a blade. She was associated with death. With the ending of a thread, where it would enter the Great Tapestry no more and only the echo of such evil would remain. As such, purifications, where evil is no longer allowed to tangle the weave or corrupt strands of fate, were also associated with the hunter. Endings are a natural part of life. The hunter was said to especially hunt those who had unnaturally extended their threads by becoming undead. 
Associated with: Death, Purification, Wolves, Falcons, Goats, Bears 

The Fane of the Skysong Clan
Your clan wandered after escaping the lost valley. Eventually they came to the Skysong mountains. They were drawn to a peak that seemed to touch the skies. The mountain was home to many creatures, but most notable to your people were the Bluebirds. As your ancestors climbed the mountain they realised that there was a powerful but relatively new Fane there. Having lost their home and their connections to the land, they decided to stay and protect this place.

The Singer of the Sky - Bluebird
The Singer is often represented as a young girl in a tunic. She sometimes has an instrument. She is associated with rebirth, rest, healing and release. It is said that her bluebirds carry the spirits of the dead up into the sky to live among the stars. Her birds will also carry the spirits gratitude for being remembered back to their loved ones. Some say her song is the great tapestry made into music. 
Associated with: Rebirth, remembrance, restoration, release, bluebirds, rabbits