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illustration of a Nightwarder

Each clan member has a specific role within the clan: the majority look after crops and livestock, but others hold a particular trade such as builder, blacksmith or fletcher. There are also wildsmen - these individuals protect the clan's territory as well as fish, hunt, and scout.

A few members are skilled in more unique areas. Nightwarders act as undertakers, ensuring the souls of the dead make a smooth passage to the next life. Nightwarders also combat the many denizens of the evil one - Luageth. If the deceased doesn't receive the necessary funeral rites within a certain time then Luageth can bring the cadaver back to life. These 'walking dead' are feared by all, but the Nightwarder is skilled in defeating them and he is able, upon capture, to finally release the trapped souls. The Fiadrytch are Luageth's demons and they can take both ethereal and mortal form. Only the most competent Nightwarders dare confront these powerful beings, neverthless it is within their abilities to vanquish them.

The Nightwarder also uses wards in his work. Wards are small objects of particular design that equate to talismans. Each ward has a unique design and purpose and the Nightwarder uses these wards to control, destroy and defend against Luageth's minions. He is also in demand to create wards that can be worn to protect an individual from evil.

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illustration of a soothsayer casting a horoscope

Superstition has replaced religion in the clans. So much so that it is rare to find someone who is unable to read the obvious signs and portents granted by nature in their day to day lives. By spotting the portents provided by nature an individual can have warning of good and bad tidings to come.

The Soothsayer is far more skilled in foretelling the future than the average clan member. Consequently they are in high demand for their skills in interpreting signs and portents as well as casting horoscopes and predicting an individual's future. With the knowledge of an individual's real name, their time and place of birth, the Soothsayer can accurately predict the fortunes of that person throughout their life. Using special charts they can, at any point in that individual's life, plot a course through the infinite branches of fate so that the correct course of action is pursued and bad luck avoided.

Due to their skills many Soothsayers are now valued advisors to clan leaders.

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illustration of a warden at work

Wardens are skilled in creating and using wards similar to those employed by the Nightwarder. However, the wards created by a warden are for both protection and hiding. The wards can keep ethereal beings at bay and when worn or applied to an object can make that thing invisible to ethereal eyes. Other types of wards can be fashioned to defend against certain spells.

As well as creating wards for individuals to wear, the warden employs the wards alongside his skill with locks and traps to secrete and secure items away from both mortal and ethereal beings. The warden can create secret hideaways in any object from a house to a walking stick. To both mortal and ethereal eyes the object will look no different from any other of its kind, but within there hides a secret chamber that holds an individual's most precious belongings. Cunning triggers are employed to open the chamber and in many cases there will be multiple triggers that may have to be activated simultaneously or in a certain pattern. If the wrong combination is employed the trap is initiated.

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