Although the aarakocra tribe known as the Kagu nests in 04.00, they claim all of the land from the Giant’s Lake (07.01) to the east, Mount Scorshia (02.03) to the south, the Ocean of Bitter Regrets to the east (00.06 and points west) and as far as they care to fly to the north, feeding on wild mountain sheep and the like. Luckily for travelers of these remote mountains, the Kagu can generally be bought off with “shinies.” They know little and care less about what objects humans value and prefer objects that are shiny and that they haven’t seen before. Especially shiny tribute can even secure one of the Kagu as a guide. However, most of the Kagu speak no language aside from their own and travelers who do not respond to their shrieks about “shinies!” with gifts will be attacked (generally by having rocks dropped on their heads from just beyond arrow range and similar tactics).
High in their mountain nests, the Aarakocra possess a single enormous ruby. They claim that if it is ever removed from its place in their shrine a great evil will come over the world, but perhaps they are merely trying to scare away treasure hunters. Several decades ago, one of the storm giant Pirate Kings was not so dissuaded and unwisely sailed his cloud castle away from the coast and into the mountains where it was shattered.
Connections
- The Doge of the City of Shuttered Windows keeps a band of aarakocra as slaves and other notables of that city might be interested in procuring some aarakocra slaves of their own (29.14.02)
- They steal lambs from mountain shepherds (02.04).
Hooks
- What will really happen if the aarakocras’ ruby is taken?
- How did the aarakocra defeat a storm giant?
- What god do the aarakocra worship at their shrine? Or is the object of their veneration just some powerful creature that claims to be a god?