Kenku

Feathered folk who resemble ravens, kenku are blessed with keen observation and supernaturally accurate memories. None of them can remember the origin of the first kenku, however, and they often joke that there are as many kenku origin stories as there are kenku. Some of them paint their genesis as a curse, being a flightless bird people doomed to mimic other people’s creations. Other kenku recite cryptic but beautiful poems about their advent being a blessed event in which they were sent into the multiverse to observe and catalog its many wonders. It is also not clear where they come from, as alongside Gloomkin they are apparently the only other mortal species able to live comfortably in both Erde and the Shadow fell, and unlike Gloomkin many choose to live in the Shadow fell.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

Kenku are bird like humanoids without wings, most closely resembling a raven. They are normally quite short, and stand with a hunch. They are almost invariably black, some with bluish or reddish tinges though they tend to be the ones who live in Erde.
They have sharp talons with 4 digits, which include opposable thumbs on their arms, and long beaks.

Additional Information

Geographic Origin and Distribution

• Live in both Erde and the Shadow fell

Lifespan

70-100

Average Height

4'-5'