Sky-Reaver
Sky-Reavers are the only Combative Exclusive rank among the Tribe. Where all the other ranks may include individuals mores killed in other tasks such as crafting or farming or communing with the Ancestral Spirits, Sky-Reavers are highly skilled and highly trained warriors. These individuals are the champions of martial combat within the Tribe and represent them in combat situations. To a Sky-Reaver it does not matter if you fight with arcane or ax so long as you can apply your skills in the protection and championing of the Tribe.
Qualifications
Someone that wishes to become a Sky-Reaver must be of appropriate fighting age, not too young, or too old. They must also have been a Towateke and Windwarrior first to completely qualify.
Requirements
Must have passed the following Rites:
From Previous Ranks-
- (If not born into the Tribe) Offering of the Blooded Feather
- Rites of the Earthmother If you are a Tauren
New-
Appointment
Sky-Reavers are chosen from the ranks of the Tribe by War Council members and trained under a specific mentor's wing. When they are ready they are allowed to take the Rite of the Elements and ascend to this prestigious rank. War-Council members must be former Sky-Reavers so new Sky-Reavers are trained in essence to replace their masters in time.
Duties
A Sky-Reaver's main duties are to the protection and longevity of the Tribe as a whole. Ensuring the training and execution of military principles that keep the tribe alive to the next generation. Many Sky-Reavers form their exclusive groups to protect specific aspects of the tribe including the Council, the Chieftain, the Wyverns, and their Land. By working together with one another and with the tribe they are able to keep the longevity of the tribe alive.
Responsibilities
- Lead military opporations when required
- Creation of an Elite Fighting force of three other individuals that is specilized in some way
- Protection of the Tribe
- Championing the Tribe in situations of Single Combat or similar events
Benefits
Sky-Reavers receive the full protection and benefits of the Tribe as a whole just like other Blooded ranks. From the rite of trial and voice in tribe meetings to the equal distributions of food and bounty from supply gatherings and hunts to the rite of spiritual guidance and social rites of marriage and education. Sky-Reavers are also highly respected. Being individuals that have sworn their lifeblood to the protection of the tribe and people likely destined to lay their life down for others they live short lives but highly honored ones. Having undergone the Rite of the Elements to gain power and wisdom to defend the tribe a Sky-Reaver is considered one of the higher authorities on war, only eclipsed by War Counselors and the Chieftain themselves.
Grounds for Removal/Dismissal
The title of Sky-Reaver is one that is limited in length. Once an individual reaches a certain age or ability to fight the title is passed on to another. These individuals can then become Towateke or Council members if they choose.
Type
Civic, Military, Generic
Creation
Created during the time of the Kwasewi Skyrunner
Alternative Naming
Sky-Champion
Equates to
Lieutenant General, Command Healer
Source of Authority
War Council, Cultural, Earned Rite
Length of Term
Fifteen Years
Current Holders
Reports directly to
Related Organizations
Related Military Formations
Rank Privlages
Cultural
- More renown and respect within the Tribe
- May lead warbands of combatants no more than twelve total
- May select an elite squadron of other tribe members to make a named and specilized unit of fighters- No more than Five individual members
- First pick at loot gathered from adventures after the Chieftain and Council
- High Priority on tasks completed by Craftsman such as the smith or the leatherworker
Mount
- Same as Windwarrior and Towateke
Decorations
- An Honor Feather representing the achievement
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