The Kyttarin

Long ago an Elven archdruid and her druidic followers sought to awaken an ancient tree that was sacred among their kind. The ritual required many days to complete, and during its final minutes, a Drow raiding party attacked the those performing the ritual. The Archdruid was greviously wounded, and as she lay dying on the ground, she whispered the final words of the ritual. As the ancient tree began to awaken, its roots embraced the Archedruid's dying body, and absorbed her into itself. The tree, already possessing powerful magics within it, combined its own spiritual energies with those of the Archdruid, and they became one being. Now possessing ancient magics beyond that of mortal beings, and the great powers of the Archdruid, the great tree lashed out at the Drow driving them off and protecting the remaining Elven druids. The great tree fell into a deep slumber after this, and the remaining druids stayed to watch over her, until the day when she would once again awaken to the world.

After many decades of watching over the great tree, it finally returned to the world of the waking. The great tree was given the name Allaris, by druids that watched over her. Allaris told the druids of the many minds that had formed within her dreams, whom she called her children. Her dreams created new sentient minds from the depths of her being. With the help of the druids, she fashioned bodies for her children, formed of the flora that grew around her. She named the first of her children, the Kyttarin. The Kyttarin are humanoid plants that possess sentience. The Kyttarin body looks like a beautiful collection of leaves, flowers, bark, and vines. They can appear to have hair though it is simply leaves, flowers, or bark that forms on their heads. The Kyttarin often have pointed ears formed of various plant material, thus giving them a slightly Elven appearance. They also tend to follow the traditions and customs of Wood Elves, taught to them by the Allaris, who possessed the various memories of the Wood Elven Archdruid who had become part of her.

When the first Kyttarin were formed, they were fully grown and possessed minds similar to an adult of other races. These Kyttarin, like Allaris were immortal beings, and are called the First Born. The process of creating the Kyttarin had left Allaris drained though, and the First Born feared that the great tree would die. In order to save Allaris and the Kyttarin race, the First Born gave up their immortality, using it to heal Allaris and imbue her with the ability to grow new Kyttarin. The First Born were successful, and from that day forward, all new Kyttarin emerge from the ground near Allaris as small sproutlings that gradually grow to adulthood. They reach maturity around the same age as Humans, but live for approximately 200 years. As they are plant like they age much slower than Humans after maturity. All modern Kyttarin are created within Allaris as sproutlings, and none like the First Born have ever again been created. The First Born may no longer be immortal, but it has been over 500 years since their birth, and none yet have died.

Since Allaris is the source of all Kyttarin, they see themselves as members of one giant family, though the subraces divide them into smaller families that have more in common with one another. As sproutlings Kyttarin are taken in by the others of their subrace and are normally raised by one particular Kyttarin that is like a parent to them, though all Kyttarin view Allaris as their mother. The subraces of Kyttarin are the Silvermorn (Morning) , the Brighten (Midday) , the Shadoweve (Evening) and the Umbral (Night).

Kyttarin Traits:

Kyttarin are a very diverse race, consisting of the four subraces, or family divisions which denote the time of day that a Kyttarin was born.

No one is quite sure why the time of their birth has such a drastic impact on the appearance, abilities, and mentality of the Kyttarin. Even Allaris is not sure, as the First Born were only diverse in their personalities. Even though they can differ greatly, the Kyttarin care very much for each other, Allaris, and often life in general.

Ability Scores. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age. Kyttarin reach maturity around the same age as Humans, but live for approximately 200 years. As they are plant like they age much slower than Humans.

Alignment. Kyttarin, like Elves, love freedom, variety, and self-expression, so they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others' freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good than not.

Size. Kyttarin range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Natural Light. You can produce natural light from glowing points on your body as an action. This creates bright light in a 20 foot radius around you, and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The color of the light is determined by your subrace. You can stop producing the light as an action.

Knowledge of Allaris. Whenever you make an Intelligence (Nature) check related to the plant life of a particular environment, you are considered proficient in the Nature skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Revitalization. Kyttarin need only sleep for 4 hours. When you sleep they draw upon natural energies from your surrounding environment to revitalize your body at a faster rate. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Your people were taught Sylvan and Common by Allaris long ago, and newborn sproutlings are born with a basic knowledge of both that becomes more advanced as they get older.

Subraces. There are four subraces of Kytarrin that are all equally as common. The type of Kytarrin is determined by what time of day they emerge from Allaris.

Silvermorn

Silvermorn Kyttarin are born during the early hours of the morning when the dew sets upon the leaves and the sun has barely crested the horizon. They are very optimistic and cheerful, and sometimes seen as naïve. They believe that all should be given new beginnings and it is very rare for them to hold grudges.

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