Mottamork
The Clan of the Vulture
The last clan to split from Tahnsko has also become the most changed. After centuries of following the nomadic lifestyle and drawing magic from the earth through the Sleeping Giant, a band of Tahnsko druids felt a pull of unfamiliar arcane energy that led them off of the great migration path. They followed this charged energy to the shores of a vast lake, so expansive that they nearly mistook it for the sea, although they could not uncover the source of the strange magic.
For a time, the druids contemplated the lake, pondering from where the magical energy was emanating. While going out on a boat one night, a druid named Dagomir witnessed a storm across the surface of the lake, and through a lightning flash saw the illumination of an island in the middle of the lake. From that island the druids saw the reflection of not only the storm, but the whole of the night sky, and they immediately recognized that the powers they had been searching for resided in the sky itself.
These druids set about building a great citadel upon the island, stretching up towards the heavens. From its towers they studied the skies from horizon to horizon, monitoring the positions of the sun and the stars through the seasons, the phases of the moon, the movements of storms as they crossed the lake, and the patterns of the constellations themselves. Through these observations, they began to understand the unique ebb and flow of the magic they had discovered, so different from that of the Eórdrún.
Now fully detached from Tahnsko and the other Eórdic clans, these people established themselves as a new clan: Mottamork, using the symbol of the vulture that masterfully soars the skies of the Realm. They learned to divine prophecies from the ever-changing sky, and dedicated themselves to uncovering the secrets of the skies and its connections to destiny. If a particularly ill omen is discovered within the celestial plane, messengers are sent out to warn their neighbors of potential danger. Some clans have come to see them as the ‘black wings of doom’ - if you are visited by the envoys of the Vulture clan, you can be sure that ill fortune is not far behind. Despite this negative association, Mottamork steadfastly holds to their mission to unlock the powers of the skies and use it to prevent any doom they may foresee.
Removing themselves from the earth has had an enlightening effect on Mottamork. High in their citadel, the Ministers of a Thousand Stars discuss philosophy, ethics, law, and all other manner of cultured subjects in addition to studying the skies. Mottamork boasts the greatest historians and scholars in the Realm, although the other clans might disagree with what is recorded in the Black Libraries. Many magical artifacts have been uncovered and retrieved throughout the excursions of their envoys, and these too reside within the great tower of Lunaya Tein.
