Harpies
A winged people who insist song must be shared with consent, working in cliff and coastal message networks.
Place in Avarra
Echoing Ledge is a small but open settlement in Mist Chain and Deep Current, established around Mist Chain cliffs. It is not a separate kingdom viewed from outside; it is a village or quarter node tied to neighbouring roads, markets, and common law.
City life and diaspora
In Mazaros, Harpies households participate in beacon calls, weather news, and performance without being confined to a single “foreign quarter.” Someone arriving from the village can find kin, an apprenticeship, a guest bed, or a partner; city-born people maintain regular ties to Echoing Ledge.
Living together
Harpies are not reduced to one temperament, profession, or politics. Local agreements, access needs, and safety practices are made explicit so difference remains part of ordinary life. Their visible expertise is beacon calls, weather news, and performance, but it is never anyone’s compulsory destiny.
Adventure ties
- The partnership between Echoing Ledge and Mazaros can be tested by a cut road or a lost record.
- A family may need mediation between local custom and city law.
- A character may belong to this record through a guild, neighbourhood, or road oath as well as ancestry.