🧬 ORIGIN & DOMAIN

The Skyborne—known elsewhere as Lightning Elves—are ancient descendants of storm and silence. They reside atop the mountains of Weilah and the high-altars of the Western Spires. Their numbers may dwindle, but their purpose endures: They serve dragons—not kings, not thrones. All dragons. All truths.

🩸 LINEAGE & BLOODLINES

Skyborne children are born with purpose, not privilege.

• No marriages outside kin
• Rarely hybridize
• Piercings as sacred rites
• Storm-inheritance: sparks in veins, wind-sense, elemental calm

🧊 APPEARANCE & STYLE

• Height: Short to average
• Build: Lean and lightning-fast
• Hair: Shaved, spiked, or dyed wild
• Eyes: Storm-bright
• Skin: Smooth, hairless
• Style: Minimalist robes, storm-charmed sashes, silver adornments

🔮 MAGIC & BELIEF

• Affinity: Lightning, Wind, Mist
• Practices: Breath-chants, shrine spells, storm-sealing
• Combat: Balance over brute force, movement as invocation, stillness as defense
• Belief: All dragons are divine. Silence is sacred. Storm is clarity.

🛠️ ROLE / CRAFT / VOCATION

• Shrinekeeping
• Stormbinding
• Spiritual mediation
• Silent-Walkers: stealth duelists striking with lightning

🎙️ LANGUAGE / TRADITIONS / RITES

• Language: Skyroot Script, Wind-syllables, Dragon-sung High Speech
• Traditions: Skyfall silence, Mountain fasting, Dusk memory chant
• Rites: Rites of Smoke (fall/winter), storm-dancing holidays

🧬 KNOWN INDIVIDUALS / MODERN FIGURES

• Pai Hai – The Last Tempest, war-monk of myth
• Raekho – Human monk who trained Pai Hai
• Skybound Exiles – Wandering prophets
• The Windless Girl – Mute shrinechild who summons thunder

🪞 MYTHOS MEMORIES

The Skyborne are not warriors. They are discipline made lightning.

They do not roar. They do not rage. They breathe. And when they strike—entire mountains listen.

🏛️ CULTURE & STRUCTURE

• Faith: Dragons as gods
• Structure: Monkhood is sacred; exile is final
• Roles: Shrinekeepers, storm-priests, duelists
• Vow: Once the path is left, return is forbidden