OSTRICH
The Ostrich folk are not part of the Survival Covenant (so the Release
Intelligence spell does not work on their mounts). Rather, they descend
from an ancient sky-people. Ernalda placed them under Eiritha's care, which
is how they came to be in Prax. They do not honor the Praxian taboo on
horses.
Ostrich people see themselves as distinct from other Praxians, being attuned to the Sky powers through their lord Yelmalio. Before the Dragonkill War, they had a Yelmic ruling class, and they now pursue ancestor worship in an attempt to regain those powers. The tribe also honors Waha and Eiritha.
The Ostrich people are small, though not as small as Impala folk, and have a peculiar missile weapon called a bent stick (boomerang).
Ostrich people speak Sun Dome in addition to Praxian, and have their own cultic language descended from Firespeech.
Ostrich men wear their hair short and often decorate it with ostrich feathers. They wear leather helms. The women wear their hair braided in mats to resemble plumage. Ostrich people wear clothes and boots of ostrich hide, with quilted down capes to keep warm.
Other Praxians see the Ostrich Riders as oddballs. They will either slaughter or ransom captured ostriches, because they know little of how to care for them. (Ostrich Riders have, however, learned how to keep herd mammals out of necessity.) Ostrich clans make decent mercenaries, and are often go-betweens with the Sun Dome.
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