Windwalker

Origins:
@Windwalker are agile warriors and rogues who learned to harness the balance of wind and wave. Their origins lie with skyship riggers of the @The Maelstrom Aeries , who turned climbing rigging and dancing across sails into combat styles.

Philosophy:
They believe the wind is freedom itself, and to master it is to never be chained. They prize mobility and precision, seeing battle as a dance across storm and rope.

Training:
@Windwalker train upon swaying rigging at dizzying heights. Apprentices must learn to fight and leap from mast to mast in storms. Many tattoo their arms with rope-like runes to symbolize their bond with the rigging.

Role in @Aethertide :
They are scouts, assassins, and skirmishers. Their gift for speed makes them invaluable in boarding actions and lightning raids.

Signature Traits:

• Inhuman agility and movement across ships.

• Rope-bound weapons and charms that catch the wind.

• Wind-enhanced bursts of speed.

• Leaping and striking with stormlike grace.

Notable @Windwalker in History:

• Kaelen Skyfoot: Known for running across the sails of three ships in one battle.

• Ishari Galehand: Spy for the @Free Keys Confederacy , leaping from mast to mast unseen.

• Thren Stormrunner: Once duelled a @Stormsinger mid-air and lived.

Cultural Perception:

• To the @Free Keys Confederacy , they are tricksters and heroes.

• To the @Stormcallers’ Covenant , they are rivals for the sky.

• To the @Veythane Empire , they are thieves too swift to catch.

• To the @Skywings of the Maelstrom , they are kin in spirit.

Sayings of the @Windwalker :

• “The rope is my road, the mast my path.”

• “Leap and trust the storm.”

• “Freedom is the wind in your blood.”