White Whisperwings
Small and delicate aerial scavengers with soft silvery-grey fine feathers and nearly translucent, leaf-like wings traced with fine veins, the White Whisperwings drift from their daytime hiding places at dusk like wraiths drawn to decay. They are elusive and mesmerising, seen only by the most patient or the most unfortunate observers. Wherever they gather, death has recently passed or will soon arrive.
Key traits
- Soft silvery-grey fine feathers and luminous, nearly translucent wings allow them to glide silently through forests and misty valleys with minimal visual signature.
- Slender, agile bodies balanced by long tapering tails and nimble clawed feet; a vivid orange-red beak and matching crest crown Place The Crown A newer foundry like a wide crown, a ring of tall pale spires flaring around a central stepped tower of lit decks, the broadest of the network. large, alert-eyed heads.
- Scavengers drawn irresistibly to rot and ruin; their diet is entirely composed of what death has left behind.
- Hide by day beneath broken trunks and waterlogged roots, emerging at dusk in small, drifting groups.
- Regarded across cultures as harbingers: their gathering is understood to signal that death has recently visited or is imminent.