Faun

A Faun is a "crafted warrior", a creature that was originally human but shaped by powerful magic.

Fauns can produce a mystical song that weakens mortar, which the Obsidian Empire used as part of their siege tactics. They can also 'call' to gemstones, which causes their high-pitched voices to reverberate and resonate within crystalline structures in ways that they can hear. This allows them to find hidden treasure quite easily.

While fauns are easier to control than satyrs, they are not as aggressive and must be goaded to fight. They have a calming effect on satyrs, so are often encountered together.

Fauns will support their Satyr masters in combat and in some cases even fight for them. Fauns have a calming effect on the otherwise chaotic Satyrs. If the Satyrs become separated from their Fauns, they go berserk and attack all other characters (including each other potentially). Conversely, when Fauns are separated from their Satyr masters they stop all aggression and attempt to flee.

Lore

 * In every army there are those who lead, and those who are led. The brutal nature of the Obsidians only amplified this simple truth. Thus was the existence of the race known as Fauns, engineered to be slaves for their more aggressive masters, the satyrs; a pairing which has persisted to this day through a bond few understand. Yet there are rumors of a faun who has broken his chains… rumors which fauns whisper among themselves when left unsupervised.