Warders

The Warders are a group of nomadic rangers and magicians known for their abilities to make wards. Since the Inquisition rose into power with the Empress's backing, they have become outlaws.

Warder camps are friendly towards most elven clans and other folk of the forests. Where they deviate from many forested groups is that while they don't go raiding villages, they do go deliberately seeking trouble.

The Warders are dedicated to snuffing out evil and fell magics, and preventing the abuse of animals. The Warders do not target slavers, currently, because the Warders believe in indentured servitude. A number of people who they have bought out of slavery are subject to serve them for a set number of years before being released as free folk.

The Warders have two sigils that they imprint on a servant's shoulders: that of the indentured, and that of the free folk which covers and dissolves the prior sigil.

Warder camps usually have one to three merchants each with small fares waging from enchanted objects and wards to materials needed for wards, potions, and spells. They also -sometimes illegally- deal in the trade of pelts and body parts from creatures that they have hunted down.