The Elemental Kin of Terafna

🪨 The MoRoc (Stoneborn)

Bodies of living stone, patient and enduring.

Human Name Gargoyles

Nature: Bodies of living stone, patient and enduring.
Domain: Mountains, caverns, and cliffside strongholds.
Cycle: At dawn they harden into statues of cold stone, immobile and indistinguishable from carved gargoyles. At dusk they awaken, their forms cracking with life as they walk under the stars.
Traits: Immensely strong, nearly indestructible at night. By day, vulnerable but indistinguishable from carved rock.
Human Name: Gargoyles — villagers whisper that they guard ancient places, but also curse them as omens of misfortune.

Living water given form — bodies that ripple, translucent and ever‑shifting.

Human Name Water Sprites

Nature: Living water given form — their bodies ripple, translucent, ever-shifting.
Domain: Rivers, lakes, misted waterfalls.
Kinship: Cousins of the MoRoc; stone gives shape, water gives flow.
Traits: Merge with rivers, dissolve into mist, or take temporary shape of human outline. Known to heal parched land… or drown it when angered.
Human Name: Water Sprites — seen as mischievous, sometimes dangerous.

The living essence of the land — shapeshifters of bark, vine, and root.

Human Name Changelings

Nature: The living essence of the land, shapeshifters of bark, vine, and root.
Domain: Forests, meadows, fertile plains.
Traits: Can encourage crops and growth, or wither them in vengeance. Some walk openly among humans, others vanish into groves, becoming indistinguishable from trees.
Human Name: Changelings — feared for their ability to take human form, causing suspicion of impostors in villages.