Editing Oread (section)

====Habitat/Society====
Oreads are tied to a single mountain peak. They can travel anywhere on their mountain, from the valley to the heights, but they may never go more than 500 yards from the foot of their mountain. Unlike dryads, they are not vulnerable to the death of their mountain — after all, a mountain cannot die — but they are pained by mining, deforestation, and magical erosion.

Although oreads are solitary, up to four have been encountered in one place. These meetings are usually in mountain valleys surrounded by many peaks, and the oreads are usually related. Arboreans say this is why mountains that stand near one another are sometimes called sisters.

The mountain spirits dwell alone for most of their lives, though once a century they may raise a daughter. Like [[dryad]]s, the children of oreads are born of [[satyr]] or [[korred]] fathers, though the fathers have nothing to do with (and no interest in) raising their young. The young oreads resemble [[korred]] until they reach puberty at age 19, when they begin to lose their wild hair and mountain-goat hooves. Any male young are [[satyr]]s, who quickly grow to maturity and then strike out on their own.