Editing Wilden (section)

==Stormchasers==
Stormchasers are wilden born at "storm-homes"; places in the [[Feywild]] that possess a permanent portal linking them to the [[Elemental Chaos]] or, more rarely, places in the [[Prime Material]] that are linked to [[Feywild]] and [[Elemental Chaos]] simultaneously. Stormchasers are noted as possessing a certain wildness and passion, similar to yet different from that felt by the Aspect of the Destroyer. Most possess only a minor influence from their [[elemental]] heritage, but in the strongest, they can develop an entirely new Aspect, forsaking one part of their natural heritage to more strongly embrace their elemental nature.

The most well-known storm-home in the [[Nentir Vale]] setting is the community of Satordi, the Lightning Oak. Home to some 500 wilden, this enclave sits within the nameless and otherwise uncharted woods north of Winterbole Forest, less than a month’s travel from Nentir Vale.

Like most wilden settlements, Satordi is little more than clumped collections of sheltered gathering spots shared by all members of the wildens’ communal society. To outsiders, it presents a most inhospitable appearance. Within the verdant shadows of the impenetrable rainforest, the howling wind seems to taunt all those who make their way along the woods’ ancient trails. Satordi is marked by the presence of a mighty and ancient oak whose blackened branches scrape the sky 500 feet above the ground. The windswept sky beyond the settlement is rarely occluded by more than a wisp of cloud, yet the elemental power that weaves through this area drives pounding rain and hailstorms that come and go in a heartbeat. Lightning leaps constantly from ground to sky and back again. The great tree marks the planar breach that gives this site its power. Portals open and close constantly among the lightning oak’s twisted roots. The energy of the elements is so pervasive here that any power which deals cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage within 1 mile of the site receives a +1 bonus to the attack roll. Any resistance to those damage types is reduced by 2 within the same area.

Visitors are welcome in Satordi. The wilden that dwell here exhibit the friendly curiosity toward other folk that is typical of their race. Those who dwell beneath the lightning oak have a particular interest in adventurers who shape and master elemental power and in characters whose stated purpose and quest pits them against the aberrant corruption of the Far Realm.