Leonix Rider

None exemplify the primal, wild nature of the Verdelam Elves more than the Leonx Riders. Charging into battle atop the ferocious Leonx, large sentient felines native to the Aymhelin, these Elven warriors pierce through enemy lines with the force of a storm, using their lightning speed to evade counterblows and change their angles of attack with the swiftness of a gale.   Many Elves see the nomadic Leonx Riders as little more than feral barbarians who have lost their connection to the teachings of Latariana and the Path of the Stars. Far from unthinking savages, the Free Hunters (as they were called in ancient days) saw their wild nature as a way to better attune themselves with the wild lands around them.   In time, they learned to temper their tremendous skill for hunting and combat with a deeper wisdom gained from their animal family. The mightiest killed only to survive, and the pack went to war only in defense of their own. Over time, songs were sung in Caelcira of lost Latari children rescued from the wild by strange, feral Elves, or even whole villages saved by Elven nomads who could speak the tongues of animals.   Nevertheless, some of the most prominent leaders of the Latari noble houses wished to exile these “barbarians” from their sacred forest. Still shunned by the rest of Latari society, the Leonx Riders now keep mostly to themselves and their pack, only making contact with outsiders to offer aid.