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#1 AuricRAvenhelm Dec 15, 2009 21:20:00	I thought I'd try out the RPGA Rewards card out and create a kenku character, but I don't know where I should make him from, since you can't make the Beastlands as a home region. Any suggestions would be appreciated. For now I was thinking the Dalelands. The foresty area sounds good for a kenku ranger.
#2 Dragon9 Dec 15, 2009 23:15:56	Well, other than the Blackfeather Barrens, Kenkus in the Beastlands are typically slaves. (unless their part fo the spy network)  Durpar is east of the Beastlands and has Kenkus among its population.  It would be your best bet.
#3 ibixat Dec 16, 2009 0:27:45	Well, other than the Blackfeather Barrens, Kenkus in the Beastlands are typically slaves. (unless their part fo the spy network)  Durpar is east of the Beastlands and has Kenkus among its population.  It would be your best bet. My kenku is an escapee from kentucky, he was a slave to the butcher of the south known as the Colonel (how the hell is that pronounced ker- null) but he escaped with the secret recipe and travelled to amn, where he sold it to some crazy merchants and then became an assassin, training to one day go back home to kentucky and slay the colonel, then serve him up using is very own extra crispy secret recipe.
#4 Alphastream Dec 16, 2009 1:42:42	Kenkus (tengu) are from Asian mythology. This can make them a nice choice for a Shou background. Any region along the golden way, but especially Dragon Coast, will work well if you wanted to use that angle.
#5 Dragon9 Dec 16, 2009 8:35:21	he was a slave to the butcher of the south known as the Colonel (how the hell is that pronounced ker- null) Ask and ye shall receive: Origin: 1540–50; < MF < It colon(n)ello = colonn(a) column + -ello < L -ellus dim. suffix; so named because such an officer orig. headed the first column or company of a regiment
#6 ibixat Dec 16, 2009 10:32:27	wow, that means captain Kirk was really clergy, that really does not explain all the green women, but it does help explain the speech patterns.
#7 Crodocile Dec 17, 2009 1:23:38	he was a slave to the butcher of the south known as the Colonel (how the hell is that pronounced ker- null) Ask and ye shall receive: Origin: 1540–50; < MF < It colon(n)ello = colonn(a) column + -ello < L -ellus dim. suffix; so named because such an officer orig. headed the first column or company of a regiment
#8 Dragon9 Dec 17, 2009 17:06:12	Thanks, I've wondered where the pronunciation of colonel came from.  Now, why do the Brits pronounce the F in leutenant? I chalk it up to the Brits being a bit off.  ;) Well, as you can see, there is no f in lieutenant.  And the Brits only say Leff-tenant in the navy. The Old French spelling of lieu was leuf (yet pronounced the same as far as I can tell).  This seems to give explanation to why they say leff-tenant.  Incidentaly, I found that in Greek when a u follows an a, e, or ie it's pronounced as ef.  I'm not 100% sold on the validity of that, but it may have somehting to do with the evolution of the pronunciation if true.
#9 Madfox11 Dec 18, 2009 8:44:02	Considering how the Dutch pronounce "kerk" (the Dutch word for church) and people pronounce the name "Kirk" it is actually not all that odd. Medieval English sounds a lot like medieval Dutch. It is related to how the Saxons pronounced it. In short, that is what you get mixing French, German and Celtic language with no rhyme or reason ;)
#10 gomeztoo Dec 18, 2009 8:49:00	I thought I'd try out the RPGA Rewards card out and create a kenku character, but I don't know where I should make him from, since you can't make the Beastlands as a home region. You can make the Beastlands your home region. You just don't have a background or background benefit for it (because there exists none) . You can take a Scales  of War background benefit though.
#11 tancread Jan 11, 2010 13:05:33	I went with Shou for my background, using Dragon Coast as someone above suggested. I would note that Kenku turn up in the Mini campaign so the Tamurlane and Wind Rise areas might also work well.