Shares a body with Cassandra Thyme.

Orion Stone, just Stone to most, is from outside the small city of Felderwin, in the Felderwin Tillage and from an old, proud family of farmers and tradesman. His father’s family is said to be descended from a hero appointed by the Raven Queen to take care of the body of an ancient hero. Throughout his whole childhood, Stone heard his father tell the story of the three heroes and how their ancestor, Stone, fed the hero to the Earth as the gift to the Wildmother, and in return, they must watch over the land and the plants and creatures that pass away on it. However, the Empire’s influence means that worship of the Raven Queen is relegated to funeral rites or gravesides and the fields of Felderwin are seen as a shrine to the Dawn Father, a fact that has made his father more and more unhappy as the Empire’s grip tightened and the religious regulation became more and more strict. Stone’s mother bent and accepts worship to the Dawn Father, having been raised in Felderwin, but his father holds true that the Raven Queen oversees all life on the realm.

Stone never found great joy in farming and instead made a living as a contractor and builder. He travelled through the Empire assisting villages and cities with rebuilding after monster attacks or expanding when new areas are developed or conquered. As Stone moved through the Empire, he witnessed more and more of the Dwendalian oppression but recognized it for what it was: greed. The more power gained by the Dwendalian Empire leaders in Rexxentrum, the more they tighten the grip on their subjects, forcing them into more competition with each other.

The state of the empire convinced Stone that it would be best to look for a place to settle outside of it. This encouraged him to take a job repairing the roof of their conservatory. He experienced life on the Menagerie Coast, away from the grip of the Empire, where the streets are dirtier and crime is higher, but the people are free. He was remarking on this on the way back to the campus from the city center of Nicodranas, breathing in the ocean air and remarking on the beauty of the night sky when he heard a scream. That’s the last thing he remembers.

Family Story
The day after the Raven Queen ascended, three of her champions were given the task of dealing with one of the heroes of the war. And his body could not be maintained within a city for reasons that are lost. He had to be vanished. And these three heroes were named Clay, Stone, and Dust.
“They argued for many days what to do. And Stone said they should give him to the air so that the beasts of the realm may carry his memory. And Clay said that we should give him to the earth and what grows from them will be a monument to his glory. And Dust said that we should give him to the fire, from the ashes of that fire great works would arise.
“And they prayed to the Raven Queen for guidance in these early days, and the Raven Queen eventually answered. She said that she had already taken what belonged to her, and that we were to- these three heroes were to find the Wildmother and ask her guidance for what to do with what was left.
“And they traveled far into the woods and waited for their visions. And eventually she spoke to each of them in turn. And she told Stone that he should take the limbs of this hero and walk the plains until he found an oasis and a red and gold veined cave and the beasts would gather there. That he would feed the limbs of the hero to the beasts that would water there. And upon that site would be a menagerie whose creatures would be a gift to the Changebringer from the Wildmother, to remind her that nature is infinite.
“And then Clay entered into a forest until he found a spring. Water surrounded by a circle of crystal and stone. And there should he plant the head of the hero. And upon that site will be a garden, whose flora shall be my gift to the Archeart to remind her that nature is beautiful.
“And then Dust, took all that was left. And walked into the mountains to the north, and found a cave with a black onyx pool of fire and magma. And was told to burn what remained. That the ashes would be mixed into the brick and ink and steel and everything that is made there will hold that hero’s mark. In this kiln will be the creations as a gift to the Allhammer to remind him that nature is the origin of material.