Kenku

Kenku

Bloodline	Twisted Races
Hallmark	Flightless bird-folk; mimics of sound
Language	Common, Avian

Kenku are flightless bird-folk counted among the Twisted Races. They share the winged peoples’ tongue with the Tengu and the other sky-born races of Thelemar.

Society

Culture

Language

Kenku speak Common and Avian (Skyspeak), the shared tongue of Thelemar’s winged peoples.

Appendix

See Also

• Tengu - fellow Avian-speaking bird-folk
• Skyspeak (Avian)

Notes

• This species follows standard rules with a homebrew language adjustment; its culture is open to expansion.
• Game mechanics were intentionally omitted from this worldbuilding page.

Sources & Attribution

• Primary lore: editions/5e-2014/species/kenku.md (Traveler’s Guide, heading chain The Twisted → Kenku), author TrueMichato.
• Superseded original: content/General/Kenku.md (moved to content/private/_originals/General/).

Races

Races

Bloodlines

Children of the Empire	Children of the Empire
Half Bloods	Dragonborn Hochling Tiefling Dendulra Descathi Genasi Nyuidj
Twisted Races	Gnolls Tengu Kobold Tabaxi Bugbear Goblin Hobgoblin Loxodon Centaur Changeling Firbolg Goliath Half-Ogre Kenku Minotaur Satyr Tortle Yuan-Ti
Peoples of the New World	Bejorn Canidae Caprini Felixpes Grung Leonin Lizardfolk Ludai Reepicheep Thanoi

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