In a passed and forgotten eld, long before the kingdoms had lost connections to bloodlines between their royalty. There was a king, grandson to King Lahtainyah, named RuCoo. He was waded in deep sorcery and convinced he could make his own species of man. He wanted to be their god and to have them serve him. RuCoo had his armies pillage his own villages and towns of no consequence, and stole any man the age of twenty who was strong. Then he experimented on them with bianonical magic. Forcing into their genome magixalky altered DNA that of a crow, blackbird, and to the strongest of men, the DNA of a raven. RuCoo erased their memories of the cantations and rituals preformed on them, and sent them home. Then he waited. It was not long until the village wemon were crying out in horror at their newborns having grotesque features of birds. And so it was almost all the newborns were cast out of the villages being deemed cursed by the gods. The king appointed a handful of men and women, enduldged in his sceam, sources and wizards, to go collect his hatchling and take them to the Mountain of Hivenest to raise his worshipers. What RuCoo did not forsee was the betrayl of his magical council. They did raise the hatchlings as their own and instructed them in great magic. However, they raised them to hate the king for what he had done to them, and when they were old enough to fly, the wizard Karmon, leader of the magical council, named their species Relitches, and the name the king gave them is to this day forgotten. Karmon named them Relitch for it is the Lahtainyain word, "swarm". The Relitches grew even more powerful than their teaches, and they lived far longer. While youths, they were impressionable and even kind to the wizards and sources who raised them. All the wizards and sources became old and died but Karmon lived to hunderd and two. Feath was the strongest Relitch and Karmon's favorite. Feath cared for Karmon until the wizard passed also. The wicked magic flowed through Relitch veins and the older they lived the more evil they became. They mastered the technique of transformation, to disguise themselves as humans. They populated to great numbers amongst themselves, and sent their young to human knowledge halls to be educated. The only sent their young, for the younger the Relitch the better its disposition. By age twenty they rarely set foot among humans anymore. By age 40 they scarcly can hide their malace toward humans, with the exception of gold. Like a raven they are obsessed over shinny things. So when being paid they can be quit cordial. 40 years had passed since the first Relitch, Feath, had been born and king RuCoo was now 60 years old and traveled to Hivenest to collect his creation. He had grand plans to use them as laborers, soilders, and even entertainment. He was met at the mountains fortress door by the self appointment Leader of the Relitches, Feath. King RuCoo had come with a parade of men beside him and asked to be lead to the Wizard Karmon. He marveled at the eight foot creature that looked half human and half bird. It's talons tapping it's baggy robes which were black but embossed in finaries. Feath spoke cold, "Karmon died two years ago. Along with the other humans who once raised us." King RuCoo was surprised. Why had Karmon not sent word all the other sources and wizards had died, before he died himself! King RuCoo shrugged and spoke again in a benevolent pompousness: "I have come to collect you all and place you into my will. I created you. I am your god." Feath sqwauked out in pleasure at this insidious joke. "Does worm ask me to do its bidding? You, are not a god. We worship Freece. You are a lowly human, who manipulated other god's creations to mutate us from already created creatures. You are beneath our will, our wishes, our whims, our mercy. I am King of the Relitchs." King RuCoo was infuriated! He called to his guards to raise their crossbows and kill every spesimine in the mountain, eventhose in the nest. He had not even made it through his command when a great claw came through his chest. The crossbows which were raised, froze, and their king toupled over and off the high bridge. King RuCoo's body plummeted down to the earth, but his heart remained in the claws of Feath's toes. The great bird lowered his foot and smashed the organ onto the volcanic obsidian. Feath had not even lifted a finger, and killed the king as quickly as a Hawk kills a sparrow. With a delighted look of power Feath tilted his head as a raven would do. He spied out the captain of the guard and said cunningly, "if you are wise you will tell his heir to heed our advice. Hivenest is our mountain to rule. And your kingdom is open to our talons whenever we so choose. I promise my swarm will not kill anyone else who is of importance to your rule, as long as we are kept separate from your laws. We cannot be tried by them. We cannot be asked to follow your traditions. We are our own nation and if you respect us we will let you live." "That is for the heir to decide." The captain said bravely back. Feath stretched out his neck and then recoiled into full human form. He walked down to the Captain who was behind four men. They practically fled down the bridge. The captain stood alone. Feath took the captains trembling hand and slid the kings bloody ring into it. "Very well. You have your order of rank. We Relitches delight in ranked systems. But know this, if your new king does not comprehend our ability to remove him from power, I am sure you will advise him strongly to reconsider, for knowing your own removel from life is soon to follow his death." The captain nodded. "I understand clearly." A week later a raven was sent with a message from the new king Glamor. He had accepted Feath's terms and laid out a list of even more freedoms for the Relitches to ensure his reign would be full in days. Feath and Glamor understood one another and from their rules we have our current imunuty for Relitches to the Lahtainyain law. They may wreck havoc on anyone with no title, take as they please, and torment; as long as they live no where else besides Hivenest in numbers greater than ten. Loving gold and all things that sparkle, it is common these days to have nobility hire Retches for body guards. Relitches even remain in the current King's castle. But do not be fooled. They are not servents, or even his citizens, though they be employed. They are equal to him, and only by their greed for gold do they put up with any humans. Even put up with the king.