Stone Warden

A curious race made from the rock of a mountain where they are birthed. Thes creatures do not tunnel they literally live in the rock of their native mountain.

They are able to pass through seams of rock matching their own as easily as humans pass through air. Rock of their mountain that does not match their own offers varying difficulties of terrain. Since different Stone Wardens within the same mountain are born of different stata this leads to ghettoisation within a community based on rack types.

Stone wardens that venture out of ther mountain of birth (some even venture int the 'air' and are often mistaken for golem or statues) find that on their return they have difficulty moving through their native rock. This difficulty increases the longer they are away. Stone wardens who stay away too long become 'lost' and are treated as if they are dead (even to the point that they are considered a sort of ghost if they eve try to return).

Lost Stone Wardens become outcast, even their family will refuse to acknowledge them. If they stay in the air too long they will lose the ability to pass through any rock, so even lost wardens can be found rock bathing in an attempt to stave off this exclusion.