Druids

Druid are a class of sorcerers who summon plants and animals or draw in and use their strength. A highly skilled druid could even shapeshift into animals and plants.

But the majority of druids can merely draw in a portion of an animals’ or plants’ strengths or communicate with existing animals and plants. But even druids with such ability are hard to find.

Background
500 years ago, a war between humans and Elves began. At the time, the humans were expanding their power through magical and technological advances. On the other hand, the elves settled in the Grain Mountain Range that bisected the continent and lived harmoniously with nature.

The humans who expanded their power and built towns and castles. The elves who cherished each and every single tree and blade of grass and were content with their lives. It was inevitable that these two diametrically different races would come into conflict with each other.

The humans invaded the elves of the Grain Mountain Range to control the entire continent and the elves fought back against the humans who laid waste to the forests, mountains, and rivers. At that time, the druids amongst the humans – who loved the plants, the forest, and the earth – sided with the elves. The humans were incensed by the druids’ betrayal. Their rage did not easily subside.

And so, the humans and elves’ war lasted over ten years. And in the end, the war ended with the humans’ triumph. To be exact, the elves, who saw the land and the forests become ill at the prolonged war, gave up their land and went into the vast forest in the continent’s south, thus putting a lackluster end to the war.

The humans celebrated, and from that point on, the continent’s history became the humans’ history. And true to their words during the war, the humans branded the druids as traitors and executed or threw them into jails. And the druids who barely managed to escape or hide lived their lives while hiding their identities. Despising the humans who executed or imprisoned druids as they pleased, and loathing the elves who threw them away like old shoes. Just like that, almost five hundred years passed by before the druids showed themselves.

Previous Timeline
As Clay never revealed himself, the druids also never received his invitation and didn't appear in the world.

Current Timeline
Clay, a druid and a high-level one at that, became a retainer of Roan. He used his cunning genius and reconnaissance ability through the use of animals to become one of Roan's high-level officers. He then contacted many of the hidden druids to come serve Roan with him and remind the world of the druids' forgotten might.

Soon, Bureau of Druids was established in the Tale Barony where the druids focused on training small animals to become spies or messengers and provided them to Agens and Tenebra Troop.