The tengu are known to have settlements outside of the Dominion of Winds, often within its shadow, such as Hanto Trading Post and Ireko Tradecamp. Despite this, a growing number of individual tengu have been slowly opening up to the idea of building peace with the other races although they have yet to sway the majority of the tengu leadership to support their side. It takes them a long time to trust other races due to their history, and they require a lot of discussion among their high masters before they can commit to any kind of treaty with the other races. The tengu are filled with bureaucracy and warrior trials. Some tengu, however, seem to believe in loyalty, honor, and fate. Although the tengu houses have different cultures, they all fervently uphold three basic virtues: honor, family, and history. It is not known which houses correspond to which clans or tribes nor is it known which clans survived long enough to form the houses, although tengu from the Caromi tribe of Kryta are known to reside within the Dominion of Winds. They founded four houses-North, South, East, and West-which were named after the winds and allowed tengu clans from many corners of the world to preserve their unique cultures while unifying as a whole. The tengu's fight through the Risen armies of Orr necessitated the different clans' cooperation with one another. Most tengu speak Old Canthan, and treat tengu who do not with the same contempt with which they treat all outsiders. They apparently have some ancient, lost knowledge of the Elder Dragons (an awareness of the cyclic nature of their awakening, for example), but it is not known how they acquired it. The tengu are highly protective of their culture, and it is thought that this is a large contributory factor to their isolationism. The Dominion of Winds, as seen from Caledon Forest. In terms of tengu appearance, there is a large amount of variance from individual to individual, on a par with (or possibly even more so than) the charr. They have since learned to use the primitive tools and weapons once favored by humans, clutching them tightly in their talons. Tengu prefer raw meat for their diet, and although avian, they lost their ability to fly in the distant past. The females of their species have plainer plumage and are typically larger than males. Tengu are a bipedal humanoid race with usually slim, partially hunched, bodies.
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