Cam Corva

Cam Corva is a local folk hero of Angeltir held to have lived around 200 BU. He is known for resisting the forces of the Quirinal Empire through a combination of shrewd negotiations, cunning tricks and daring raids. It is for these three qualities (shrewdness, cunning and daring) that he is venerated today. Cam Corva was one of the eight children of Yric (a regional hero of Hawkhead), known collectively as the Eight Crows. According to legend these eight each founded a great family although only the Corva, Corvida and Coryc families are still extant (and there is some debate about the actual names of the other five families). Veneration of Cam Corva was for a long time practised only by the Corva family and some locals in the area south of Fallcrest around the town of Cambride, the location of the Corva family’s holdings. However, after the expulsion of the Baro family from the area in 209 AU, there was a revival of interest in all things associated with the Corvida and related families and so veneration of Cam Corva became more widespread. As such he is now regarded more as a local hero rather than just an ancestral one. Cam Corva’s epithets include “The Crowhand” and “Blackfeather”.Typically, veneration is expressed through the leaving of small gifts of glassware and feathers at his shrine. The shrine itself is an octagonal building about dark grey marble with a domed roof, about 15 miles south of Fallcrest.