Stone family

The  is one of three ancient clans, along with the Clay Family and Dust Family, who descend from champions of The Matron of Ravens. The Stone Family was tasked to create and protect the Menagerie.

Known Members
Unlike the Clays, who are all Firbolgs, and the dwarven Dusts, the Stones seem to include all races, perhaps indicating that it is a family by adoption rather than birth.
 * Eramis Stone (elf)
 * Mekatoth Stone (dragonborn)
 * Gima Stone (goliath)
 * Dara Stone (human)

History
The are descended from one of the three champions of The Matron of Ravens named Stone. The three champions debated what to do with the body of a hero of a recent conflict, since it could not be maintained within a city for unknown reasons. The Matron of Ravens told them to seek instruction from The Wildmother, saying she had taken what was hers already, and that she had no domain over the body that remained. The Wildmother instructed Stone to take the limbs of the hero to an oasis and create a Menagerie as a gift to The Changebringer, where he would feed the limbs to the beasts there. The other two champions took parts of the body to create burial locations as gifts for The Allhammer and The Archeart.

The descendants of these heroes protect and care for their sacred locations to this day, occasionally making pilgrimages to the other families when the need is dire. All three families assist the families of those who have died with funeral rites, each burying the bodies in their own way.

The Stone family's ritual for the final disposition of the dead includes a series of rites spoken over the body, which is prepared with salts and minerals that begin the process of decomposition. A sign or vision from The Changebringer or The Wildmother indicates to which beasts the body should be given, and the animals then consume it, eventually returning it to the earth.

Trivia

 * Fjord was given the last name of "Stone" in the orphanage where he was raised. He viewed it as a reminder that he was thrown away, like a valueless stone, and rejects the name, not using it.