The class that moves and reads the land.
Asymmetric by design — a carved Walnut splint on one shoulder, canvas wrap on the other — the way a scout's kit actually sits on the body. Quick, light-footed, drawn to high ground.
Strider
Strider is Emberline's Agile Vocation. Its material heritage is carved wood and hand-wrapped canvas — Walnut splints on the dominant side, Warm Parchment cord bound around limb joints, Moss Green cloth at the supporting accents. Forest Green light at the crown. The asymmetric shoulder is the read: if the two sides don't match, you're looking at a Strider.
Culturally, Striders come from the forest path, the ridge-line, and the high vantage point that sits on a route. They are the Motes most likely to know where a settlement's next claim should be, which ridge gives the best view of an approach, which path stays passable after dusk. A Strider's calling is movement that reads the land, not movement that escapes it.
Where the light comes from
Every Vocation carries a small family of colors — one on the Mote itself, the rest showing up across ornament, armor, and the places they gather.