A druid
Druid were originally members of the educated, elite class of the Celtic people of Gaul, the British isles, and possibly elsewhere in across Europe during the Iron Age.
Description[]
The druid class included law-speakers, poets and doctors, along with other practitioners of learned profession, the best known being the religious elders of the community. Leaders of druid circles are known as hierophants, if they are male, and flaminikas, if they are female.
Over time, the title of Druid has come to describe any practitioner of magic whose source power is drawn from nature and the animals that inhabit it. These often misunderstood protectors of the wild strive to shield their lands from all who would threaten them and prove the might of nature to those who lock themselves behind city walls. They take in wild animals and help them heal wounds and sickness, and also take in anything humans injured or orphaned.
Loyal practitioners of this magic are rewarded for their devotion with incredible powers that grant druids unparalleled shape-shifting abilities, the companionship of mighty beasts, and the power to call upon nature's wrath. The mightiest possess powers akin to storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes, along with the primeval wisdom long abandoned and forgotten by civilization.
Overview[]
Very little is known about the ancient druids as they are extremely private in their affairs and do not record what they have learned, instead keeping the knowledge they attained for themselves in the hopes that what they have recorded does not fall into malignant hands. Because of their secrecy, druids are often quite difficult to properly locate although it is possible to trace their activities as they do not stay in one spot.
They left no written accounts of themselves, and the only evidence are a few descriptions left by Greek, Roman, and various scattered authors and artists, as well as stories created by medieval writers. While archaeological evidence has been uncovered pertaining to the religious practices of the Iron Age people, "not one single artifact or image has been unearthed that can undoubtedly be connected with the ancient druids."
Various recurring themes emerge in a number of the Greco-Roman accounts of the druids, including that they performed animal and even human sacrifice, believed in a form of reincarnation, and held a high position in Gaulish society. Next to nothing is known for certain about their religious practices, except for the ritual of oak and mistletoe. They are even believed to have their own language which is a similar form of dialect by the Celts but one only unique to them.