9 PATHS

Here it is — all nine, in order: 1. **Scout** — Watches the edges. High in the branches, spots the storm three days out. Climbing leathers, rope, brass spyglass. 2. **Ranger** — Reads the trail. Finds the true root-pattern where false trails fail. Weathered oilskin coat, maps, walking staff. 3. **Druid** — Speaks to the roots. Binds the community as scar and promise, community first as practice. Moss and vine robes, wooden beads, seed-pod staff. 4. **Shaman** — Carries the rain. Drinks the lightning and turns the storm into a weapon. Feathered mantle, carved talismans, rain-stick staff. 5. **Mystic** — Sees past the bark. Reads the ancient rings, listens to ghosts in the grain. Undyed linen robes, eye cloth, prayer beads. 6. **Guardian** — Holds the line. Plants the petrified-oak shield where the light ends. Bark-plate armor, petrified-wood shield. 7. **Warden** — Keeps the forest. Carries the lantern, tends the company, gathers anyone who falls behind. Steward's coat, pruning blade, lantern. 8. **Berserker** — Breaks the silence. Loudest path — advances last with full weight and fire, delivers the final strike. Towering build, battle-scarred bark-and-iron plate, torn cloak, embers. 9. **Vanguard** — Walks in first. Leads through newborn light, banner and compass visible. Commander's coat, compass, banner standard. Same wood, same face, different calling —