Antarctican

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Those living on the southern continent Aphelion refer to themselves by the name of the galactic winds that directed them to this tropical-looking land of snow. Antarcticans are isolationist in nature, and have a strong bond between bands.

Stats

Etymology

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Galactic Ice

Diction

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ant'ark-tih-can

Lifespan

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240 – 280 years

Height

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160 – 183 cm / 5'3" – 6'
Roughly the same head height

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Population

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1,450,000

Language

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Su-ankh

Elements

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Gallery

Antarcticans

Renaissance Form

Renaissance Surviving the tundra is mostly due to the haemocyanin in their blood, giving it a blue-purple colour and making their skin mostly blue tones. Besides blue skin, they sport simple cat tails, claws, and their melanin pigmented inner ears and palms to trap heat. That pigmentation from the ears and nose often form patterns on the face as lines and shapes. Their hair colours are metallic shades, naturally heavy in metals.

Renaissance

They are proficient hunters and swimmers, though burn through a lot of energy, resulting in the need to sleep longer than any other taothomet. The time of day for this doesn't matter for them as they are cathemeral, and will often be seen passed out wherever they became tired.

Renaissance forms are very Shenuankh in morph, a large cat with a twist of frozen gargoyle in looks. Spines following down the back, a spaded tail, and around the neck a set of membrane-styled wings often used for wind-related hijinks.

Ileli

Aphelion

Antarcticans live in bands created as hunting parties, and settled in areas with dense food populations, usually Entlyu. They would occasionally meet and trade goods, on the basis of keeping each other alive; if one band had plenty of food and another didn't, they would not hesitate to share, as keeping their ilk healthy and alive was far more important than anything else. Today, the bands aren't as closely knit as they once were, as food supplies are more guarded, but the bonds they upheld are still intact. Each band is run by a group of its oldest members, normally three or five, replaced by a younger person when they feel they're too old—and for the more stubborn, when they die.

Socialising most often occurs around bonfires, which are normally needed only for two things: cooking meals, and warding off the animals and plants that wish to pester them while socialising. If they don't pass out at the bonfire outright, they will curl up inside their in-ground housing. These wooden homes are normally one large room, sometimes sectioned off, raised enough for short windows to allow in natural light. Decorations are made up of creations from pastimes, such as rock and gem carvings, bead-making, and rug-making.

Qitt Statuette

Art

Clothing comprised of large, ill-defined saddle stitching is not an indication of inabilities to render hide and textiles into wearable garments. It became a style choice of their culture as a homage to their ancestors, who mostly made clothing on the fly while travelling. Hides are used to protect mostly the forearms and head from weapons, fangs, and claws; almost everything else is just modesty and personal style. Their headdresses normally cover all of their hair, represent the wind's direction over their lives, and use them to display totems.

Weaponry

Weapons they create are made mostly from verdigris, such as daggers and javelins from the feniath trunks and branches, and arrow shafts and arrowheads from Ralera scales, with flights made of starspot. When they bother they're amazing metalworkers but usually stick to creating daggers and spearheads. Certain creatures, however, can destroy or control mineral-based objects and pure plant weapons become an effective replacement.

Bhelpowe An aery made of its namesake.

Much of their mythos are made up by anything around them, regarding everything as having a meaning and totem. These totems are tied to their calendar, where each day and month hold their own meaning, and play a large role in how one is to be treated within the tribe. Names and status factor into these, as they have become a superstitious people, and will apply these symbolisms into how they raise their children, or go about their daily lives.

GlyphPrimary TotemAttributeDayTime

MountainPowerDylennadraDay

LakeLuckDylennadraNight

UmeonFertilityUmeonDay

TownHealthUmeonNight

HillVitalityIoxetusDay

BasketProsperityIoxetusNight

TreeKnowledgeUllDay

EyeWisdomUllNight

IceStrengthLlosyllosDay

ArrowheadWealthLlosyllosNight

SkySkillXemDay

AeonAgilityXemNight

StarProtectionRinDay

HeartCourageRinNight

Daily Totem Hover over date for totem.

1 Reusokef

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
1 Kin	2 Yuutl	3 Stars	4 Astrolabe	5 Feniath Branch	6 Arrow	7 Fire
8 Nin	9 Map	10 Eye	11 Nu-Feledos Skull	12 Gold	13 Anvil	14 Esmetl
15 Hourglass	16 Mace	17 Hook	18 Rain	19 Aix	20 Basket	21 Feniath Leaf
22 Brooch	23 Key	24 Mirror	25 Garnet	26 Drum	27 Beads	28 Elrinel Fang
29 Xinvos	1	2	3	4	5	6

2 Shenumaf

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
29	1 Shenu	2 Bhelpowe Skull	3 Hammer	4 Nu-Feledos	5 Comet	6 Ralera
7 Tiles	8 Yeu	9 Hill	10 Yuutl Horn	11 Starspot Leaf	12 Cup	13 Estoile
14 Ice	15 Telqef Skull	16 Illandrach	17 Book	18 Trefoil	19 Pen	20 Etun
21 Uiestemach	22 Sound	23 Clarion	24 Spearhead	25 Compass (Tool)	26 Entlyu Hoof	27 Ralera Scale
28 Annulet	29 Vll Pylrok Tultama	1	2	3	4	5

3 Uemeset

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
28	29	1 Water	2 Umeon	3 Ebyllashutin	4 Glass	5 Aery
6 Vial	7 Esmetl Skull	8 Scissors	9 Axe	10 Bezant	11 Sapphire	12 Pennant
13 Bronze	14 Spear Lotus	15 Gwyirmir Beak	16 Triskelion	17 Gryphon	18 Air	19 Earrings
20 Lodestone	21 Arahi Claw	22 Esmetl Hoof	23 Ribbon	24 Entlyu	25 Dianocorobaos	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8

4 Djisenmat

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
20	21	22	23	24	25	1 Shield
2 Dylennadra	3 Inkwell	4 Uir	5 Blood	6 Agate	7 Yuutl Wing	8 Staff
9 Sewing Needle	10 Light	11 Diamond	12 Adze	13 Charm	14 Necklace	15 Telqef
16 Thread	17 Ball	18 Clock	19 Entlyu Skull	20 Anlakrengat	21 Comb	22 Qitt
23 Feniath	24 Cloud	25 Hyqqbhrys	1	2	3	4

5 Inhutef

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
23	24	25	1 Nenkhenythus	2 Ioxetus	3 Land	4 Carbuncle
5 Blade	6 Bhelpowe Fang	7 Sky	8 Wire	9 Paper	10 Lock	11 Arahi
12 Headdress	13 Scroll	14 Ciertes	15 Ylig	16 Roa	17 Compass (mariner)	18 Entlyu Antler
19 Belt	20 Crown	21 Aerogens	22 Bracelet	23 Wheel	24 Jug	25 Yuutl Skull
26 Arrowhead	27 Vase	28 Aeon	29 Tiandrenon	1	2	3

6 Teninef

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
26	27	28	29	1 Ull	2 Ullutyf	3 Coin
4 Town	5 Ink	6 Dice	7 Ralera Leaf	8 Bhelpowe (mineral)	9 Cloak	10 Ib
11 Wing(s)	12 Iron (tool)	13 Anlakrengat Claw	14 Lux	15 Lightning	16 Gwyirmir Skull	17 Bell
18 Cowl	19 Amulet	20 Talon	21 Plate	22 Caltrop	23 Paintbrush	24 Empyrean
25 Cyrosophas	1	2	3	4	5	6

7 Renwedat

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
25	1 Rinquilly	2 Verdigris	3 Ruby	4 Fountain	5 Rock	6 Billet
7 Anlakrengat Fang	8 Flute	9 Stardial	10 Arahi Skull	11 Ring	12 Bhelpowe Claw	13 Void
14 Well	15 Io	16 Bookmark	17 Knife	18 Heart	19 Lake	20 Ileli
21 Elrinel	22 Chisel	23 Starspot	24 Conch	25 Escarbuncle	26 Wind	27 Esmetl Tail
28 Telqef Horn	29 Rin	1	2	3	4	5

8 Aatuset

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
28	29	1 Llosyllos	2 Heka	3 Guitar	4 Volatiles	5 Qitt Skull
6 Yuutl Claw	7 Bow	8 Gwyirmir	9 Eoa	10 Lozenge	11 Bones	12 Volcano
13 Music	14 Metal	15 Hand	16 Chevron	17 Nail	18 Harp	19 Opannu Skull
20 Ice Pick Leaf	21 Chair	22 Opannu	23 Paint	24 Quartz	25 Ihmmyyat	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8

9 Genokef

D	U	I	U	L	X	R
20	21	22	23	24	25	1 Ubastyyat
2 Xem	3 Mountain	4 Bice	5 Bhelpowe	6 Snow	7 Toxin	8 Arahi Antler
9 Rug	10 Healing	11 Oua	12 Feather	13 Silver	14 Candle	15 Escutcheon
16 Jar	17 Obsidian	18 Elrinel Skull	19 Gwyirmir Wing Claw	20 Ienoch	21 Ice Picks	22 Soil
23 Mask	24 Sceptre	25 Diadem	26 Anlakrengat Skull	27 Spear	28 Gravity	29 Zunavo

Su-ankh is a mess of collected dialects and accents as they travelled around the world. They struggle to speak other languages properly, but that isn't a surprise, they also struggle with their own language. This had led to Antarcticans adopting exaggerated body language along the way as well, namely angry mannerisms and a lot of rude hand gestures.