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The VairgitGods of the Arctic

by TerriblyUncreative

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Kevin tied the last knot and looked around the shambles

of the womans living room. Stealth was not one of

Kevins stronger skills, and he had been unable to catch

her by surprise as hed intended. He sighed and winced

at the shooting pain coming from his bruised ribs,

evoking a chuckle from Tulu, the ghostly raven perched

on the mantel. Glaring at his spirit guide, Kevin asked,

Is everything ready? We should get this done in casethe neighbors heard and called the cops Inspecting

the ritual items placed carefully around the room, Tulu

nodded. Dont be afraid to use the knife. I dont think

this one will go quietly.

Kevin turned to the unconscious woman that he had

trussed to her own couch and waved some smelling

salts under her nose. Ms. Jackson? Are you there?

Her eyes fluttered, then snapped open, coming into

wrathfully sharp focus on Kevin. Growling in a distinctlyunwomanly voice, she said, You know perfectly well that

shes not, Godling. Release me! She began struggling,

but the nylon cords that Kevin had bound her body

with were quite tight. Kevin sat down next to the couch.

Please, depart from this place. You are far from home,

and these people have done nothing to offend you. We

can do this the easy way or the hard way. Why are you

doing this?

She laughed, a slow, drawn-out cackle, We have been

liberated. The rules of your people no longer apply tous, and we have been given dominion of the Earth by

the Devourer! This is our home to do with as we please!

Now release this body so Ill have the pleasure of eating

your heart! Kevin drew a bladeless ivory knife handle

from his coat pocket. Right then. The hard way it is.

He pressed its tip against the womans chest and she

writhed and screamed as though an actual knife had

been plunged into her. Kevin withdrew the ivory, and she

coughed twice and fell still.

Kevin released the breath that hed been holding

moments later when Ms. Jacksons eyes fluttered open

once more, though her expression this time was full of

confusion instead of hatred. What happened? Who

are you? she asked in a weak voice. Kevin smiled as

he leaned down to untie the ropes that bound her, but

before he had a chance to explain the police kicked in

the door. Looking at Tulu (who, of course, only he couldsee) as he slowly raised his hands over his head, he asked,

You couldnt have warned me?

HISTORYAmong the tribes o the Arctic regions,

supernatural beings are known by various names

They are called Vairgit among the Chukchee,

Kamuy among the Ainu, Inue and Unipkaaqsamong the Inuit, and Ichchi among the Yakut.

Regardless o what they were called, the Arctic

Gods traveled rom tribe to tribe, some remaining

local to a single group, others going by many

names and wearing many aces. Though their

legends and traditions bear countless variations,

the core o their belies shares a similar essence.

Historically distrustul o outsiders, the various

bands o Gods that now compose the Vairgit only

ormed a loose association in order to imprison

the Titans during the irst War, then went their

separate ways and minded their own business.

The Kamuy o the Ainu were the irst to begin the

uniication o the pantheon. When the Japanese

settled Hokkaido and drove the Ainu northward,

the Amatsukami perpetuated a similar invasion

o the Kamuy Overworld. Those who escaped

turned to their neighbors to the North, the

Chukchee Vairgit o the Kamchatkan peninsula,

or sanctuary. Later, as Europeans pressedNorth and West rom the Americas and Canada,

Russians similarly pressed North and East. The

Arctic people ound themselves either conquered

or pushed towards the Paciic rom both sides.

Experiencing conlicts with strange oreign

Gods, the Vairgit bound themselves together in

the Inuit Overworld o Quidlivun and cemented

their loose conederacy into something more

permanent.

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RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

In spite o their proud, somewhat isolationist nature,

the Vairgit have come into conict with many

other Pantheons over the course o their history.

Their people have been hunted and persecuted

by ollowers o the Amatsukami, Rodovica, andCelestial Bureaucracy or ages on their Asian lands;

they came into similar contact with descendants

o the Aesir, Dodekatheon, Tuatha de Danaan,

and Nemetondevos more recently on their North

American shores. The Vairgit maintain de acto

alliance with the North American Manitou as their

various peoples share similar histories in recent

times.

PANTHEON VIRTUES

DUTY The communities o the Arctic are close-knit

and survive only through intense cooperation. The

Virtue o Duty reects these values.

ENDURANCE Lie at the Arctic Circle is rough

Endurance is airly sel-explanatory as a Virtue in the

tundra and taiga environments populated by the

Vairgits people.

HARMONY the Arctic tribes expressed a belie in

soul duality that is, souls having both light and

dark aspects. This idea o a balance o orces is rightin line with the Harmony Virtue.

VENGEANCE While laws in many communities do

not particularly emphasize punishment, the Arctic

people expect harsh retribution or violation o

spiritual taboos and rules, hence they uphold the

Vengeance Virtue.

OTHER VIRTUES

CONVICTION the Inuit did not worship or reverespirits o nature so much as they eared them.

Driving religious ervor espoused by the Conviction

Virtue is not a common trait among them.

COURAGE rites o passage include many dangerous

(to say the least) hunts, such as whales and polar

bears. Despite these sel-imposed challenges, Arctic

people were probably more concerned with survival

in the ace o adversity than pride.

EXPRESSION while oral histories and storytelling

are the main source o record-keeping among Arctic

tribes, the Expression Virtue does not hold the same

importance as in many other cultures.

INTELLECT the people o the Arctic accepted their

environment and role in lie; philosophical and

analytical introspection does not play a large part in

their mythologies.

LOYALTY while the Arctic people were not

treacherous or disloyal, bonds o loyalty between

individuals did not hold the same high place asbonds among the community as a whole.

ORDER In addition to the tight-knit sense o

community common among Arctic tribes, they

also ollow strict sets o laws and taboos governing

hunting and day-to-day behavior.

PIETY many tribes believed in soul reincarnation;

the idea that the ancestors would return to live

among them was a very important idea. Arctic tribes

were almost as intensely concerned with amily and

tradition as they were with community and order.VALOR hunters had strict rules governing

their hunting practices and rituals. The values

o protecting the innocent and ghting nobly

espoused by the Valor Virtue are not much o a

stretch or the Arctic tribes.

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THE GODSAnapelAnapel is known by many names among the Arctic

tribes. She is a goddess o birth and reincarnation,

bringing a childs soul rom the heavens and helping

to write his ate. She is responsible or naming

things. In the Overworld her home is in the center

o a lake o milk, representative o her role as a

nourisher o people. The spirits o trees, grass, and

plants are her servants in the World.

When Anapel appears in the World, she takes on

motherly, nurturing roles, almost always dealing

with children in some way. She has been a maternity

ward nurse, an orphanage nanny, and a tree nursery

owner. While she happily raises Scions o her own

she almost preers to adopt and sponsor others,betting her role as a shepherd o the unborn.

Anapel is a dedicated and attentive mother, though

she requently adopts more children or hersel than

she has the resources to properly manage. Anapels

children typically retain her protective and nurturing

aspects, and are oten already mothers when Visited.

Aka: Akna, Nalygyr-Aissyt-Khotun, Ajysyt, Khotun,

Ichita

Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Animal (Cattle),

Death, Fertility, HealthAssociated Abilities: Animal Ken, Empathy, Integrity,

Medicine, Presence, Survival

Rivals: Isis, Demeter, Frigg, Danu, Sarasvati

Fuchi KamuyFuchi Kamuy is the Ainu goddess o the hearth,

and one o the most important deities among their

people. She serves as a gateway between Gods and

mortals, dwelling in the hearth o each home as its

guardian and the judge o domestic aairs. Sometales ascribe her position as being so important that

she never leaves her home.

Fuchi Kamuy rarely leaves her assigned duties long

enough to sire a Scion o her own, she tends to

preer the adoptive route. When she does appear in

the World, she maniests in the role o an entrenched

household servant. Fuchi Kamuys Scions are

diplomats, negotiators, and mediators as oten as

they are domestic servants and guardians.

Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Epic Charisma, Fire,

Guardian

Associated Abilities: Art, Crat, Empathy, Integrity,

Medicine, Survival

Rivals: Hestia, Frigg

KutkhuSimilar in many ways to Raven o the North

American tales, Kutkhu occupies a very dierent

role in his pantheon. While he is credited with being

the creator (or at least, reorganizer) o the lands

known to the Siberians, he is eatured in stories as a

oolish character o low intelligence, outmatched in

cunning by nearly everyone who crosses his path;

more akin to Coyote than the master manipulator

Raven. Due to the harsh nature o the Siberian and

Canadian environments, his role in the creation story

is not an exalted one; observers would credit himwith making mountains and chide him or making

too many, credit him with making snow and blame

him or making it too cold, and so on. Many o his

indecent tales (most o which have embarrassing

and/or atal endings or him) seem to serve no other

purpose than the amusement o the people. In spite

o the rivolity assigned to his character, Kutkhu is

said to have been the rst to teach people how to

catch land and sea animals, use the re-drill, and

protect themselves against evil spirits.

When he appears in the World, Kutkhus guises

tend to continue his tendency to nd misortune.

He appears as an unaithul husband who loses

everything in the divorce, the gambler on a losing

streak, and the victim o medical malpractice. He is

equally comortable in his raven and human skins,

and requently blows his cover by orgetting which

one he was supposed to be wearing. Kutkhus ill

ate is almost always passed on to his progeny. His

Scions come rom all walks o lie, but eventuallymake their way to the gutter (where Kutkhu

requently nds them).

Aka: Tenan-Tomgin, Tulugaak, Big-Raven, Moshirikara

Kamuy

Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Animal (Raven),

Forge, Guardian, Illusion, Magic

Associated Abilities: Crat, Larceny, Occult, Science,

Stealth, Survival

Rivals: Odin, Apollo, The Morrigan, Raven

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NanookLord o the hunt across the icy plains o the rozen

tundra, Nanook takes the orm most oten o a giant

polar bear which is his namesake. The bear was a

sacred animal to the Inuit people, both as a powerul

hunter itsel and suitable prey to those who were

worthy. It was Nanook who decided i the people

had properly ollowed the taboos associated with

hunting the noble beast. Those who did not aced

the wrath o the great bear himsel.

Oten when he maniests in the World, he still retains

the appearance o a great bear. Though capable o

appearing in the orm o a man, his preerred orm

is still his natural one, even among humans. When

he does choose to show a human ace, however

(such as when wooing a emale to sire his young)

he typically appears in the guise o a great hunter,wearing the skins o slain polar bears and carrying a

spear even today. Most might pass this o as simply

being a man o the wilderness. Nanook does it

because he sees no reason to adapt to the times.

His Scions are similarly stuck in the past and

traditional ways. Many o them are born o

traditional Inuit villages, though such locations are

rapidly growing less and less numerous. When he

does go outside his traditional people, its usually to

nd women who will give him sons that are soldiersand warriors. His children oten ght or their cause

with an almost anatical loyalty. But they always

remember to ollow the rules, rarely breaking the

taboos associated with their eld o conict.

Aka: Nanuq, Kim-un Kamuy

Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Stamina, Epic

Perception, Animal (Bear), Justice

Associated Abilities: Animal Ken, Brawl, Fortitude,

Integrity, Survival, ThrownRivals: Haokah, TsulKalu, Artemis, Freyr

NuTenutNuTenut is the chie God o the Arctic. Most

creation myths credit Kutkhu with the creation o

the world, but note that his work was done only by

NuTenuts authority and command. NuTenut dwells

in a house o iron in the heavens, attended by both

celestial and terrestrial spirits. NuTenut is the most

distant o the Vairgit deities, becoming the least

directly involved with the aairs o mortals and othe

Gods alike. He once played a more active role in

managing his pantheon, but he has withdrawn since

his alling-out with his daughter, Sedna.

Introspective and aloo, NuTenut rarely leaves his

celestial house o iron. When he does, he appears

as an authority gure a quiet but efcient CEO,

a judge, or a nobleman. NuTenuts Scions otenhold similar positions o judicial or executive

power over others, and tend to be quiet, behind-

the-scenes leaders and manipulators. Converse

to his interactions with the World and the rest o

his pantheon NuTenut oten micro-manages his

Scions, showing them attention to a degree that

is overwhelming and somewhat uncomortable.

Some o his ellow Gods have speculated that he is

overcompensating or his estrangement rom Sedna,

but none have been able to get the two to reconcile.

Aka: Anguta, Ginon-Kanon, Numi-Toruni, Kandakoro

Kamuy

Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic

Manipulation, Epic Intelligence, Earth, Moon, Sky,

Star, Sun

Associated Abilities: Command, Empathy, Fortitude,

Integrity, Politics, Presence

Rivals: Zeus, Horus, Izanagi, Huitzilopochtli, Huang

Di, Perun, Mithra, Glooscap

PuguMost prominently worshipped among the Yukaghir,

Pugu is a God o justice and the sun. He is well-

known to be a deender o the oppressed and a

patron o law and good manners. He slays demons

and kelet with his sun-ail.

Pugu is very active in the World, risking Fatebonding

whenever possible in order to answer the call o the

oppressed in need o a rescuer or a titanspawn inneed o killing. His Scions inherit a similar crusader-

style mentality, and continue their divine athers

work in the World as beat cops, pro-bono deense

attorneys, and even exorcists.

Aka: Ignirtoq, Issitoq, Kun, Kun-Toyon, Akycha

Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Charisma,

Guardian, Justice, Sun

Associated Abilities: Command, Integrity,

Investigation, Melee, Politics, Presence

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Rivals: Horus, Apollo, Tyr, Shango, Nuada, Guan Yu

SednaSedna is unattainably beautiul, the true ice queen o

the Northern waters. She is haughty and arrogant,

desired by many but had by no one. She holds

others to impossibly high standards when her

ather NuTenut tried to marry her o to the men o

her village, none were good enough or her so she

married a dog to spite them all. When her ather

ound out, he threw her over the edge o his kayak

and into the reezing waters. When she tried to cling

to the side o the boat, NuTenut cut o the ngers

o her hand one by one until she let go. With that,

she sank to the bottom o the sea and her ngers

became the rst seals, walruses, and whales.

While not a god associated with Death, Sedna dwells

in the Underworld as its guardian. Already cast outo the world o the living she rarely leaves to walk

among them, preerring the company o the dead.

She has about as much use or the other gods who

may be ound there.

Sedna never dallies with mortal lovers, what ew

Scions she does take are adopted rom other gods.

While she most oten accepts Scions rom other

Vairgit when they arent wanted, she also has a great

interest in taking the Scions o the gods o death or

water rom other pantheons as well.

Aka: Arnarkuagsak, Sanna, Arnarquagssaq, Nerrivik,

Nuliajuk

Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina,

Animal (Dog, Seal), Frost, Water

Associated Abilities: Awareness, Command, Integrity,

Melee, Occult, Presence

Rivals: Masauwu, Raven, Hel, Hades, Mictlantecuhtli,

Izanami, Agwe, Xargi

TokoYotoTokoyoto is the crab god o the sea and creator o

the Pacic ocean. He shares mastery o this domain

with Sedna, holding power over lie and death in the

orm o the ood supply.

Tokoyoto is a ckle deity he appears as an old

man when his mood is cruel and as a young man

when his mood is mischievous. His Scions share

his connection with the production or denial o

ood, and oten with the sea. They are whalers or

environmental activists opposed to their hunting;

shers and armers or warlords who steal resources

or themselves.

Aka: Anky-Kele, Keretkun, Repun Kamuy

Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Animal (Crab,

Orca), Fertility, Water

Associated Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics,Awareness, Brawl, Control, Survival

Rivals: Susano-o, Poseidon, Mananaan Mac Lir, Njord

XargiXargi is a guardian o the dead and the bear-brother

o NuTenut some say that he is the chie Gods

Tornak ascended to the status o a God himsel.

Shamans hold him as a common ancestor. In

addition to carrying prayers o remembrance rom

the living to the dead, he searches the Underworldor the shadow-soul o the dead in order to deliver

them to Anapel or reincarnation. Xargi has many

animal associations, notably bears, seals, snakes, and

spiders. He maniests either as a bear or a tall, one-

armed man.

Xargi is an Underworld deity who is perectly

content to move among the living. As a seeker

o souls, he travels reely where he chooses. As a

bearer o prayers and memories, he takes his duties

seriously, but with good spirits and good humor.Xargi appears in the World as an estate lawyer,

a missing person or homicide detective, and a

medium.

Aka: Mangi, Tornarsuk, Torngarsuk, Ulu-Toyon,

Nusakoro Kamuy

Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Animal (Bear),

Death, Guardian, Health, Psychopomp

Associated Abilities: Awareness, Fortitude,

Investigation, Medicine, Occult, SurvivalRivals: Yanluo, Izanami, Masauwu, Hades, Sedna

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PANTHEON

PURVIEW

ANGAKOONEKAngakoonek is the legendary power possessedby the angakok the shamans o the North and

passed on to the Scions o the Vairgit. Angakoonek

is a state o higher being and awareness that allows

inuence over the souls o other beings, things, and

concepts.

Nalussaerunek (Angakoonek 1)Cost: (1/2 Angakoonek rating) Legend per scene

Nalussaerunek is a state o not being unconscious

o anything, a state that must be achieved beoreyou can aect and interact with the spirit world.

Starting with this Boon and or each subsequent dot

o Angakoonek, you may add one o the ollowing

eects to your perceptions while this power is active:

Death Senses, Weather Witch, Assess Health, The

Unlidded Eye, Measured Foe, Fool Me Once, Real

McCoy, Scent the Divine, Unailing Recognition, and

Telescopic Senses (you do not actually learn the

Boons and Knacks represented here, Nalussaerunek

only duplicates their eects or the scene). An action

o concentration is required or you to ocus yourperception or the scene.

Atiq (Angakoonek 2)Atiq is the name soul, part o the soul that lingers

ater a living thing dies. The Inuit tribes believed that

a spirit, i not properly placated, would take revenge

on its killer ater death. Ater killing something, you

may perorm a brie ritual, a Charisma + Occult roll

with a difculty equal to the slain things Legend. I

the ritual is perormed within the same scene, youthereater gain your Legend as bonus successes to

DV, Soak, or any contested and resisted rolls when

deending against whatever powers that spirit

may bring to bear against you at any later time. I

you perorm the ritual on your action immediately

ollowing the killing instead o a time later in the

scene, you additionally regain a point o Legend.

Note that any killing perormed in association

with this Boon must have some purpose, be it or

ood, survival, sel-deense, or even revenge. Cold-

blooded murder or the sake o this Boon acting as

a Legend battery is not a suitable justication or its

use.

Ekungassok (Angakoonek 3)Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult

Cost: 1 Legend + 1 Willpower

Ekungassok are spirits that could be called upon

to be advisors or inormers, assist ones in danger,

or aid in revenge. Every two successes on the

activation roll summons a local spirit that is the

equivalent o one ghost (based on a generic mortal)

that will aid you in whatever way it can or the rest

o the scene. By spending ve successes, you can

increase the value o the base template (or ve extra

successes, you can get spirits with equivalent traits

to a thug instead o a generic mortal, or another

ve successes they would have equivalent traits to a

grunt soldier, and so on). While standard ghosts maynot be o much help in directly aecting the physical

world, they are very useul spies and scouts, and can

help to directly combat hostile spirits.

Tetkeyun (Angakoonek 4)Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult vs. Stamina + Fortitude

Cost: 1 Willpower

Tetkeyun is the vital orce o a living being. In

addition to a living thing having its own soul, parts

o a living thing have little souls o their own

damage to these souls can inhibit unctions to those

parts o the body (or instance, one whose nose is

easily rostbitten is said to be short o soul). With

the Tetkeyun Boon, you can cause this spiritual

damage to others, aecting a single limb or part o

the body with a die penalty equal to your threshold

successes. Ten or more threshold successes results in

total impairment o the aected limb or organ. The

ill eects last or the rest o the scene.

Urif (Angakoonek 5)Shamans, chies, and the wealthy are said to possess

more souls, or uri, than an average mortal. Upon

purchasing this Boon, you acquire an extra soul. Any

time you suer Aggravated damage, you can choose

instead or your uri to suer the damage. Your uri

has your base Health Levels (not including those

provided by Epic Stamina), plus one extra or each

level o Angakoonek that you posses. I your uri

runs entirely out o Health Levels, it is destroyed.

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Tarnerutok (Angakoonek 6)Dice Pool: Stamina + Occult


Tarnerutok is the act o severing the soul rom the

body. Normally, this is only done when the living

are ill or dead, but angakok and Scions can do it

on purpose. Your spirit is invisible and intangible

to those without the appropriate Death Boons

or Birthrights and can y at (normal movement x

Endurance Virtue) speeds. The spirit can remain

separate rom the body or hours equal to your

activation successes beore it must return (suering

a level o Aggravated damage each minute that it

does not, dying i it does not return to the body in

time). While perorming a spirit ight you cannot

access any supernatural abilities that interact with

the physical world, however you may bring your

ull capabilities to bear against spiritually-ormedopponents, ghosts, and specters, as well as any

mortals to whom you are Fatebound.

Anirniq (Angakoonek 7)Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult


Even though each individual soul is unique,

souls belonging to the same kind o thing have

metaphysical aspects in common. The power o

Anirniq allows you to take on the properties o a

class o spirits by taking on their name. By invoking

the name o one o the elements, you can assume

the properties o its corresponding Titanic Template

or one action per success on your activation roll.

Arnuat (Angakoonek 8)Dice Pool: Charisma + Crat

Cost: 5 Legend

You can leave a residue o your power in any

object that you touch. For one day per success,

you can designate an object to be a sacred amulet,unctioning as an Arnuat (see Birthright Relics

below) and providing access to all Purviews in which

you have an 8th-level or higher Boon.

Niqipiaq (Angakoonek 9)Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult

Cost: 1 Willpower

Niqipiaq is an Inuit word or ood, a concept that

the Siberian and Inuit tribes were acutely aware

coincided with souls given their meat-heavy diet.

Any time you kill a living thing, you may perorm

a brie ritual on the ollowing action to swallow its

spirit and use its power beore sending it on its way.

Your Legend Pool is increased by the swallowed

spirits Legend until the new points have been used

up and whatever is let o that soul may continue on

its way.

Etinvit (Angakoonek 10)Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult


The soul o a thing be it a person, animal, natural

eature, or concept is said to be its owner or master

You can impose you mastery o a concept on those

around you, aiding your allies and hindering your

enemies that make use o your power. Etinvit can be

invoked or any Purview in which you have 8th-level

or higher Boons. For the rest o the scene, you canaect up to one target other than yoursel or each

dot o your Legend. Your successes become bonus

dice or your allies to use Boons or supernatural

eects related to the Purview that you are imposing

mastery over; hal your successes become a difculty

penalty or your enemies to use those same Boons.

Titans and Titan Avatars, already being the ultimate

expressions o a Purview, are immune to this eect.

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BIRTHRIGHTS

RELICS

The Spear of Nanook

(Relic 5 1 Purview, 4 Item Enhancements)Nanook, great bear hunter o the Inuit people, otenpreers to ght with his bare hands rather than any

weapon. However, he does still possess a mighty

spear which he is known to use on more than one

occasion. Its still not his preerred weapon though,

and its not unheard o or a Scion o Nanook to be

leant the use o the spear or a time. The spear takes

the shape o a long hat, at least six eet in length,

with a the spearhead ormed orm the mandible o

a great beast. The sharp and jagged teeth still line

one edge o the jawbone which is sharpened at theend, allowing or both slashing and stabbing. The

weapon uses the stats or a tepoztopilli with an

additional +4 to Damage. It also allows access to the

War Purview.

Pugus Sun-Flail

(Relic 5 2 Purviews, 1 Unique Power, 2

Item Enhancements)Pugus avorite weapon rarely leaves his side, but

he has been known to lend its use to particularlyvalorous Scions. Pugus ail appears as a simple

arming tool composed o two sticks joined with

hemp, bearing a bronze weight on one end. When

wielded in battle, the bronze striking weight burns

with the light o the sun and its bearers Legend.

Pugus Flail channels the Sun and Justice Purviews,

deals +2 damage over the nunchaku template, and is

capable o striking intangible ghosts and spirits like

the Celestial Bureaucracys exorcists sword.

Arnuat

(Relic 2-5 1-4 Purviews, 1 Unique Power)Arnuat are amulets, small articles carried on a

person or inserted into his weapons. Any item that

was believed to be once held by one o the Gods

retained the touch o their power. Arnuat were

typically crated rom animal materials; the spirit

o the animal would have an eect on the type o

powers that it would supply to its bearer. Arnuat

would also protect their bearers rom kusuinek the

Siberian concept o witchcrat providing a difculty

penalty equal to the bearers Legend to any harmul

Magic spells used on him.

Nusa

(Relic 1 Birthright Link)Nusa are sacred carved wands used by the Ainu

in rituals to represent gods and spirits. Nusa canchannel Purviews, but are most typically used as a

link to Guides, Creatures, or Followers.

Pok

(Relic 3 1 Unique Power)A pok is a bag made o the skin o a particular kind o

animal. A Scion that bears one o these can acquire

the shape o that animal or the rest o the scene by

spending a point o Legend.

Mammoth Ivory

(Relic 3-5 1-3 Purviews, 1 Birthright Con-

nection (Creature), 1 Unique Power)Siberian oral tradition remembers the wooly

mammoth. Preserved remains o the great beast

are sometimes still ound rozen in glacial ice. In

some stories, sighting a mammoth is an ill omen,

in others it can be o great benet. In one tale,

some hunters ound across a rozen mammoth,

perormed the proper rituals o respect, and brought

its meat back to the village. When they returned tothe site the next morning, they ound the carcass

bones mended and meat renewed. Powerul

taboos surround carving mammoth ivory, so a

Relic made rom it is valuable in more ways than

one. A mammoth ivory carving can be made into

a suitable Birthright to channel the Magic, Frost, or

Animal (Mammoth) Purviews. I a Scion is gited

with a Nemean Mammoth as a Creature Birthright,

the ivory can serve as a Birthright Link. Lastly, the

ivory may have a power like the one in the story; byspending a point o Legend, you can renew the meat

rom the bones o a consumed meal as long as it is

let alone overnight.

Soul Cutter

(Relic 4 2 Unique Powers, 1 Item En-

hancement)Soul Cutter appears to be an amulet or charm

about ve inches long carved rom walrus ivory in

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the shape o a bladeless knie handle. Only those

who observe the knie with Death Senses or similar

powers can see the ghostly, insubstantial blade.

While a bladeless knie is not a useul weapon

against most corporeal opponents, Soul Cutter is

able to directly harm insubstantial spirits even i

they possess a physical being and without harming

the possessed body. Soul Cutter is also eective

against those who practice kusuinek, or magic orselsh ends the weapons intangible blade cuts

beings that can use the Magic Purview and adds +1

bonus dice to its damage or every level o Magic the

target has. Because its blade is invisible as well as

insubstantial it is more difcult to avoid, granting it a

+1 Accuracy bonus.

GUIDES

Tunek(Guide 3-5)A tunek (plural: tornit) is an eminent inue o the

inland areas o the North. Their dwellings are partly

situated in areas visited by men, but the entrances

are hidden by oliage and soil. Tornit are twice

the size o men, but lead the same liestyle. They

travel to the sea to hunt in oggy weather, but do so

without kayaks, sitting on the waters surace. They

are wise men, and know the thoughts o men beore

they are spoken. Tornit use the traits o a Legend6 Elder Giant with (Legend -2) Epic Manipulation,

Epic Intelligence, and Epic Wits. They typically have

(Legend -1) Magic and Mystery as well.

Aunralit

(Guide 1-4)Forests, lakes, rivers, and types o animals are

animated by spirit masters, called aunralit. Aunralit

unction much like Nymphs or Kunitsukami (see

Scion: Hero).

FOLLOWERS

Imainak Ingitsut

(Followers 3-5)Imainak ingitsut are not o common kind, not like

other people. They are otherwise normal humans

gited with special endowments in the service o the

people and the Gods. Imainak ingitsut are otherwise

as any kind o appropriate mortal template with the

ollowing additions: Legend 2, Occult 3, Medicine

3, Epic Perception at (Legend -1), The Unlidded

Eye, Death Senses, and Assess Health (the eects

o these Boons are innate powers and do not

require Birthrights to channel). Imainak ingitsut are

inherently resistant to the machinations o what the

Siberian and Inuit people perceived as witchcrat;

all uses o Magic, Mystery, and Prophecy againstthem gain a difculty equal to their Legend. Imainak

ingitsut have a Follower rating two dots higher than

the mortal template (anywhere rom generic mortals

to experienced soldiers) that they are based on.

Their base Legend can be increased by 1 or each

extra dot added to their Birthright cost.

Yara

(Followers 3)

Yara are spirits o tents and houses (much likeHidden Folk see Scion: Ragnarok) that will

maintain and protect their dwelling. I their house is

abandoned, they turn into kelet (see below).

CREATURES

Tornak

(Creature 4)A tornak is a spirit assistant. Since Kutkhu was the

rst to teach the Northern people shamanism,a tornak is most oten represented as a raven

(however, i you identiy strongly with another type

o animal spirit, the tornak will take that orm). In its

role as an assistant and amiliar, a tornak can assist

with rituals and Occult rolls (oering a bonus die to

teamwork rolls).

A tornak takes the orm o an animal with both

the Nemean and ghost templates with a Legend

rating that remains two lower than yours. It gainsve Virtue dots to divide between the Vairgit

Virtues when this Birthright is purchased. Its Epic

Attributes do not have to be Physical in nature,

they can be divided however you choose. Due to

its insubstantial and invisible (without the proper

Knacks or Boons to perceive spirits) nature, a tornak

may be o little direct aid in combat unless one is

battling evil spirits. In its role as a guardian spirit, a

tornak can use any and all Guardian Boons that you

know without needing a Birthright to channel them,

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but it can only use them on you.

Nemean Mammoth

(Creature 5)Apply the Nemean template to an elephant (see

Scion: Hero), then add +2 to Strength and Stamina

and the Frost Immunity Boon. Mammoths were

oten a sign o ill ortune due to the powerultaboos and rules concerning their remains living

mammoths are servants o the kelet as oten as

they are servants o the Vairgit. Though a Nemean

mammoth is a very powerul ally, its tremendous size

(24 eet at the shoulder!) makes it impractical in any

situation that requires nesse or subtlety.

Tupliaq

(Creature 3, Relic 2 1 Purview, 1 Birth-

right Connection)The tupilaq is not a creature that many o the Gods

or Scions are eager to speak about. The creatures

creation is oten taboo and the uses or the creature

are meant to be kept secret. The tupilaq is an

avenging creature o Inuit legend that is created

rom using various objects such as body parts (bone,

hair, etc...) and sometimes body parts taken rom

the corpses o children. The resultant creature is an

abomination to behold. No two ever look the same,

but all o them are monstrous, with bulging esh,

emaciated limbs, open, weeping sores and otherdisguring traits.

The true horror o the tupilaq however, is that

despite the act that it is a skilled hunter and never

gives up its prey once it has it, i it is sent to hunt

down a creature o Legend, the target may redirect

the tupilaq back at its master. This becomes easier

as the tupilaq continues to kill unless its owner takes

steps to ensure that its wickedness does not grow.

The wickedness o the tupilaq is linked to the actions

o its summoner. Each time the tupilaq is sent to killa target, it gains a Rapacity rating. The higher its

Rapacity, the more likely it is to turn on its master. Its

Rapacity may be kept in check by having the owner

make public conessions regarding the actions o

the tupilaq to others. I the act o summoning and

dispatching the tupilaq is made a public spectacle,

the creature does not gain the Rapacity. Regardless,

the tupilaq always has at least a Rapacity o 1. It can

never be cleansed ully. This Rapacity replaces the

creatures Duty in its Virtue rating. The tupilaq hunts

or the sake o indulging in its twisted pleasures, not

out o any real loyalty or its master.

While these creatures originate among the

Inuit people, the Gods o the Inuit people

look disavorably upon the creation o these

monstrosities. They are untrustworthy, unreliable

and ultimately dangerous. Still, its not unheard oor a Scion o Sedna to have such a creature in her

possession, especially in this time o war when no

advantage can be let unconsidered. They are oten

given a small gurine o the tupilaq carved rom

whale bone or the tusks o narwhals or walruses. In

addition to summoning to tupilaq rom the nearest

body o cold water (even a cup o ice water will do as

the creature claws and scrapes its way rom the glass

and expands to its ull size in a grotesque display o

displaced esh), the gurine also gives access to theDeath Purview.

Virtues: Endurance 4, Rapacity 1 (at rst), Order 1,

Vengeance 2

Strength 7, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5, Charisma 0,

Manipulation 0, Appearance 0, Perception 6,

Intelligence 2, Wits 4

Athletics 3, Awareness 5, Brawl 4, Fortitude 3,

Investigation 4, Presence 4 (Intimidation only),

Stealth 3, Survival 4

Supernatural Powers:Epic Attributes - Epic Strength 2 (Crushing Grip, Holy

Rampage), Epic Dexerity 1 (Monkey Climber), Epic

Stamina 2 (Holy Fortitude, Damage Conversion),

Epic Perception 2 (Predatory Focus, Supernal Hunter,

Telescopic Senses)

Invisibility - The tupilaq must oten go places where

it must go unseen. By spending two Legend, the

tupilaq may make itsel completely invisible or the

scene. Beings with supernatural perceptions may

roll Perception + Awareness against the tupilaqs

Wits + Stealth to notice its arrival.

Rapacious Turncoat - I a being o Legend notices the

tupilaq coming or him, he can make a Legend roll

(difculty o the owners Legend minus the tupilaqs

Rapacity rating, minimum difculty o 1). I the

target succeeds, the tupilaq hesitates in its attack

agains tthe target and then retreats, changings its

ocus to hunting its master instead. I the owner

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makes a public conession o the tupilaqs actions to

someone who didnt already know about them, then

the tupilaq will hold o in its attack and revert to

the owners control again. This also causes it to lose

a point o Rapacity as long as this doesnt reduce it

below 1.

Claws and Teeth - The tupilaq typically has sharp

claws and teeth which add +2L to unarmed attacksand allow it to perorm a Bite attack.

Health Levels: -0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-2/-2/

Incap

Willpower: 6

Legend: 3, Legend Points: 9

Notes: Due to being composed o multiple body

parts, the tupilaq treats damage as i he wereundead. He takes bashing damage rom rearms

attacks and may soak lethal damage with his ull

Stamina. Note, however, the tupilaq is not truly

undead, merely takes damage like it.

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SCION

Kevin Quinn, Scion of Kutkhu

Kevin Quinn grew up in the oster home system

in and around Seattle. Every home that he

stayed in suered some sort o tragedy during

his stay there the dog got hit by a car, thebreadwinner was laid o, the house burned

down while they were away, and so on. While

Kevin was never directly connected or even

suspected o being the source o these troubles,

he was a bright enough youth to start seeing the

common denominator in each o these domestic

disasters.

Kevin received his Visitation rom Kutkhu

and was told at the age o 16 that he was the

reincarnation o the Inuit hero Kiviuq. He took it

upon himsel to carry on that heroic legacy and

help people suering rom the depredations

o the kelet, though his athers ill ortune

continued to ollow him. Every situation, no

matter how careully executed, where he ound

himsel able to help someone would invariably

result in some sort o negative consequence to

himsel.

Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina

4, Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2,

Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 4

Abilities: Animal Ken 1, Athletics 1, Awareness

3, Brawl 1, Command 2, Empathy 2, Fortitude 3,

Integrity 3, Melee 2, Medicine 3, Occult 3, Presence 3,

Survival 3

Virtues: Duty 4, Endurance 5, Order 1, Vengeance 1Willpower: 9

Legend: 2

Epic Attributes: Epic Stamina 1 (Solipsistic Well-

Being), Epic Charisma 1 (Boys Will Be Boys), Epic Wits

1 (Psychic Proler)

Boons: The Unlidded Eye (Magic 1), Peaceul Meeting

(Magic 1), Ariadnes Thread (Magic 1), Measured

Foe (Magic 1), Vigil Brand (Guardian 1), Animal

Communication Raven (Animal 1), Nalussaerunek

(Angakoonek 1)

Birthrights:

(4) Relic: Raven-Feather Pok: Channels Animal

(Raven) Purview, allows shapechanging into raven

orm or 1 Legend

(3) Relic: Arnuat: Channels Magic and GuardianPurviews, adds Legend as difculty to harmul Magic

used on wearer

(4) Relic: Soul Cutter (see above)

(4) Creature: Tulu (Raven Tornak)

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COSMOLOGY

UNDERWORLD: ADLIVUN

The earth and sea rest upon pillars it is between

those pillars that the dead nd Adlivun, the

Underworld o the Vairgit. Unlike Quidlivun and theparts o the World with which the Arctic people are

amiliar, Adlivun is warm and abundant in ood. It is

the home o the arsissut, the happy dead. Arsissut

are sent here or a year to be puried beore either

being sent to Quidlivun as punishment or their

misdeeds in lie or sent by Anapel back to the World

to be reincarnated.

Passages

Adlivun can be reached by entering any glacialcavern deep enough to be shielded rom the sun,

be it on land or sea. By traveling downward and

spending a point o Legend, a Scion can enter the

upper reaches o Adlivun.

OVERWORLD: QUIDLIVUN

Quidlivun is the Land o the Moon, the Overworld

home o the Vairgit tribes. Its terrain is similar to

that known by the Arctic tribes, bearing mountains,valleys, lakes, and seas, all typically covered in

ice and snow. Quidlivun is set on a transparent

rmament, like a clear dome overlooking the World

its waters are perectly clear, allowing a resident or

visitor to directly perceive through the oundation

and view the World itsel. Quidlivun rotates

above a point corresponding with the North Pole,

allowing the Vairgit to view much o the Northern

hemisphere.

The Arctic dead who have not earned themselvesthe right to reincarnation are collected by Xargi and

sent to Quidlivun. They become servants in the iron

house o NuTenut, playing sports with a walrus head

or the amusement o the Gods.

Axis Mundi: Worlds EndIt is said that the sky and sea meet one another

beyond the reach o human sight. By sailing to the

end o the sea, one reaches the beginning o the

sky. In order to reach Quidlivun, one must travel to a

eatureless point be it ocean or tundra. When there

is nothing and no one else in sight, the traveler can

spend a point o Legend to transport himsel to the

borders o Quidlivun.

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SINCE THE SIEGE: ICE CALVING

Calving is the process by which icebergs break

o o a glacier and drit into the ocean. Since its

escape rom Tarterus, the Titan Sila has surrounded

Quidlivun and initiated a similar process there. Parts

o the Vairgit Overworld will break o and drit

in the insubstantial sea o souls that surrounds it,

eventually consumed by hostile kelet. The edges

o Quidlivun have a broken appearance, like little

islands o reality oating in the void.

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SILA

TITAN OF SOULSAmong the Arctic tribes, Sila was the name or the

concept o the soul, the undamental component

o all that exists. Sila was ever-present, but rarely

personied in their stories and never depicted,believed to be ormless. Sila is the Titan o Souls,

the primordial essence o lie and intelligence

itsel. While the various matronly Avatars o Terra

produce lie and birth it into the physical world, it is

Silas essence that gives lie sentience, personality,

and individuality. As their originator, Silas power

holds sway over spirits in all orms: the spirits o the

inanimate, the living, the dead, and the yet-to-be-

born.

The entire realm o Sila is like the soul completely

insubstantial. It appears as a ghostly grey version

o whatever realm it was accessed rom, with the

material world visible as i through og. Sila can be

accessed through any Worldly, Overworld, or Titan

realm (but not the Underworld). Anyone wishing to

travel to Sila must simply sever their soul rom their

body (a task more easily undertaken by some than

others) and spend a point o Legend to transport

their soul there. Sila is unique among Titans in that

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a God can enter it in an insubstantial orm without

being consumed by the Titans energies. Despite

being insubstantial, the God is still vulnerable to the

touch o Aetheric creatures, and the ravenous kelet

pose a constant danger.

Favored Purviews: Death, Health, Magic,

Psychopomp, SkyBanned Purviews: Darkness, Earth

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Aetheric TemplateAny creature can obtain the Aetheric Template,

becoming insubstantial and invisible as though

they were specters. Aetheric creatures may directly

combat other Aetheric creatures, ghosts, specters,

and other insubstantial spirits even Gods in their

intangible orm as i they were physical beingsusing their normal traits and attributes. By spending

a point o Legend, Aetheric creatures may directly

attack the soul o a physical being, even i it is

protected by its physical orm. When doing so, the

attacking Aetheric creature removes its appropriate

Epic Attribute rom its damage roll, but the deender

uses its Aggravated Soak instead o the appropriate

Bashing or Lethal Soak. Such attacks ignore all orms

o armor completely.

Aetheric creatures are immune to Boons romthe Psychopomp and Health Purviews unless the

user is two Legend higher. Aetheric creatures are

considered two Legend lower against Boons rom

the Darkness and Earth Purviews.

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AVATARS OF SILA

Arsan Duolai (Dominant Avatar of Sila)

Aka: Allara-Ogonr, Khul, Todote, Nitne, Ulu-Toyon, Pakoro KamuyArsan Duolai was a ruler o the ancient Underworld,

a despot and a leader among the kelet. He was

known as devourer o souls and bestower o

diseases, one who was assuaged by blood sacrices

(cattle, horses, and humans being his avorite). A

monstrous gure clothed in blood-matted urs,

Arsan Duolais twisted ace has a mouth on his

orehead and his eyes on his temples.

Joining with Sila and inuencing its power to

the side o the other Titans, Arsan Duolai was

naturally imprisoned with them when the Gods

were victorious. Over the intervening centuries,

he wrested control o the once-benevolent kelet

rom the insubstantial Aether and the indierent

Paramatman, becoming the dominant Avatar o the

Titan. Since then, he has subverted the Titans orces

to his desire to consume the spirit o everything that

lives the Soul o the Universe is under his inuence,and he sees a grave injustice in the remainder o

creation not ollowing suit.

Arsan Duolai has a dice pool o 22 or all actions and

avors Social Attributes.

Virtues: Ambition 4, Malice 2, Rapacity 5, Zealotry 3

Supernatural Powers:

Avatars: The Scourge, The Reaper

Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon rom every

Purview except Darkness and Earth which areorbidden. He also possesses all Boons rom the

Health, Death, and Angakoonek Purviews.

Willpower: 9; Legend: 11, Legend Points: 121

Aether (Avatar of Sila)Aether is the personication o the souls

insubstantiality, the maniestation each breath taken

by a living thing.

Aether has a dice pool o 22 or all actions and avors

Mental Attributes.Virtues: Ambition 4, Malice 2, Rapacity 3, Zealotry 3


Avatars: The Way


Purview except Darkness and Earth which are

orbidden. He also possesses all Boons rom the

Psychopomp and Arete (Integrity) Purviews.


Paramatman (Avatar of Sila)Paramatman is the Supreme Sel o the Universe,the collective soul o everything that exists.

Paramatman exists in a near-constant state o

disembodied contemplation.

Paramatman has a dice pool o 24 or all actions and

avors Mental Attributes.



Moksha Paramatman exists in a permanent state o

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Moksha, as per the Samsara 10 Boon.

Avatars: The Wyrd, The Way


Purview except Darkness and Earth which are


Psychopomp, Magic, and Samsara Purviews.


LESSER CREATURES OF SILA

KeletThe kelet (singular: kele) are the evil spirits o

the earth. Many o them start their existences as

ordinary inue, tornak, and aunralit until a ailure on

the part o a mortal to show proper respect drives

them to revenge. Kelet are cannibalistic and bring

disease and death wherever they go. Kelet use the

traits o Specters (see Scion: Hero), but have access

to Health and Death Boons equal to their (Legend -1)and the aetheric template.

OTHER AVATARS

Kinije (Avatar of Zrvan)Kinije is the Avatar o Zrvan that is responsible or

the orward movement o time.

Kinije has a dice pool o 20 or all actions and avors

Mental Attributes. He preers to outwit, outthink,

and outwait obstacles rather than engage in direct

conrontations.



Avatars: The Crown, The Way, The Wyrd


Purview except Fire and Magic which are orbidden.

He also possesses all Boons rom the Stars, Prophecy,

Psychopomp, and Angakoonek Purviews.


Pauchi Kamuy (Servant of Hundun)Pauchi Kamuy was once the Ainu God o insanity,

born in the Overworld but incessantly descending

to the World to inict suering and madness on

mortals. During the original Titanomachy, Pauchi

Kamuy sided with the Titans and was locked into

Tarterus with them when they were deeated. Since

their escape, he quickly latched onto Hundun as a

source o additional power and has added revenge

to his repertoire o shenanigans.

Pauchi Kamuy has a dice pool o 20 or all actions

and avors Social Attributes.



Avatars: The Void

Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon rom everyPurview except Justice and Guardian, which are


Chaos and Angakoonek Purviews.


Kigatilik (Avatar of Soku-No-Kumi)Like his children the wendigo, Kigatilik looks like

he should have died o exposure centuries ago.

His body is thin, rail and covered with bleeding

sores and nests o maggots. His eyes are sunk backinto his head and his teeth are gnarled, twisted

imitations o bone. Lips have been practically

chewed o, leaving only a skeletal snarl. His

hands are bony, deprived o esh entirely and his

ngerbones are twisted into jagged claws. He is

the pure embodiment o what his wendigo children

represent.

And yet, despite all that, Kigatilik is not consumed

by the hunger like his children are. Kigatilik IS the

hunger. He represents the all-consuming powero the darkness. Absorbing light. Hiding lost

items. Separating people rom their riends and

companions. He is the cold, unorgiving emptiness

o darkness that consumes all that is orgotten

about. His children, the wendigo are consumed

by his touch. They are consumed by the desire to

possess, to take, to have. They are consumed by the

desire to consume. That desire is their ather.

His avorite targets among humanity have alwaysbeen the shamans o the people. He is the slayer o

the spirit and the destroyer o leadership. Without

guidance, humanity becomes lost in their desires.

And without spirituality, there is nothing to keep his

hunger rom spreading. The gods themselves are

the worst about this. They guide all o humanity.

Kigatilik has a dice pool o 22 or all actions and

avors Physical Attributes above anything. He preers

to claw and tear into his opponents, ripping them

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apart and bathing in their blood as he consumes

their esh.


Supernatural Powers: Avatars - The Abyss, The Cold,

The Reaper

Boons - Every one- to eight-dot Boon rom every

Purview except Fire and Sun which are orbidden

Kigatilik. He also possesses all Boons rom the

Darkness, Death, Frost, and Angakoonek Purviews.

Consumption - I Kigatilik manages to kill a victim

with his Bite attack, he may roll his Manipulation

+ Occult (or rather, his 22 dice with 29 automatic

successes) resisted by the targets Willpower +

Integrity + Legend. The target gets to resist even

though technically dead as a last ditch eort. I

Kigatilik succeeds, he gains one piece o inormation,

at the Storytellers discretion, that the target knew.

The more successes, the more inormation he cangather rom consuming his victims. I he manages

to achieve more unresisted successes equal to the

victims Legend (minimum o 1 i he eats a mortal)

then he may learn everything the target knew (ie:

the Storyteller can consider anything and everything

plot related or otherwise important to be air game).

Epic Attributes - Epic Physical Attributes at the 10-

dot level (with all appropriate Knacks). All other Epic

Attributes at the eight-dot level (with all appropriate

Knacks).


Note: Kigatiliks Bite attack adds +10 damage and

makes he damage aggravated. His angs and mouth

are perhaps one o the most dangerous weapons

that Soku-No-Kumi (i not the Titans as a whole) have

at their disposal.

OTHER ANTAGONISTS

Kenash UnarabeKenash Unarabe is an Ainu kamuy, a blood-drinking

monster who preys upon hunters. She is said to

have emerged rom the decomposing tools that

Kutkhu used in his making o the earth, a sister

to poisons and diseases. She oten takes on the

appearance o Hash-Inau-uk Kamuy, a lesser goddess

o the hunt, in order to deceive and trap hunters.

She will lead a hunter deep into a swamp; when

he tires, she will turn on him, kill him, and drink his

blood. Her eigned likeness to Hash-Inau-uk Kamuy

(a emale archer, oten carrying a child on her back

and accompanied by a small bird) is not perect, and

she is orced to conceal her ace with her long hair (a

way that canny hunters can recognize her and avoid

a horrible ate).

Virtues: Ambition 1, Rapacity 4, Malice 4, Zealotry 1

Attributes: Strength 7, Dexterity 7, Stamina

5, Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 5,

Perception 7, Intelligence 4, Wits 7

Abilities: Animal Ken 2, Athletics 4, Awareness

5, Brawl 2, Crat (Tools) 3, Empathy 2, Fortitude

3, Integrity 3, Investigation 2, Marksmanship 5,

Medicine 3, Melee 2, Occult 3, Presence 3, Stealth 5,Survival 5, Thrown 2

Epic Attributes

Epic Strength 1 (Crushing Grip), Epic Dexterity 6

(Trick Shooter, Shot to the Heart, Cats Grace, Divine

Balance, Roll With It, Omnidexterity), Epic Stamina

3 (Holy Fortitude, Divine Fortitude (Sleep), Damage

Conversion), Epic Appearance 5 (Dreadul Mien,

Visage Great and Terrible, My Eyes Are Up Here,

Detail Variation, Undeniable Resemblance), Epic

Perception 6 (Telescopic Senses, Predatory Focus,Supernal Hunter, Perect Pitch, Subliminal Warning,

Real McCoy), Epic Wits 2 (Cobra Reexes, Opening

Gambit)

Boons (No Relics required to access)

Araid o the Dark, Animal Communication (All),

Antidote, Assess Health, Atiq, Blessing o Health/

Curse o Frailty, Bolster, Ekungassok, Heal/Inect,

Nalussaerunek, Night Eyes, Tetkeyun, Uri, Virility/

Muliebrity, Water Breathing

Willpower: 8

Legend: 7

KayarissatThe kayarissat (plural o kajariak) are kayakmen

o extraordinary size who dwell in hidden lands

across the sea. They were skilled in dierent arts o

sorcery, particularly in the way o raising storms and

bringing bad weather. Kayarissat use the traits o

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generic giants, but have (Legend -1) ratings in the

Angakoonek, Magic, and Sky purviews. I a group

o them are working together and the total o their

Legend ratings exceeds 50 they can collectively

invoke the Weather Husbandry Boon, ignoring the

usual Legend requirements.

KugdlughiakThe kudlughiak is a worm o enormous size with

many eet and extraordinary speed. Use the traits o

a lindworm/tatzelworm, but add +3 to its Dexterity.

AmarokAmarok is the name o a gigantic wol rom Inuit

mythology. It is said to hunt down and devour

anyone oolish enough to hunt alone at night.

Unlike real wolves who hunt in packs, Amarok hunts

alone. Amarok uses the traits o a Legend 6 enrir.

AdletAllegedly born rom the union o a beautiul Inuit

woman and a gigantic red dog with supernatural

powers, the Adlet are a wolike orm o undead

that plagues the lands o the North. Adlet eed on

the blood and esh o the living, regaining a point

o Legend i their rst action ater slaying a mortal

is to drink their victims warm blood. Bearing a

resemblance to therianthropes, they can assume the

orm o a mortal, a large red dog, or a bestial hybrid

with the hindquarters o a dog and the upper limbs

o a human. Adlet are very ast and adept hunters,

gaining +2 Epic Dexterity and +2 Epic Perception

above the undead template. They are cunning

hunters, but eral and suer -2 Intelligence. Fire and

silver deal Aggravated damage to Adlet. Adlet are

capable o reproducing with mortals; their ospring

retain all o their traits.

Wendigo

Wendigo appear as tall, lanky humans with rail-thinlimbs and sunken cheeks and eyes. Theres a starved

look about them, and many wendigo who can be

ound among human society pass themselves o as

homeless. Other Legendary beings perceive them

as skeletal, emaciated corpses standing a head

above other men. Their look o starvation is taken

to such an extreme that they bear an animalistic

countenance desiccated skin pulled so tight as

to reveal their bones clearly, matted hair alling out

in clumps, ash-grey skin, tattered, bloody lips, and

razor-sharp teeth.

Wendigo thralls are created in a similar manner as

other giants, by drinking their eitr. When conronted

with the chance to consume human esh, a

wendigos thrall must ail a Rapacity roll or succumb

to his desire. When he consumes the heart o his

victim, he becomes a wendigo himsel.

Wendigo use the traits or a generic giant (Scion:

Hero) with the ollowing exceptions: Rapacity 5, Frost

Boons up to (Legend -1), -1 Strength, +3 Dexterity,

and (Legend -2) Epic Dexterity. Their claws and teeth

allow them to inict unarmed attacks at +2 Lethal

damage. Wendigo do not heal naturally, they may

only heal injuries by consuming human esh (each

Health Level o damage inicted by a wendigos bite

restores a damaged Health Level to the wendigo).Wendigo gain a bonus to their Rapacity rating equal

to their wound penalties.

Like other giants, a wendigos trophy is its heart.

The blood provides the same bonus that all giants

blood does, but instead o reducing the drinkers

Intelligence it replaces his lowest Virtue with

Rapacity or the rest o the scene.

KushtakaThe kushtaka are a special breed o therianthrope(Scion: Demigod, pg. 288) native to the wilds o

Alaska and parts o Canada. The kushtaka are a

breed o were-otter that are very similar in unction

to the Celtic selkie. Like the selkies, the kushtaka

are loyal to their titan masters, almost without

exception. Some stories depict the kushtaka as

helpul and these are attributed to a small band

which may have served the Vairgit or a time.

Kushtaka roam the waters and shores o Alaskanrivers and oceans, luring their targets to the water

and then tearing them apart. Unlike selkies, the

were-otters actually do possess claws and teeth

powerul enough to tear into esh. Kushtaka rely

on their speed and agility, as well as their ability to

work as a unit. Even more disturbing, the kushtaka

possess a unique power that allows them to crat

illusions. Favorite illusions include the sound o a

baby crying to lure in caring individuals, or orcing

lonely shermen to see images o their loved ones in

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danger. (Kushtaka gain +1 to Epic Dexterity with the

Perect Partner Knack and can use Illusion Boons up

to their Legend rating instead o Legend -1).

Though not physically imposing, they are adept

manipulators and their pack mentality ensures that

they are rarely outnumbered. Kushtaka in the rst

stage o inection nd themselves transorming

when in the presence o other kushtaka. It is rarethat kushtaka are allowed to escape their new

people and this transormative nature o their

presence ensures the community mindset which

develops within them.

Credit Where Credit Is Due

Entries or Nanook, Sedna, The Spear o Nanook,

Kigatilik, Tupilaq, Wendigo, and Kushtaka were

lited with some modications rom DemonchildesManitou an-pantheon. This is not to say that the

Inuit stu cant work within a North American Indian

pantheon (especially considering the way it was

skillully presented by Demonchilde) and I intend

no disrespect; I just eel that it has more in common

with a Siberian pantheon.

Other sources were links rom various Wikipedia

entries (yeah, yeah, I know) and www.sacred-texts.

com, using stories and literature about the Chukchi,

Koryak, Yukaghir, Yakut, Ainu, and Inuit people as

inspiration. There is a LOT o source material on the

Sacred Texts site that Im still going through.

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