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| Species | Inugpasugssuk |
| Order | Giant |
| Classification | Humanoid |
| Family | Massive Giant |
| Sphere | Knowledge |
| Origin | Brinnemaah made them from children adopted by giants |
| Lifespan | 90-120 years |
| Habitat | Subarctic to arctic tundra and coast lines |
| Food | Large amounts of seal, whale, and fish. |
| Description | Inugpasugssuks stand 27' tall. They have huge, gangly limbs. |
| Procreation | Follows the mother with other giants. With other humanoids or pseudohumans, mixed nations people are possible if size permits. Because of their size and their high libidos, they sometimes engage in intercourse with people they shouldn't, with terrible results. |
| Esoterica | Inugpasugssuks are beings of psionic energy and mijjit. They use these primarily, but also wield Damaskian power, brumal aether, mana, spirits, currents aether, winds aether, msawhat, quaestus, cacophony, vonzot, wisdom, and poioumenon. A combination of ordinal powers is very rare and powerful. Inugpasugssuks never use soul or heart powers, nor pure or black nommos. |
| Body | This fusion of mind and body gives them supernatural size, strength, memory, and longevity. They do not experience senescence until the age of 90 or so. They have eidetic memories, but low proprioception. They also have some resistance to the cold. They use the art of nerivoq, which blends diet and exercise, including seal fat, root vegetables, and salt; swimming 100 miles per day; lifting 400 lbs. twelve time per day; and complicated memory tests. Common bodily alterations are furry bodies, wider feet, huge genitalia, or sharper eyesight. |
| Farming | Inugpasugssuks live in coastal hunting grounds. They are whalers, seal hunters, and fishers. They have massive fisheries where they fish with their spears. They inherently know how to hunt and tend their animals and prey, and their presence in community near them seems to make them grow in size. Their body lice grow to be the size of arctic lemmings, even. They also have small farms for root vegetables, usually buried under the snow. These vegetables are immensely hearty. |
| Special Powers | Along with the aforementioned size, strength, memory, longevity, nerivoq, and hunting/tending skill, inugpasugssuks have mild telekinetic powers. They can also infuse some memory into small objects and give them to others so that they can carry those memories with them. This is most often used to show people the way out of their massive fisheries. |
| Weaknesses | Their low proprioception makes them clumsy, and sometimes, they injure themsevles. They are also inordinately amorous, which can cause them trouble. |
| Culture | The first inugpasugssuks were adopted by other giants and turned into the their new forms by Divine intervention during a flood. Their confusion during the flood left them with no proprioception. Though they live in floodlands, they are very careful to protect others from the flooding around them, and thus, they are considered protectors and friends by other nations in the area. Children are very special to inugpasugssuks. They raise them communally, and any orphaned children in the area are adopted, no matter if they are giants or not. These non-giant children do not change species, but do grow larger than other children of their kind. Once a child reaches the age of 12, they are invited to be part of one of the many roles in the community: fishers, hunters, builders, farmers, whalers, sailors, warriors, mystics, etc. Those who do not choose a role are allowed to continue living in the community until they are 20. If they still choose nothing, they are sent out. An inugpasugssuk reaches adulthood at their final growth spurt, around the age of 20, and if they don't reach it, they force it through meditation exercises. As an adult, every inugpasugssuk must pass a ritual where they wade out into the ocean as far as possible and meditate. If they come back without causing a flood, they are part of the tribe. If they cause a flood and do not protect the village from it, they are banished. Their tribes are ruled by a council of those they consider the smartest. These pass a series of tests created by the council. To try for the council, one must make a public declaration before the entire town during a council meeting. If one fails to pass the tests, one is banished for a year and a day. If one passes, they have a ten year stint on the council. No one serves for more than ten years until they are past the age of 90, at which point, if they are on the council, they stay for the rest of their lives. Women among the inugpasugssuks can be leaders, warriors, etc. The only role they are not allowed is whaler, due to bizarre superstitions around whales sexually assaulting female inugpasugssuks. Marriage is unknown among them; sex is not gendered and is enjoyed freely. Every year sees three festivals in the tribes: midwinter, midsummer, and the annual whaling departure. Each festival is a time of feasts, memory games, bonfires, sex, and drinking. An inugpasugssuk has three major feasts in their life: birth, adulthood, and first child. |
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| Sample statistics | PRO 8 ATH 10 STR 35 AWA 14 WIL 8 ROG 8 Farming 11 Special Powers [See Above] |
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