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| Nation(s) | Menninkäinen |
| Species | Goblin |
| Order | Fey Folk |
| Classification | Spirit Folk |
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| Energy | Fortune |
| Origin | Goblins who settled in northern Ranu |
| Lifespan | 50-100 years |
| Habitat | Forests |
| Food | Fey fare |
| Description | Menninkäinen stand about 4' to 5' tall. They have large ears, snub noses, and dark blue skin. Their eyes are milky white. |
| Procreation | Menninkäinen reproduce sexually with one another and other goblins. It is sometimes possible for them to reproduce with other spirit folk, where species follows the mother. Otherwise, supernatural intervention is required to make reproduction possible. |
| Esoterica | Menninkäinen are beings of fortune and uafas. Like all goblins, they are adept at using uafas and immune to the toxic affects thereof. They have adapted to sensing the winds of fortune and are adept with nudging it as well. Menninkäinen also commonly wield poioumenon, fate, arcane shadow, kor, ethereal essence, stagma, unfugl, and symbolism; they also commonly use bedrog, blasphemy, cacophony, drenante, gossamer light, ibbissu, mollesse, emotional resonance, flux, momentum, ambrosia, spirit energy, b'qar, mijjit, euphony, sonic aether, prasinofos, tykva vlast, hvittdogg, conflueverant, banaru, and yahas. |
| Special Powers | Like all goblins, menninkäinen are immune to the toxic affects of uafas. They have vivid nightmares and can smell fear. They also can sense the winds of fortune and innately know which way they blow. |
| Glamour | Menninkäinen can glamour themselves to be scarier to those who see them, but this is not a common part of their culture and thus most are not particularly good at it. |
| Weaknesses | Misfortune harms them. |
| Culture | Menninkäinen live in northern Ranu, near the northern coasts. They are on the eastern edge of the Indigo Sea, where they dwell in boreal forests in small nomadic communities. Their culture is very different from the main goblin culture; they have left behind the tyrannical hierarchies that dominate their homeland. Menninkäinen children are raised by the nomadic community they live in, learning their history and how to follow the winds of fortune. They are considered adults sometime between the ages of 16 and 21, though the community is never very strict about this. Children are taught from a young age about the community's traditions and trained in a specific role or craft from about the age of 13. They are called into adulthood through a small ceremony when the elders deem them ready. The tasks of the communtiy are simple: acquire food, water, and shelter each day; tell the old stories; and trust the winds of fortune. Every morning, the community's elders consult the winds and let them guide them. Menninkäinen love riddles. |
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| Race | Menninkainen |
| Over-race | Goblin |
| Classification | Humanoid |
| Sphere | Neutrality |
| Origin | Kandanus made them from the originals |
| Lifespan | 60-80 years |
| Habitat | Subarctic mountains |
| Food | Meat |
| Description | Menninkainen look like short, slender humanoids with sharply pointed ears, blunted noses, and small fangs. |
| Procreation | Follows the mother. |
| Magic | One in five million have heart or soul magic. Mind and body magic are possible. Void is possible. Faith is not uncommon. |
| Special Powers | Menninkainens are strong, tough, and intelligent. They are reincarnated from ancient souls, and they have the memories of those ancient souls. Because of this, they have a great deal of lore. |
| Weaknesses | Aligned magic or faith can hurt them. |
| Culture | Menninkainens love riddles, which are the center of their culture. They determine dominance through the riddles, and they love to earn favors from people. When a menninkainen is young, it has no memory of its past self. When one reaches young adulthood, the youth enters the Rite of Judgment. During the right, they must solve a series of riddles and puzzles, and the more they pass, the greater their role will be in the clan. |
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| Sample statistics | PRO 10 ATH 11 STR 11 AWA 13 WIL 11 ROG 10 |
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