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| Species | Surtr |
| Order | Giant |
| Classification | Humanoid |
| Family | Massive Giant |
| Sphere | Fire |
| Origin | Praithur made them from volcanic cores |
| Lifespan | 70-100 years |
| Habitat | Volcanic craters |
| Food | Large amounts of human fare and stone. |
| Description | Surtrs stand 24' tall. They usually have dark skin. |
| Procreation | Follows the mother with other giants. With other humanoids or pseudohumans, mixed nations people are possible if size permits. |
| Esoterica | Surtrs are beings of rubedian and Beltane aether and mijjit. They use the arts of these well. They also use Damaskian powers, blood energy, fundamental aether, infernum, arnum, hegnh, gebvel, solar and summer aether, Foundation, the gates, bone energy, symbolism, mana, and kor. |
| Body | Because of their aetherial and mijjit-infused bodies, surtrs have supernatural size, strength, agility, resistance to heat and smoke, and constitution. They are resistant to most common diseases. Surtrs can breathe smoke and ash, sulfuric acid, and other volcanic gases. Heat does not bother them. They use the art of bid, which combines diet and exercise, to alter their bodies. Bid involves eating coal and magma, lifting 800 lbs. twelve times per day, climbing 50 miles per day, throwing 100 lb. stones a mile every day, and holding their breath for an hour each day. The most common bodily modifications are various skin tones, burning hair and skin and eyes, improved eyesight, and metallic hands. |
| Farming | Surtrs keep goats, pigs, horses, and giant lizards as livestock, and they grow along the sides of their volcanoes very hearty beans, root vegetables, and grains and oats. Their livestock and crops are supernaturally protected from the heat and toxins of the area until they are slaughtered. Surtrs innately know how to tend these creatures. Their farms are built into the sides of the craters, inside and out, and through cave systems. Within the caves, they also grow various fungi. |
| Special Powers | Along with their aforementioned size, strength, agility, constitution, resistances, body shifting, and farming abilities, surtrs can summon flame around their weapons. They can control lava/magma with gestures to a limited degree, and they can speak to fire spirits. They are stronger during Beltane season. |
| Weaknesses | Currents aether, brumal aether, winter aether, and great amounts of normal water can harm them. |
| Culture | Surtrs are warriors. Their societies are built around being warriors. They are led by warriors. They live in clans made up of smaller family units, each one led by a warrior leader. Each tribe is led by its best warrior, who may be of any gender. Warriors enjoy privileges within the tribe. Those who are not warriors are ranked by caste: crafts folk, farmers, merchants, and servants. Children are raised by their parents and extended family, and every parent wants their child to be a warrior. At the age of 12, they are tested to see if they might be a warrior. If they fail, they may either choose another caste to test into or wait and test again for a warrior the next year. If they do not test into warriorhood by adulthood, they must choose another caste or leave the tribe. Adulthood is reached at their last growth spurt, around the age of 24, and if not, it is forced through bathing in magma. If a warrior wants a spouse, they may take one, even if the person is married already. This continues down the castes, with servants only getting spouses if no one else wants the person. Marriage between castes is common; most warriors want servile spouses, for instance. Marriage does not change an individual's caste, which is determined at adulthood permanently, save in rare circumstances. If there is an intracaste marriage, there is usually a courtship ritual that varies by caste: warriors show off their combat skills, crafts folk create extravagant gifts, farmers bring food, merchants give money, and servants perform services. Surtrs are horse-riders and have massive horses upon which they ride; these are used in raids and warfare. A warrior's horse is his most prized possession. Surtrs believe that time moves backward, and that what is to be has already been. Thus, they celebrate not what has been, but what is to come. Their festivals celebrate the end of all things, the breaking of the bridge (a moment said to be part of the end of all things when the path between mortality and divinity is destroyed), and the fall of the Divine. Though they honor the Divines, they believe they were destroyed long ahead. They also honor their ancestors, but those are personal feast days--a surtr honors their ancestors by generation three times per year (grandparents, then ten generations back, then 100 generations back). |
| Notables | |
| Sample statistics | PRO 10 ATH 11 STR 32 AWA 8 WIL 8 ROG 8 Farming 11 Special Powers [See Above] |
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