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  • Tupilak 291 of the Hoarfrost Grip

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    Lore In the deepest polar wastes of Saṃsāra lies the Great Glacier, a sea of living ice that groans and shifts with a will of its own. The Ukiuk tribes who live on its edge do not fear the cold; they are born of it. They believe the Great Glacier is a sleeping primordial, and…

  • Tupilak 108 of the Feathers Descent

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    Lore The Aaniat peoples of the Saṃsāra’s northern sky-pillars do not fear heights; they are born into them. Their villages cling to the sheer cliffs of immense, icy mountains, and their hunters ride the powerful updrafts to prey on the great winged beasts that nest there. To them, falling is not a matter of if,…

  • Tupilak 437 of the Silent Watcher

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    Lore In the northern tundras of Saṃsāra, the Yuit peoples live a life in harmony with the harsh, windswept landscape. To survive, their hunters and scouts must be ever-vigilant, masters of observation and stealth. Long ago, their shamans learned to carve small figures from the bones of caribou and the ivory of walrus, imbuing them…

  • Tupilak 717 of Knucklebones of Whispering Spirit

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    Lore: The first Tunguska shamans on Saṃsāra learned quickly that the world was thick with spirits. While some bound powerful, angry spirits into constructs of vengeance, others pursued a quieter path. They discovered that lesser, more curious spirits—the spirits of flowing water, of the north wind, of clever foxes—could be coaxed into small, inanimate objects.…