Nunnehi - Revision history

Chrissy: /* Inuas */

2013-11-09T23:57:16Z

Inuas

2013-11-08T22:23:31Z

Inuas

2013-11-08T20:35:35Z

Inuas ("Spirit Helpers")

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Pu'gwis (also "Bukwus")

2013-11-08T20:28:49Z

Numuzo'ho ("Crushers of People")

2013-11-08T20:25:29Z

Water Babies

2013-11-08T19:53:18Z

Surems Yaqui

2013-11-08T19:51:36Z

Surems

2013-11-08T19:49:28Z

Surems (Yaqui "Little People")

2013-11-08T19:44:59Z

Kachinas

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 ===[[Pu'gwis]]===
-===Inuas ("Spirit Helpers")===
+===[[Inuas]]===
-Born of the dreams of the northernmost tribes, the Inuit and the Aleuts, inuas were the helpers of the shamans, aiding these mortals in communing with the spirits and in enforcing the taboos. To aid them in this task, the inuas have the ability to invest powers from their Arts into amulets to be used by the mortal shamans. Inuas are also able to change into animal forms native to their region. Though they are able to change into more than one type of animal, it is difficult and takes practice to learn to move in several different forms. Inuas look much like members of their tribes. Most wear "labrets", plugs of ivory, bone or other hard material inserted into the skin to make a chin decoration. When advising a shaman, they prefer to be in animal form; usually an animal important to the welfare of the tribe.
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 ==Families of the Far North==
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+===[[Pu'gwis]]===
-Horribly ugly, cursed beings who are among the most tragic of all of the Nunnehi. Pu'gwis long for love and friendship, but their hideous seemings make these goals nearly unreachable. Ironically, they are gifted singers, and are able to summon those who hear their songs to them. They also can also sing a song to cause those who they failed to win over to forget them. The pu'gwis have the faces of rotting corpses, with yellowed eyes that almost seem to decay in their sockets. This decay extends to their physical form, making them physically weak, as well as mortifyingly ugly.
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-===Numuzo'ho ("Crushers of People")===
+===[[Numuzo'ho]]===
-Among the angriest of the Nunnehi and among those most able to destroy whetever they happen to be angry at, the numuzo'ho supposedly had glimpses long ago of the devastation mortals would bring to the world, and they have been ruled by their righteous anger ever since. Numuzo'ho are incredibly strong and durable. They are also able to call upon the more violent forces of nature to cause natural disasters in a five mile radius once per phase of the moon (no more than four times a month). When the numuzo'ho descends into their elder years, a limb will atrophy and fall off, or they will become blind in one eye. Numuzo'ho are extremely tall in their fae miens, and their eyes glow with an unearthly light.
 ==Families of the Far North==

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 ==Families of the Far West==
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+===[[Water Babies]]===
-Seen as evil spirits that steal human children and pull mortals into lakes and rivers to drown them, in the legends that they figure in, the water babies have to deal with the mistrust and misinformation of others constantly. It's true enough that they steal away human children, but only those who have been abandoned, orphaned or abused. They also will sometimes drown certain mortals, but only those that have despoiled the waters that the water babies protect, or those who have commited crimes against children. Water babies are able to breathe underwater, and allow those touching them to breathe there also. Also, when a water baby chooses to take vengeance on someone, their strength increases to help them pull the victim in the water and drown them. If the intended victim is actually innocent, their strength will not increase, and they will know that they are mistaken, and will release the victim. Water babies are dependent on water, and if they are kept from immersing themselves in a water source for morethan two days, they will begin to die. In their fae miens, water babies appear androgynous (legends indicated that all water babies were female because of this), have silvery eyes, webbed hands and feet, and gills.
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 ==Families of the Southwest==
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+===[[Kachinas]]===
-The kachinas were said to come from the spirit world, teaching the rituals, songs and dances necessary for survival in harmony with nature to the Southwest tribes. The kachinas value ritual above all else, believing that rituals create a link between the Earth world and the spirit world, and enough such links might allow access to the Higher Hunting Grounds someday. Kachinas are able to make rain, and to make plants grow if the proper rituals are performed by their mortal tribes. They are also able to transform themselves into clouds. The kachinas have a tendency to specialize in one skill though, all other pursuits becoming secondary. The kachinas tend to change their fae appearance as they grow older, looking more or less normal until their elder years, when they seem to shrink down to resemble living versions of the kachina dolls fashioned by their mortal kin.
 ===Surems (Yaqui "Little People")===