The Vairgit Kevin released the breath that hed been holding
moments later when Ms. Jacksons eyes fluttered open
Gods of the Arctic
by TerriblyUncreative
PDF by Telgar
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Kevin tied the last knot and looked around the shambles
of the womans living room. Stealth was not one of
Kevins stronger skills, and he had been unable to catch
her by surprise as hed intended. He sighed and winced
at the shooting pain coming from his bruised ribs,
evoking a chuckle from Tulu, the ghostly raven perched
on the mantel. Glaring at his spirit guide, Kevin asked,
Is everything ready? We should get this done in case
the neighbors heard and called the cops Inspecting
the ritual items placed carefully around the room, Tulu
nodded. Dont be afraid to use the knife. I dont think
this one will go quietly.
Kevin turned to the unconscious woman that he had
trussed to her own couch and waved some smelling
salts under her nose. Ms. Jackson? Are you there?
Her eyes fluttered, then snapped open, coming into
wrathfully sharp focus on Kevin. Growling in a distinctly
unwomanly voice, she said, You know perfectly well that
shes not, Godling. Release me! She began struggling,
but the nylon cords that Kevin had bound her body
with were quite tight. Kevin sat down next to the couch.
Please, depart from this place. You are far from home,
and these people have done nothing to offend you. We
can do this the easy way or the hard way. Why are you
doing this?
She laughed, a slow, drawn-out cackle, We have been
liberated. The rules of your people no longer apply to
us, and we have been given dominion of the Earth by
the Devourer! This is our home to do with as we please!
Now release this body so Ill have the pleasure of eating
your heart! Kevin drew a bladeless ivory knife handle
from his coat pocket. Right then. The hard way it is.
He pressed its tip against the womans chest and she
writhed and screamed as though an actual knife had
been plunged into her. Kevin withdrew the ivory, and she
coughed twice and fell still.
once more, though her expression this time was full of
confusion instead of hatred. What happened? Who
are you? she asked in a weak voice. Kevin smiled as
he leaned down to untie the ropes that bound her, but
before he had a chance to explain the police kicked in
the door. Looking at Tulu (who, of course, only he could
see) as he slowly raised his hands over his head, he asked,
You couldnt have warned me?
HISTORY
Among the tribes of the Arctic regions,
supernatural beings are known by various names.
They are called Vairgit among the Chukchee,
Kamuy among the Ainu, Inue and Unipkaaqs
among the Inuit, and Ichchi among the Yakut.
Regardless of what they were called, the Arctic
Gods traveled from tribe to tribe, some remaining
local to a single group, others going by many
names and wearing many faces. Though their
legends and traditions bear countless variations,
the core of their beliefs shares a similar essence.
Historically distrustful of outsiders, the various
bands of Gods that now compose the Vairgit only
formed a loose association in order to imprison
the Titans during the first War, then went their
separate ways and minded their own business.
The Kamuy of the Ainu were the first to begin the
unification of the pantheon. When the Japanese
settled Hokkaido and drove the Ainu northward,
the Amatsukami perpetuated a similar invasion
of the Kamuy Overworld. Those who escaped
turned to their neighbors to the North, the
Chukchee Vairgit of the Kamchatkan peninsula,
for sanctuary. Later, as Europeans pressed
North and West from the Americas and Canada,
Russians similarly pressed North and East. The
Arctic people found themselves either conquered
or pushed towards the Pacific from both sides.
Experiencing conflicts with strange foreign
Gods, the Vairgit bound themselves together in
the Inuit Overworld of Quidlivun and cemented
their loose confederacy into something more
permanent.
 tribes, the Expression Virtue does not hold the same
importance as in many other cultures.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS INTELLECT the people of the Arctic accepted their
environment and role in life; philosophical and
In spite of their proud, somewhat isolationist nature,
analytical introspection does not play a large part in
the Vairgit have come into conflict with many
their mythologies.
other Pantheons over the course of their history.
LOYALTY while the Arctic people were not
Their people have been hunted and persecuted
treacherous or disloyal, bonds of loyalty between
by followers of the Amatsukami, Rodovica, and
individuals did not hold the same high place as
Celestial Bureaucracy for ages on their Asian lands;
bonds among the community as a whole.
they came into similar contact with descendants
ORDER In addition to the tight-knit sense of
of the Aesir, Dodekatheon, Tuatha de Danaan,
community common among Arctic tribes, they
and Nemetondevos more recently on their North
also follow strict sets of laws and taboos governing
American shores. The Vairgit maintain de facto
hunting and day-to-day behavior.
alliance with the North American Manitou as their
PIETY many tribes believed in soul reincarnation;
various peoples share similar histories in recent
the idea that the ancestors would return to live
times.
among them was a very important idea. Arctic tribes
were almost as intensely concerned with family and
PANTHEON VIRTUES tradition as they were with community and order.
VALOR hunters had strict rules governing
DUTY The communities of the Arctic are close-knit their hunting practices and rituals. The values
and survive only through intense cooperation. The of protecting the innocent and fighting nobly
Virtue of Duty reflects these values. espoused by the Valor Virtue are not much of a
ENDURANCE Life at the Arctic Circle is rough stretch for the Arctic tribes.
Endurance is fairly self-explanatory as a Virtue in the
tundra and taiga environments populated by the
Vairgits people.
HARMONY the Arctic tribes expressed a belief in
soul duality that is, souls having both light and
dark aspects. This idea of a balance of forces is right
in line with the Harmony Virtue.
VENGEANCE While laws in many communities do
not particularly emphasize punishment, the Arctic
people expect harsh retribution for violation of
spiritual taboos and rules, hence they uphold the
Vengeance Virtue.

OTHER VIRTUES

CONVICTION the Inuit did not worship or revere

spirits of nature so much as they feared them.
Driving religious fervor espoused by the Conviction
Virtue is not a common trait among them.
COURAGE rites of passage include many dangerous
(to say the least) hunts, such as whales and polar
bears. Despite these self-imposed challenges, Arctic
people were probably more concerned with survival
in the face of adversity than pride.
EXPRESSION while oral histories and storytelling
are the main source of record-keeping among Arctic
 THE GODS
Anapel
Anapel is known by many names among the Arctic
tribes. She is a goddess of birth and reincarnation,
bringing a childs soul from the heavens and helping
to write his fate. She is responsible for naming
things. In the Overworld her home is in the center
of a lake of milk, representative of her role as a
nourisher of people. The spirits of trees, grass, and
plants are her servants in the World.
When Anapel appears in the World, she takes on
motherly, nurturing roles, almost always dealing
with children in some way. She has been a maternity
ward nurse, an orphanage nanny, and a tree nursery
owner. While she happily raises Scions of her own
she almost prefers to adopt and sponsor others,
befitting her role as a shepherd of the unborn.
Anapel is a dedicated and attentive mother, though
she frequently adopts more children for herself than
she has the resources to properly manage. Anapels
children typically retain her protective and nurturing
aspects, and are often already mothers when Visited.
Aka: Akna, Nalygyr-Aissyt-Khotun, Ajysyt, Khotun,
Ichita
Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Animal (Cattle),
Death, Fertility, Health
Associated Abilities: Animal Ken, Empathy, Integrity,
Medicine, Presence, Survival
Rivals: Isis, Demeter, Frigg, Danu, Sarasvati
Fuchi Kamuy
Fuchi Kamuy is the Ainu goddess of the hearth,
and one of the most important deities among their
people. She serves as a gateway between Gods and
mortals, dwelling in the hearth of each home as its
guardian and the judge of domestic affairs. Some
tales ascribe her position as being so important that
she never leaves her home.
Fuchi Kamuy rarely leaves her assigned duties long
enough to sire a Scion of her own, she tends to
prefer the adoptive route. When she does appear in
the World, she manifests in the role of an entrenched
household servant. Fuchi Kamuys Scions are
diplomats, negotiators, and mediators as often as
they are domestic servants and guardians.
Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Epic Charisma, Fire,
Guardian
Associated Abilities: Art, Craft, Empathy, Integrity,
Medicine, Survival
Rivals: Hestia, Frigg
Kutkhu
Similar in many ways to Raven of the North
American tales, Kutkhu occupies a very different
role in his pantheon. While he is credited with being
the creator (or at least, reorganizer) of the lands
known to the Siberians, he is featured in stories as a
foolish character of low intelligence, outmatched in
cunning by nearly everyone who crosses his path;
more akin to Coyote than the master manipulator
Raven. Due to the harsh nature of the Siberian and
Canadian environments, his role in the creation story
is not an exalted one; observers would credit him
with making mountains and chide him for making
too many, credit him with making snow and blame
him for making it too cold, and so on. Many of his
indecent tales (most of which have embarrassing
and/or fatal endings for him) seem to serve no other
purpose than the amusement of the people. In spite
of the frivolity assigned to his character, Kutkhu is
said to have been the first to teach people how to
catch land and sea animals, use the fire-drill, and
protect themselves against evil spirits.
When he appears in the World, Kutkhus guises
tend to continue his tendency to find misfortune.
He appears as an unfaithful husband who loses
everything in the divorce, the gambler on a losing
streak, and the victim of medical malpractice. He is
equally comfortable in his raven and human skins,
and frequently blows his cover by forgetting which
one he was supposed to be wearing. Kutkhus ill
fate is almost always passed on to his progeny. His
Scions come from all walks of life, but eventually
make their way to the gutter (where Kutkhu
frequently finds them).
Aka: Tenan-Tomgin, Tulugaak, Big-Raven, Moshirikara
Kamuy
Associated Powers: Epic Stamina, Animal (Raven),
Forge, Guardian, Illusion, Magic
Associated Abilities: Craft, Larceny, Occult, Science,
Stealth, Survival
Rivals: Odin, Apollo, The Morrigan, Raven

Nanook
Lord of the hunt across the icy plains of the frozen
tundra, Nanook takes the form most often of a giant
polar bear which is his namesake. The bear was a
sacred animal to the Inuit people, both as a powerful
hunter itself and suitable prey to those who were
worthy. It was Nanook who decided if the people
had properly followed the taboos associated with
hunting the noble beast. Those who did not faced
the wrath of the great bear himself.
Often when he manifests in the World, he still retains
the appearance of a great bear. Though capable of
appearing in the form of a man, his preferred form
is still his natural one, even among humans. When
he does choose to show a human face, however
(such as when wooing a female to sire his young)
he typically appears in the guise of a great hunter,
wearing the skins of slain polar bears and carrying a
spear even today. Most might pass this off as simply
being a man of the wilderness. Nanook does it
because he sees no reason to adapt to the times.
His Scions are similarly stuck in the past and
traditional ways. Many of them are born of
traditional Inuit villages, though such locations are
rapidly growing less and less numerous. When he
does go outside his traditional people, its usually to
find women who will give him sons that are soldiers
and warriors. His children often fight for their cause
with an almost fanatical loyalty. But they always
remember to follow the rules, rarely breaking the
taboos associated with their field of conflict.
Aka: Nanuq, Kim-un Kamuy
Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Stamina, Epic
Perception, Animal (Bear), Justice
Associated Abilities: Animal Ken, Brawl, Fortitude,
Integrity, Survival, Thrown
Rivals: Haokah, TsulKalu, Artemis, Freyr
NuTenut
NuTenut is the chief God of the Arctic. Most
creation myths credit Kutkhu with the creation of
the world, but note that his work was done only by
NuTenuts authority and command. NuTenut dwells
in a house of iron in the heavens, attended by both
celestial and terrestrial spirits. NuTenut is the most
distant of the Vairgit deities, becoming the least
directly involved with the affairs of mortals and other
Gods alike. He once played a more active role in
managing his pantheon, but he has withdrawn since
his falling-out with his daughter, Sedna.
Introspective and aloof, NuTenut rarely leaves his
celestial house of iron. When he does, he appears
as an authority figure a quiet but efficient CEO,
a judge, or a nobleman. NuTenuts Scions often
hold similar positions of judicial or executive
power over others, and tend to be quiet, behind-
the-scenes leaders and manipulators. Converse
to his interactions with the World and the rest of
his pantheon NuTenut often micro-manages his
Scions, showing them attention to a degree that
is overwhelming and somewhat uncomfortable.
Some of his fellow Gods have speculated that he is
overcompensating for his estrangement from Sedna,
but none have been able to get the two to reconcile.
Aka: Anguta, Ginon-Kanon, Numi-Toruni, Kandakoro
Kamuy
Associated Powers: Epic Charisma, Epic
Manipulation, Epic Intelligence, Earth, Moon, Sky,
Star, Sun
Associated Abilities: Command, Empathy, Fortitude,
Integrity, Politics, Presence
Rivals: Zeus, Horus, Izanagi, Huitzilopochtli, Huang
Di, Perun, Mithra, Glooscap
Pugu
Most prominently worshipped among the Yukaghir,
Pugu is a God of justice and the sun. He is well-
known to be a defender of the oppressed and a
patron of law and good manners. He slays demons
and kelet with his sun-flail.
Pugu is very active in the World, risking Fatebonding
whenever possible in order to answer the call of the
oppressed in need of a rescuer or a titanspawn in
need of killing. His Scions inherit a similar crusader-
style mentality, and continue their divine fathers
work in the World as beat cops, pro-bono defense
attorneys, and even exorcists.
Aka: Ignirtoq, Issitoq, Kun, Kun-Toyon, Akycha
Associated Powers: Epic Strength, Epic Charisma,
Guardian, Justice, Sun
Associated Abilities: Command, Integrity,
Investigation, Melee, Politics, Presence
Rivals: Horus, Apollo, Tyr, Shango, Nuada, Guan Yu
Sedna
Sedna is unattainably beautiful, the true ice queen of
the Northern waters. She is haughty and arrogant,
desired by many but had by no one. She holds
others to impossibly high standards when her
father NuTenut tried to marry her off to the men of
her village, none were good enough for her so she
married a dog to spite them all. When her father
found out, he threw her over the edge of his kayak
and into the freezing waters. When she tried to cling
to the side of the boat, NuTenut cut off the fingers
of her hand one by one until she let go. With that,
she sank to the bottom of the sea and her fingers
became the first seals, walruses, and whales.
While not a god associated with Death, Sedna dwells
in the Underworld as its guardian. Already cast out
of the world of the living she rarely leaves to walk
among them, preferring the company of the dead.
She has about as much use for the other gods who
may be found there.
Sedna never dallies with mortal lovers, what few
Scions she does take are adopted from other gods.
While she most often accepts Scions from other
Vairgit when they arent wanted, she also has a great
interest in taking the Scions of the gods of death or
water from other pantheons as well.
Aka: Arnarkuagsak, Sanna, Arnarquagssaq, Nerrivik,
Nuliajuk
Associated Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Stamina,
Animal (Dog, Seal), Frost, Water
Associated Abilities: Awareness, Command, Integrity,
Melee, Occult, Presence
Rivals: Masauwu, Raven, Hel, Hades, Mictlantecuhtli,
Izanami, Agwe, Xargi
TokoYoto
Tokoyoto is the crab god of the sea and creator of
the Pacific ocean. He shares mastery of this domain
with Sedna, holding power over life and death in the
form of the food supply.
Tokoyoto is a fickle deity he appears as an old
man when his mood is cruel and as a young man
when his mood is mischievous. His Scions share
his connection with the production or denial of
food, and often with the sea. They are whalers or
environmental activists opposed to their hunting;
fishers and farmers or warlords who steal resources
for themselves.
Aka: Anky-Kele, Keretkun, Repun Kamuy
Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Animal (Crab,
Orca), Fertility, Water
Associated Abilities: Animal Ken, Athletics,
Awareness, Brawl, Control, Survival
Rivals: Susano-o, Poseidon, Mananaan Mac Lir, Njord
Xargi
Xargi is a guardian of the dead and the bear-brother
of NuTenut some say that he is the chief Gods
Tornak ascended to the status of a God himself.
Shamans hold him as a common ancestor. In
addition to carrying prayers of remembrance from
the living to the dead, he searches the Underworld
for the shadow-soul of the dead in order to deliver
them to Anapel for reincarnation. Xargi has many
animal associations, notably bears, seals, snakes, and
spiders. He manifests either as a bear or a tall, one-
armed man.
Xargi is an Underworld deity who is perfectly
content to move among the living. As a seeker
of souls, he travels freely where he chooses. As a
bearer of prayers and memories, he takes his duties
seriously, but with good spirits and good humor.
Xargi appears in the World as an estate lawyer,
a missing person or homicide detective, and a
medium.
Aka: Mangi, Tornarsuk, Torngarsuk, Ulu-Toyon,
Nusakoro Kamuy
Associated Powers: Epic Perception, Animal (Bear),
Death, Guardian, Health, Psychopomp
Associated Abilities: Awareness, Fortitude,
Investigation, Medicine, Occult, Survival
Rivals: Yanluo, Izanami, Masauwu, Hades, Sedna
 PANTHEON
PURVIEW
ANGAKOONEK
Angakoonek is the legendary power possessed
by the angakok the shamans of the North and
passed on to the Scions of the Vairgit. Angakoonek
is a state of higher being and awareness that allows
influence over the souls of other beings, things, and
concepts.
Nalussaerunek (Angakoonek 1)
Cost: (1/2 Angakoonek rating) Legend per scene
Nalussaerunek is a state of not being unconscious
of anything, a state that must be achieved before
you can affect and interact with the spirit world.
Starting with this Boon and for each subsequent dot
of Angakoonek, you may add one of the following
effects to your perceptions while this power is active:
Death Senses, Weather Witch, Assess Health, The
Unlidded Eye, Measured Foe, Fool Me Once, Real
McCoy, Scent the Divine, Unfailing Recognition, and
Telescopic Senses (you do not actually learn the
Boons and Knacks represented here, Nalussaerunek
only duplicates their effects for the scene). An action
of concentration is required for you to focus your
perception for the scene.
Atiq (Angakoonek 2)
Atiq is the name soul, part of the soul that lingers
after a living thing dies. The Inuit tribes believed that the body with a die penalty equal to your threshold
a spirit, if not properly placated, would take revenge successes. Ten or more threshold successes results in
on its killer after death. After killing something, you
may perform a brief ritual, a Charisma + Occult roll
with a difficulty equal to the slain things Legend. If
the ritual is performed within the same scene, you
thereafter gain your Legend as bonus successes to
DV, Soak, or any contested and resisted rolls when
defending against whatever powers that spirit
may bring to bear against you at any later time. If
you perform the ritual on your action immediately
following the killing instead of a time later in the
scene, you additionally regain a point of Legend.
Note that any killing performed in association
with this Boon must have some purpose, be it for
food, survival, self-defense, or even revenge. Cold-
blooded murder for the sake of this Boon acting as
a Legend battery is not a suitable justification for its
use.
Ekungassok (Angakoonek 3)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult
Cost: 1 Legend + 1 Willpower
Ekungassok are spirits that could be called upon
to be advisors or informers, assist ones in danger,
or aid in revenge. Every two successes on the
activation roll summons a local spirit that is the
equivalent of one ghost (based on a generic mortal)
that will aid you in whatever way it can for the rest
of the scene. By spending five successes, you can
increase the value of the base template (for five extra
successes, you can get spirits with equivalent traits
to a thug instead of a generic mortal, for another
five successes they would have equivalent traits to a
grunt soldier, and so on). While standard ghosts may
not be of much help in directly affecting the physical
world, they are very useful spies and scouts, and can
help to directly combat hostile spirits.
Tetkeyun (Angakoonek 4)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult vs. Stamina + Fortitude
Cost: 1 Willpower
Tetkeyun is the vital force of a living being. In
addition to a living thing having its own soul, parts
of a living thing have little souls of their own
damage to these souls can inhibit functions to those
parts of the body (for instance, one whose nose is
easily frostbitten is said to be short of soul). With
the Tetkeyun Boon, you can cause this spiritual
damage to others, affecting a single limb or part of
total impairment of the affected limb or organ. The
ill effects last for the rest of the scene.
Urif (Angakoonek 5)
Shamans, chiefs, and the wealthy are said to possess
more souls, or urif, than an average mortal. Upon
purchasing this Boon, you acquire an extra soul. Any
time you suffer Aggravated damage, you can choose
instead for your urif to suffer the damage. Your urif
has your base Health Levels (not including those
provided by Epic Stamina), plus one extra for each
level of Angakoonek that you posses. If your urif
runs entirely out of Health Levels, it is destroyed.

Tarnerutok (Angakoonek 6)
Dice Pool: Stamina + Occult
Cost: 2 Legend + 1 Willpower
Tarnerutok is the act of severing the soul from the
body. Normally, this is only done when the living
are ill or dead, but angakok and Scions can do it
on purpose. Your spirit is invisible and intangible
to those without the appropriate Death Boons
or Birthrights and can fly at (normal movement x
Endurance Virtue) speeds. The spirit can remain
separate from the body for hours equal to your
activation successes before it must return (suffering
a level of Aggravated damage each minute that it
does not, dying if it does not return to the body in
time). While performing a spirit flight you cannot
access any supernatural abilities that interact with
the physical world, however you may bring your
full capabilities to bear against spiritually-formed
opponents, ghosts, and specters, as well as any
mortals to whom you are Fatebound.
Anirniq (Angakoonek 7)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult
Cost: 10 Legend + 1 Willpower
Even though each individual soul is unique,
souls belonging to the same kind of thing have
metaphysical aspects in common. The power of
Anirniq allows you to take on the properties of a
class of spirits by taking on their name. By invoking
the name of one of the elements, you can assume
the properties of its corresponding Titanic Template
for one action per success on your activation roll.
coincided with souls given their meat-heavy diet.
Any time you kill a living thing, you may perform
a brief ritual on the following action to swallow its
spirit and use its power before sending it on its way.
Your Legend Pool is increased by the swallowed
spirits Legend until the new points have been used
up and whatever is left of that soul may continue on
its way.
Etinvit (Angakoonek 10)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult
Cost: 20 Legend + 1 Willpower
The soul of a thing be it a person, animal, natural
feature, or concept is said to be its owner or master.
You can impose you mastery of a concept on those
around you, aiding your allies and hindering your
enemies that make use of your power. Etinvit can be
invoked for any Purview in which you have 8th-level
or higher Boons. For the rest of the scene, you can
affect up to one target other than yourself for each
dot of your Legend. Your successes become bonus
dice for your allies to use Boons or supernatural
effects related to the Purview that you are imposing
mastery over; half your successes become a difficulty
penalty for your enemies to use those same Boons.
Titans and Titan Avatars, already being the ultimate
expressions of a Purview, are immune to this effect.

Arnuat (Angakoonek 8)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Craft
Cost: 5 Legend
You can leave a residue of your power in any
object that you touch. For one day per success,
you can designate an object to be a sacred amulet,
functioning as an Arnuat (see Birthright Relics
below) and providing access to all Purviews in which
you have an 8th-level or higher Boon.

Niqipiaq (Angakoonek 9)
Dice Pool: Charisma + Occult
Cost: 1 Willpower
Niqipiaq is an Inuit word for food, a concept that
the Siberian and Inuit tribes were acutely aware
 BIRTHRIGHTS
RELICS
The Spear of Nanook Nusa are sacred carved wands used by the Ainu
(Relic 5 1 Purview, 4 Item Enhancements) in rituals to represent gods and spirits. Nusa can
Nanook, great bear hunter of the Inuit people, often
prefers to fight with his bare hands rather than any
weapon. However, he does still possess a mighty
spear which he is known to use on more than one
occasion. Its still not his preferred weapon though,
and its not unheard of for a Scion of Nanook to be
leant the use of the spear for a time. The spear takes
the shape of a long haft, at least six feet in length,
with a the spearhead formed form the mandible of
a great beast. The sharp and jagged teeth still line
one edge of the jawbone which is sharpened at the
end, allowing for both slashing and stabbing. The
weapon uses the stats for a tepoztopilli with an
additional +4 to Damage. It also allows access to the
War Purview.
Pugus Sun-Flail
(Relic 5 2 Purviews, 1 Unique Power, 2
Item Enhancements)
Pugus favorite weapon rarely leaves his side, but
he has been known to lend its use to particularly
valorous Scions. Pugus flail appears as a simple
farming tool composed of two sticks joined with
hemp, bearing a bronze weight on one end. When
wielded in battle, the bronze striking weight burns
with the light of the sun and its bearers Legend.
Pugus Flail channels the Sun and Justice Purviews,
deals +2 damage over the nunchaku template, and is
capable of striking intangible ghosts and spirits like
the Celestial Bureaucracys exorcists sword.
Arnuat
(Relic 2-5 1-4 Purviews, 1 Unique Power)
Arnuat are amulets, small articles carried on a
person or inserted into his weapons. Any item that
was believed to be once held by one of the Gods
retained the touch of their power. Arnuat were
typically crafted from animal materials; the spirit
of the animal would have an effect on the type of
powers that it would supply to its bearer. Arnuat
would also protect their bearers from kusuinek the
Siberian concept of witchcraft providing a difficulty
penalty equal to the bearers Legend to any harmful
Magic spells used on him.
Nusa
(Relic 1 Birthright Link)
channel Purviews, but are most typically used as a
link to Guides, Creatures, or Followers.
Pok
(Relic 3 1 Unique Power)
A pok is a bag made of the skin of a particular kind of
animal. A Scion that bears one of these can acquire
the shape of that animal for the rest of the scene by
spending a point of Legend.
Mammoth Ivory
(Relic 3-5 1-3 Purviews, 1 Birthright Con-
nection (Creature), 1 Unique Power)
Siberian oral tradition remembers the wooly
mammoth. Preserved remains of the great beast
are sometimes still found frozen in glacial ice. In
some stories, sighting a mammoth is an ill omen,
in others it can be of great benefit. In one tale,
some hunters found across a frozen mammoth,
performed the proper rituals of respect, and brought
its meat back to the village. When they returned to
the site the next morning, they found the carcass
bones mended and meat renewed. Powerful
taboos surround carving mammoth ivory, so a
Relic made from it is valuable in more ways than
one. A mammoth ivory carving can be made into
a suitable Birthright to channel the Magic, Frost, or
Animal (Mammoth) Purviews. If a Scion is gifted
with a Nemean Mammoth as a Creature Birthright,
the ivory can serve as a Birthright Link. Lastly, the
ivory may have a power like the one in the story; by
spending a point of Legend, you can renew the meat
from the bones of a consumed meal as long as it is
left alone overnight.
Soul Cutter
(Relic 4 2 Unique Powers, 1 Item En-
hancement)
Soul Cutter appears to be an amulet or charm
about five inches long carved from walrus ivory in
the shape of a bladeless knife handle. Only those
who observe the knife with Death Senses or similar
powers can see the ghostly, insubstantial blade.
While a bladeless knife is not a useful weapon
against most corporeal opponents, Soul Cutter is
able to directly harm insubstantial spirits even if
they possess a physical being and without harming
the possessed body. Soul Cutter is also effective
against those who practice kusuinek, or magic for
selfish ends the weapons intangible blade cuts
beings that can use the Magic Purview and adds +1
bonus dice to its damage for every level of Magic the
target has. Because its blade is invisible as well as
insubstantial it is more difficult to avoid, granting it a
+1 Accuracy bonus.
GUIDES
Tunek
(Guide 3-5)
A tunek (plural: tornit) is an eminent inue of the
inland areas of the North. Their dwellings are partly
situated in areas visited by men, but the entrances
are hidden by foliage and soil. Tornit are twice
the size of men, but lead the same lifestyle. They
travel to the sea to hunt in foggy weather, but do so
without kayaks, sitting on the waters surface. They
are wise men, and know the thoughts of men before
they are spoken. Tornit use the traits of a Legend
6 Elder Giant with (Legend -2) Epic Manipulation,
Epic Intelligence, and Epic Wits. They typically have
(Legend -1) Magic and Mystery as well.
Aunralit
(Guide 1-4)
Forests, lakes, rivers, and types of animals are
animated by spirit masters, called aunralit. Aunralit
function much like Nymphs or Kunitsukami (see
Scion: Hero).
FOLLOWERS
Imainak Ingitsut
(Followers 3-5)
Imainak ingitsut are not of common kind, not like
other people. They are otherwise normal humans
gifted with special endowments in the service of the
people and the Gods. Imainak ingitsut are otherwise
as any kind of appropriate mortal template with the
following additions: Legend 2, Occult 3, Medicine
3, Epic Perception at (Legend -1), The Unlidded
Eye, Death Senses, and Assess Health (the effects
of these Boons are innate powers and do not
require Birthrights to channel). Imainak ingitsut are
inherently resistant to the machinations of what the
Siberian and Inuit people perceived as witchcraft;
all uses of Magic, Mystery, and Prophecy against
them gain a difficulty equal to their Legend. Imainak
ingitsut have a Follower rating two dots higher than
the mortal template (anywhere from generic mortals
to experienced soldiers) that they are based on.
Their base Legend can be increased by 1 for each
extra dot added to their Birthright cost.
Yara
(Followers 3)
Yara are spirits of tents and houses (much like
Hidden Folk see Scion: Ragnarok) that will
maintain and protect their dwelling. If their house is
abandoned, they turn into kelet (see below).
CREATURES
Tornak
(Creature 4)
A tornak is a spirit assistant. Since Kutkhu was the
first to teach the Northern people shamanism,
a tornak is most often represented as a raven
(however, if you identify strongly with another type
of animal spirit, the tornak will take that form). In its
role as an assistant and familiar, a tornak can assist
with rituals and Occult rolls (offering a bonus die to
teamwork rolls).
A tornak takes the form of an animal with both
the Nemean and ghost templates with a Legend
rating that remains two lower than yours. It gains
five Virtue dots to divide between the Vairgit
Virtues when this Birthright is purchased. Its Epic
Attributes do not have to be Physical in nature,
they can be divided however you choose. Due to
its insubstantial and invisible (without the proper
Knacks or Boons to perceive spirits) nature, a tornak
may be of little direct aid in combat unless one is
battling evil spirits. In its role as a guardian spirit, a
tornak can use any and all Guardian Boons that you
know without needing a Birthright to channel them,
but it can only use them on you.
Nemean Mammoth
(Creature 5)
Apply the Nemean template to an elephant (see
Scion: Hero), then add +2 to Strength and Stamina
and the Frost Immunity Boon. Mammoths were
often a sign of ill fortune due to the powerful
taboos and rules concerning their remains living
mammoths are servants of the kelet as often as
they are servants of the Vairgit. Though a Nemean
mammoth is a very powerful ally, its tremendous size
(24 feet at the shoulder!) makes it impractical in any
situation that requires finesse or subtlety.
Tupliaq
(Creature 3, Relic 2 1 Purview, 1 Birth-
right Connection)
The tupilaq is not a creature that many of the Gods
or Scions are eager to speak about. The creatures
creation is often taboo and the uses for the creature
are meant to be kept secret. The tupilaq is an
avenging creature of Inuit legend that is created
from using various objects such as body parts (bone,
hair, etc...) and sometimes body parts taken from
the corpses of children. The resultant creature is an
abomination to behold. No two ever look the same,
but all of them are monstrous, with bulging flesh,
emaciated limbs, open, weeping sores and other
disfiguring traits.
The true horror of the tupilaq however, is that
despite the fact that it is a skilled hunter and never
gives up its prey once it has it, if it is sent to hunt
down a creature of Legend, the target may redirect
the tupilaq back at its master. This becomes easier
as the tupilaq continues to kill unless its owner takes
steps to ensure that its wickedness does not grow.
The wickedness of the tupilaq is linked to the actions
of its summoner. Each time the tupilaq is sent to kill
a target, it gains a Rapacity rating. The higher its
Rapacity, the more likely it is to turn on its master. Its
Rapacity may be kept in check by having the owner
make public confessions regarding the actions of
the tupilaq to others. If the act of summoning and
dispatching the tupilaq is made a public spectacle,
the creature does not gain the Rapacity. Regardless,
the tupilaq always has at least a Rapacity of 1. It can
never be cleansed fully. This Rapacity replaces the
creatures Duty in its Virtue rating. The tupilaq hunts
for the sake of indulging in its twisted pleasures, not
out of any real loyalty for its master.
While these creatures originate among the
Inuit people, the Gods of the Inuit people
look disfavorably upon the creation of these
monstrosities. They are untrustworthy, unreliable
and ultimately dangerous. Still, its not unheard of
for a Scion of Sedna to have such a creature in her
possession, especially in this time of war when no
advantage can be left unconsidered. They are often
given a small figurine of the tupilaq carved from
whale bone or the tusks of narwhals or walruses. In
addition to summoning to tupilaq from the nearest
body of cold water (even a cup of ice water will do as
the creature claws and scrapes its way from the glass
and expands to its full size in a grotesque display of
displaced flesh), the figurine also gives access to the
Death Purview.
Virtues: Endurance 4, Rapacity 1 (at first), Order 1,
Vengeance 2
Strength 7, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5, Charisma 0,
Manipulation 0, Appearance 0, Perception 6,
Intelligence 2, Wits 4
Athletics 3, Awareness 5, Brawl 4, Fortitude 3,
Investigation 4, Presence 4 (Intimidation only),
Stealth 3, Survival 4
Supernatural Powers:
Epic Attributes - Epic Strength 2 (Crushing Grip, Holy
Rampage), Epic Dexerity 1 (Monkey Climber), Epic
Stamina 2 (Holy Fortitude, Damage Conversion),
Epic Perception 2 (Predatory Focus, Supernal Hunter,
Telescopic Senses)
Invisibility - The tupilaq must often go places where
it must go unseen. By spending two Legend, the
tupilaq may make itself completely invisible for the
scene. Beings with supernatural perceptions may
roll Perception + Awareness against the tupilaqs
Wits + Stealth to notice its arrival.
Rapacious Turncoat - If a being of Legend notices the
tupilaq coming for him, he can make a Legend roll
(difficulty of the owners Legend minus the tupilaqs
Rapacity rating, minimum difficulty of 1). If the
target succeeds, the tupilaq hesitates in its attack
agains tthe target and then retreats, changings its
focus to hunting its master instead. If the owner
makes a public confession of the tupilaqs actions to
someone who didnt already know about them, then
the tupilaq will hold off in its attack and revert to
the owners control again. This also causes it to lose
a point of Rapacity as long as this doesnt reduce it
below 1.

Claws and Teeth - The tupilaq typically has sharp

claws and teeth which add +2L to unarmed attacks
and allow it to perform a Bite attack.

Health Levels: -0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-0/-2/-2/

Incap

Willpower: 6
Legend: 3, Legend Points: 9

Notes: Due to being composed of multiple body

parts, the tupilaq treats damage as if he were
undead. He takes bashing damage from firearms
attacks and may soak lethal damage with his full
Stamina. Note, however, the tupilaq is not truly
undead, merely takes damage like it.
 SCION
Kevin Quinn, Scion of Kutkhu
Kevin Quinn grew up in the foster home system
in and around Seattle. Every home that he
stayed in suffered some sort of tragedy during
his stay there the dog got hit by a car, the
breadwinner was laid off, the house burned
down while they were away, and so on. While
Kevin was never directly connected or even
suspected of being the source of these troubles,
he was a bright enough youth to start seeing the
common denominator in each of these domestic
disasters.
Foe (Magic 1), Vigil Brand (Guardian 1), Animal
Communication Raven (Animal 1), Nalussaerunek
(Angakoonek 1)
Birthrights:
(4) Relic: Raven-Feather Pok: Channels Animal
(Raven) Purview, allows shapechanging into raven
form for 1 Legend
(3) Relic: Arnuat: Channels Magic and Guardian
Purviews, adds Legend as difficulty to harmful Magic
used on wearer
(4) Relic: Soul Cutter (see above)
(4) Creature: Tulu (Raven Tornak)

Kevin received his Visitation from Kutkhu

and was told at the age of 16 that he was the
reincarnation of the Inuit hero Kiviuq. He took it
upon himself to carry on that heroic legacy and
help people suffering from the depredations
of the kelet, though his fathers ill fortune
continued to follow him. Every situation, no
matter how carefully executed, where he found
himself able to help someone would invariably
result in some sort of negative consequence to
himself.

Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina

4, Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2,
Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 4

Abilities: Animal Ken 1, Athletics 1, Awareness

3, Brawl 1, Command 2, Empathy 2, Fortitude 3,
Integrity 3, Melee 2, Medicine 3, Occult 3, Presence 3,
Survival 3

Virtues: Duty 4, Endurance 5, Order 1, Vengeance 1

Willpower: 9
Legend: 2

Epic Attributes: Epic Stamina 1 (Solipsistic Well-

Being), Epic Charisma 1 (Boys Will Be Boys), Epic Wits
1 (Psychic Profiler)

Boons: The Unlidded Eye (Magic 1), Peaceful Meeting

(Magic 1), Ariadnes Thread (Magic 1), Measured
 COSMOLOGY
UNDERWORLD: ADLIVUN
The earth and sea rest upon pillars it is between
those pillars that the dead find Adlivun, the
Underworld of the Vairgit. Unlike Quidlivun and the
parts of the World with which the Arctic people are
familiar, Adlivun is warm and abundant in food. It is
the home of the arsissut, the happy dead. Arsissut
are sent here for a year to be purified before either
being sent to Quidlivun as punishment for their
misdeeds in life or sent by Anapel back to the World
to be reincarnated.
Passages
Adlivun can be reached by entering any glacial
cavern deep enough to be shielded from the sun,
be it on land or sea. By traveling downward and
spending a point of Legend, a Scion can enter the
upper reaches of Adlivun.
OVERWORLD: QUIDLIVUN
Quidlivun is the Land of the Moon, the Overworld
home of the Vairgit tribes. Its terrain is similar to
that known by the Arctic tribes, bearing mountains,
valleys, lakes, and seas, all typically covered in
ice and snow. Quidlivun is set on a transparent
firmament, like a clear dome overlooking the World
its waters are perfectly clear, allowing a resident or
visitor to directly perceive through the foundation
and view the World itself. Quidlivun rotates
above a point corresponding with the North Pole,
allowing the Vairgit to view much of the Northern
hemisphere.
The Arctic dead who have not earned themselves
the right to reincarnation are collected by Xargi and
sent to Quidlivun. They become servants in the iron
house of NuTenut, playing sports with a walrus head
for the amusement of the Gods.
Axis Mundi: Worlds End
It is said that the sky and sea meet one another
beyond the reach of human sight. By sailing to the
end of the sea, one reaches the beginning of the
sky. In order to reach Quidlivun, one must travel to a
featureless point be it ocean or tundra. When there
is nothing and no one else in sight, the traveler can
spend a point of Legend to transport himself to the
borders of Quidlivun.
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SINCE THE SIEGE: ICE CALVING
Calving is the process by which icebergs break
off of a glacier and drift into the ocean. Since its
escape from Tarterus, the Titan Sila has surrounded
Quidlivun and initiated a similar process there. Parts
of the Vairgit Overworld will break off and drift
in the insubstantial sea of souls that surrounds it,
eventually consumed by hostile kelet. The edges
of Quidlivun have a broken appearance, like little
islands of reality floating in the void.
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SILA
TITAN OF SOULS
Among the Arctic tribes, Sila was the name for the
concept of the soul, the fundamental component
of all that exists. Sila was ever-present, but rarely
personified in their stories and never depicted,
believed to be formless. Sila is the Titan of Souls,
the primordial essence of life and intelligence
itself. While the various matronly Avatars of Terra
produce life and birth it into the physical world, it is
Silas essence that gives life sentience, personality,
and individuality. As their originator, Silas power
holds sway over spirits in all forms: the spirits of the
inanimate, the living, the dead, and the yet-to-be-
born.
The entire realm of Sila is like the soul completely
insubstantial. It appears as a ghostly grey version
of whatever realm it was accessed from, with the
material world visible as if through fog. Sila can be
accessed through any Worldly, Overworld, or Titan
realm (but not the Underworld). Anyone wishing to
travel to Sila must simply sever their soul from their
body (a task more easily undertaken by some than
others) and spend a point of Legend to transport
their soul there. Sila is unique among Titans in that
a God can enter it in an insubstantial form without
being consumed by the Titans energies. Despite
being insubstantial, the God is still vulnerable to the
touch of Aetheric creatures, and the ravenous kelet
pose a constant danger.
Favored Purviews: Death, Health, Magic,
Psychopomp, Sky
Banned Purviews: Darkness, Earth
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Aetheric Template
Any creature can obtain the Aetheric Template,
becoming insubstantial and invisible as though
they were specters. Aetheric creatures may directly
combat other Aetheric creatures, ghosts, specters,
and other insubstantial spirits even Gods in their
intangible form as if they were physical beings
using their normal traits and attributes. By spending
a point of Legend, Aetheric creatures may directly
attack the soul of a physical being, even if it is
protected by its physical form. When doing so, the
attacking Aetheric creature removes its appropriate
Epic Attribute from its damage roll, but the defender
uses its Aggravated Soak instead of the appropriate
Bashing or Lethal Soak. Such attacks ignore all forms
of armor completely.
Aetheric creatures are immune to Boons from
the Psychopomp and Health Purviews unless the
user is two Legend higher. Aetheric creatures are
considered two Legend lower against Boons from
the Darkness and Earth Purviews.
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AVATARS OF SILA
Arsan Duolai (Dominant Avatar of Sila)
Aka: Allara-Ogonr, Khul, Todote, Nitne, Ulu-Toyon, Pakoro Kamuy
Arsan Duolai was a ruler of the ancient Underworld,
a despot and a leader among the kelet. He was
known as devourer of souls and bestower of
diseases, one who was assuaged by blood sacrifices
(cattle, horses, and humans being his favorite). A
monstrous figure clothed in blood-matted furs,
Arsan Duolais twisted face has a mouth on his
forehead and his eyes on his temples.
Joining with Sila and influencing its power to
the side of the other Titans, Arsan Duolai was
naturally imprisoned with them when the Gods
were victorious. Over the intervening centuries,
he wrested control of the once-benevolent kelet
from the insubstantial Aether and the indifferent
Paramatman, becoming the dominant Avatar of the
Titan. Since then, he has subverted the Titans forces
to his desire to consume the spirit of everything that
lives the Soul of the Universe is under his influence,
and he sees a grave injustice in the remainder of
creation not following suit.
Arsan Duolai has a dice pool of 22 for all actions and
favors Social Attributes.
Virtues: Ambition 4, Malice 2, Rapacity 5, Zealotry 3
Supernatural Powers:
Avatars: The Scourge, The Reaper
Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Darkness and Earth which are
forbidden. He also possesses all Boons from the
Health, Death, and Angakoonek Purviews.
Willpower: 9; Legend: 11, Legend Points: 121
Aether (Avatar of Sila)
Aether is the personification of the souls
insubstantiality, the manifestation each breath taken
by a living thing.
Aether has a dice pool of 22 for all actions and favors
Mental Attributes.
Virtues: Ambition 4, Malice 2, Rapacity 3, Zealotry 3
Supernatural Powers:
Avatars: The Way
Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Darkness and Earth which are
forbidden. He also possesses all Boons from the
Psychopomp and Arete (Integrity) Purviews.
Willpower: 7; Legend: 11, Legend Points: 121
Paramatman (Avatar of Sila)
Paramatman is the Supreme Self of the Universe,
the collective soul of everything that exists.
Paramatman exists in a near-constant state of
disembodied contemplation.
Paramatman has a dice pool of 24 for all actions and
favors Mental Attributes.
Virtues: Ambition 3, Malice 1, Rapacity 1, Zealotry 5
Supernatural Powers:
Moksha Paramatman exists in a permanent state of
Moksha, as per the Samsara 10 Boon.
Avatars: The Wyrd, The Way
Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Darkness and Earth which are
forbidden. He also possesses all Boons from the
Psychopomp, Magic, and Samsara Purviews.
Willpower: 8; Legend: 12, Legend Points: 144
LESSER CREATURES OF SILA
Kelet
The kelet (singular: kele) are the evil spirits of
the earth. Many of them start their existences as
ordinary inue, tornak, and aunralit until a failure on
the part of a mortal to show proper respect drives
them to revenge. Kelet are cannibalistic and bring
disease and death wherever they go. Kelet use the
traits of Specters (see Scion: Hero), but have access
to Health and Death Boons equal to their (Legend -1)
and the aetheric template.
OTHER AVATARS
Kinije (Avatar of Zrvan)
Kinije is the Avatar of Zrvan that is responsible for
the forward movement of time.
Kinije has a dice pool of 20 for all actions and favors
Mental Attributes. He prefers to outwit, outthink,
and outwait obstacles rather than engage in direct
confrontations.
Virtues: Ambition 3, Malice 3, Rapacity 4, Zealotry 2
Supernatural Powers:
Avatars: The Crown, The Way, The Wyrd
Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Fire and Magic which are forbidden.
He also possesses all Boons from the Stars, Prophecy,
Psychopomp, and Angakoonek Purviews.
Willpower: 7; Legend: 10, Legend Points: 100
Pauchi Kamuy (Servant of Hundun)
Pauchi Kamuy was once the Ainu God of insanity,
born in the Overworld but incessantly descending
to the World to inflict suffering and madness on
mortals. During the original Titanomachy, Pauchi
Kamuy sided with the Titans and was locked into
Tarterus with them when they were defeated. Since
their escape, he quickly latched onto Hundun as a
source of additional power and has added revenge
to his repertoire of shenanigans.
Pauchi Kamuy has a dice pool of 20 for all actions
and favors Social Attributes.
Virtues: Ambition 3, Malice 5, Rapacity 2, Zealotry 1
Supernatural Powers:
Avatars: The Void
Boons: Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Justice and Guardian, which are
forbidden. He also possesses all Boons from the
Chaos and Angakoonek Purviews.
Willpower: 8; Legend: 10, Legend Points: 100
Kigatilik (Avatar of Soku-No-Kumi)
Like his children the wendigo, Kigatilik looks like
he should have died of exposure centuries ago.
His body is thin, frail and covered with bleeding
sores and nests of maggots. His eyes are sunk back
into his head and his teeth are gnarled, twisted
imitations of bone. Lips have been practically
chewed off, leaving only a skeletal snarl. His
hands are bony, deprived of flesh entirely and his
fingerbones are twisted into jagged claws. He is
the pure embodiment of what his wendigo children
represent.
And yet, despite all that, Kigatilik is not consumed
by the hunger like his children are. Kigatilik IS the
hunger. He represents the all-consuming power
of the darkness. Absorbing light. Hiding lost
items. Separating people from their friends and
companions. He is the cold, unforgiving emptiness
of darkness that consumes all that is forgotten
about. His children, the wendigo are consumed
by his touch. They are consumed by the desire to
possess, to take, to have. They are consumed by the
desire to consume. That desire is their father.
His favorite targets among humanity have always
been the shamans of the people. He is the slayer of
the spirit and the destroyer of leadership. Without
guidance, humanity becomes lost in their desires.
And without spirituality, there is nothing to keep his
hunger from spreading. The gods themselves are
the worst about this. They guide all of humanity.
Kigatilik has a dice pool of 22 for all actions and
favors Physical Attributes above anything. He prefers
to claw and tear into his opponents, ripping them
apart and bathing in their blood as he consumes
their flesh.
Virtues: Ambition 1, Malice 3, Rapacity 5, Zealotry 1
Supernatural Powers: Avatars - The Abyss, The Cold,
The Reaper
Boons - Every one- to eight-dot Boon from every
Purview except Fire and Sun which are forbidden
Kigatilik. He also possesses all Boons from the
Darkness, Death, Frost, and Angakoonek Purviews.
Consumption - If Kigatilik manages to kill a victim
with his Bite attack, he may roll his Manipulation
+ Occult (or rather, his 22 dice with 29 automatic
successes) resisted by the targets Willpower +
Integrity + Legend. The target gets to resist even
though technically dead as a last ditch effort. If
Kigatilik succeeds, he gains one piece of information,
at the Storytellers discretion, that the target knew.
The more successes, the more information he can
gather from consuming his victims. If he manages
to achieve more unresisted successes equal to the
victims Legend (minimum of 1 if he eats a mortal)
then he may learn everything the target knew (ie:
the Storyteller can consider anything and everything
plot related or otherwise important to be fair game).
Epic Attributes - Epic Physical Attributes at the 10-
dot level (with all appropriate Knacks). All other Epic
Attributes at the eight-dot level (with all appropriate
Knacks).
Willpower: 8; Legend: 11, Legend Points: 121
Note: Kigatiliks Bite attack adds +10 damage and
makes he damage aggravated. His fangs and mouth
are perhaps one of the most dangerous weapons
that Soku-No-Kumi (if not the Titans as a whole) have
at their disposal.
OTHER ANTAGONISTS
Kenash Unarabe
Kenash Unarabe is an Ainu kamuy, a blood-drinking
monster who preys upon hunters. She is said to
have emerged from the decomposing tools that
Kutkhu used in his making of the earth, a sister
to poisons and diseases. She often takes on the
appearance of Hash-Inau-uk Kamuy, a lesser goddess
of the hunt, in order to deceive and trap hunters.
She will lead a hunter deep into a swamp; when
he tires, she will turn on him, kill him, and drink his
blood. Her feigned likeness to Hash-Inau-uk Kamuy
(a female archer, often carrying a child on her back
and accompanied by a small bird) is not perfect, and
she is forced to conceal her face with her long hair (a
way that canny hunters can recognize her and avoid
a horrible fate).
Virtues: Ambition 1, Rapacity 4, Malice 4, Zealotry 1
Attributes: Strength 7, Dexterity 7, Stamina
5, Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 5,
Perception 7, Intelligence 4, Wits 7
Abilities: Animal Ken 2, Athletics 4, Awareness
5, Brawl 2, Craft (Tools) 3, Empathy 2, Fortitude
3, Integrity 3, Investigation 2, Marksmanship 5,
Medicine 3, Melee 2, Occult 3, Presence 3, Stealth 5,
Survival 5, Thrown 2
Epic Attributes
Epic Strength 1 (Crushing Grip), Epic Dexterity 6
(Trick Shooter, Shot to the Heart, Cats Grace, Divine
Balance, Roll With It, Omnidexterity), Epic Stamina
3 (Holy Fortitude, Divine Fortitude (Sleep), Damage
Conversion), Epic Appearance 5 (Dreadful Mien,
Visage Great and Terrible, My Eyes Are Up Here,
Detail Variation, Undeniable Resemblance), Epic
Perception 6 (Telescopic Senses, Predatory Focus,
Supernal Hunter, Perfect Pitch, Subliminal Warning,
Real McCoy), Epic Wits 2 (Cobra Reflexes, Opening
Gambit)
Boons (No Relics required to access)
Afraid of the Dark, Animal Communication (All),
Antidote, Assess Health, Atiq, Blessing of Health/
Curse of Frailty, Bolster, Ekungassok, Heal/Infect,
Nalussaerunek, Night Eyes, Tetkeyun, Urif, Virility/
Muliebrity, Water Breathing
Willpower: 8
Legend: 7
Kayarissat
The kayarissat (plural of kajariak) are kayakmen
of extraordinary size who dwell in hidden lands
across the sea. They were skilled in different arts of
sorcery, particularly in the way of raising storms and
bringing bad weather. Kayarissat use the traits of
generic giants, but have (Legend -1) ratings in the
Angakoonek, Magic, and Sky purviews. If a group
of them are working together and the total of their
Legend ratings exceeds 50 they can collectively
invoke the Weather Husbandry Boon, ignoring the
usual Legend requirements.
Kugdlughiak
The kudlughiak is a worm of enormous size with
many feet and extraordinary speed. Use the traits of
a lindworm/tatzelworm, but add +3 to its Dexterity.
Amarok
Amarok is the name of a gigantic wolf from Inuit
mythology. It is said to hunt down and devour
anyone foolish enough to hunt alone at night.
Unlike real wolves who hunt in packs, Amarok hunts
alone. Amarok uses the traits of a Legend 6 fenrir.
Adlet
Allegedly born from the union of a beautiful Inuit
woman and a gigantic red dog with supernatural
powers, the Adlet are a wolflike form of undead
that plagues the lands of the North. Adlet feed on
the blood and flesh of the living, regaining a point
of Legend if their first action after slaying a mortal
is to drink their victims warm blood. Bearing a
resemblance to therianthropes, they can assume the
form of a mortal, a large red dog, or a bestial hybrid
with the hindquarters of a dog and the upper limbs
of a human. Adlet are very fast and adept hunters,
gaining +2 Epic Dexterity and +2 Epic Perception
above the undead template. They are cunning
hunters, but feral and suffer -2 Intelligence. Fire and
silver deal Aggravated damage to Adlet. Adlet are
capable of reproducing with mortals; their offspring
retain all of their traits.
Wendigo
Wendigo appear as tall, lanky humans with rail-thin
limbs and sunken cheeks and eyes. Theres a starved
look about them, and many wendigo who can be
found among human society pass themselves off as
homeless. Other Legendary beings perceive them
as skeletal, emaciated corpses standing a head
above other men. Their look of starvation is taken
to such an extreme that they bear an animalistic
countenance desiccated skin pulled so tight as
to reveal their bones clearly, matted hair falling out
in clumps, ash-grey skin, tattered, bloody lips, and
razor-sharp teeth.
Wendigo thralls are created in a similar manner as
other giants, by drinking their eitr. When confronted
with the chance to consume human flesh, a
wendigos thrall must fail a Rapacity roll or succumb
to his desire. When he consumes the heart of his
victim, he becomes a wendigo himself.
Wendigo use the traits for a generic giant (Scion:
Hero) with the following exceptions: Rapacity 5, Frost
Boons up to (Legend -1), -1 Strength, +3 Dexterity,
and (Legend -2) Epic Dexterity. Their claws and teeth
allow them to inflict unarmed attacks at +2 Lethal
damage. Wendigo do not heal naturally, they may
only heal injuries by consuming human flesh (each
Health Level of damage inflicted by a wendigos bite
restores a damaged Health Level to the wendigo).
Wendigo gain a bonus to their Rapacity rating equal
to their wound penalties.
Like other giants, a wendigos trophy is its heart.
The blood provides the same bonus that all giants
blood does, but instead of reducing the drinkers
Intelligence it replaces his lowest Virtue with
Rapacity for the rest of the scene.
Kushtaka
The kushtaka are a special breed of therianthrope
(Scion: Demigod, pg. 288) native to the wilds of
Alaska and parts of Canada. The kushtaka are a
breed of were-otter that are very similar in function
to the Celtic selkie. Like the selkies, the kushtaka
are loyal to their titan masters, almost without
exception. Some stories depict the kushtaka as
helpful and these are attributed to a small band
which may have served the Vairgit for a time.
Kushtaka roam the waters and shores of Alaskan
rivers and oceans, luring their targets to the water
and then tearing them apart. Unlike selkies, the
were-otters actually do possess claws and teeth
powerful enough to tear into flesh. Kushtaka rely
on their speed and agility, as well as their ability to
work as a unit. Even more disturbing, the kushtaka
possess a unique power that allows them to craft
illusions. Favorite illusions include the sound of a
baby crying to lure in caring individuals, or forcing
lonely fishermen to see images of their loved ones in
danger. (Kushtaka gain +1 to Epic Dexterity with the
Perfect Partner Knack and can use Illusion Boons up
to their Legend rating instead of Legend -1).

Though not physically imposing, they are adept

manipulators and their pack mentality ensures that
they are rarely outnumbered. Kushtaka in the first
stage of infection find themselves transforming
when in the presence of other kushtaka. It is rare
that kushtaka are allowed to escape their new
people and this transformative nature of their
presence ensures the community mindset which
develops within them.

Credit Where Credit Is Due

Entries for Nanook, Sedna, The Spear of Nanook,
Kigatilik, Tupilaq, Wendigo, and Kushtaka were
lifted with some modifications from Demonchildes
Manitou fan-pantheon. This is not to say that the
Inuit stuff cant work within a North American Indian
pantheon (especially considering the way it was
skillfully presented by Demonchilde) and I intend
no disrespect; I just feel that it has more in common
with a Siberian pantheon.

Other sources were links from various Wikipedia

entries (yeah, yeah, I know) and www.sacred-texts.
com, using stories and literature about the Chukchi,
Koryak, Yukaghir, Yakut, Ainu, and Inuit people as
inspiration. There is a LOT of source material on the
Sacred Texts site that Im still going through.