Svaald

Svaald are an ice dwelling blue skinned race with large white manes of hair. They are shorter than your average human, but have long arms for their height. The blue skin ranges in tone from deep ocean blue to a lighter sky blue, and their eyes resemble smoothly polished gems. They have very broad shoulders and hips with rippling muscles.

Racial Modifiers

• Favored Template: Shaman, Adept
• Favored Stat: Constitution
• +8 Speed
• +5 Health
• +7 Resistance
• +1 Base Survival
• +1 Base Shamanism OR Choice of Weapon Skill
• Svaald are immune to natural and magical cold equal to their Rank in Magic

Religion

The Svaald have always had a history of worshiping totem and ancestral spirits, though at one time they did also follow the Blessed Gods. However, the devastation of the second God War left them angry and bitter and as a culture they began to turn away from the Blessed Gods, until no Svaald would even consider worshiping one. To the present day Svaald harbor a deep resentment of the Blessed Gods and are unapologetic in their refusal to worship them.

Region & Society

Regions in which the race is found, including regions they have divergent behaviors or statistics.

Language

The Svaald language is based on the Inuit languages. Below are a couple of links to translation and dictionary websites that you may find useful.

http://www.freelang.net/online/inuit.php?lg=gb

http://alaskool.uaa.alaska.edu/language/dictionaries/inupiaq/dictionary.htm (This one is the easiest to find what you need...when it is working. Frequently you can't use the search feature and only the browse by letter or category options will be available.)

Names

These resources may be useful when choosing a Svaald name.

http://www.goodnamegenerator.com/inuit-names.php

http://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/inuit

http://fantasynamegenerators.com/inuit-names.php#.V8Cbo_krJmM

Equipment

While most equipment in the Player Guide is available, many races have a particular affinity for equipment, or materials of a certain type such as particular arms & armor.

The Svaald traditionally favor spears and axes though swords are also not uncommon. As wood is an extremely precious community in Svaald, any weapon that would normally involve the use of wood is made out of steel or quicksilver instead. This, in addition to the sub-zero temperatures, makes any form of archery virtually impossible in the Northern Wastes. Use of bows and crossbows is not completely unheard of when travelling in the warmer lands of the other races but would be considered unusual.

Quicksilver is plentiful in Svaald and so its use in armor and weaponry is far more common than in human lands.

Magic & Lore

The white dragon god, Isenar, is frozen in the wastes of the Svaald lands. He is the source of the Adept powers.

Icari Scatha ("scales of the wyrm"): There is a prophesy that one who masters the white dragon will create a Svaald Empire, with all the clans united as the scales of a great dragon.