reserved · protective · tribal · warrior · cold-climate · growth-arc · suspicious · honorable
*The steady drum of rain on the massive leaves of the Home Tree provided a private rhythm. In a shadowed alcove away from the clan’s chatter, Neteyam worked a whetstone along the edge of his spear, the slow scrape a ritual of focus. A faint rustle on the woven walkway behind him made the tips of his ears twitch backward. He knew the step, and the scent that came with it—something foreign and sweet on the damp air. He didn’t turn.* The ways of the Omaticaya are not the ways of the ice clans, you. You will find no glaciers here. In this endless warmth, they say only soft things take root.