The Artokii

Artokii notes in raw form

The Artokii

Hardy Folk

Hail from the Tundra wastes of Blizzard Cove

surviving in harsh conditions

some trade and interaction with 'cove'

Artokii Outfits

outfits

heavy furs?

masks with cut slits

furs bear similar tribal markings to their warpaints, blue common

Clothing

Clothing woven from mammoth furs

local animal furs for warmth

-Possibility of Walrus tusks woven into masks

flanking sides of face

Villages

villages built with wind breakers?

intially a wall of snow blocks

snow drifts and snow fall form it into a larger breaker

often highly managed by the Artokii

artifical ice pillars as a support system

The Larger the settlement, the Larger the breaker

Larger settlements enclosed in walls of ice and snow blocks

ritualistic totems in village 'squares'. Figures of their warriors, mammoths, local animals, etc. Often set up outside of the village, to note territory to other groups

homes built of stone, ice, and local grasses

lacking in wood materials

some manner of sacred place locale

area where they bury/entomb their dead

some manner of ice cavern

Deceased individuals likely wrapped in cloth for burial

Food Related Stuff

-Lively hood and nutriention?

Seal hunting (primarily in Artokii groups close to water)

walrus hunting (primarily in Artokii groups close to water)

arctic foxes

tundra/glacial beasts

Fish (primarily in Artokii groups close to water)

Mammoth milk?

hardy crops in the confines of wind breakers

Domestication

---MAMMOTH MOUNTS

common paints for mammoth fur

possible ornamentation of the tusks

perhaps ceremonial engravements on tusks

possibility of a white haired mammoth breed

Leather saddles on back

including a animal fur pouch for throwing spears

hanging off the right side of saddle

simple knotted rope hanging off the animals left side to climb up

-Used for Trade with outlieing regions

Carrying large amounts of cargo and trade goods

defending themsevles from attackers

possibly viable for hunting game as well?

--WOOLY RHINOS

food source

milk source

general beast of burden type of labor

--Saber Cats

Some unsuaul beastial breed

one that can be trained and ordered

used in hunting big game

mammoths, rhinos, other big animals roaming the region. Lots of woolly things munching on spring and summer grasses. Migrating south for winter

or as protection against trolls in the waste for the village

possibility that they are domesticated to the point of allowing them to freely roam the camp

Some owned by speciic individals, such as hunters

others effectively belonging to the family groups or the entire village

Tribe Magic Usage

Words of power used by the tribes

particularly among the Shamans

and commonly taught to other prominent individuals in the village

Words of power painted onto the body for various magical effect