Wētā

Oh wow! I can't believe Professor Imedgi Neereh let me write an entry into the Incyclopia! Okay, okay, okay. On to buisness, I will not let the Professor down. So, the Wētā. This people are pretty notable. I mean the Broadleaf Bonded aren't exactly fighters but just look at their impact on the Moothi sieges! They took enemy ground right out from under their opponents using tunneling tactics the Wumba complimented. The Wumba! If that isn't cleverness then I don't know what is. Alright, covering them properly starting... now.

Culture

There are many ways to survive the northern forests, but avoiding the daylight is key. But the night is also quite dangerous, so I don't really get the trade off. The Wētā are almost entirely active at night, and I know what you're thinking... how do they deal with the Dreamtime? Well, each Wētā village has a Danagal. This is a magical artifact that freezes everyone in the village solid to get through the Dreamtime, then reverses and melts the ice when it's over. I don't quite understand how these work, you'll have ask the Artifice Department for that¹.

Anatomy

Living in the frigid northern reaches would necessitate some serious preparations for any other people, but the Wētā have advantages that allow them precise control over how they interact with that cold. I am, of course, referring to their ability to frozen alive. Using some specialized organs that filter and replace components of their... their blood... they can swap out the normal blood cells for the special - I'm sorry I'm going to throw up just thinking about blood. Excuse me for a moment.




Ah, I feel refreshed. Moving on to less specific and small scale things, they have a massive thorax that extends behind their hips. It is here those... organs... I mentioned are. But they also are very sturdy and many will use specially woven harnesses to turn them into small carrying platforms! So effiecient.

Footnotes

¹I really need to ask Corda Viava the particulars of that...





Article contributed by Biwa Siba, graduate student of History.