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“…are those who call themselves the Fennshe, and are known as the ferals by the other apes…amongst sentient li fe elsewhere, however, these “ferals” have an instinctive grasp of the relationship between the Light and the Dark, one that pervades their tribal customs and very way of life…their mystics are able too look into perprtual twilight across a very real border – and their creation myths allude to a time before the coming of the light…”
The Rise of the Apes, by H’riss
“…I fear for my people now. As a young man I travelled to the north and I saw the great pyres burning at the edge of the light, to hold the dark at bay. Twenty three tribes were charged with that sacred duty since the beginning. Yet in my life time alone three of those bloodlines have perished, and the fires burn lower. Each Winter the line moves closer still…”
-Excerpt from the Death Speech of A Feral “Dreamspeaker” as recorded by Claudin Venerra
‘Ferals’ is a city-state term to refer to those creatures that exist in the icy wastes north of the Great Spine Mountains. The subject of children’s tales, what little is known of them by outsiders places emphasis on their capacity for bestial violence, but this is but one aspect of a complex people.
Whilst simple in terms of their basic material needs, a few scholars have suggested that the Ferals have an intricate set of beliefs on subjects such as how the stars relate to the physical and spiritual world.
Nomadic by nature, they travel around in extended family groups trying to subsist off what the land will provide. To withstand the harsh environment, they have developed a formidable constitution aided by the presence of partial coverings of hide and fur over their bodies.
Such natural abilities and the nature of the environment itself have precluded the need for them to develop an understanding in certain trades such as metal-working. Where desire for such things exists, Ferals are known to seek out the Celtoi or caravans in order to trade, although such negotiations are known to be fraught, and often perilous.
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