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Though the biosphere appears dormant, it sustains complex life systems adapted to conditions unseen elsewhere in Adaris. | Though the biosphere appears dormant, it sustains complex life systems adapted to conditions unseen elsewhere in Adaris. | ||
|Inhabitants=Itharalis is home to two known Sophant species, each shaped by the unique metaphysical and environmental extremes of the frozen realm: the Sarnathi, who exist out of time, and the Nykrathi, primal dwellers of the glacier’s body. | |Inhabitants=Itharalis is home to two known Sophant species, each shaped by the unique metaphysical and environmental extremes of the frozen realm: the Sarnathi, who exist out of time, and the Nykrathi, primal dwellers of the glacier’s body. | ||
=== Sarnathi – The Time-Buried === | === Sarnathi – The Time-Buried === | ||
Descendants of an ancient civilization thought lost to history, the Sarnathi were caught in a temporal collapse and preserved in stasis beneath the ice. Touched by the [[Primordial Spirit]] [[Kairos]], they exist partially out of phase with the present, awakening at irregular intervals when the boundaries of time weaken. Their bodies bear crystalline inclusions, and their minds drift between centuries, making them enigmatic and revered by other [[inhabitants of Adaris]]. | Descendants of an ancient civilization thought lost to history, the Sarnathi were caught in a temporal collapse and preserved in stasis beneath the ice. Touched by the [[Primordial Spirit]] [[Kairos]], they exist partially out of phase with the present, awakening at irregular intervals when the boundaries of time weaken. Their bodies bear crystalline inclusions, and their minds drift between centuries, making them enigmatic and revered by other [[inhabitants of Adaris]]. | ||
The Sarnathi rarely intervene in the affairs of others, but their appearance is seen as an omen of repeating catastrophe or forgotten truths resurfacing. | The Sarnathi rarely intervene in the affairs of others, but their appearance is seen as an omen of repeating catastrophe or forgotten truths resurfacing. | ||
=== Nykrathi – The Icebound Clans === | === Nykrathi – The Icebound Clans === | ||
The Nykrathi are a resilient, territorial people native to the glacial interior of Itharalis. Stocky and armored with naturally forming ice-plate exoskins, they molt with the shifting seasons. They communicate through vibratory resonance and ice-chime patterns formed with breath and movement. Nomadic by nature, the Nykrathi follow deep glacial currents, constructing shifting shelters from resonant ice and snow-bone. | The Nykrathi are a resilient, territorial people native to the glacial interior of Itharalis. Stocky and armored with naturally forming ice-plate exoskins, they molt with the shifting seasons. They communicate through vibratory resonance and ice-chime patterns formed with breath and movement. Nomadic by nature, the Nykrathi follow deep glacial currents, constructing shifting shelters from resonant ice and snow-bone. | ||