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Robyn.Blaber at 21:53, 2 March 2026

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	\| substrains = [[Sawdager]], [[Tenizi]], [[Uris]]		\| substrains = [[Sawdager]], [[Tenizi]], [[Uris]]
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Robyn.Blaber at 21:51, 2 March 2026

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Robyn.Blaber at 20:28, 20 February 2026

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	\| title = [[Kuulik]]		\| title = [[Kuulik]]
	\| subtitle = Player Strain		\| subtitle = Player Strain
	\| caption = The [[Kuulik]] (🔊 koo-OO-~~lihk~~) are a diminutive race of green-skinned fonts of ambition. Lacking the might to take territory, most [[Kuulik]] are itinerant in nature, frequenting other nations for trade.		\| caption = The [[Kuulik]] (🔊 koo-OO-lik) are a diminutive race of green-skinned fonts of ambition. Lacking the might to take territory, most [[Kuulik]] are itinerant in nature, frequenting other nations for trade.
	\| strain = [[Kuulik]]		\| strain = [[Kuulik]]
	\| scientific = Homo Ingeniosus		\| scientific = Homo Ingeniosus
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	\| possessive = [[Kuulik]]i		\| possessive = [[Kuulik]]i
	\| substrains = [[Sawdager]], [[Tenizi]], [[Uris]]		\| substrains = [[Sawdager]], [[Tenizi]], [[Uris]]
	\| image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/~~120726ed~~-~~f56d~~-~~41f4~~-~~3d6f~~-~~842615194700~~/wiki#.png		\| image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/756c41d5-8784-4866-e36e-299bf333e700/wiki#.png
	\| eyesight =		\| eyesight = Low Light Vision
	\| hearing =		\| hearing =
	\| smell =		\| smell =
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	\| weight =		\| weight =
	\| wingspan =		\| wingspan =
	\| skin_color =		\| skin_color = Gray-Green, Olive-Green, Green/Red, Green
	\| hair_color =		\| hair_color = Black, Gray, White
	\| feathers =		\| feathers =
	\| eye_color =		\| eye_color = Blue, Green, Brown, Red, Yellow
	\| build =		\| build = Slight
	\| distinctions =		\| distinctions = Short and slight, with striking green skin, long, horizontally pointed ears, and jet black hair.
	\| language = [[~~Human~~]]~~, Goblin, Orc~~		\| language = [[Otani Language]]
	\| climate =		\| climate = Temperate
	\| terrain =		\| terrain = Metropolitan,Ocean/[[Sur]]face
	\| location =		\| location = [[Kuulik Peninsula]]
	\| disposition =		\| disposition = Loyal to the company.
	}}		}}

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	When [[Uris]] receive their call to adventure, they answer the call with thicker skin than their other [[Kuulik]] cousins, having practiced for battle most of their lives. When anyone tells you that they are afraid of the [[Kuulik]], they are most likely imagining an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]], whose martial gaze has the very look of death.		When [[Uris]] receive their call to adventure, they answer the call with thicker skin than their other [[Kuulik]] cousins, having practiced for battle most of their lives. When anyone tells you that they are afraid of the [[Kuulik]], they are most likely imagining an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]], whose martial gaze has the very look of death.
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			== [[Kuulik]]i Occupied Regions ==

			=== [[Kuulik Peninsula]] ===
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			'''Description:''' The [[Kuulik]] (🔊 koo-OOH-lihk) Trade Company is the smallest nation in [[Otan]], yet boasts the most far-reaching influence of any. The [[Kuulik]] people govern it.

			'''Overview:''' Coming Soon
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	== Society and Culture ==		== Society and Culture ==
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	The [[Kuulik]] are a downtrodden folk. After the Great Erasure, the nations of the world woke to decide that the [[Kuulik]] were more likely a pest than a people. Many [[Kuulik]] were lost before this trend was turned around. Lacking the power or numbers to fight fire with fire, the [[Kuulik]] retreated to safe pockets of every nation in the world, and from this vantage point, they shaped a new nation.		The [[Kuulik]] are a downtrodden folk. After the Great Erasure, the nations of the world woke to decide that the [[Kuulik]] were more likely a pest than a people. Many [[Kuulik]] were lost before this trend was turned around. Lacking the power or numbers to fight fire with fire, the [[Kuulik]] retreated to safe pockets of every nation in the world, and from this vantage point, they shaped a new nation.

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	== Physical Characteristics ==		== Physical Characteristics ==
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	The [[Kuulik]] are a diminutive race, with an average height of just over a meter (4 feet). They are easily identified by their green coloring and large protruding ears. Their ears extend perpendicular to their heads by as much as 20 centimeters (8 inches).		The [[Kuulik]] are a diminutive race, with an average height of just over a meter (4 feet). They are easily identified by their green coloring and large protruding ears. Their ears extend perpendicular to their heads by as much as 20 centimeters (8 inches).

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	=== Natural and Latent Abilities ===		=== Natural and Latent Abilities ===
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	It is uncommon, but possible for some [[Kuulik]] to be able to see in very low light.		It is uncommon, but possible for some [[Kuulik]] to be able to see in very low light.
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	== History ==		== History ==
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	As with the other strains, the [[Kuulik]] have only guesswork and religion to piece together their history from before the Great Erasure. As near as they have been able to determine, the [[Kuulik]] had their own lands, possibly what is now the [[Ungir]] Federation land, and were bountiful in that land. Rifts with other strains, however, forced them to flee to fields afar.		As with the other strains, the [[Kuulik]] have only guesswork and religion to piece together their history from before the Great Erasure. As near as they have been able to determine, the [[Kuulik]] had their own lands, possibly what is now the [[Ungir]] Federation land, and were bountiful in that land. Rifts with other strains, however, forced them to flee to fields afar.

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	== [[Kuulik]]i Substrains ==		== [[Kuulik]]i Substrains ==

	~~=== [[Uris]] Substrain ===~~
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	'''Description:'''For anyone who's had an older sibling, they'll have some insight as to how the [[Uris]] (🔊 OO-riss) [[Kuulik]] blend into [[Kuulik]] society. They are the martial [[Kuulik]] members.

	'''Overview:'''At a young age, [[Uris]] children might challenge one another in a competition of who can hit themselves in the head the hardest with a stick. With encouragement and training from parents and village leaders, they grow to make these competitions more applicable to real life, and heat each other with sticks, and later spells and swords.

	There is no time in the life of an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]] where some form of violence isn't shaping them. By the time an [[Uris]] has been recruited to the battlefield, they will have delivered and received hundreds of small wounds. What an ordinary strain would call "training", the [[Uris]] regard as simply "growing up".

	When [[Uris]] receive their call to adventure, they answer the call with thicker skin than their other [[Kuulik]] cousins, having practiced for battle most of their lives. When anyone tells you that they are afraid of the [[Kuulik]], they are most likely imagining an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]], whose martial gaze has the very look of death.
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	=== [[Sawdager]] Substrain ===		=== [[Sawdager]] Substrain ===
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	'''Description:'''The [[Sawdager]] (🔊 SAW-dah-gur) are perhaps among the most ambitious people in all of [[Otan]]. While even the simplest creatures understand basic trade, the [[Sawdager]] have perfected trade into an artform.		'''Description:'''The [[Sawdager]] (🔊 SAW-dah-gur) are perhaps among the most ambitious people in all of [[Otan]]. While even the simplest creatures understand basic trade, the [[Sawdager]] have perfected trade into an artform.

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	=== [[Tenizi]] Substrain ===		=== [[Tenizi]] Substrain ===
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	'''Description:'''If ever a buckle was swashed, a [[Tenizi]] (🔊 ten-NEET-see) a swashbuckling [[Tenizi]] probably swashed it. Their brand of [[Kuulik]]-ness has made fishermen and seafarers of them all.		'''Description:'''If ever a buckle was swashed, a [[Tenizi]] (🔊 ten-NEET-see) a swashbuckling [[Tenizi]] probably swashed it. Their brand of [[Kuulik]]-ness has made fishermen and seafarers of them all.

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	[[Tenizi]] ambitions are somewhat different than the rest of [[Otan]] as well. While anyone from a noble [[Human]] to a revered [[Grendel]] will think about acquiring a large keep with many servants and tracts of land, a [[Tenizi]] dreams of more assets at sea. The very richest of the [[Tenizi]] create huge floating fortresses that are sometimes found circling the coastal waters of [[Otan]]. These fortresses often provide tax-free refuges for their [[Sawdager]] kinfolk and are often sought after as excellent opportunities for trade (particularly trade for rare items).		[[Tenizi]] ambitions are somewhat different than the rest of [[Otan]] as well. While anyone from a noble [[Human]] to a revered [[Grendel]] will think about acquiring a large keep with many servants and tracts of land, a [[Tenizi]] dreams of more assets at sea. The very richest of the [[Tenizi]] create huge floating fortresses that are sometimes found circling the coastal waters of [[Otan]]. These fortresses often provide tax-free refuges for their [[Sawdager]] kinfolk and are often sought after as excellent opportunities for trade (particularly trade for rare items).
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			=== [[Uris]] Substrain ===
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			'''Description:'''For anyone who's had an older sibling, they'll have some insight as to how the [[Uris]] (🔊 OO-riss) [[Kuulik]] blend into [[Kuulik]] society. They are the martial [[Kuulik]] members.

			'''Overview:'''At a young age, [[Uris]] children might challenge one another in a competition of who can hit themselves in the head the hardest with a stick. With encouragement and training from parents and village leaders, they grow to make these competitions more applicable to real life, and heat each other with sticks, and later spells and swords.

			There is no time in the life of an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]] where some form of violence isn't shaping them. By the time an [[Uris]] has been recruited to the battlefield, they will have delivered and received hundreds of small wounds. What an ordinary strain would call "training", the [[Uris]] regard as simply "growing up".

			When [[Uris]] receive their call to adventure, they answer the call with thicker skin than their other [[Kuulik]] cousins, having practiced for battle most of their lives. When anyone tells you that they are afraid of the [[Kuulik]], they are most likely imagining an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]], whose martial gaze has the very look of death.
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The [[Kuulik]] are unaware of their origin, but assume that it is likely cursed. Lacking the numbers or physical prowess of other strains, they have had their settlements chased out of every nation in [[Otan]]. Relegated to a tiny peninsula in the northeast, they make their living far differently from other strains in [[Otan]].

The nation they call home is based on a scarcely habitable peninsula, and is organized more like a company than a government. The [[Kuulik]] Trade Company is a place for an enterprising [[Kuulik]] to establish their own trading brand and protect their brand through the KTC's governing body, all while traveling the world to conduct trade.

== Society and Culture ==
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The [[Kuulik]] are a downtrodden folk. After the Great Erasure, the nations of the world woke to decide that the [[Kuulik]] were more likely a pest than a people. Many [[Kuulik]] were lost before this trend was turned around. Lacking the power or numbers to fight fire with fire, the [[Kuulik]] retreated to safe pockets of every nation in the world, and from this vantage point, they shaped a new nation.

The [[Kuulik]] Trade Company is a nation in three parts. There is a peninsula upon which the [[Kuulik]] capital resides, including the [[Kuulik]] Trade Commission, a body that regulates and enforces laws that protect the [[Kuulik]] from other [[Kuulik]]. They specialize in bad-faith deals and unfulfilled contracts. Any [[Kuulik]] operating under the protection of [[Kuulik]] law is also subject to [[Kuulik]] law.

The [[Sawdager]] [[Kuulik]] have a natural predilection to engage in trade. Their cousins, the [[Tenizi]], have a different calling: to adventure. The [[Tenizi]] make up the bulk of the [[Kuulik]] Merchant Navy and [[Kuulik]] Merchant Air Force. Nearly their entire substrain lives their lives aboard one vessel or another. The last of their strain are the [[Uris]], who preoccupy themselves with martial affairs.

After two centuries of being bullied, and worse, seeing their cousins bullied, they have taken to the martial arts like few others. From [[Brute]] to [[Bard]], they train constantly with deadly intent to protect their corporate nation's goals.

== Physical Characteristics ==
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The [[Kuulik]] are a diminutive race, with an average height of just over a meter (4 feet). They are easily identified by their green coloring and large protruding ears. Their ears extend perpendicular to their heads by as much as 20 centimeters (8 inches).

The skin tone varies within the [[Kuulik]] strain. The [[Sawdager]] [[Kuulik]] tend to have a reddish-tipped nose and red in their ears (and possibly other places). The [[Tenizi]] [[Kuulik]], in contrast, have a more olive green complexion without any color variations. The [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]] are similar but with a gray-green complexion.

Placed next to the silhouette of a human, a [[Kuulik]] would appear to have oversized hands, ears, and heads as compared to their distant human cousins. With a change in colouring, however, they would be indistinguishable from Swaerdaelfes in the size and shape of their anatomy.

All three substrains sport black hair, which typically thins and grays with old age.
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=== Natural and Latent Abilities ===
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It is uncommon, but possible for some [[Kuulik]] to be able to see in very low light.
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== History ==
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As with the other strains, the [[Kuulik]] have only guesswork and religion to piece together their history from before the Great Erasure. As near as they have been able to determine, the [[Kuulik]] had their own lands, possibly what is now the [[Ungir]] Federation land, and were bountiful in that land. Rifts with other strains, however, forced them to flee to fields afar.

Most of their [[Kuulik]] people settled in what is now called the [[Kuulik Peninsula]], presumed to have formerly been [[Grendel]] territory. It is not known whether the [[Grendel]] ceded that land or if it was fought for, but no enmity between the [[Kuulik]] and the [[Grendel]] remains if there was a major conflict.

Since the Great Erasure, the [[Kuulik]] found themselves spread all over [[Otan]]. They quickly evolved into the [[Kuulik]] trading company, taking advantage of their "foreign" nature in most lands assured others that they were familiar with things in other lands (they usually were not). As the corporation grew, they managed to improve communication between cells of [[Kuulik]] in every nation where they were allowed to operate.

Early [[Kuulik]] scavenged battlefields for weapons and armor, which they would in turn sell to the side they disliked least. Over time, nations began to realize that they could equip entire battalions with enough coin by contacting a single [[Kuulik]] merchant. The [[Kuulik]] became very well connected and masters of logistics, able not only to source goods, but to find the right buyer and deliver anywhere in [[Otan]].

Today, they have trading posts and shops in nearly every nation of [[Otan]], the [[Garis Triumvirate]], and the nation of [[Kiskentay]] being the two most notable exceptions.
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== [[Kuulik]]i Substrains ==

=== [[Uris]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''For anyone who's had an older sibling, they'll have some insight as to how the [[Uris]] (🔊 OO-riss) [[Kuulik]] blend into [[Kuulik]] society. They are the martial [[Kuulik]] members.

'''Overview:'''At a young age, [[Uris]] children might challenge one another in a competition of who can hit themselves in the head the hardest with a stick. With encouragement and training from parents and village leaders, they grow to make these competitions more applicable to real life, and heat each other with sticks, and later spells and swords.

There is no time in the life of an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]] where some form of violence isn't shaping them. By the time an [[Uris]] has been recruited to the battlefield, they will have delivered and received hundreds of small wounds. What an ordinary strain would call "training", the [[Uris]] regard as simply "growing up".

When [[Uris]] receive their call to adventure, they answer the call with thicker skin than their other [[Kuulik]] cousins, having practiced for battle most of their lives. When anyone tells you that they are afraid of the [[Kuulik]], they are most likely imagining an [[Uris]] [[Kuulik]], whose martial gaze has the very look of death.
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=== [[Sawdager]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''The [[Sawdager]] (🔊 SAW-dah-gur) are perhaps among the most ambitious people in all of [[Otan]]. While even the simplest creatures understand basic trade, the [[Sawdager]] have perfected trade into an artform.

'''Overview:'''A regular [[Human]] will understand that goods can be exchanged for pieces of gold, for example. A [[Sawdager]] will understand so much more. A [[Sawdager]] will understand that goods have a cost of production, production durations and completion schedules, cost of transport, logistics costs, insurance, and of course storage.

Not only do they instinctively understand how to get the goods to a wholesaler, they they automatically consider distribution to retail outlets, how to maintain customer relations with retailers, handle special circumstances and requests, and manage the localization issues with distributing products in foreign lands.
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=== [[Tenizi]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''If ever a buckle was swashed, a [[Tenizi]] (🔊 ten-NEET-see) a swashbuckling [[Tenizi]] probably swashed it. Their brand of [[Kuulik]]-ness has made fishermen and seafarers of them all.

'''Overview:'''It would be as unheard of for a [[Tenizi]] child to grow up away from the water as an [[Ungir]] child who would not play in the dirt. The [[Tenizi]] often form tight communities with their [[Sawdager]] cousins as the swashbucklers often provide a means of distribution for their trade-hungry kinfolk.

[[Tenizi]] ambitions are somewhat different than the rest of [[Otan]] as well. While anyone from a noble [[Human]] to a revered [[Grendel]] will think about acquiring a large keep with many servants and tracts of land, a [[Tenizi]] dreams of more assets at sea. The very richest of the [[Tenizi]] create huge floating fortresses that are sometimes found circling the coastal waters of [[Otan]]. These fortresses often provide tax-free refuges for their [[Sawdager]] kinfolk and are often sought after as excellent opportunities for trade (particularly trade for rare items).
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