SUMMARIES

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TORNUAQ AND YURALRIA -please do not read if you do not run these characters

WHAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN....,Yuralria had been visiting the Spirit World in an attempt to make sense of what was happening on the island and gain some sort of guidance. She was visiting with the shadow people and learning a great deal about the connection between the Dorset and the Norse people when she learned that Tornuaq was in perilous danger. She abandoned her duty and her quest for knowledge to save the life of her beloved Tornuaq. Tornuaq had finally found the Viking knife but was soon captured by a blue skinned Captain Gunharr and his crew of Viking soldiers. The captain had carved the same rune on Tonuaq’s face as he had seen on the Thule boy Torngusac. The rune allowed him to speak freely with the Vikings and he could feel his own native Dorset tongue slowly slipping away. When the Vikings were attacked by the black scaled Qualipak,Tornuaq fled across the snowy plains chased by a large Viking with heavy war hammer. The two ran for what seems an hour until their chase led across a thinning lake. Tornuaq fell through the ice and the Viking gave up the chase. Then Yuralria suddenly appeared on the ice and plunged into the frigid waters to help him. Yuralria pulled Tornuaq out of the lake and onto shore. The two made love in the snow to celebrate their union. Before their union, Tornuaq was seemingly in direct contact with the sun goddess Malina and the moon god Aningan. Either that or the Dorset hunter was mad. Before their union, Yuralria was a Shaman, having just communed with her godess and achieving the rank and powers that came with the position. Now, the voices of the moon and sun are quiet within Tornuaq’s mind and Yuralria cannot access her Shaman abilities. They walk determined to the mountain in Tornuaq’s mind. The mountain the knife will lead them to.

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Unulaq Kinaktok and Faroo -please do not read if you do not run these characters

WHAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN....,Chief Kalituk had abandoned his tribe during the combing ceremony when Yuralria was accepted by the goddess Sedna as the Dorset tribe’s Shaman. Now with the threat of the Vikings looming over the tribe,a new chief must be chosen. Three names were given to the Elders. Unulaq, Kinaktok and Faroo. One will claim the chieftains spear (The spear can only be held by one who has killed a polar bear) Unulaq has already killed a polar bear and can hold the spear freely. After the Elder council meeting the Elders sent Unulaq, Kinaktok and Faroo with the Vking bard Thorrin in search of Tornauq and the knife he held. The knife will lead its wielder to the rune which the Vikings have come to the island to find. Whether they were sent to keep the knife from the Vikings or give it up to them has yet to be decided. The Elders thought that the actions the three Dorset hunters would take on this quest would help in their decision for the new chief.

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Qannaq Ogtok-luk and Karima -please do not read if you do not run these characters

WHAT'S BEEN GOING DOWN....,After the Elder council meeting had ended it was determined that Qannaq would lead a small group of hunters onto the snow plains in search of the Viking invaders to determine if the conquest of their native island would bring the Vikings to the Dorset village at the base of the Mount Qaisualuk. Qannaq chose Mannitok to accompany him as his apprentice Faroo was chosen for a different quest. Their captive Viking bezerker Oddlog would also come as a guide of sorts in case they ran into trouble with the Vikings. Karima,one of the Edler’s daughters, volunteered to join them. She suggested she might add a new perspective to the search and act as the Elder’s eyes on such a dangerous mission. She would also take care of the Thule boy Torngusac who, due to a rune carved on his forehead, could speak and understand the Vikings native tongue. Her father agreed and allowed Karima to join the hunting party. Ogtuk-luk had just witnessed the deathly disappearance of his Shaman Yuralria while she was walking the Spirit World and fears for the worse. Stricken by failure and grief Ogtuk-luk was approached by Karima's Elder father. The Elder asked Ogtuk-luk to watch over Karima as she accompanied the party. He did not trust the savage Oddlog alone with his daughter. Now the party backtracks to the waters where the Vikings first landed… to the burnt down village of the Thule.. once friend and competitor to the Dorset tribe. Now a village drowned in the blood of its own people.