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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monkey Man" data-source="post: 432518" data-attributes="member: 8328">Character Introduction III:  Copoc KitzamCopoc Kitzam was hatched on the shores of Skia Thalassa east of Gelandri, where he spent his formative years frolicking in the bay and eating fish and water bugs with all the other lizards.  He was always dimly aware that he was somehow different, and his brood often thought it strange and delightful that he seemed to have lengthy conversations with his food before consuming it.  This was not strange to Copoc. However.  He often had conversations with shells, rocks, sand, and the waves as well.     As Copoc grew older and his companions became great hunters and warriors, their differences became more marked.  They would swing their clubs and smash sea turtles, while he would catch glimpses of spirits everywhere, distracting him from his tasks and challenging his sanity.  Although most Kulkas are animists, their beliefs have become mostly ritualistic in nature.  Few Kulkas in his tribe claimed to have seen actual spirits.  Sure, the Shamans of legend brought forth armies of spirits and interacted with them freely, but they hadn’t existed since the egg of time.  Copoc was now finding himself surrounded by wisps of gibbering nothingness, which seemed to tell him that someone or something was coming.     His tribe sensed something as well and began to shun him out of fear and uncertainty, approaching only when they needed one of his herbal poultices or healing concoctions.  No one understood him.  He was apart and alone until the night his Guardian Spirit arrived.     The spirit called himself Kanul Yat Balam, the great Ancestor, First of the Kulkas, and he offers to be Copoc’s companion and guide.  Since that time Copoc has gradually pushed away from his traditional tribal homelands.  He does check in frequently, however, and is committed to improving the stature of his tribe.  He has contacted many more spirits and has recently boarded the Gunnlod at Kanul’s urging in order to mingle with other races and learn what he can of their philosophies and cultures.  Although he is a big lizard in studded leather, he appears rather gentle unless provoked.  He alternates between detached distractedness, and zealous curiosity.  Often he can be found gazing skyward and mumbling to himself in a strange tongue.</blockquote>

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