Ulaq
Sialuk lives in a cave on the eastern side of Moonspear. The floor is lined with skins, and small, natural shelves are filled with dried herbs, medicines, and gifts from others. Toward the rear is a particularly elaborate shrine which holds the bones brought to Sialuk by her familiar: Sixsix.
Noteworthy possessions
Nicknames
Nickname |
Giver |
Meaning
|
Lil' Miss Fierce |
Meerkat |
|
Pukak |
Kukutux |
sugar snow
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For others
Name |
Nickname |
Meaning
|
Kannoyak |
tappituk |
sees far
|
Keen |
hyaagam qachaii |
tree bark
|
Relationships
Definitions taken from the Atkan Aleut Lexicon.
(?) Denotes best guesses.
English |
singular |
his/her |
my
|
brother |
braatax̂ |
braataa |
braatang
|
daughter |
asxinux̂ (?) |
asxinua (?) |
asxinung
|
father |
taatax̂ |
taataa |
taatang
|
friend |
agitaadax̂ |
agitaadaa |
agitaadang (?)
|
mother |
anax̂ |
anaa |
anang
|
sister |
sistrax̂ |
sistraa |
sistrang (?)
|
Milestones
- (2020-05-20) Born
- (2020-05-31 → 2020-06-04) Eyes open
- (2020-06-16 → 2020-06-18) Ears perk up
- (2020-06-16 → 2020-09-09) Eyes change
- (2020-06-17) Play fighting for dominance
- (2020-06-24) Short trips outside the den
- (2020-07-01) Weaning complete
- (2020-07-27) Move to rendezvous site
- (2020-08-12) Return to rendezvous site alone
- (2020-09-23) Attend pack hunts
- (2020-12-20) Fully grown
- (2021-01-20) Enter adult ranks
- (2022-03-20) Sexual maturity
Trades
Spiritualist
Earned November 2020.
Thread |
Description
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[3] |
Sialuk learns of her mother's traditions.
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[4] |
Sialuk explains what an ugi and anaa must do.
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[5] |
Sialuk explains her mother's traditions regarding marriage.
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[6] |
Sialuk starts to believe she can talk to animals.
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[7] |
Sialuk learns about ancestral spirits from Nikai, brings back charcoal for the ulaq.
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Seer
Earned February 2023.
Thread |
Description
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[8] |
Sialuk makes a deal with a crow.
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[9] |
Sialuk explains to Kukutux how she reads the bones.
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[10] |
Sialuk practices her bone reading skills with Norah, who is a skeptic.
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[11] |
Sialuk uses her crow bones to ask a question about Jarilo's past.
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[12] |
Sialuk reads the bones for Elke.
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[13] |
Sialuk tells her mother of what the bones have said.
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[14] |
Sialuk learns to speak to those who have gone to the dancing lights.
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[15] |
Sialuk meets another bone reader.
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[16] |
Sialuk tells Meerkat of the path the bones have made for her.
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[17] |
Sialuk conveys to Meerkat what Moonspear has told her.
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Master Seer
Thread |
Description
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[18] |
Sialuk uses the bones to make a difficult decision.
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- [19] Sialuk listens to Moonspear and tells Bridget what it says to her.
Missionary
Earned January 2023.
Thread |
Description
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[20] |
Sialuk sings songs for the dead.
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[21] |
Sialuk learns of her mother's past and traditions.
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[22] |
Sialuk learns more of her mother's culture and traditions.
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[23] |
Sialuk attends a woman's circle.
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[24] |
Sialuk performs a ritual to draw Crowfeather to Foxfur.
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[25] |
Sialuk learns of her mother's myths and traditions around adulthood.
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[26] |
Sialuk learns about Kigipigak's traditions.
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[27] |
Sialuk speaks of her darkened spirit and is guided by Kukutux.
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[28] |
Sialuk speaks of healing her spirit with Meerkat.
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[29] |
Sialuk teaches Alaric of her traditions.
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Master Missionary
Thread |
Description
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[30] |
Sialuk tells Meerkat of her spiritual journey.
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[31] |
Sialuk explains why Moonspear's spirit calls to her.
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Caregiver
Earned November 2020.
Thread |
Description
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[32] |
Sialuk watches her mother chew up herbs and mimics her actions.
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[33] |
Sialuk bites her own tongue and learns what pain and blood are.
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[34] |
Sialuk fixes up Meerkat's boo-boo.
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[35] |
Sialuk attempts to diagnose Revui.
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[36] |
Sialuk treats Tehama's porcupine wound using mugwort.
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Medic
Earned January 2023.
Thread |
Description
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[37] |
Sialuk learns about birthing and is invited to midwife for Kukutux.
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[38] |
Sialuk gives Meerkat advice for her coughing.
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[39] |
Sialuk tends to Kukutux's wound.
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[40] |
Sialuk tends to an injured Kukutux.
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[41] |
Sialuk brings food to nurse Kukutux back to health.
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[42] |
Sialuk searches for herbs for Kukutux's wound.
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[43] |
Sialuk scavenges food for her patient, Kukutux.
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[44] |
Sialuk learns of plants and toxic bugs.
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[45] |
Sialuk saves her sister from choking.
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[46] |
Sialuk tends to Caracal's sprained ankle.
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Master Medic
Thread |
Description
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[47] |
Sialuk teaches Samani about herbs.
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[48] |
Sialuk tends to Caracal and teaches him about CICO.
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[49] |
Sialuk prescribes ragwort for Elentari's aching bones.
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[50] |
Sialuk treats a badly wounded boy.
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[51] |
Sialuk makes a sickbed for bearcurse.
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[52] |
Sialuk makes a sickbed for Chakliux.
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- [53] Sialuk catches up with a former patient.
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