Nakulutiun The Nakulutiuns were a reclusive people residing in the Nakvaligach region of the Great Glacier , the most inhospitable area of that frozen wilderness . They were the smallest ( only 5 % ) of the tribes collectively called the Ulutiun s . Description . Nakulutiuns were short like all Ulutiuns , having round and flat facial features , but they were thinner . They rarely were taller than five feet ( 150 cm ) . Males usually weighed between 130 and 260 pounds ( 60 – 120 kg ) , and females were about 35 pounds ( 16 kg ) lighter . They had short and thick legs with stubby fingers and toes . Their ears and nose were tiny , and they had especially wide teeth . They had light yellow or brown skin , dark brown eyes , and black hair , but they tended to have hollow eyes . Nakulutiuns had more fat under their skin than other humans and extra blood vessels in their extremities . Males could not grow facial hair . These adaptations gave them a special resistance to living in the frigid cold weather of their native lands . These people tended to have greater strength and fortitude than other human races but , with their stubby fingers and shorter legs , lacked the speed and dexterity of other humans . Nakulutiuns wore clothing made from fox , wolf , and bear skins , and their parkas had rounded hoods . Personality . The Nakulutiuns were the most paranoid and least trusting of the three Ulutiun tribes . Members of one village rarely trusted those of another Nakulutiun village , much less a non - Ulutiun stranger . When they spotted a stranger , they tended to flee . If flight was not an option , they would attack to kill . A Nakulutiun individual was often sullen and withdrawn . They tended to be soft - spoken . Society . Nakulutiuns were not a populous people ; their largest village , Kresttet , had only about 300 persons living in it , and it was by far the largest . Only a few thousand Nakulutiuns existed on the Great Glacier at all . Nakulutiuns constructed snowhouse s like other tribes of the Glacier , but in moutainous regions where the permafrost was thin , they constructed stone houses called " ceenach " , which were constructed just like snowhouses , except that they had flat roofs instead of domed ones , covered with branches and snow . Other stone structures included stone " quaggi " ( feasting houses ) , " ukujik " ( butcher houses ) , " biknach " ( elevated storage houses ) , and " ugunach " ( stairs for praying ) . A village was not generally a happy or pleasant place . Life in the harsh Nakvaligach was miserable and hard . Houses usually lacked building material and clothes tended to be shabby . Besides the constant threat of starvation or death to exposure , white dragon s and frost giant s frequently raided Nakulutiun villages . Men and women held the same status in Nakulutiun society . They did not practice arranged marriage ( " tupa " ) . Nakulutiuns were skilled at astrology and herbalism . Language . Nakulutiuns spoke their own dialect of the Ulutiun language , but they had no trouble communicating with the other Ulutiun tribes . Most could also communicate with the human groups living outside the Glacier as well . Religion . In stark contrast to their cousins in the south and south east , Nakulutiuns were strongly relgious , being devoted to the god Ulutiu . Nakulutiuns were convinced that Ulutiu would return someday to rule the Great Glacier and punish heathens . Beyond this , however , two Nakulutiun tribes rarely agreed on the dogma of Ulutiu . Nakulutiuns did not try to spread their religion , but they expected to be respected for their faith . They were not opposed to killing one they believed to be an nonredeemable blasphemer . Much of the teachings of their religion were line with the philosophical tenets of " qukoko " followed by other tribes of the Great Glacier . However , the Nakulutiuns believed that animals had the same emotions , thoughts , and even morals as people and thus could not be disrespected as fellow " children of Ulutiu " . Both humans and animals contained a life essence called " pokulu " , which was said to merge with Ulutiu upon death . When death occurred , remains were properly treated — in ceremonies called " yupokulu " ( for humans ) or " wypokulu " ( for animals ) — to ensure that the " pokulu " reached Ulutiu . Each citizen of a Nakulutiun village was expected to pray to Ulutiu three times daily . Praying was always done with the eyes covered by the hands during a time of silence facing the sky . Two to five percent of a typical Nakulutiun village were priests of Ulutiu . Clerics of any other faith were simply not tolerated . Arcane spellcasters were considered blasphemous to Nakulutiuns . Thus , they had no anagakok . Government . Each village was controlled by a religious leader called a " urit " , who ruled with absolute authority . Below the " urit " in rank were his or her two or three " yaaurit " . A " urit " was always a priest of Ulutiu . When he or she reached the age of 50 years , the " urit " chose a successor , usually from among the " yaaurit " . If a " urit " died prematurely , the eldest " yaaurit " would become the next " urit " . Urit had additional powers as a blessing from Ulutiu , which included total immunity to cold - based spells and effects and the ability to inflict damage by touch . The Nakulutiuns believed that the edicts of an " urit " were the expressed desires of Ulutiu for their village , no matter how harsh . Usually , these edicts tended to match the ways and customs of the other tribes on the Glacier . In addition , each village had its own set of two or three special edicts , called " kaiurit " , which changed every year . On the first day of spring , the " urit " would call the whole village together to announce that year ' s " kaiurit " during a ceremony called the " iurit " . The " urit " would spend every evening for a month prior to the " iurit " seeking Ulutiu ' s will in prayer and meditation for what the next year ' s " kaiurit " were to be . While these rules often seemed arbitrary , they were considered holy and unchangeable to the Nakulutiuns . Like the Angulutiun s , the Nakulutiuns maintained a strict social hierarchy , as follows : All who committed any crime , big or small , within a Nakulutiun village were subjected to " ykulutik " , a type of ceremony in which Ulutiu was supposed to determine guilt or innocence . Like " kaiurit " , " ykulutik " varied from village to village , but they often involved situations in which the accused had to survive some dangerous ordeal to be considered innocent . Economy . A Nakulutiun usually only traded within his or her own village . Nakulutiuns did not follow the practices of " koatulit " nor did they visit " sukkiruchit " trade fairs . Diet . Nakulutiuns survived by hunting . Food was in short supply , because neither caribou nor seals lived in the region . They hunted birds , fish , deer , and polar bears . Their primary hunting weapons were bow s and " garnok " slings . For their bows , they used a mix of barbed and blunt - tipped arrows . Transportation . Because the terrain was rough and rocky in Nakvaligach , caribou sleds were not useful , but smaller dog sleds and kupuk sleds were used . Villages near the Uppuk River had kayaks . However , generally only a larger village would have any of these vehicles . Most Nakulutiuns — if they wanted to go anywhere at all — simply walked . Combat . Because of the harsh conditions of where they lived , even war was considered a luxury ; thus , if violence ever erupted between Nakulutiun villages at all , it was kept brief . The Nakulutiuns greatest enemies were perhaps the yeti . History . All Ulutiuns were descended from migrants from Kara - Tur who came west over the polar ice caps . Their ancestors first settled in Faerûn in Sossal . From there , they explored further west . In −1648 DR , a group of them became severely lost after having narrowly escaped death from an attack by a tirichik , one of the monsters native to the Great Glacier . These lost hunters eventually came to the shores of the Lugalpgotak Sea and settled there . By −1362 DR , these early Ulutiuns had abandoned their gods and multiplied . The people spread out over the the Alpuk region and eventually discovered the Glacier of Ulutiu and its sacred writings . Some of the Ulutiuns dedicated themselves to the worship of this new god Ulutiu and moved further north into the Nakvaligach region and became the Nakulutiuns . Those who did not accept Ulutiu and remained in Alpuk became the Iulutiuns .