Anagakok An anagakok was a special type of wizard unique to the Great Glacier who had been magically adapted to the cold . Description . An anagakok was immediately recognizable , because the secret ceremony of his or her initiation magically and permanently changed his or her physiology — an anagakok had fur like an animal . An inch of soft , white fur covered the entire body of an anagakok . If the hair was shaved off , it would grow back in less than a day . Unlike other Ulutiun s and because of their warm fur , anagakoks did not dress in thick , layered clothing . Instead , they tended to wear simple , loose tunics . Abilities . Anagakoks had excellent , almost instinctive , survival skills and could locate food even in the worst conditions . They could also magically increase the fortune of themselves and their companions . An anagakok ' s fur granted him or her protection from the cold ; however , it meant that they overheated easily if in hot environments , and , outside the Great Glacier , they were viewed with suspicion , since they had such a strange appearance . The anagakok tradition tended to favor the following spells : " airy water " , " change self " , " charm monster " , " deeppockets " , " fabricate " , " feather fall " , " fly " , " gust of wind " , " haste " , " hold monster " , " invisibility circle " , " jump " , " levitate " , " light " , " magic missile " , " magic weapon " , " polymorph self " , " scare " , " sleep " , " strength " , " unseen servant " , " water breathing " , and " whispering wind " . Requirements . To become an anagakok , one had to be a human wizard who had lived at least 40 years and who was in particularly good health . A prospective anagakok first had to find an older anagakok to be a mentor . The mentor would assign a difficult task — usually involving a survival skill . If the supplicant passed the test , the elder anagakok would agree to teach the trainee the secret lore of the anagakok . The training period lasted one month and included long lectures , at which point the apprentice and instructor waited for a particularly cold night , one with temperatures below −50 °F ( −46 °C ) . On this night they would travel into the wilderness for the final test . The two would sit staring at each other , dressed only in light clothing , and would meditate the whole night , holding hands . If the apprentice could last the whole night ( a period of at least ten hours ) in deep concentration without freezing to death , the magical ceremony would change him or her into an anagakok , and fur would immediately begin to grow . Only about half of prospective anagakoks survived this cold night . Role . Roughly every Iulutiun village with at least 200 people would contain an anagakok . Anagakoks were rarer among the Angulutiun s and nonexistent among the Nakulutiun s . Anagakoks were rarely leaders in their society , but their superb survival skills meant that they very often accompanied long hunting expeditions or " ikiki " . Rumors & Legends . " Circa " 1059 DR , an evil anagakok tried to animate the white dragon skeletons lying at the bottom of the Shakkak Pit in Nakvaligach . The dragon skeleton s slaughtered him and still existed in the area some 300 years later .