Nanuak

Is it nan-you-wack, nan-wack, or something else?
The Nanuak is similar to the Force in star wars. The George Lucas fans and h h h h h h h h h h fans are barely compatible, however, so few people will know this. It surrounds and binds together all living things (though in The Chronicles of Ancient Dankness “alive” applies to many things such as waterfalls, glaciers, and fucking rocks.) Also like The Force, people can be trained to use it and gain magical powers. In Saeunn’s words, the Nanuak can be described as a sort of river that binds everything together, and you have to reach into.
=== In Wolf Brother ===
The Nanuak is described to Torak by the Raven Mage, Saenz, not long after he got captured by hunters and cheated his way out of a trial-by-combat. Torak learns that he must find three things (really four), apparently newly formed with ridiculously strong Nanuak power, and shove ‘em in a pouch, then bring them to the World Spirit. The desired objects are often referred to simply as “the Nanuak”, and include:
* A pair of muddy iceballs that refuse to melt, have a little glow, and feel way heavier than they should be. Torak found them whilst nearly drowning in a river, only to be pulled out by Wolf the wolf.
* A black, glassy tooth-shaped pebble which Torak found in a “mouth-like” cave. It was in the center of a spiral of six stone “claws”, and while trying to grab it, Torak nearly got smothered in what The Walker had called “watchers”, probably just ordinary bats.
* Some poor-ass dude’s sandstone oil lamp (the primitive lamps in the COAD are basically just bowls.) Torak and Renn found it on an ice river (mountain glacier) whilst nearly freezing in a blizzard. If there’s any character ever that has what book nerds like to call “plot armor”, it’s definitely Torah.
The N.A.N.U.A.K. Wikia logo consists of the three pieces of “the Nanuak” arranged in a vaguely phallic shape.
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