Nokken

## IRL

German nixe, Dutch nikker/nekker; Norwegian nøkk, Swedish näck/neck, Finnish näkki, Estonian näkk, nicor, nøkken. These creatures are usually male shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic folklore who usually appear in other forms, typically a white horse with opal eyes.

## In Beolynn

The plural doesn't change from the singular. They're elven in appearance with pointed ears with flesh like twigs coming off them, sharp claws, sharp teeth, opal irises, slitted pupils, are able to hold their breath for twenty minutes, and naturally have hypnotic abilities. They have pale to dark chocolate skin tones, while their hair ranges from blonde, brown, black, dark blue, and ginger.

## Stereotypes

They're manipulative, charming, and attractive with amazing musical abilities.

## Notable Examples

* Oskar Jarl
* Slade Mostrow

## History And Culture

It's customary for a betrothed couple to have a hunting contest before the wedding. The prey is then served at the wedding. If the groom gets more valuable prey than the bride, his is deserving of her hand. Same-sex couples aren't unheard of, however uncommon. Typically it's the bride who proposed that wants to be deserving of her soon-to-be wife's hand, and visa versa for two grooms. When a groom ends up not deserving of the bride's hand, she may choose whether to partially castrate him and leave him, or continue on with the marriage. Modernly, marital castration is illegal under the accounts of cruel punishment.

## Trivia

* The alt code for ø is 0248 while Ø is 0216. It's pronounced oe, I think. No-ken?
* Opal is a gemstone consisting of hydrated silica, typically semitransparent and showing varying colors against a pale or dark background.

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Nøkken (no-ken) are swamp folk by nature, being the humanoid cousins of #「🐸」vodyanoy.

star Appearance: They have sharp teeth, sharp claws, horizontally pointed ears a quarter of a hand's length with fleshy twigs, slitted pupils, and three tongues.

Their semi-wrinkled skin is between looking scaly and dry, though they're actually quite oily. They smell more like a dirty fishtank than body odor. Their eyes have two eyelids: the fleshy one atop and a membranous one when submerged as biological goggles.

They traditionally adorn themselves with clothes of other races, animal skins, nets, plants.

star Skin: Pale pale\_skin to tawny tawny\_skin
star Hair: Black, brown, purple, dark blue
star Eyes: Opal, koroit, welo, andamooka, yowah
star Height: 5ft 4in/162cm - 5ft 9in/175cm. Males are taller.
star Weight: 130lbs/59kg - 140lbs/63kg. Males are heavier.
star Age: Gestation of 8 months. Come of age at 22, lifespan of 90. Conversion is 1.25.
star Diet: Carnivore meat\_on\_bone

star Inclination: Sicarith
star Abilities: They can hold their breath for forty minutes, and dive as far as 13ft/4m.
star Technology: Spears, traps, chainweights

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star Society: Shapeshifting is normalized.
star Culture:

```
  o It's customary for a betrothed couple to have a hunting contest before the wedding. The prey is then served. If the bethrother gains more valuable prey than the bethrothee, they deserve their hand. If not, they may choose to leave them, punish them, or continue on. Modernly, punishment is illegal under the account of cruelty.
  o If a child is born defective or otherwise undesirable, they will eat it.

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star Stereotypes: They're natural musicians. Charming, teasing.

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