Sadaluk

Better known as the Listener, Sadaluk is a shaman and leader of sorts in the Icetrapper Tribe.

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Description

Sadaluk is a very old man, belonging to the Icetrapper Tribe, a group of nomadic people who live in the tundras, very similar to Alaskans in our own world. Sadaluk has lost most of both ears to frostbite, that still pain him, is bent with age, and has hands as hard as wood. He dresses in the furs and buckskins to remain warm.

Sadaluk is proven to be stubborn, crotchety, and wise. He has little patience for the trappings of youthful arrogance and false optimism. Occasionally he shows envy towards another member and good friend of his tribe, Nolo, for his new and young wife. Sadaluk tries to convince himself though that envy is a mortal and base emotion beneath him, but admits that he still feels it.

As Listener, Sadaluk is attuned with nature and spiritual matters. The other tribesmen rely on him to perceive the omens in nature, and to guide them with his dreams.

History

The previous Icetrapper Listener, Lootavek, was Sadaluk's mentor. Looktavek claimed that "a man could only hear his dreams as he was having them". Yet, Sadaluk thought him wrong.