Small, slight, semi-aquatic humanoids with webbed fingers and toes. Also known as swamp folk. They have long thick black hair tinged with green. Males are often bearded. Pure blooded Karragit are covered with a soft blue/green coat, much like seal fur, which acts as an insulating coat. Karragit have been hunted for pelts. Other special aquatic adaptations include internal nose and ear flaps and a second clear eye covering. Karragit are excellent swimmers and are able to stay underwater for over a quarter of an hour. Although somewhat alien in appearance, Karragit are not unattractive and seem willing, almost eager, to interbreed with humans. Half-breed karragit, called swavants, are much larger then their parents.

Karragit are magical and highly telepathic. Their shamans have great control over the swamp environment and attacking them in their home turf is extremely dangerous. Many a confident general has set off to teach the little swamp rats a lesson never to be heard from again.

Karragit produce little in the way of durable goods save for intricate pottery and woven items such as baskets. They have little use for most metal items as such things are quickly destroyed in the swamp environment. They shun armor and weapons, carrying only small bows and poisoned darts for hunting. The karragit are very non-aggressive, preferring to flee or parlay rather than fight. There is some evidence that at one time a variety of larger and more powerful karragit existed. These warlike relatives developed the quarterstaff and maul as war weapons.

Karragit appear to have little use for human culture and keep to themselves as much as possible. They live in a communal fashion, individual tribes communicating telepathically to quickly solve problems. While karragit tribes have no real leader, shamans play important roles as focal points for group consciousness. Karragit imprisoned alone for any length of time die.

Karragit worship no known gods. They are extremely secretive on the issue of religion. They believe in equality and greater purpose among all things, and view themselves as merely cogs in some great wheel. They believe all things are alive; even mud, water, and rocks. They have no concept of an afterlife.

Several karragit tribes live across Alastari, the largest being the Ansark Karragit around Aljafir, Willaf and Stormcrowe, and the misnamed Kelari Karragit of the Syrinwald.

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