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Chuliks are humanoids, burlier than the human norm, with skin color ranging from a sallow yellow to saffron.  Their hair is olive to emerald green, and is customarily drawn back in a long queue.  They have tapered faces, and protruding lower tusks.

The ancestral Chulik culture is a stern one, much given to discipline and honor at the expense of what the race considers the softer aspects of human society, and they have a (somewhat deserved) reputation as cold, unfeeling and undemonstrative.  That being said, while Chuliks tend to be harsh, domineering, martially-oriented folk, no other race with the exception of Fristles has more successfully assimilated into the dominant human cultures.  They prize civilization highly; Chulik barbarians are almost unknown, and banditry amongst them rare.  Chuliks invariably worship whatever local gods are dominant; their own ancestral deities are nothing more than names in old tomes.

Chuliks in human cultures tend to gravitate towards the martial professions and are amongst the most highly prized of mercenaries and soldiers - but unlike Khibils less of a matter of pride than out of a sense of their natural place in the world.  Chulik mages are uncommon, but the race as such does not lack magical aptitude. 

One of the few ancestral cultural practices they do retain is daily meditation to maintain inner balance and strength; most Chuliks will do so and almost all are knowledgeable in meditation techniques.  In partial consequence, Chuliks are unusually resistant to pain and shock - they still feel it, but it does not hamper them as much as with humans.

Additional Information

Outside their own homeland, they practice any craft requiring both skill and strength.  The Chulik homeland is Shathana in the far south.

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