“ Far to the north amidst the endless ice-flows it is rumored that a dwarven Walrus Totem clan exists. These rumors have been unsubstantiated to date, unless the dwarven sage Glurt Goblinguts is to be believed. He claims to once having encountered a troupe of huge dwarves, each standing a beard's length higher than the tallest known dwarf. These dwarven 'giants', their hairy chins crusted with frozen shards of ice and dirt, hauled gargantuan yellowed horns or tusks upon their wide shoulders, and their helms, likewise, sported massive, down-ward pointing tusk-horns. Glurt Goblinguts later speculated that the impressive size of these dwarves was most likely due to their arctic diets, almost exclusively fat-based.”
“ Once a year there is Birthday. On this day everyone celebrates their birthday regardless of the day they were born. In practice anyone born in November or December waits till the following Birthday. It is a combination of your birthday and Christmas,
Birthday tree
The magic version of this is empowered by a god to reward their followers once a year. a present will appear Birthday morning. it will be empowered by how well a member of the household provides service or offerings to the god. They vary in power level at GMs discretion.”
“ The old pantheon is dead, starved to death from lack of worship. If a powerful mortal can create a cycle of Faith, he can become a New God, to some limiting point.”