#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ¨¨ ferrets ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~~=;;;§%%%§@@@####@@@§%%%§;;;=~~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ you see something move in the corner of ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ your eye - probably one of these. ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ backbone animals. ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ cat-snakes, or so called. ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ comes in different flavours. ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ~ ~ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~ minks, also called the snow ferrets, ~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨ make up the "wandering food supply" ¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨ used by the shamans and underlings ¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ of kirugu vargir. when called upon, ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ they present themselves, and can be ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ caught. ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the marten ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ~ the marten is the sneakier one here, ~ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨ often used for spying, or stealing. ¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ¨ in the older tales about vidmi, ¨ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ these are probs the ferrets that she ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ was said to control. this connection ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ might explain why many denizens have ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ this as their main "pet" god. ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the ermine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ~ the lusher one in the family is the ~ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨ ermine. used as bedwarmers, or ¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨ harvested for their beautiful fur, ¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ the white coat, very pretty, ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ although rare. ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the mewn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ¨ one of the most notable in kirugu ¨ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨ lore, the otter ferret? it goes in ¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ rivers. there are a lot of ferrets, ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ but for some reason, this otter one ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ is hardly ever seen. it might be ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ that it is unbound...? ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ locals use it for sport fishing. ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the husky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ~ ~ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨ the husky may seem like a dog, but ¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨ it is actually a kind of ferret. ¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ this makes it the largest of the ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ phylum, and it's the most recently ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ evolved as well, bred for use as a ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ predator. it's made more dangerous ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ by the fact that it's almost ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ completely unknown to biologists. ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
##@§%§;=~¨ ¨~=;§%§@##
#@§%§;=~¨¨ ¨¨~=;§%§@#
@§%§;=~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~=;§%§@