Igñiruḳ Iñuuliḳ-Atuun

Igñiruḳ (Ig-nyi-rook, "she gives birth"  )   is known to her inner circle as Igñi. As head of the Shardsingers, she has become well-known in Frostfall for her experimental forms of life – sometimes beautiful, sometimes terrifying, and frequently both. The most powerful of these are passed on to the Warsong Way to serve as Warbeasts. Failed experiments are passed onto her Undervoices and Apprentices, to be dismantled and repurposed.

 Early Life

 Igñiruḳ was raised by Nursery Nuns and was a child during the Auksalaḳ.



 The Shardsong Way and Ascension to Life Singer Prime

She was honoured by the Icekeep with the title Life Singer Prime.



In times of peace, Igñiruḳ  is tied to her duties as Life Singer Prime. She lives and works in the Wurmways, an underground network of now abandoned Ice Wurm tunnels beneath the city of Frostfall. All Shardsinging is performed here, where the acoustics strengthen the Shardsongs. Igñiruḳ 's time is divided between training Undervoices, and creating new Shardsongs from the combination of Shards and rare infusions. As a gifted Shardsinger, the life created from her Shardsongs is unusually powerful.



Her demanding work leaves her little time to seek the infusions necessary to create new Shardsongs, or to source the Shards themselves. The first of these tasks she entrusts to her associate Opostho Ala, who returns from exotic fieldwork with new materials and extractions from previously unencountered life forms. The Shards themselves grow organically from the Frost, growing in particular clusters deep in the Wurmways, or are created from defeated enemies by Healing songs. The Warsong Way and Appointment as Voice of Reason During times when it becomes necessary to defend the Frost, Igñiru ḳ  takes to the battlefield. Her position as Warbeast Master places her at the frontline, where she takes second in command to the War Singer. As Voice of Reason, she relays commands to her own squad, while also keeping balance to the War Singer's orders. She gives particular weight to decisions that involve the unnecessary loss of life, which Snow Elves hold sacred, versus the protection of the  Frost, which brings life.

The Aasrivak Battle

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