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The Vutch

The Vutch number about ten thousand total, with about a third of that actually living in the 'Vutch isles' which are a small subtropical volcanic archipelago that is rather marginal for most agriculture.

The Vutch have some notoriety as a sailing people, and a lot of large ships have a Vutch on board in some advisory capacity; however, they have never seemed terribly good at accumulating wealth, so a Vutch-owned ship is generally small and scummy-looking, if well maintained in proper situations.

The Vutch local religion is based around several enigmatic spirits which are not connected to Wyld taint, but who do induce perceptual distortion as part of their standard religious rituals. They also revere gods of the sea and fishing, as is normal. Culturally they are rather similar to the Standard Western Pattern.

Vutch music is strongly rhythmic and is more chant-like than conventionally musical. The general Vutch ritual of cultural recognition and solidarity is the clenching of one hand into a fist and tapping knuckles with the other person.