The Ice-Blood

Class, dignity and civility are what these mountain dwelling wolves are trying to embrace. Some of the other wolves consider them posh for starting to stray away from their tribal roots, but these snowy wolves see themselves as moving ahead of the curve and embarrassing the future. These wolves go as far as to not live alongside nature as fully as their kin, but rather to take nature into their own hands and build through it.

Having built large stoney walls around their tribe lands, they find land disputes few and far between - and should one occur, their way of handling the disagreement would leave many of the other clans quite confused. Always seeking to look the most civilized, or perhaps the most noble, the Alpha of each tribe in the dispute will designate a skilled swordsmen to duel the opposing tribe. The outcome of the duel settles the dispute unless the dispute is decided to be unjust by the clan’s Grand Elder.

Beyond their stone homes and large walls, these ice dwelling wolves are known for one other major skill, something their intensely sharp sight has added to them in mastering: swordsmanship. The art is taken extremely seriously, with pups being given training blades nearly as soon as they are able to wield them. It is not uncommon for an expertly crafted blade to be passed down from one alpha to the next, and even from one head of the family to the next within each homestead.

Appearance
Strange is what many of the more earthy colored wolves would call the Ice-Bloods upon seeing their rather different appearance. They are average in height, reaching 6’5” roughly as a male and topping off at 6” as a female. Their builds are toned but not horribly lean; they balance the weight needed to stay warm and healthy in their frigid home with the need to be limber and swift with their blades. Additionally, they tend to have long tails, reaching a bit over three feet long on the larger wolves.

They have dense, thick fur meant to keep them warm in the snowy lands they call home. Designed to blend into the land around them while on the hunt, their pelts are usually white but often have a blue or silver hue to them. These wolves can often have an underbelly that is a different color than their main coat, but rarely have accenting fur colors or patterns and do not paint or stain their fur.

The Ice-Bloods are known to have pale, icey eyes that are always very light in color. The most color would be a very pale blue or frosty purple, but sometimes other cool colors make it into the equation. An Ice-Blood with warm or bright colored eyes is not pure blooded.