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\bo{Pûcolc} \cf{sacred fart} OS \sco{pûcutre} \cf{to fart} + \sco{-olc} \cf{sacred suffix}\\ \indent The pûcolc spirits are associated with bad smells and dread. They have the body of small men that stand no taller than a human's knee, if that, but they possess incredible power as they are from the spirit world. But they mostly keep to themselves unless you bother them. In Sumric legend it is said that they used to be great gods, but over the millennia their power waned and they shrunk into little mischievous creatures. and they have a horrendous odour about them which warns any nearby nose of the trouble to come. They are said to dwell underground amongst the roots of the \sco{cnammâgon} plant which itself has a terrible smell. When above ground a pûcolc is often said to ride on the back of the \sco{cnappaldu}, an aggressive species of hare whose name itself means \cf{evil hare}. The cnappaldu has white fur to blend in with its snowy habitat, though not to hide from predators but to sneak up on prey. This species of hare is feisty and ferocious, even more so when it is being ridden by a pûcolc. When in packs, mounted cnappaldus can easily take down a group of men and feast on their flesh. The cnappaldu are roughly the size of small dogs so they are a bit larger than normal hares. They aren't very common and are rarely seen but they often travel in packs, so if you see one then more will likely follow, though a wise man would be gone by the time the rest showed up. \\

They pụcolc were once divine spirits that were cast out of the \sco{Sëamau} realm after their rebellion, with their punishment being to be trapped in the bodies of little men. In Sëámau there is a set of spirits known as the \sco{pepaloswu} \cf{nose devotion} who were divided into two factions. The \cf{lesser} faction, or the pûcolc faction is associated with bad smell, skepticism, earth and mud, and agriculture (despite the Sumnë being fully nomadic with no trace of agriculture in their own culture). The \cf{higher} faction is the \sco{elyruwë} \cf{the fragrant ones} (sg. \sco{elyrub}) who are associated with pleasant smells, rain, sunlight and positivity. The elyrúwë hold very powerful and broad domains which caught the jealousy of the much lower and more earthy pûcolc. So the pûcolc set out to kill the elyrúwë and steal their godship. While the elyruwë were much more powerful, the pûcolc were much more numerous, and so started the \sco{Pepaloswu War}. In the great war of the spirits there was great losses on both sides and while the high spirits won and cast many of the low spirits to Mácu bound in the forms of miniature men, some high spirits had injuries too great to survive and so they cast their souls to the human world to live in the bodies of men alongside the human soul, such beings are called \sco{natra} or \cf{incarnates}. \\