Hayuk

The Hayuks (also known as 'sporelings ') are fungal humanoids covered in spores. The Hayuk can be found on Veridius. The hayuks of Veridius are peaceful creatures that believe in mantaining the balance of the land, they think that the fauna and the fungal vegetation deserves care and attention. Indeed, the hayuks of Veridius do not worship the titans, which they feel as distant and apathetic deities. Rather, they worship the wild god Theluu, progenitor of the fungal giants and the sporeling. They have taken the role of protectors of the fungal marshes and will clash with anyone trying to destroy their sacred enviorment. The sporelings are immune to venoms and other powerful toxins found in fungi, such as the sporebats' one. Due to their affinity to the fungal marshes and immunity to their toxins, they were the first race to tame the sporebats. Interestingly enough, the hayuks do not have a gender. Rather, they are born from spores in "spawning glens" during certain seasons of the year.

The hayuks of Veridius live in small villages of 20-60 individuals. They are mostly harvesters, although they use warriors and hunters (who know how to tame sporebats) to fend off aggressive animals such as panthara, basilisks, serpents and the gorlocs. Each and every village has one or two shamans, which help them mantain the balance of the land and worship the wild gods of the region. The shamans act as advisor to the chieftian, which is usually an harvester or a shaman himself. They keep neutral or friendly relationship with outsiders, provided they don't want to change their lands. They are wary of their bigger cousins, the fungal giants, but few sporelings have put their concerns aside and have actually welcomed the fungal giants among them.