[MW Voidsea] Pengkin Rimejarl - CR 5 Medium Humanoid (Pengkin)

“Oh, I assure you the ingredients and pelts are my primary motivation. You haven’t lived until you’ve sampled aberrant cuisine. Keeping the locals safe from monsters is just a convenient bonus. Call it symbiotic."

— Lord Goldbreast, Frostlord of Galacie

Pengkin rimejarls are unabashed hedonists, indulging in the finer things in life even at the expense of their own health—and sanity. Aberrant delicacies such as aboleth caviar and necropod fin soup may slowly liquify the eater’s brains, but to a true gourmand, such trifling inconveniences are a small price to pay for the privilege of an exclusive degustation.

Eldritch Eatery. The feast halls of rimejarls are often decorated with all manner of pelts, trophies, and treasures, but appearances can be deceiving—the gluttonous connoisseurs hunt for food first, and everything else a distant second. They devote their lives to experiencing every bounty the sea can offer, from the common to the grotesquely exotic, with a particular fondness for the flesh of Aberrations. Such a diet brings more than just flavour, and rimejarls soon develop the ability to tap into the eldritch power of the creatures they consume. These otherworldly talents are then promptly wielded to track and hunt even more Aberrations… and the cycle continues.

Hunting Party. A rimejarl is nothing without its hunting party. To improve their chances of procuring their beloved delicacies, these pengkin surround themselves with skilled hunters from every walk of life. Master rangers track their quarries, grizzled helmsmen manoeuvre their ships, and silvertongued bards embellish their exploits with after-dinner ballads. A wanderer with useful abilities can easily find a hearty welcome in a rimejarl’s abode.

Whispers on the Wind. Sadly, the decadent flavours of the depths come with significant drawbacks. The more eldritch delicacies a rimejarl consumes—and the more it relies on the magic they confer—the more prone it becomes to severe paranoia and bouts of bizarre hubris. Many hunting parties end in tragic bloodbaths when a rimejarl’s delusions escalate minor disagreements into violent altercations. In fact, pengkin historical records show that rimejarls almost always die in one of two ways: at the hands of a meal or the hands of a friend.

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