Iht-zyk

Iht-zyk was a nezumi of the Tattered Ear tribe. As a child, she carefully memorized the lessons of the tribe's Rememberers: "A moving plant was a hungry plant," "When the spirits talk, smile and nod," "Humans grow old but rarely wise," and so on and so forth. She followed their wisdom and became a skilled forager. When foraging along Shinomen Mori's eastern border, she approached a Crab Clan logging camp, and the humans found her as intriguing as she found them. Unable to speak each other's language, they shared a meal together, and for the next few days she repaid their kindness with wild nuts. Very few members of her tribe spoke the humans' tongue, but Iht-zyk found an elder willing to teach her.