Abnormal Heart: Threll / Yeti-People

Mysterious and elusive with a penchant for elemental magic, the secretive Threll dwell within their monasteries among the snow-capped mountains of Akus.
Inhabiting the frozen peaks deep within the mountains of the north, the Threll were once a clan that followed the ancient customs of the giants, until a Wild Surge changed them into full Wildlings while on a pilgrimage. Born in the form reminiscent of their ancestry, their skin ranges from a dull purple to a cool blue to a warm black, with high cheekbones, piercing blue eyes, and tan-white-silvery fur ranging from a fine layer that leaves their head relatively free to a thick coat that covers all but their face and palms. While remaining strikingly humanoid, upon closer inspection several other oddities began to show, such as horns, pointed ears, and even scaly forearms with a pearlescent shine.

Gameplay Traits

• Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score by 2 and increase a different one by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Hearts are known for their versatility, taking on life's challenges with courage and innovation. The Threll have been changed by their different lifestyle and the effects of the Wilds. It is recommended to put 2 in Strength or Constitution and 1 in Wisdom.
• Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.
• Size. You are Medium. The Threll average around 6 feet tall, ranging from 5 feet up to 7 feet. Their weight averages around 150 pounds.
• Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.
• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Regional (a catch-all term for the region's main language, also known as Common) and one other language of your choice.
• Age. Threll have lifespans typical of most hearts, maturing by the time they reach their late teens and finishing development around their early 20's. They usually live less than a century, between 50 and 70 years old, depending on how well supplied their monasteries are and their defense against the other creatures that prowl about.
• Alignment. Followers ancient monastic traditions, the Threll are often regarded as Lawful Neutral, though many are often True Neutral, with inclinations to do good in regards to helping a lost traveler or to do evil when tempted to rise in the ranks of the monastery through subterfuge and legalism.

• Land of Eternal Winter. You have resistance to cold damage. Additionally, you have darkvision, allowing you to see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were in dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
• Hidden Strength. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
• Frozen Peaks. Difficult terrain caused by snow and ice doesn't slow your movement and can't cause you to fall prone. You are also naturally acclimated to high altitudes. This includes elevations above 20,000 feet.
• Boreal Magic. You know the Ray of Frost cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Fog Cloud spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Arctic Aura spell with this trait. Once you cast Fog Cloud or Arctic Aura with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this Wildling).
• Secluded Lifestyle. You gain proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: History, Religion, Survival, or Medicine.

by BeetlesKeetle

Also known as:

• Yethrl: Before the Wild Surge changed their kind, the Threll tribe were known as devoted worships of the Cloud Giants. After establishing a number of remote monasteries despite being warned of the risk by others (for fear of pushing too deep into the Wilds), legend has it that as the Threll were gathering to worship on the eve of the winter solstice, a sudden, monstrous blizzard engulfed the peaks, shrouding it for months. After the blizzard cleared, the monasteries were completely covered in snow and ice, with all feared dead. When Threki traders later came to pay their respects with yaks and spices, they were scared off as figures emerged from under the snow and ice, familiar yet monstrous in appearance. To this day the locals call them Yethrl, for though they now look like abominable monsters, they still take the form of the tribe they once knew.

The Threll (or Yethrl) are a perfect example of the differing views of Wildlings and the struggles to classify them. While hearts living within a city might call them by their Wildling name, Yethrl, and consider them full Wildlings, a group of Ley-Wildlings living within a Wild Kingdom might see them as merely strange hearts, and instead refer to them by their tribal name, Threll, considering them not Wild enough. Oblivious to this, the Threll are content enough secluded atop their mountain peaks, watching as the winters carry on.