Slinks

Summary

The Slinks are the native people of Thespara, inventive and light-footed forest-dwellers whose society combines ingenuity, adaptability, and a strong interest in craft and gadget-making. ^{*1 *2}

Culture

The Slinks are especially inventive and closely tied to the Engineering Association of Thespara. That association is influential enough to affect reputation, exchange, and access to off-world technology, not just local tinkering culture. Older Luminari intervention left the people with a complicated legacy of protection, reshaping, and oversight. ^{*1 *3 *4}

Homelands

The Slinks are native to Thespara, especially its forests and hidden settlement networks. They are tied particularly strongly to Trithalos and the settled forest regions of Thespara. ^{*2 *1}

Relations

The Slinks are closely tied to the Vanished through relocation, ancient intervention, and hidden infrastructure on Thespara. Lypran history runs alongside Slink history in the deeper past of the Thespara system. During the Thespara crisis, Slink communities live under the influence of the Glorious Chieftain. Slink enclaves also appear beyond Thespara proper, including inventive communities that adapted to Berkav's volcanic conditions. ^{*1 *6 *7 *8}