Hicker

Hickerians are typically obsessed with death. It is extremely ingrained in their culture, so much so that it has become essentially normalized and is part of everyday life in Hicker. Because of this fascination/obsession with death, many Hickerians become morticians, undertakers, gravediggers, exterminators, etc. Another fairly common profession for Hickerians is medicine, which is also a popular career path in Kossa, but Kossan and Hickerian medicinal professionals tend to differ in their motivation to study medicine. While Kossans are driven by a desire to help others, most Hickerian doctors are interested more in the autopsies and dissections they get to perform.

The Rye Underworld Portal is a now-dysfunctional portal that led to the realm of Hicker, the deity of death. It has been in the Hickerian capital for as long as anyone can remember, which probably means it has been there forever. During its time, it was used to communicate with not only the dead, but the deity Hicker as well. Of course, a price had to be paid by each Krukoran who desired to communicate with these parties. It is said that for each time you used the portal, three years are taken off of your life by Hicker, meaning you would live three years less than you would have, had you not used the portal. Over time, Hickerians decided that it was no longer worth the risk and gradually stopped using the portal until one day, it just didn’t work anymore.

Hickerian magic users are able to control the element of death. This does not mean they can use their magic to directly and immediately kill someone, nor can they bring someone back to life. The most powerful among them could potentially end someone’s life through magic if they are already on the brink of death, and if they are ready to die. Mostly their magic manifests as disease and rot, so they are usually able to directly kill plants.

  • Species: Raccoon & Red Panda
  • Nation Capital: Rye
  • Element: Death
  • Landmark: Rye Underworld Portal
  • Monarch: King Mordecai
  • Rank: 7
  • Associated Month: Hicta
  • Demonym: Hickerian
  • Symbol: Bone
  • Population: 5,206,495
  • Area: 96,547 square miles