Starved Men

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"The outside is full of the most deplorable shapes; limbs grown overlong or reduced to inoperable stumps; joints fused or bending as they aren't meant to bend."

The Starved Men are people who practice the Shapeling Arts, passed down from the Flukes, to change themselves.

They Warp and Twist

"SO ARE WEE SHAPEDE"

Through the application of the Shapeling Arts and melted amber, they reshape and elongate their flesh to their own will: fusing or bending joints, stretching fingers, flattening jaws. This process takes a considerable amount of time and is notably painful and yet pleasurable, pushing the Starved Men's bodies to their very limits.

They live up on the Neath's roof, inhabiting some of the large stalactites inside which they've carved tunnels and rooms. For transportation between them, they use smaller, gas-filled balloons, rather than the large dirigibles used by Mr Fires and his minions. They constantly fight among themselves for sustenance and use contemporary weapons such as cannons and rifles.

One of the most important places to them is the Citadel of the Static Star; instead of a rock formation, however, it is a living creature they inhabit - the original moon-miser, the Moon-Mother.