![]() A pecksie hunter and/or butcher uses a small, black knife with which to kill, slaughter or skin its quarry whereas a pecksie archer uses a bow with twig-sized arrows to down its predominately rat prey. There is a saying "where rats go, pecksies follow". The pecksie is well known for its consumption of rat meat as a main component of its diet. The daily consumption of this cure, as well as the cutting of the sufferer's fingernails once long enough, is thought to cause the pecksie to "let go". ![]() Symptoms of having been pecksie-nibbled commonly include nausea, dizziness, headaches, a loss of sense of time and vagueness with a detachment to one's surroundings.Īs the pecksie is thought to not be able to abide garlic, the setting free from a pecksie, or the presumed cure for being pecksie-nibbled, is to place the sufferer on a diet of mint tea and meat cooked in garlic. In addition, there is the folk belief that pecksies are responsible for strange things that happen to all of those who wander too near these places and it is said that a pecksie will take a new lamb or a child, or even a strong man if he's in his cups.Īs an apparent consequence of being taken underground and fed upon by pecksies, one who is taken from these regions or enters the Skill pillars and returns is said to appear as "pecksie-nibbled". Old legends of the Skill pillar standing stones go so far as to suggest that they are even gates to the land of the pecksies, where a year may pass as a day, or a day as a year. Reputed to have a hole near the Witness Stones in Buck, and with an acknowledged connection to the other Skill pillars that dot the entire Realm of the Elderlings, the pecksie is also thought to customarily inhabit areas within range of these black-stoned monoliths. This pecksie dust is transferred directly from the pecksie onto the touched object, and is recognized as being extremely dangerous to humans in any form, particularly if ingested. The presence of a pecksie can be evidenced by the leftover silver, pecksie-dust smears which may appear on objects it has previously handled, or within an area it has visited. Despite walking upright in a human-like manner, the pecksie tends to wear no foot covering, preferring instead to remain bare-footed.Īlthough the pecksie is considered a mythical creature in certain regions and folklore of the Six Duchies, it has been sighted in significant proportions, so is therefore known to exist, at the very least, within the region of Tilth duchy, in the Six Duchies' north. The pecksie is known for dressing in garments made from natural materials such as leaves, fur, feathers and bark cloth however some have also been seen to adorn themselves with jewellery or charms. Whilst the pecksie is known to have hair of unspecified or undocumented style and colour, its eye colour has been identified as varying from pecksie to pecksie, ranging from agate through to jade, green, the colour of verdigris and also yellow. Some pecksies have been sighted with webbed feet while still others have been seen with a long, narrow form of human-like, toed feet. This cat-like mouth houses a small, red tongue and rows of sharp, pointed teeth. The small face of a pecksie has a split upper lip, like that of a kitten. Its hands, in particular, are long-fingered and disproportionally long. Despite its thin, diminutive appearance, its limbs and extremities are quite elongated in proportion to the remainder of its body. With silvery, grey-coloured skin, which gleams when exposed to a light source, the pecksie is approximately half the size of a common house cat in stature.
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