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-//**Kiikama**// are any manner of malevolent spiritual creatures in any [[:kavkem]] [[:kavkem:mythology]] based on //[[:kavkem:mythology:Taaravahr]]// (which is to say, all that are worth mentioning). While their exact nature varies, there is some common, shared imagery:
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-<fc #ff0000>**WARNING**</fc>: The following depictions have not yet had a chance to become canonical.
-===== Pyreraptors =====
-The pyreraptors (//ekiikava//) are black-feathered and -scaled kavkema, something that is inherently a frightening concept to the kavkema, as any kavkem of that colour would be plainly visible amongst the mountains, albeit with the thicker occurrences of feathers rendered as flames. Their eyes range from amber to blue, matching the colour of their flames. They are associated with [[:kavkem:mythology:Tkanetar]]. They cannot actually exist, though it's conceivable they were occasionally cast as illusions. These days they frequently appear to victims of [[:Serrata]].
-===== Sharpkin =====
-Sharpkin (//jonikama//) are kavkema whose feathers have been completely replaced by tiny thorns and spines. They are known to have a friendly, oblivious personality, often coming to visit the victims of pyreraptors or Nayabaru to offer their solace and companionship. Given [[:kavkem:society|kavkem social culture]], this generally involves body contact, which given their nature tends to cause great pain to the captive they've purportedly come to soothe. Rarely one might encounter stories of jonikama that instead are quite aware of their effect, but whose minds are twisted enough that they enjoy the pain they cause, or simply don't care, preferring the physical proximity to the victim's well-being.
-===== Soulstranglers =====
-Soulstranglers (//qita's̈elua//) are strictly acorporeal - they have no appearance once could describe. To some degree, one might call them proto-kiikama, still looking for a form to call their own. Indeed, by common interpretation, nearly all pyreraptors and jonikama began their metaphysical lives as soulstranglers.
-Soulstrangers have only very limited influence upon the world. Often invisibly encountered, they are harmless to most kavkema - unless a kavkem has recently ingested even the smallest amount of ash. Even one grain of ash allows a soulstrangler to enter a kavkem body and bind itself to it, effectively taking it over from within - an irreversible form of possession much as though it ate through the mind of the kavkem while it replaced it with its own.
-While an associated physical transformation is **not** guaranteed (and some cultures might consider //[[:kavkem:society|kaaru]]// untransformed soulstrangled kavkema), it's considered //common// that the victim becomes a pyreraptor, or a jonikam.
-Various kavkem cultures have stories of corporeal kiikama tricking kavkema into eating ashes to doom them to their acorporeal kin.
-===== Howlers =====
-Howlers are minor kiikama. They come in the form of intelligent, wolverine-like creatures said to stalk and harass kavkema, emitting high-pitched, incessant sounds to attract the attention of the Nayabaru. They mostly appear in mythology to haunt wounded heroes.