Polar Races

Reverse Selkies – North Pole

  Aquatic, can make terrestrial pelts out of yak/bear fur that make them fully terrestrial humanoids when worn   If in the shape of a humanoid sentient species, they look Seal-like, with rudimentary-but-functional hand-fins and lots of blubber   Have large horns   Live 500 years in nature; 600 in ideal conditions,   Children can only be born to this race is they have enough food/resources to actually feed them (magically detected) and are had entirely as a choice   Eat fish, krill, and algae   Naturally extensive memories (won't have memory storage problems in old age)   Naturally proficient with magic; all of them have access to 1 cantrip once they are adults, and they are blessed to pick up magic quickly when they are the first of their kind to      

Immaculates – South Pole

  Ice creatures, detached from needs other than cold (melt in the heat)   Mold their own physical forms- begin as fragile snowflake-like spindly creatures, each one unique   Feed by consuming thought: either thinking about something new or experiencing some new emotion   The more innovative the thought or strange the emotion, the longer the energy sustains them; "saves" it for later   Can bend ice, and even glaciers to their will if they work together   Melt if it gets too hot (think anything above freezing point/0 degrees celsius)   Babies are made of relationships, given life by intent (can place memories of that relationship in the baby if it goes poorly)   Can feed ambiently off of observation and analysis of environment for a small one to live indefinitely if it engages/analyzes   Larger ones take more energy/though, smaller and simpler ones take less