Waters where the Vedalken have experimented on an created a cybernetic race of Penguins - cyborg penguins who have managed dominance in the region, they are battlesmithing legends amongst the Sixteen Pillars. Many of the best cybernetic penguins seem to be immune to the traditional means of damage such as pikes as their strange blubbery yet resilient skin doesn't allow it. They have cybernetic eyes, fins are sharp enough to be blades, and their front is deceptively shiny and bulbous so that body blows - if not bludgeoning - doesn't do crap.
