Gunting
Gunting is the Coldpeak tradition of deploying something elaborate and usually terrible-smelling at someone who takes themselves too seriously. The tradition holds that seriousness, left unchecked, becomes brittleness, and brittleness gets people killed in the cold. A gunt is not mockery. You only gunt someone you care about enough to want them a little less rigid.
The name comes from Gunt — a Coldpeak orc of legendary memory, credited with elevating the practice from “children throwing mud” to genuine art form. The exact details of his most famous exploits vary depending on who is telling the story and how long ago the fire was lit. Brekk’s versions tend to be the most elaborate and the most specific. It is possible Brekk has been adding to them over the years. It is also possible that Gunt was simply that good.
Brekk is the tradition’s current steward — unofficially, in the way that all important things among the Coldpeak are unofficial. He trains the younger generation through collaboration disguised as mischief: the stinky mixtures teach chemistry, the timing teaches patience, the reading of a target teaches observation. Most of the students don’t figure that out until much later. Dak is his most gifted current student.
A successful gunt is acknowledged by the tribe. An unsuccessful one is also acknowledged, but differently.
Dr. Medicine was gunted in Session 6.