Tungit is a Merikit shaman-elder, as well as the son of a shaman himself. He appears at the various Merikit religious rituals all the way though Seeker's Mask, To Ride a Rathorn, Bound in Blood, and Honor's Paradox. He's an old friend of Index, from when Index studied the Merikit long ago. Tungit taught him a fair amount about Merikit religious rituals, although not much about Merikit society in general.