Physically, walruses are quite large and imposing, with an average height of almost 8 feet and a weight that can easily exceed a ton. They are particularly similar in physiognomy to their cousins, the Seals, but differ markedly in both tonnage and size, as well as in their muzzle's typical features. Their main feature is in fact their long ivory tusks, which are very elongated canines visible in both sexes and can reach one meter in length and up to 5 kg in weight. The tusks are then surrounded by a dense carpet of stiff bristles, which give them their characteristic "mustachioed" appearance. The skin is extremely wrinkled and thick and young specimens are dark brown in color, but as they age, they take on a lighter, cinnamon color. Older males, in particular, are almost pink.

Walruses are grim, industrious, and pessimistic, and their lives are bleak and brutal. Rather than seeing their lack of happiness as a flaw, they consider it a defining feature of Walruses' pride. While they display virtues of determination and bravery, they take their flaws to extremes. Industriousness is spurred on by a primal urge driven by a need to own as much as possible. Walruses are dauntless perfectionists who never leave a job half-done and work hard to excel. Although their creations are not flawed or subpar, they are completely utilitarian, considered valuable only for their function and bereft of warmth and artistry. The only figurative art known and valued by them is ivory engraving, especially of their own fangs, which acts as a sort of tattoo.
While many anthropomorphic races show a lack of trust towards outsiders, they often have strong family bonds and dedication. On the contrary, Walruses invert this value: being bound by their rigid society, they only maintain family bonds because they have to, and they have no love for their kin. Fate forbids them from trusting others, and many are raised believing that betrayal is simply their inevitable fate, a self-fulfilling prophecy. Although, even if Walruses are assigned life partners, this is merely to ensure the survival of the clan.

Walruses live in citadels carved around and inside the ice and rock of the Diingahs mountain range. They are ruled by a sort of Marxist communism, in which a council of citadel representatives, headed by a prime minister, makes decisions for the entire people, eradicating private property as much as possible to aid in the equitable distribution of all assets and goods.