I'm confused as FUCK. I'm trying to make a Animist

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I'm confused as FUCK.

I'm trying to make a Animist in Runequest 6 for a Glorantha game- I want to make a Kolati shaman. Now this isn't terribly complex- Kolat shamans are rare but not unheard of, and animism, while confusing, is pretty damn cool, given it's focus on powers through spirit bargains and fetishes.

The problem is, first, that you can't start as a Shaman- and that's fair, starting characters aren't all powerful of course, but you can start as a Spirit Worshiper, the tier below Shaman. You can still bargain, bind, and see spirits, and can use fetishes, so while you can't go into the Spirit World, have a spirit pull out an enemy's soul, beat him up, bind him into a spirit and possess his body quite yet, you can still do most of the good stuff.

Buut- the book doesn't tell you what magic you start with. Now, it mentions a lot of stuff about magic, but every other tradition starts with spells dependent on their magic skill- Animism mentions nothing of the sort. No starting with fetishes, nothing. But, it's implied.

So, can anyone more versed in the rules help me by telling me if I am meant to start with spirits/fetishes, or if I'm going to have to dedicate in game time and experience rolls to getting access to magic unlike all other magic users?

Also Kolat is pretty boss. I am looking forward to finding the Wind Within Me. I've had to make a spirit tradition up for him, since he doesn't have one in the Glorantha Cult One Pagers, but oh well. I figure he's got Ancestor, Elemental (Air, Earth, Fire, Darkness), Nature (more accurate Air spirits doing the same thing) and Guardian spirits available as allies so far, and Fetches at Shaman level.

I want to get this guy done, because this is the third character I've made so far, and I'm a bit done with it. (Arkati Sorcerer Zorak Zorani, dropped for being too offensive to fellow Orlanthi, Yinkini God Talker, maybe kept maybe dropped, neat concept but not magic enough for me)