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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7375009" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>Here's a legend I gathered from old sources with a few touches of my own. I am assembling a couple legends to share with the PCs via storytellers/guides...</p><p></p><p><strong>“Legend of Katashka”</strong></p><p>So long ago that not even elves remember and the stars have long since shifted in the sky, there was a land called Katashka. It was a beautiful land and the people lived close to their god Olorubo who taught them the power of <em>nummo</em> (True Names). What the people of Katashka spoke came to be, and they spoke with one voice, creating a utopia of wonders powered by the nyama, the spirits of life who were Olorubo’s children. Travelers came from across Katashka and from distant lands like Zakhara, land of fate, and Maztica, land of the tabaxi, to marvel at the wonders of Katashka’s capital city Alliz-Dren. </p><p></p><p> However, the tribal leaders grew ambitious, seeking to bind the nyama to their will. It was at this time that a feathered serpent (a couatl) came to the people and shared the message of Ubtao – to look within their own hearts for power, rather than seek it in the world. However, the couatl’s message fell on deaf ears. Chieftains rose, the people forgot to honor the nyama, magic-users sought their own aggrandizement, and tribes clashed with one another for wealth and power. Their once-unified voice became fractured.</p><p></p><p> The greed of the chieftains awakened the worst of Olorubo’s children, an evil spirit called the Sleeper who stirred below the Palace of Alliz-Dren. The Sleeper reversed all good things – love, fortune, knowledge, even his hands were said to be backwards. Stirred by the many voices, the Sleeper threatened to awaken and destroy Katashka. Fearful, the chieftains began sacrificing their young to appease the monster, casting them into a great pit in the palace. The chieftains outlawed the practice of <em>matumbe</em> (forbidden magic), fearing it would awaken the Sleeper. However, a young woman named Oyai – who was to be sacrificed to the Sleeper – received a vision from Ubtao, awakening in her the powers of matumbe, making her the first of his <em>bara</em> (the Chosen). When Oyai went to the Sleeper, she defeated him with this magic, forcing the evil spirit back into eternal slumber. Oyai rallied her people who abandoned the worship of Olurobo and the nyama to follow the feathered serpent across the Trackless Sea until they arrived in Chult. And this is where the Chultan people come from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7375009, member: 20323"] Here's a legend I gathered from old sources with a few touches of my own. I am assembling a couple legends to share with the PCs via storytellers/guides... [B]“Legend of Katashka”[/B] So long ago that not even elves remember and the stars have long since shifted in the sky, there was a land called Katashka. It was a beautiful land and the people lived close to their god Olorubo who taught them the power of [I]nummo[/I] (True Names). What the people of Katashka spoke came to be, and they spoke with one voice, creating a utopia of wonders powered by the nyama, the spirits of life who were Olorubo’s children. Travelers came from across Katashka and from distant lands like Zakhara, land of fate, and Maztica, land of the tabaxi, to marvel at the wonders of Katashka’s capital city Alliz-Dren. However, the tribal leaders grew ambitious, seeking to bind the nyama to their will. It was at this time that a feathered serpent (a couatl) came to the people and shared the message of Ubtao – to look within their own hearts for power, rather than seek it in the world. However, the couatl’s message fell on deaf ears. Chieftains rose, the people forgot to honor the nyama, magic-users sought their own aggrandizement, and tribes clashed with one another for wealth and power. Their once-unified voice became fractured. The greed of the chieftains awakened the worst of Olorubo’s children, an evil spirit called the Sleeper who stirred below the Palace of Alliz-Dren. The Sleeper reversed all good things – love, fortune, knowledge, even his hands were said to be backwards. Stirred by the many voices, the Sleeper threatened to awaken and destroy Katashka. Fearful, the chieftains began sacrificing their young to appease the monster, casting them into a great pit in the palace. The chieftains outlawed the practice of [I]matumbe[/I] (forbidden magic), fearing it would awaken the Sleeper. However, a young woman named Oyai – who was to be sacrificed to the Sleeper – received a vision from Ubtao, awakening in her the powers of matumbe, making her the first of his [I]bara[/I] (the Chosen). When Oyai went to the Sleeper, she defeated him with this magic, forcing the evil spirit back into eternal slumber. Oyai rallied her people who abandoned the worship of Olurobo and the nyama to follow the feathered serpent across the Trackless Sea until they arrived in Chult. And this is where the Chultan people come from. [/QUOTE]
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