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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 5942242" data-attributes="member: 2795">[PLAIN]Subira [WIP][/PLAIN][align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/members/mark-chance-albums-mlc-s-pix-picture2041-subira.jpg[/align]This is very much a work-in-progress. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[sblock=Subira, Mpiganaji of the Watu]Subira comes from the jungles of the Savage Country. She is a fierce warrior, a fact which is somewhat unusual for her people. Warriors are almost always men in the Spear Jungles. Unfortunately for Shujaa, Subira's mother, the only child produced from her marriage to Dhalimu was a daughter. This was hardly a sign of good fortune, and the community was often unkind to Shujaa about her failure to have a male heir for her husband. As is customary, Dhalimu eventually took another wife, Pili, who proved quite capable of fulfilling her obligations. Subira and Shujaa's status within the family and community diminished even more.The burdens of this stigma became more intolerable as Subira approached marriageable age. No reputable husband wants a wife whose mother could not produce male heirs. Subira seemed doomed to be relegated to the ranks of the Tasa, those barren women who serve in the households of others.Dhalimu, despite his shame for Shujaa, loved Subira deeply, and he wished to spare her from the hardships of being Tasa. So, he subjected Subira to a rigorous course in the martial arts, with special emphases on the shoka, or axe, and the mkuki, or javelin. Subira proved a capable student. What she lacked in strength she made up for in agility and determination. Although her training could not prevent her being labeled Tasa, it did secure her a position in the household of Kwasi, a wealthy Mtu, wherein Subira served as guardian for her master's children and wives.Subira had her chance to prove her worth when a gang of Wasaliti, those who worship and serve Maliki-baya, attacked her village. She rushed the wives and children to a secure location and held the door against the invaders, slaying four before she fell, overwhelmed by her injuries. Her brave defense made time for other warriors to reach her master's home before his wives and children could be harmed.Kwasi was so grateful that he freed Subira from her obligation of service and used his influence to have her inducted into the ranks of the Mpiganaji, the warrior caste of the Watu.[/sblock][sblock=Attributes & Skills]XP: 40 (Veteran)AttributesAgility d10 (2 points + advance from Illiterate)Smarts d6 (XP advance)Strength d6 (1 point)Spirit d6 (1 point)Vigor d8 (1 point + XP advance)Charisma 0Pace 6Parry 8Toughness 6SkillsBoating d4 (1 point)Climbing d6 (2 points)Fighting d12 (6 points)Healing d4 (1 point)Notice d4 (1 point)Persuasion d4 (1 point)Stealth d6 (1 point)Survival d4 (1 point)Swimming d4 (1 point)Throwing d8 (2 points)+2 skill points from Delusional & PhobiaN.B. Stealth and Throwing increased via XP advance.[/sblock][sblock=Edges & Hindrances]EdgesAmbidextrous: Ignore -2 penalty for using off-hand (starting Edge)Two-Fisted: May attack with a weapon in each hand without multi-action penalty (purchased with XP advance)HindrancesDelusional (minor): Attributes just about everything to supernatural influencesIlliterate (major): Writing is a form of sorcery!Phobia (minor): Fearful of violating burial grounds (-2 to trait tests)[/sblock][sblock=Gear]Starting Cash: $500. At least half of this must be spent on equipment or goods of some kind. Characters may start with a horse or similar mount, or may have an ox-cart or something along those lines.Weapons2 axes: d6+d63 javelins: ?Armor: leather (+1 protection)[/sblock]Here're my initial thoughts about the Savage Coast and the Sheloes. The literal truth of some of what follows is open to debate. It is a mixture of history and myth as commonly believed by those who live in the Spear Jungles.[sblock=About the Savage Country]South of the Lakes of Fire stretches the jungle-choked peninsula called the Savage Country, although the natives of this harsh land do not use this name. Instead, the competing tribes that live in the Spear Jungles call the region Kijani-baya and themselves the Watu (singular Mtu).Ancient legend tells how Kijani (as it was then called) was formed from the sea by the goddess Bahari Kuu as a home for her children who longed to walk on land. In those days, the Kijani was a place of plenty and peace. The Watu lived in harmony with each other and with the jungle and its creatures.In those days, an Mtu of great kindness named Mfalme had a beautiful daughter, Uzuri. Msaliti, a herder, desired Uzuri, but not to be an honored wife. Instead, Msaliti's passions turned unwholesome, and the herder was consumed by his lust for Uzuri. He wooed her falsely and lured Mfalme and Uzuri to his home. There he poisoned Mfalme and abducted Uzuri.This great evil opened Kijani to the influence of the Maliki-baya, the Witch King. Paradise was lost, and the Watu fell into wars against each other as well as against the Wasaliti, those who worship and serve Maliki-baya. The jungle itself turned against the Watu as well. Poisonous plants flourished, and once peaceful animals became man-killers.[/sblock][sblock=About the Sheloes]This chain of uninhabited islands off the east coast of the Savage Country has for generations been taboo, or haramu in the language of the Watu. They are sacred places where the bodies and belongings of the dead are brought for interment in the hundreds of caves that riddle the islands.[/sblock][sblock=Watu Glossary]Bahari Kuu: Watu goddess of the sea and providence. Synonymous with Uria.Haramu: taboo or forbidden. Violating haramu invites spiritual evil upon the transgressor.Kijani-baya: Watu name for the Savage Country. Before the coming of Maliki-baya, the region was called Kijani.Maliki-baya: Watu god of evil and sorcery. Synonymous with the Witch King.Mkuki: traditional Watu javelin. Plural, mikuki.Mpiganaji: the Watu warrior caste. Second sons are expected to enter this caste upon reaching the age of majority. A daughter who becomes a member of this caste enjoys the same status of a second son in many respects.Sheloes: chain of islands east of the Savage Country that the Watu use as sacred burial grounds.Shoka: traditional Watu axe. Plural, mashoka.Tasa: the Watu caste of unmarriageable woman who serve in the households of others. A Tasa is very nearly a slaveWasaliti: followers of Maliki-baya.Watu: the people of the Savage Country. Singular, Mtu.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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