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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 1175049" data-attributes="member: 1125">Kahe you know"Waihoro is a one of the Wild places*" the gnome says in a matter of fact tone and you are not so suprised that you know little of the area. You see many uneasy expressions at the mention of the Wild Places, and the Hiva collectively groan and mutter prayers of protection. The Wild places are areas that the Menehune hold sacred, preserves where it is said untamed spirits hold sway and people are ever in danger.Kahe beach lies between Takanui and Waihoro and is also a border area between two other clans . Waihoro's proximity to Kahe Beach is what has kept settlement from that beach though it remains contested territory."many things live there" the Wise One continues "but Tamumu is the chief amongst that 'race' - he is not one to attackHmm but if these Hiva were camped at Kahe then perhaps someone needs to go see with their own eyes what has happened - hmmm."Unfortunately your knowledge of Hiva is still scant, only the common rumours about all Hiva being cannibals, that they eat their food raw and live only to kill and devour their enemies.ooc a bit of Druidic Lore for Tatiki's eyes onlyWaihoro is one of the wild places of the island, forbidden places were humans have not yet encroached and where untamed spirits still hold sway. When humans first came to the islands of Hawaiki they found the Menehune already there and indeed the Wise Ones claim that they appeared when the islands themselves were born. As ‘eaters of wood’ the Menehune survived by collecting the produce of the forests and shore and it was not until the humans with their 'agriculture' arrived, that the spirits of the land began to be subdued and Wild places began to disappear.The Menehune then struck a deal whereby they agreed to keep the untamed spirits and other 'monsters' contained as long as the Humans (Tangata, Urukehu and Opunga) stayed out of the few preserved Wild Places (which are sacred sites). It has largely been this agreement that has facilitated the quick expansion of Tangata across the islands without wholesale opposition from the indiginous spirits. The reason the Menehune agreed to do this is still unclear...</blockquote>

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