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When you sleep in a house your thoughts are as high as the ceiling, when you sleep outside they are as high as the stars.
-bedouin proverb
-bedouin proverb
M A K A H ' A
The crow wanted to mimic the pigeon’s walk and forgot his own.
-Algerian proverb
The crow wanted to mimic the pigeon’s walk and forgot his own.
-Algerian proverb
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As a Mixed Blood within the Kalanue tribe, Makah’a was always considered an outsider. Born to a Chaktawe father and Benshira mother, Makah’a took on his mother’s bright blue eyes, a rare occurrence for half breed Chaktawe people. Because of this, his eyes were too weak to see during the scorching hours of the day, leaving him unable to hunt and do much else. To remedy this, his mother gave him a thin cloth to tie around his eyes, enough for him to see general shapes, but still virtually blinding him. As a child he was teased a lot, even by some older tribesmen and women for being blind, but also because he was not a full blooded Chaktawe. Nonetheless, Makah’a built his resilience to criticism at such a young age, and with the help of his father, he learned to function quickly without using his eyes. Everything from fighting, to maneuvering, to searching for water, to even crafting; his father taught him.
In the evenings, when Makah’a could uncover his eyes; were the only hours he could see the world. Dark, cold and desolate, with stars glistening in the sky. His father often told him that his blue eyes were a gift from Eywaat, the god of resource, and Makah’a never understood why that is. But as time passed, and his father gradually taught him the skills to hunt and search for water, Makah’a became capable of hunting and searching in the dark. Once he was able to do that, he quickly gained respect from his tribe.
When time came for “The Searching” Makah’a left his tribe into the vast desert on his own in search for his guardian. Days of praying, meditation and wandering led him to receive nothing from the gods just yet, but he was determined. As a week had passed, and he managed to survive quite well on his own; he was intercepted by a group of slave catchers. Makaha’s violent and stubborn attitude aided him to fight them off for a bit, but they outnumbered him, and he was shortly after taken away into the large city of Annahtep as a slave. In one of the most sacred stages in the Chaktawe life -to gain a guardian- Makah’a was robbed, and it had left a deep scar in his mind and heart. To never achieve his search made him feel he was no longer Chaktawe, and it hurt him more than anything.
Minajim became his new identity- etched into the skin of his forearm would be the mark that remained his for the rest of his lifetime. For years he labored as a slave, and because of his determination to survive, and his resilience- the work he had done was satisfactory to his owners. He was fed a bit more, and with time, from his constant taxing work, grew to be an asset. But it did not last long, and after he accompanied his owner per their request on a trading journey north, he escaped. With the skills he learned in his youth he managed to survive, and still roams to this day, seven years later.
Makah’a wanders now in search for his home, and maybe to finally gain the guardian he never had.
Makah'a
race: Mixed Blood (Chaktawe + Benshira)
sex: Male
Age:28
date of birth: 6th Winter, 489 AV
place of birth: Eyktol
Tribe:Kalanue
location: Endrykas
As a Mixed Blood within the Kalanue tribe, Makah’a was always considered an outsider. Born to a Chaktawe father and Benshira mother, Makah’a took on his mother’s bright blue eyes, a rare occurrence for half breed Chaktawe people. Because of this, his eyes were too weak to see during the scorching hours of the day, leaving him unable to hunt and do much else. To remedy this, his mother gave him a thin cloth to tie around his eyes, enough for him to see general shapes, but still virtually blinding him. As a child he was teased a lot, even by some older tribesmen and women for being blind, but also because he was not a full blooded Chaktawe. Nonetheless, Makah’a built his resilience to criticism at such a young age, and with the help of his father, he learned to function quickly without using his eyes. Everything from fighting, to maneuvering, to searching for water, to even crafting; his father taught him.
In the evenings, when Makah’a could uncover his eyes; were the only hours he could see the world. Dark, cold and desolate, with stars glistening in the sky. His father often told him that his blue eyes were a gift from Eywaat, the god of resource, and Makah’a never understood why that is. But as time passed, and his father gradually taught him the skills to hunt and search for water, Makah’a became capable of hunting and searching in the dark. Once he was able to do that, he quickly gained respect from his tribe.
When time came for “The Searching” Makah’a left his tribe into the vast desert on his own in search for his guardian. Days of praying, meditation and wandering led him to receive nothing from the gods just yet, but he was determined. As a week had passed, and he managed to survive quite well on his own; he was intercepted by a group of slave catchers. Makaha’s violent and stubborn attitude aided him to fight them off for a bit, but they outnumbered him, and he was shortly after taken away into the large city of Annahtep as a slave. In one of the most sacred stages in the Chaktawe life -to gain a guardian- Makah’a was robbed, and it had left a deep scar in his mind and heart. To never achieve his search made him feel he was no longer Chaktawe, and it hurt him more than anything.
Minajim became his new identity- etched into the skin of his forearm would be the mark that remained his for the rest of his lifetime. For years he labored as a slave, and because of his determination to survive, and his resilience- the work he had done was satisfactory to his owners. He was fed a bit more, and with time, from his constant taxing work, grew to be an asset. But it did not last long, and after he accompanied his owner per their request on a trading journey north, he escaped. With the skills he learned in his youth he managed to survive, and still roams to this day, seven years later.
Makah’a wanders now in search for his home, and maybe to finally gain the guardian he never had.
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The land where the stones know you is worth more than the land where the people know you.
- Bedouin proverb***
- Bedouin proverb***
