Mahaktua

[Mahaktua]

Mahaktua Appearance Race: Chaktawe Tribe: Kalanue Gender: Female Age: 19 Birthday: 45, Fall, 494 AV Birthplace: The Burning Lands Appearance: Height: 5’5 Weight: 120 With skin glowing like copper, eyes like obsidian, and cheekbones soft like the sand dunes, Mahaktua is a charmer who can never hide her everlasting curiosity behind her prideful bearing. Compared to other Chaktawe young females of her age, Mahaktua is considered to be lean and wiry - her long and frequent scavenging trips into the desert have rewarded her with a certain robustness and durability. Although rarely smiling, Mahaktua’s dark, high-arched eyebrows ensure others that she does have the sense of humor and wit to enjoy company… if she does give them her trust. True to her Kalanue blood, clever Mahaktua’s pitch-black eyes gleam through the dark shade she has painted upon herself, always demanding the truth and never letting anything pass by unnoticed. Character Concept Mahaktua, being the daughter of renowned huntsman and tracker, has taken pride in her father’s craft and her tribe’s nomadic lifestyle. Her father had chosen her amongst her brothers to become his successor, to learn the arts of hunting and tracking from he himself. Mahaktua, clever and passionate, learned faster than her father had ever expected, and as time passed, her father trusted her enough to let her accompany him in the hunting trips. When she became old enough, it became Mahaktua’s responsibility to track down, capture and bring back wild goats home from the northern redstone plains. Intelligent and inventive, Mahaktua is a master of bartering and improvising plans, but she can also be very proud and short tempered. Easily angered by personal remarks or insults about her race, she is quick to cursing and would rather be beaten down than back away from any confrontation. She is incredibly affectionate and loyal to her tribesmen but to outsiders, Mahaktua is initially cautious and distant. But that does not make her judgmental – just as how outsiders are always welcomed as long as they pay respect, Mahaktua knows that the only way you earn respect is to give one back. Always curious and eager to learn, Mahaktua’s passion in exploring and discovering has given her a secret desire to travel the lands beyond the desert. Her avid desire to become a wanderer is confronted by her responsibility as a member of the Kalanue tribe to support and sustain her folks. Thus she compromised by offering herself as a guide for foreign travelers, ensuring fast and safe travels through the deserts. As she gained more knowledge and experience about traveling, she finally was able to receive blessings from her kins and become a traveling hunter, residing at Endrykas for the moment.

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Mahaktua Character History Mahaktua, lovingly called Maha by her peers, is the firstborn child of Chenatu, her father, and Totse, her mother. On the day Mahaktua was born, Chenatu was out hunting in the deserts when he spotted a lone golden wolf across the sands. Carefully, Chenatu loaded his bow and shot at the wolf. The wolf, with tremendous agility and grace, moved away just in time as the arrow wheezed past. And then the wolf saw Chenatu. Instead of running away or attacking, the wolf locked eyes with Chenatu for a long time, its gaze unwavering and piercing. Then it barked, yapped and howled as if it was trying to speak to Chenatu, then turned its back, walking away nonchalantly as if nothing had happened. Stunned and baffled by what he saw, Chenatu realized that this was a sign and returned home immediately. When he arrived at his tents, Totse had already given birth to an endlessly crying, howling newborn. As the little girl grew, she was given the name Mahaktua, which means ‘she who howls.” Chenatu believed that Mahaktua would be just like a golden wolf: a gifted hunter and tracker, loyal to her kin and dangerous if provoked. And true to that, even as a youngster, Maha was restless, curious, active, and passionate. Whenever Totse, a seamstress artisan, tried to teach her the art of embroidering, restless young Maha would sneak off away from the tents and take her friends into the desert as far the adults allowed them to go, Contrary to her feminine physical features, Mahaktua has a masculine side to her personality and always preferred to go out and play hunt with the boys, rather than to be with the girls and braid each others’ hair. Chenatu always joked to Mahaktua that her name should have been Mahaktu, which means “he who howls”, implying that she could have been better off as a boy instead of a girl. Mahaktua eventually grew up to be an intelligent but hotheaded young woman with excellence in hunting and tracking. Her hunting skills were given recognition not only by her peers, but by the adults as well. As she took up the responsibility of tracking, hunting, and bringing back wild goats back home, she came to know the Redstone Cliff like the back of her hand. She also picked up the rules and tricks to good bartering through her numerous encounters with the Benshira shepherds who visited there as well. Initially weary but not unopened, she came to befriend a few of them, hence learning about the grand cities and wonders beyond the deserts. One day, curious and adventurous, she decided to accompany one of her shepherd friends into the city of Ahnatep and watch how he traded the goats in the market. Amazed by all the vibrant colors, buildings, and the goods she had never seen before, Mahaktua fell in love with the Ahnatep instantly. Now, she takes regular trips to the city to trade her hunted prizes with the fruits, jewelries, weapons, and other useful goods that are rarely found within the tents of the Chaktawe people. In Ahnatep, Mahaktua saw foreigners for the first time and could not help gather interest in them. She started to wonder and imagine about the places that they came from, and while she could not tell them the stories of her own, she was able to listen to other travelers’ stories and enjoy the tales about their adventures. As she gained more information and experience, Maha realized even with her confidence and skill in surviving in the wilds, it would be very hard for her to travel alone. Thus, she made new friends and managed to travel to Endrykas as the city came near Ahnatep during their winter migration. She continues to hunt and trade her spoils there, so that one day she will be ready for another journey to another wonderous city that awaits her.

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Mahaktua Language Fluent Language: Tawna Basic Language: Common Poor Language: Arumenic Skills Skill EXP Total Proficiency Tracking 10# SP 10# Novice Weapon: Shortbow 5# SP 5# Novice Hunting 20# SP 20# Novice Land Navigation 10# SP 10# Novice Wilderness Survival 10# RB, 5#SP 15# Novice Lores Lore - Fauna and Flora of Eyktol Lore of Ahnatep Culture Possessions 1 Set of Clothing -Simple Undergarments - Knee-length animal hide wrap skirt with slits on each sides -Sleeveless bodice, laced on either side with leather cords - Calf-length cloak adorned with embroideries and feathers - Simple leather sandals - Pouch, belt 1 Waterskin 1 Backpack which contains: -Comb (Bone) -Brush (Bone) -Soap -Razor -Balanced Rations (1 Week’s Worth) -1 eating knife -Flint & Steel -Shortbow arrows (20) -Straightblade Kris -Hunting knife -Rucksack -Preserving Kit -Rope, hemp (50 ft) 85 Gold Miza, 5 Silver Miza Heirloom: A shortbow adorned with intricate carvings of crows, given by her father on the day she came back from her Searching. Housing Location: Endrykas 1 large tent (for 4 people) Large tarp 100 ft of rope flint & steel lantern 2 torches Bedroll Blanket Otu - Brown Eyktolian Desertbred mare, 2 years old A full set of tack A large set of saddlebags Ledger Purchase Cost Total Starting +100 GM 100 GM Shortbow arrows (20) -1 GM 99 GM Straightblade Kris -5 GM 94 GM Pouch, Belt -1 GM 93 GM Rucksack -1 GM 92 GM Preserving Kit -5 GM 87 GM Hunting knife -5 SM 86 GM 5 SM Rope, hemp (50 ft) -1 GM 85 GM 5 SM Thread List Link your current & past threads here!