Notable Unathi

Unathi history and society has a long list of notable individuals and heroes that are known across Moghes, or who's fame has become a household name in both Moghes and Ourea.

Myths and Legends

The majority of Unathi legends follow the feats of individuals and their impact on the world. They stress the importance and abilities of single individuals, and carry with them moral lessons that tend to reinforce Unathi cultural ideas.

Tryazali Kres'ha'nor

Tryazali was born in 949 CE to a minor noble family in what is modern day Baandr. He is credited in Unathi myth as founding the first Hegemony. Information about Trizarki comes from the epic The First Prince and the Night Queen written 1572-1602 CE. According to the epic, when Tryazali was 26 he became separated from a hunting party out in the mountains. He wandered for five days and five nights, unable to find food, water, or shelter. As he was about to die from exposure he was saved by a mysterious tribe of all-female warriors. After he was nursed back to health he was taken to their queen, who styled herself The Empress Of Night. She was a ruthless leader with an azure-colored hide and pure white eyes who claimed magical abilities and connection to the ancestors. She lead her tribe on various raids and kept their village hidden in the deep forests in the mountains. She demanded that he repay the debt he owed them for saving his life to save the life of one of her daughters, who had been kidnapped by a nobleman in S'th. The Queen promises many blessings for the safe return of her child Raz'ha, but warns him that should he deviate from his task a curse that will doom him and his clan for as long as they tread upon Moghes.

Tryazali eventually found the daughter being held as a slave by the Lord of S'th, Taraz Jy'haza, kept as an exotic curiosity as her hide is also an azure color. He storms the Lord's castle and demands a duel. The Lord rebuffs him and sends his own soldiers, but one by one they fall before Tryazali. Eventually the Lord accepts the challenge after overhearing whispers of cowardice. According to the epic the resulting duel lasted two entire days before the Lord finally fell. Tryazali proclaims himself the new Lord of S'th, liberating the city and freeing Raz'ha. The two end up falling in love, and she elects to remain with Tryazali, becoming queen of S'th and taking the name Kres'ha'nor. Tryazali expanded the influence of S'th and eventually created the First Hegemony. He died when he was 53, on 1002 CE, and the Kres'ha'nor Hegemony after him continued to grow to dominate most of Moghes.

Shizarsa Ksi'ka

Ksi'ka is believed to have been born in 1632 CE to the leaders of a small tribe outside Darakath. She was bethrothed to a hunter from another village but even from a young age she resented this fact. She is known to have been a wild child, picking fights with other children. When she was 17, before the planned wedding day, she fled her village with her father's sword and crossbow. Outraged, her betrothed, Karask, sent several expeditions after her to arrest and return her. Ksi'ka managed to wound a hunter sent after her with her crossbow but her inexperience with combat lead her to being quickly disarmed and arrested. As she was being escorted back her group was ambushed by bandits and she was kidnapped yet again. Shizarsa was held as a captive of the bandits, who forced her to cook, clean, and otherwise act as a maid for their enclave. According to legend she struck a friendship with one of the bandits and he agreed to train her to defend herself.

When she was 27 Ksi'ka killed the leader of the bandits and began leading the men herself. She became an infamous bandit, harassing traveling merchants. One day she even attacked Karask's village, killing him and freeing a woman he had taken as another wife in her place.

Her fame and power grew until she controlled a small petty kingdom that surrounded Darakath and with dozens of kills under her belt. Fearing the barbarians ravaging the countryside Lord of the city sent out his eldest son, Gri'zarsuth, to lead 48 of the city's soldiers to find the bandit enclave and destroy it.

Eventually Gri'zarsuth and his men managed to ambush Ksi'ka's camp and slew or captured the majority of her men. According to legend Ksi'ka managed to kill four men and was the last one standing. Gri'zarsuth managed to knock her out by hitting her in the head with the flat of his sword.

Ksi'ka was considered a wild savage by everyone in the city when she was dragged to the dungeons in chains, but Gri'zarsuth fell in love with her. He begged his father four times to spare her, and four times he refused. The day before her execution Gri'zarsuth begged again, saying that he could civilize Ksi'ka. Finally his father relented on the condition that he be able to civilize Gri'zarsuth within a year.

Ksi'ka's wild spirit was reigned in by Gri'zarsuth over the following year, and the barbarian savage was transformed into a proper princess. At the end of the year she was brought before Gri'zarsuth's father, who marveled at the change a man could bring such a wild woman. She was allowed to live, and eventually married Gri'zarsuth.