Pohawten

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Symbol of Pohawten Village, the great Lord Eagle.

Pohawten Village History
Pohawten Village was founded by Lord Pohawten, who fostered the renown Singing Tribe, which became a renown bastion of native culture in ancient Templehelm. Over time, various other tribes and communities organized a confederation with Lord Pohawten at the head. When the Emeraldites overthrew the Aurites and Zeolites, Pohawmet, the native confederation, waged war against the Emeraldites in fear of becoming the next indigenous group to be wiped out. As time went on, Planu and the Emeraldites overpowered them. Planu then created the Sired Divines, causing the First Deiotakas. This brought most of the natives, including those within the Pohawmet Confederacy, to heel. Their territory dwindled, and all that was left of Lord Pohawten's workings was Pohawten Village. A stronghold hidden in the Darkroot Jungle, many survivors took to hiding in Pohawten Village. Over the ages, their people died off until all that was left were various displaced royals.

They began to take little steps into the limelight as the magic that brought people living in Templehelm back to life began to grip the souls of Pohawten Village. Their ghosts, forever raging, began to take living form again, until the Second Deiotakas destroyed the last of their resolve.

Legacy

The descendants of Lord Pohawten sequestered themselves in Pohawten Village, where the last true descendant of Lord Pohawten lived. The remnants of this tribe were recognized as savages who lived a rural lifestyle in the southern jungles of Old Central Templehelm. They bred and supported themselves with livestock such as jungle deer, northern sheep, and cowdyceps. A small farm was kept for ceremonious reasons; all crops were given to the Emeraldite deity Wildaven in exchange for divine aid. Other spiritual interactions involved the summoning and sanctioning of the new-age divine, Zelphair.

Since the rainforests of the Pohawten territory were upon the Golden Coast, the natives of Darkroot jungle set up trade route between the port city of Sanbaala in the southern sands. Gypsy carts also traveled along the roads of Templehelm to trade native crafts with Defiance, the Legendslayer village and mercenary stronghold. The natives of Pohawten Village became involved in many impactful events. The mysterious child Ári and his great wolf Namos fought in the Dragon War, while Dances-On-Wind and her shade, Silvia, silently supported the civil war against the Emeraldites. Ári and the "Bloody Fairy" Navi fought and aided the Shades during the siege of their household and political unrest between Wildaven-revering states.

The Pohawten villagers retained a reputation of savagery through the workings of their most infamous characters: "Dances-On-Wind" Silvia, Ári, Navi, and Lystras. Warchief Silvia attempted a war against Wintival the undead in which even Wildaven had sent a spirit to subdue her. Heir to the title of chieftain, Ári garnered both friends and enemies through his psychotic nature and somehow even became the model lover for men who preferred the company of their own over women; such affiliations with such people became deeply insulting to Ári which led to him abusing men who attempted to woo him into their arms. Navi became infamous for her murderous nature, having been at fault for the deaths and mutilations of many unsuspecting peasants who wandered into her domain in Darkroot Jungle. Navi became the paragon example of native women in Old Templehelm, and responsible for the general distrust of solemn, exotic women. Lystras found infamy in his many mercantile exploits, using both brain and brawn to swindle merchants and amass a wealth of coin and goods.

T*he Singing Tribe became increasingly territorial and xenophobic, which led to the rejection of the legitimacy of a cousin tribe, the Eaqe Vukrr.


 * The remains of Pohawten Village were lost with Old Templehelm during the Second Deiotakas.


 * The Witch Tree had been an endangered species of tree with a destructively strong root system that sapped the nutrients from everything around it. Originally over-harvested for the usage of Witch Tree roots in the drug known as "Rot" or "Witch's Crotch," spellsingers from Pohawten Village eventually were commissioned to revive the nigh-extinct species of tree through druidic ritual. Such magic led to the original tree having a will of its own, eventually attracting undead warriors to guard its roots. Cuttings from this tree were cultivated and harvested to further the trade of Rot.


 * The armoured masks of the Singing Tribe became widespread through many mishaps with adventurers and sneaky politics. The native warrior headdress was a must have for any warrior for its expertly crafted cranial protection.

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