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| |villagename=The Island of Tuar | | |godname=Pandora, The Wayward Heir |
| |image=https://wiki.achaea.com/mediawiki/images/6/68/Tuar-map.png | | |image=https://i.imgur.com/orI0Y40.jpg |
| |leader=[[Tor'Yasir]], Headsman of the Tuari | | |realm=Self-Determination and Mischief |
| [[Slythyss]], Nelbennir Guardian|discoverer=the [[Order]] of [[Neraeos]]
| | |symbols=a [[silver hand]] |
| the [[Sentinels of Nature]]}}
| | |relatives=[[Aegis]] (father) |
| '''Tuar''' is an island to the far west of the [[Sapience|Sapient]] [[:category:Continents|continent]], located within the [[Sea of Terror]] in the [[Sefyric Ocean]]. Upon it live the '''Tuari''', a tribe of [[lamarians]], who have [[human]]-like torsos attached at the waist to the withers of giant cats. It is here that they struggle under the hostilities of the worm-like '''Nelbennir''' and a plague of giant, ravenous insects.
| | [[Eris]] (mother) |
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| ==Geography== | | [[Pandemonium]] (brother) |
| Largely a [[:Category:Jungles|jungle]] environment, the mountainous island of Tuar shows little obvious sign of activity. The small Tuari village on the island's southwest side, dominated at its centre by a vine-choked altar, appears long-since abandoned. Instead, all [[denizen]] life on Tuar is hidden, concentrated either upon the high mountaintops or the extensive, subterranean cave system of gol'Tuar, where the Nelbennir primarily lurk.
| | |allies=see ''Relatives'' |
| | |enemies=[[Slith]] |
| | |ordername=The Miscuri |
| | |temples=[[Temple of Pandora]], in the [[Dakhota Hills]]}} |
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| ==History==
| | '''Pandora, The Wayward Heir''', is the lady of trickery, mischief, and rebellion. |
| First brought to the island under the leadership of Tor'Yasir many years ago, the lamarians travelled across the great sea from an unknown continent in search of a place where they could reinvent their destiny. Though it was once a glorious paradise and a utopia that the Tuari could mould to their will, Tuar (meaning "victory" in the lamarian tongue) was soon infested by an insect plague, referred to by the Tuari elders as the "black ilke", seemingly stirred up by the arrival of the lamarians. There is something to be said about the native Nelbennir, however, for the island remains beset by chaos and death through their evil machinations, possible only through their continued use of a mysterious source of great power that they guard closely.
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| In [[Lupar]] of 467 AF, [[Vixen]], [[:Category:Houses|House]] [[tutor]] of the [[Sentinels of Nature]], began experiencing feverish dreams of faraway lands and mystical creatures. The clues revealed in her visions led to both the rediscovery of Tuar and the reclamation of three long-lost [[sentinel]]s stranded on the island - [[Mehrien]], [[Onakk]], and [[Antion]] - through a joint effort by the House and the Nerai.
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| | The daughter of Eris and Aegis, the Gods of [[Chaos]] and War, Pandora's twin brother was Pandemonium, the God of Strife. |
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| ==Flora and Fauna==
| | Eons ago, Pandora took the [[Caduceus of Castigation]], a precious artefact belonging to [[Sarapis]], while the Logos was away. She then proceeded to wreak havoc across the lands, turning various of the mortals She found amusingly frail into maggots, cripples, and mutes. Her overuse of the artefact caused it to fuse to Her hand, making it necessary for Sarapis to amputate it from Her wrist upon His return. Both angered and amused by Pandora's escapades, Sarapis branded Pandora with the title "Goddess of Mischief" so that mortals would know their peril when She was near. Those who follow this fun-loving Goddess worship Her at the Temple of Pandora. |
| Tuar is overrun by scores of humungous insects, including green mottled [[arathas]], eight-winged [[aspises]], spotted [[pernicons]], and throngs of swarming [[horax]]. All armed with an assortment of menacing-looking mandibles, these insects seek to make a quick meal out of unsuspecting travellers. Within the caves of Tuar can be found sinuous white salamanders, while speckled eels and warty stonefish live within the underground pools of gol'Tuar.
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| Within the jungles of Tuar grow lush, scarlet batflowers. In addition to being one of the few things that contribute aesthetically to the island, these gorgeous, aptly named (as per their resemblance to the winged mammals) blooms serve as nourishment for hungry Tuari.
| | In the year 811 AF, adventurers gathered for a party, which unbeknownst to them turned out to be a coming of age party for the Goddess Pandora. During the party Aegis asked Pandora to take Her rightful place at his side and she refused. After rejecting Her Father's offer and rebuking what was expected of Her, She took on the mantle of The Wayward Heir and expanded her realm to rebellion against the status quo. |
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| ==Inhabitants== | | == The Miscuri == |
| *[[Dar'Ikthor]], Tuari Champion
| | Little is known of the devoted followers of Pandora. |
| *[[Glynyss]], the Nelbennir Stock-keeper
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| *[[Ithryss]], the Nelbennir cook
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| *[[Kir'Akan]], a Tuari warrior
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| *[[Lin'Elar]], a Tuari girl-child
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| *[[Lythlyss]], the Nelbennir warder
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| *[[Slythyss]], Nelbennir Guardian
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| *[[Tor'Yasir]], Headsman of the Tuari
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| [[Category:Islands]] | | [[Imyrr]] Invictus was the first [[adventurer]] to walk [[Achaea]] as Pandora's [[Divine Avatar|Avatar]]: a mortal harbinger of change and defiance. |
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| | == Divine Symbols == |
| | Her symbol is a silver hand, modelled after the one constructed for Her by Lord [[Phaestus]] to replace Her amputated appendage. |
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| | [[Counterpoint]] is the favoured weapon of the Wayward Heir. |
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