Line #81 Characters/PathfinderTheMwangiExpanse


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5	[[folder:In General]]
6	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of DarkestAfrica, particularly the Congo and other Central African rainforests and jungles.
7	* LandOfOneCity: Aside from the nation of Vidrian, most major settlements in the Expanse are powerful, independent city-states.
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10	[[folder: Jaha]]
11	A mysterious formerly abandoned city, most of Jaha's inhabitants are refugees from the fallen nations of Lirgen and Yamasa, who now explore the city's ruins.
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13	* {{Astrologer}}: A great part of the Jahans culture consists of searching for the future in the star.
14	* {{Precursors}}: The original population of Jaha mysteriously disappeared decades ago, its current inhabitants being dedicated to explore the forgotten ruins and discover its secrets.
15	** AbusivePrecursors: The original Jahans were xenophobic slaverowners, following a prophecy that claimed they were destined to rule over Jaha.
16	* TheNightOwl: Most of Jaha prefers to sleep during the day and live their social lives at night, on account of the mysterious nightmares that haunted them at night.
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20	[[folder: Kibwe]]
21	* TheGreatWall: The walls around Kibwe is older than anyone can remember, with magical protections for anything that might try to invade it.
22	* MerchantCity: Kibwe is a hotpot of different merchants and cultures across Garund, all offering and trading different things.
23	* SlaveLiberation: Kibwe has always forbidden the trade of slaves, but recently has forbidden even the passing of slaves through the town, much to the anger of the former slavers who are still trying to revert these progresses.
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26	[[folder:Mzali]]
27	-> '''Capital''': Mzali
28	-> '''Ruler''': Walkena
29	An ancient temple-city and formerly the seat of a glorious empire, Mzali spent much of its later history in decline. However, this changed with the uncovery of the mummified remains of an ancient child-king, Walkena. While this helped to revitalize the city, it also drew the gaze of Cheliax, whose troops attacked the ancient city. Protected by a reawoken Walkena, the city soon found itself ruled by the increasingly harsh undead god-king.
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32	* IllegalReligion: Gods that represent the night, moon or darkness are all but nonexistent in Mzali; since they are considered antithetical to Walkena, praising them is heresy.
33	* LaResistance: An insurgent group known as the Bright Lions work in the shadows to return Mzali to the people by overthrowing Walkena. Some of them [[DeepCoverAgent even serve in his own clergy]].
34	* StepfordSmiler: Merchants and shopkeepers in Mzali greet every guest with a bright smile, lest a member of the secret police interprets their poor mood as disloyalty.
35	* TheTheocracy: Mzali thrives under the total rulership of the undead child-god Walkena.
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37	!! Walkena
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39	The undead god-king of Mzali. Wlakena retains the size and mind of his childish form, having turned into a harsh and jealous tyrant in his undead state.
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41	* AChildShallLeadThem: Deconstructed. While Walkena's remains were originally worshipped by the people of Mzali, those under his rule now have to endure his childish whims.
42	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Walkena's favorite method of execution, the "Punishment of Seven Angry Suns", which subjects its victims to all sorts of torture before they are burned alive via concentrated sunlight.
43	* FantasticRacism: Walkena forbids trade or any other form of contact with non-Mwangi, all of whom he considers to be invaders that need to be driven out.
44	* GodEmperor: While he is "only" a descendant of the Old Sun Gods, the game treats him as an actual deity that can be worshipped.
45	* LightIsNotGood: While he commands ThePowerOfTheSun, he is of LawfulEvil alignment.
46	* {{Necromancer}}: It is an open secret within Mzali that Walkena rases both his enemies and
47	* ThePowerOfTheSun: Being a descendant of the Old Sun Gods, Walkena wields divine power over sunlight. The sun's position in the sky actually influences his appearance and state of mind: When exposed to the sun, he looks almost as he did in life. While joyful and almost life-like at dawn, he grows increasingly colder and more paranoid as the day gowns on. After sunset, he turns into a shriveled, toddler-sized corpse.
48	* RoyalBrat: In a rare combination with this and TheNecrocracy. This actually makes it worse, because Walkena will never mature enough to soften his rule over Mzali.
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52	[[folder:Nantambu]]
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54	* WizardingSchool: Nantambu houses the oldest, most significant school of magic across Garund (and some would argue Golarion)—the Magaambya.
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56	!!Old-Mage Jatembe
57	->'''NeutralGood male old human wizard 20/archmage 6, CR 24/MR 6'''
58	The first human to re-learn magic after Starfall.
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60	* TheAgeless: For reasons unknown, he doesn't seem to age.
61	* TheArchmage: He rebuilt the study of magic largely by himself after Earthfall (and taught the people he did help), and made a couple critical discoveries himself, including the four essences of magic.
62	* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: In ''Doorway To The Red Star'' he is held prisoner on the planet Akiton by the King Of Biting Ants, and the [=PCs=] have to save him.]]
63	* BigGood: Of the ''Strength Of Thousands'' adventure path, and the Mwangi Expanse in general.
64	* ButNowIMustGo: He left Golarion for reasons and destinations unknown.
65	* GoKartingWithBowser: He meets with Baba Yaga in a run-down tavern named the Dancing Dolphin in Oppara every hundred years or so for unknown reasons.
66	* MysteriousPast: His life before becoming a legend, as well as how he gained mythic power, is a mystery.
67	* {{Polyglot}}: He speaks sixteen languages and has spells to make him fluent in the rest.
68	* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: He is the benevolent founder and headmaster of [[WizardingSchool Maagambya Academy.]]
69	* SuperEmpowering: He's entreated with angels, demons, and gods, which granted him the effects of several permanent spells and the knowledge needed to increase his own power.
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71	!!The Ten Magic Warriors
72	The trusted acolytes of Old-Mage Jatambe, each bearing a golden mask depicting a jungle creature.
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74	* BadassCrew: They're powerful warriors and spellcasters.
75	* TheFaceless: They always wear their masks.
76	* GenderIsNoObject: Some are men, some are women.
77	* ItsAllAboutMe: When Jatambe created a magical ring, one saw that the power and devotion of each of the warriors who gave him blood for its creation was imbued into it. Fearing that he'd lose his power, he tricked his master and the artifact was made flawed, creating the ''Ring of Nine Facets''.
78	* NoNameGiven: All traces of their old identities were given up when they chose to follow Jatambe, including their names.
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83	[[folder:Osibu]]
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85	* SealedEvilinACan: The Nemesis Well, a mysterious well that every five years whispers seductive words to anyone who hears it.
86	* ShroudedInMyth: Osibu, the paradisiacal Golden City, is one of the best-kept secrets of the Screaming Jungle. Prying eyes and greedy hands rarely know to look for this utopia, and those who manage to discern its true existence contend with generations of misinformation and deception. Few maps acknowledge Osibu's existence, and those that do often lead their reader to one of the many other cities or ruins that pepper the Mwangi Expanse.
87	* SealedEvilInACan: The Nemesis Well, a mysterious well that
88	* TongueTied: The few successful adventurers who successfully made their way to Osibu had to agree to undergo a ''geas'' to bind them to secrecy upon departure.
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90	!!Dimari-Diji
91	->'''TrueNeutral male arboreal canopy elder'''
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93	* SoleSurvivor: Even as his siblings died with the rest of Golarion during Earthfall, Dimari-Diji survived, gaining the lonely moniker of the Final Tree of the Elder World.
94	* TimeAbyss: Dimari-Diji's first memory is of the ''Starstone'''s approach 10 millennia ago, making him one of the oldest individuals on Golarion.
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97	[[folder:Senghor]]
98	-> '''Capital''': Senghor
99	-> '''Ruler''': Mercantile council
100	A prosperous port city-state originally founded by the exotic Caldaru-people. Senghor is a trade-hub where merchants and craftsmen are greatly respected.
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102	* ForeignRulingClass: The Caldaru are originally from Arcadia, but seem to have forgotten their origins, claiming to actually be Garundi.
103	* GoodIsNotNice: From a Vidrian perspective: While Senghor supported their bid for independence, yet did so by offering an extremly one-side treaty. The desperate rebels accepted, yet with Vidrian now stable, many question the fairness of this agreement.
104	* MerchantCity: Senghor is a main trade-hub of eastern Mwangi, yet after the Vidrian revolution, it has garnerd the attention of the Shackles pirates.
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109	[[folder:The Sodden Lands]]
110	This area was once three thriving nations, but was devastated by the Eye of Abendego.
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112	* {{Astrologer}}s: Before the Eye of Abendego, the Sodden Lands were home to the greatest astrologers in all of Golarion.
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115	[[folder:Usaro]]
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117	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: At any given moment, one might see a remorseless warrior impaling a body on one of Usaro's ancient white ziggurats in the hopes of gaining Angazhan's favour.
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119	!!Ruthazek
120	->'''ChaoticEvil male old gigantopithecus fighter 14'''
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122	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Ruthazek, the last Gorilla King, was killed offscreen by unnamed adventurers some time before the timeframe of 2nd Edition, throwing Usaro into anarchy.
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125	[[folder:Vidrian]]
126	Formerly Sargava, a Chelaxian colony cut off by the Eye of Abendego and paying tribute to the Free Captains. Has since gained its independence and is struggling with unity amidst several squabbling tribes and former colonists.
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128	* AmoralAfrikaner: The old nobility of Sargava were unrepentant slavers and bigots.
129	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of colonization in general and the Scramble for Africa is particular.
130	* SlaveRevolt: Recently, a slave ravolt has sucessfully ended slavery in Sargava, with the recently freed slaves changing the nation's name to Vidrian.
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134	!!King of Biting Ants
135	->'''NeutralEvil male human variant worm-that-walks sorcerer 15/archmage 4'''
136	A sorcerer vanquished by Old-Mage Jatambe and his warriors. Unfortunately, his mind survived, though banished to Akiton, where he has stewed in resentment against Jatambe and his school for thousands of years.
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138	* ArtifactOfDoom: The Vesicant Egg he left behind when the remnants of his mind on Golarion coalesced, which allows him to [[TheCorrupter exert his influence]] on the Expanse.
139	* BigBad: Of the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, as the Vesicant Egg fully awakens and starts summoning BigCreepyCrawlies to destroy the Magaambya.
140	* SealedEvilInACan: Legend holds that he may not have been slain, but banished through the Doorway to the Red Star. Legend is correct.
141	* WeaponOfMassDestruction: He claimed to have a weapon that could consume the sun.
142	* WormThatWalks: One made of ants. Legends say that every ant in the jungle was once part of him.
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144	!!Tyruwat
145	A shaman who turned to the worship of Zon-Kuthon.
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147	* TheExile: He was cast out from his tribe for his worship of the Midnight Lord.
148	* MusicalAssassin: His prayers to the god of pain were answered not with words, but with a melody. When he composed the haunting music the result was the ''Song of Extinction'', which he then made into a music box. When the song is performed, an earthquake rocks the area and the ground itself attempts to consume the listeners.
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