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    In General 

     Jaha 
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.
  • Astrologer: A great part of the Jahans culture consists of searching for the future in the star.
  • Precursors: The original population of Jaha mysteriously disappeared decades ago, its current inhabitants being dedicated to explore the forgotten ruins and discover its secrets.
    • Abusive Precursors: The original Jahans were xenophobic slaverowners, following a prophecy that claimed they were destined to rule over Jaha.
  • The Night Owl: 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.

     Kibwe 
  • The Great Wall: The walls around Kibwe is older than anyone can remember, with magical protections for anything that might try to invade it.
  • Merchant City: Kibwe is a hotpot of different merchants and cultures across Garund, all offering and trading different things.
  • Slave Liberation: 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.

    Mzali 
Capital: Mzali
Ruler: Walkena
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.

  • Illegal Religion: 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.
  • La RĂ©sistance: An insurgent group known as the Bright Lions work in the shadows to return Mzali to the people by overthrowing Walkena. Some of them even serve in his own clergy.
  • Stepford Smiler: 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.
  • The Theocracy: Mzali thrives under the total rulership of the undead child-god Walkena.

Walkena

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.


  • A Child Shall Lead Them: Deconstructed. While Walkena's remains were originally worshipped by the people of Mzali, those under his rule now have to endure his childish whims.
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: 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.
  • Fantastic Racism: 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.
  • God-Emperor: While he is "only" a descendant of the Old Sun Gods, the game treats him as an actual deity that can be worshipped.
  • Light Is Not Good: While he commands The Power of the Sun, he is of Lawful Evil alignment.
  • Necromancer: It is an open secret within Mzali that Walkena rases both his enemies and
  • The Power of the Sun: 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.
  • Royal Brat: In a rare combination with this and The Necrocracy. This actually makes it worse, because Walkena will never mature enough to soften his rule over Mzali.

    Nantambu 

  • Wizarding School: Nantambu houses the oldest, most significant school of magic across Garund (and some would argue Golarion)—the Magaambya.

Old-Mage Jatembe

Neutral Good male old human wizard 20/archmage 6, CR 24/MR 6
The first human to re-learn magic after Starfall.
  • The Ageless: For reasons unknown, he doesn't seem to age.
  • The Archmage: 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.
  • Badass in Distress: 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.
  • Big Good: Of the Strength Of Thousands adventure path, and the Mwangi Expanse in general.
  • But Now I Must Go: He left Golarion for reasons and destinations unknown.
  • Go-Karting with Bowser: He meets with Baba Yaga in a run-down tavern named the Dancing Dolphin in Oppara every hundred years or so for unknown reasons.
  • Mysterious Past: His life before becoming a legend, as well as how he gained mythic power, is a mystery.
  • Polyglot: He speaks sixteen languages and has spells to make him fluent in the rest.
  • Putting the "Pal" in Principal: He is the benevolent founder and headmaster of Maagambya Academy.
  • Super-Empowering: 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.

The Ten Magic Warriors

The trusted acolytes of Old-Mage Jatambe, each bearing a golden mask depicting a jungle creature.
  • Badass Crew: They're powerful warriors and spellcasters.
  • The Faceless: They always wear their masks.
  • Gender Is No Object: Some are men, some are women.
  • It's All About Me: 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.
  • No Name Given: All traces of their old identities were given up when they chose to follow Jatambe, including their names.

    Osibu 

  • Sealed Evilin A Can: The Nemesis Well, a mysterious well that every five years whispers seductive words to anyone who hears it.
  • Shrouded in Myth: 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.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: The Nemesis Well, a mysterious well that
  • Tongue-Tied: 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.

Dimari-Diji

True Neutral male arboreal canopy elder

  • Sole Survivor: 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.
  • Time Abyss: Dimari-Diji's first memory is of the Starstone's approach 10 millennia ago, making him one of the oldest individuals on Golarion.

    Senghor 
Capital: Senghor
Ruler: Mercantile council
A prosperous port city-state originally founded by the exotic Caldaru-people. Senghor is a trade-hub where merchants and craftsmen are greatly respected.
  • Foreign Ruling Class: The Caldaru are originally from Arcadia, but seem to have forgotten their origins, claiming to actually be Garundi.
  • Good Is Not Nice: 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.
  • Merchant City: Senghor is a main trade-hub of eastern Mwangi, yet after the Vidrian revolution, it has garnerd the attention of the Shackles pirates.

    The Sodden Lands 
This area was once three thriving nations, but was devastated by the Eye of Abendego.
  • Astrologers: Before the Eye of Abendego, the Sodden Lands were home to the greatest astrologers in all of Golarion.

    Usaro 

  • Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: 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.

Ruthazek

Chaotic Evil male old gigantopithecus fighter 14

  • Dropped a Bridge on Him: Ruthazek, the last Gorilla King, was killed offscreen by unnamed adventurers some time before the timeframe of 2nd Edition, throwing Usaro into anarchy.

    Vidrian 
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.
  • Amoral Afrikaner: The old nobility of Sargava were unrepentant slavers and bigots.
  • Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Of colonization in general and the Scramble for Africa is particular.
  • Slave Revolt: Recently, a slave ravolt has sucessfully ended slavery in Sargava, with the recently freed slaves changing the nation's name to Vidrian.

    Miscellaneous Characters 

King of Biting Ants

Neutral Evil male human variant worm-that-walks sorcerer 15/archmage 4
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.
  • Artifact of Doom: The Vesicant Egg he left behind when the remnants of his mind on Golarion coalesced, which allows him to exert his influence on the Expanse.
  • Big Bad: Of the Strength of Thousands Adventure Path, as the Vesicant Egg fully awakens and starts summoning Big Creepy-Crawlies to destroy the Magaambya.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: Legend holds that he may not have been slain, but banished through the Doorway to the Red Star. Legend is correct.
  • Weapon of Mass Destruction: He claimed to have a weapon that could consume the sun.
  • Worm That Walks: One made of ants. Legends say that every ant in the jungle was once part of him.

Tyruwat

A shaman who turned to the worship of Zon-Kuthon.
  • The Exile: He was cast out from his tribe for his worship of the Midnight Lord.
  • Musical Assassin: 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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