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| Nation(s) | Tsoka |
| Species | Mafi Girm |
| Order | Inmortal |
| Sphere | Heaven |
| Origin | The blood of Na Sama |
| Lifespan | Inmortal |
| Habitat | Rainbow forests |
| Food | Rain and lightning |
| Description | Tsoka appear to be anthropomorphic fish, with light-blue scaled bodies and gaping mouths. Their eyes are back-set and white, with pinpoint black pupils, and their bellies are palest white. Their legs are long and thin, disproportionate to their bodies, and around their squat necks they wear leather thongs with small leather sacks, each one containing their third eye. Most carry a pole or spear. They wear loincloths out of respect for other cultures, but see no real need in them. Their voices sound like a beautiful choir. |
| Procreation | Tsoka reproduce only with one another and other mafi girma. It is not possible for them to reproduce with other species/nations. They reproduce not through sexual intercourse, but in a fish-like manner, with one laying eggs and another fertilizing them later. |
| Esoterica | Tsoka are beings of celeste water, the energy of Heaven. They are its utmost wielders. They can and do wield other celestial energies often. Outside of the celestial energies, they also wield sometimes conflueverant, bijalee, nzwara murazvo, kiiric yihi, ashar, nourishment, prasinofos, tyvka vlast, hasken fure, b'qar, poioumenon, dream energy, psionic energy, mijjit, mansam, humors, soul energy, menab'e, cu'ucuh'ik, kakraohy, fortune, mystery, true shadow, the bright, and spirit energy. |
| Special Powers | Tsoka each have one power of the following:
They are immune to all infernal energies except raw infernum. Mundane weaponry does not harm them. They can breath underwater and swim like fish, and they can swim through the sky as well. |
| Service | The Tsoka serve Na Sama, the celestial fish, and may invoke her in her service with the words Yudianluza Woshenshan. In doing so, they call upon her power, and she wil respond with an effect in accordance with her will. |
| Weaknesses | Raw infernum can burn them. |
| Culture | Only 12 Tsoka were formed from the blood of Na Sama as it fell during her fight with Ugolegndar, the Infernal Ultimate, and only 12 Tsoka remain (at this time). Many have died at the hands of evil. Others ascended into Heaven for their Reward. And some simply are lost. But the 12 who remain never lose hope. They follow their Manifest, Mayi Nsomba, as she leads them to seek through the clouds for Na Sama and restore her, to bring about redemption for all. In the meantime, they dwell in their pools within the rainbow forests. Feeding off rain and lightning when a storm comes through, they have no need to hunt or hoard. They spend their time focusing on esoteric arts, training to fight evil, and watching the clouds. Mashin Kifi teaches them to fight with spears. Umukuzni W'Amafi tends the fish in the pools. Mpamosavy Trondro teaches them how to wield celeste waters. Tlhapi Ngoana takes care of any little ones, sick, infirm, or otherwise in need. Hove Shato helps them with any troubles, and Socod Kalluun flies and pushes clouds into their view. Nguzo Ya Samaki stands guard at the river with their ferry so that they may know when strangers approach. Intlanzi Yavuka tends the shadows and plants of their part of the forest, and Akorin Eja sings them songs. Umfundisi Wezinhlanzi leads them in prayer, and Liingu Yitere flies distance to find new clouds. This is their day, day in and day out, and they are content in their quest. |
| Religion | The Tsoka honor Heaven itself, and they know they will one day be redeemed and see it. And so they are content to seek their mother and wait for salvation. They view Divines as equals, and they view other mafi girma as fellow travelers. Anyone with a good heart is welcome in Heaven. |
| Gender | They have no concept of gender. |
| Military | They have no military, being only 12 people. |
| Other Nations | There are no other Tsoka nations, just other mafi girma nations. |
| Outside View | Most know nothing of them. Those who live near them think of them as a very strange tribe of fish people, but helpful and kind. Oppressors and other evil beings who know of them fear them and hate them and seek to exterminate them, but never seem to be able to find them. And those who fight oppression view them as a promise, a worthy promise of what could be, of the better world that could be. Angels bow to them. |
| Notable Occupations | |
| Notables | Mayi Nsomba, First of the Blood, Tsoka Manifest; Mashin Kifi, Spear of Heaven; Umukunzi W'Amafi, Fish-Herder; Mpamosavy Trondro, Consecrator; Tlhapi Ngoana, Caretaker; Hove Shato, Redeemer; Socod Kalluun, Wanderer of the Skies; Nguzo Ya Samaki, Ferrymaster; Intlanzi Yavuka, Gardener of the Shadows; Akorin Eja, Singer of Heaven; Umfundisi Wezinhlanzi, Conduit to Heaven; Liingu Yitere, Seeker of the Clouds |
| Estimated Population | 12 |
| Sample statistics | PRO 30 Powers 42 |
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