Appearance
You are over six feet tall with pale skin and flaming red hair. You
have the sort of looks that make people take notice. You stick out like a sore thumb in
Votanki society as most people are around 5 1/2 feet tall with olive skin and black hair.
You're a bit of an outcast but considered a member of the tribe since your mother was a
Votanki.
Background
You are an extremely unlikely Votanki since you are the product of a
rape. (Rape is against the laws of Votank and unthinkable to boot-force someone to have
sex? If they didn't want to sleep with you pick someone else.) Your mother, Sad Willow had
travelled to stay with one of the Balazaring tribes (Yellowheaded Woodpecker) in order to
have a child. While staying with them she reluctantly went along to the Citadel of Elkoi
where she unfortunately caught the eye of an outlander. This outlander wanted to sleep
with your mother who refused him. Being a typical Votanki she thought that would be that,
falsely thinking that these outlanders believed as she did. The outlander came across your
mother when she was alone and raped her. Your mother survived the attack but was badly
shocked. She never fully recovered from the experience. The Woodpeckers sent her home to
the Crow Eaters where you were born. The tribe has raised you as one of their own but you
are filled with strange impulses and desires. You were rejected from the traditional
woman's path because of your unsuitability and lack of desire. You followed the path of
Foundchild and have had a hard time of it both because you're a woman and because of your
foreign looks and size. When you were 16 your mother wandered away from her keepers and
became one of those people who "disappear"* every year when
they wander off alone. A search was made but all that was found was a pile of her garments
on the shores of the Big Salt and some tracks. You wanted to follow the tracks but the
hunters who found the clothes muttered about Crows and told you there would be no pursuit.
You still haven't forgiven any of them for this. Your hunting mentor is a man named
Stalks-Bison-Alone. You get along well with him as he only expects you to act as a hunter.
You dislike Catches-Eagles-with-his-bare-hands as he wants more from you and doesn't think
you should be a hunter.
* Every year members of the tribe disappear when
they are by themselves. The tribe disapproves of people going off by themselves but it
happens. Muttering about "crows" is all that you ever hear. No one will explain
what they mean by the statement. It must be related to the fact that your people kill
crows whenever they see them. They're the only animals you kill for no reason.
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