The Yak Shaman

Basic Stats:

Name: "If I ever cut a record, it'll be 'Tarbh Feis'"
Age: 23 DOB: June 28th, 1978 Sign: Cancer
Hair and eye color: Red and Green
Yak Since: 1996
How he became a Yak: "it's not what you know, it's who you know"
Favorite Quote: "I used to be an atheist, but I didn't know what to yell during blowjobs. 'Coincidence! Coincidence!'" - Robert Anton Willson
Favorite Things: "blood congealing on my nose and eyelashes/angry republicans tied up with string/these are..."
Where employed: N/A
How promoting the tribe: "My instant messenger name is 'Yakshaman'..."
Favorite Yak: "The Yakman, of course."
If he could be known for one thing: "Escaping York"

Personal Observations:

While this Yak tends to be over-critical at times (mostly of himself), the quality put into his blessings and affections are second to no one. He is really and truly a spiritual leader, and shunning the more "traditional" route of the Yak Church (or what could ever come close to such a thing), this Yak would rather pray to the Yak by flinging off his clothes and frolicing with Feta in the wilderness amongst the trees than in any stuffy building. While blatantly throwing off the chains of materialism, this Yak's one weakness can be found in the pages of books. Another suitable title for "Tarbh" would be Yak Librarian, because if he doesn't have it (or it isn't on his 'to get' list which is huge) then it probably isn't all that interesting. This is why you can ask the shaman for information on anything; all that information is trapped in his head (even he can't get it out).

Okay, Greg will kill me for this pic more than the other one

Where the Yakman is the heart of the Tribe, this man is the soul. (Or at least the salve that helps fix it and keep it strong.) I believe that the tribe concept itself was derived by this Yak, an extention of his theories beginning with the quote about it taking a "...whole village to raise a child..." We were all children at the Tribe's inception, and it took the whole of our friendship to take the seed of Yakdom and make it flower like it is today. Now as the future of the Yak Tribe lies on the threshold, and new Yaks are being born into the tribe (as opposed to being voted in) there are more living, breathing, (all crimes commited were done on oxygen) beings in this world who we can instill good morals, good learning, and a set of wings to explore this great world. With such a force as the Yak Shaman in our midst, how can we go wrong? (Just don't be leaving your kids alone with Grr for too long...they'll come back spouting gibberish about how they are going to kill you and raise themselves and then take over the government...)

Grr currently resides in California, where he is attending college and taking courses in Celtic Studies.