The Anaba are a small tribe of minotaurs dwelling on Ulgrotha. They are known for their spirituality and wisdom.
Roles among the Anaba
Shamans amongst the Anaba tribe are usually female, those who are in tune with the mountains and the weather. The shaman is involved with talking with storms, leading ceremonies, and helping tattoo those who have bravely endured peril and hardship. The ability to call lightning down upon their enemies is one of their most powerful magics, and no Minotaur would ever consider call itself a true Shaman unless it could control the powers of the storm. Shamans are sometimes tormented by wind spirits who taunt them and call them bad names, but if a Shaman can win their friendship, the wind-creatures have much to teach of the world and its secrets.
The Spiritcrafter is usually a male Minotaur who is known to talk with spirits, read the ashes for divination, and occasionally hold long and complicated arguments with stones and other small objects. Even though these Minotaurs are more than a little strange, they are one of the focuses of the Anaba culture and its history in the Homelands. Though all the Minotaurs make music in one form or another, the Spiritcrafter is responsible for memorizing the few remaining songs the Anaba know, and to teach the stories that have been passed down through the generations. When the great earthquake destroyed the pictoglyph caverns, most of the history of the Minotaurs was lost.
The Spiritcrafter is an offerer of strange and mystic advice, and can sometimes foretell the future by listening to the ancestral spirits that frequent their dreams. In case of an impending battle, they can allow themselves to be possessed by an ancestral Minotaur champion who will lead the group victory over any foe.
Some Anaba bodyguards leave the tribe, seeking their fortune. Once they leave their ancestral home, they are considered dead by their brethren, and are mourned. Many find service in Koskun Keep as pit fighters or hired mercenaries. They quickly get indoctrinated into the vice and violence that is the social structure of the underground city, and generally become bodyguards or pit-fighting champions. Complete with battle scars rather than ceremonial tattoos, outfitted in leather armor and bearing heavy iron crossbows, such minotaurs make up the core element of Eron the Relentless' personal security force.
"Play the song of he who delivered us. Play the song of Feroz." -Onatah, Anaba Shaman (Didgeridoo)
"I doubt any labyrinth minotaurs still live -but then again, we minotaurs are stubborn beings." -Onatah, Anaba Shaman (Labyrinth Minotaur)
"Not someone to pick a fight with, unless you're fond of pain." -Halina, Dwarven Trader
"Not all Minotaurs are tribal. Some are freelance." -Eron the Relentless (Anaba Bodyguard)
"Do not fear adversity. Let your courage be your strength." -Onatah, Anaba shaman (Shrink)
"The Shamans? Ha They are mere craven cows not capable of true magic." -Irini Sengir
"Few master the powers of the earth as well as do the Shamans of the Minotaurs." -Baki, Wizard Attendant (Anaba Shaman)
"The Ancestors are the wisdom of the tribe and the soul of the Homelands. I am eternally in their debt." -Taysir (Anaba Ancestor)
"The Spirit Crafters sing of all our people. They sing of those lost, of those found, and of those who are yet to be." -Onatah, Anaba Shaman (Anaba Spirit Crafter)
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