Kooasca-Ki is an Uktena Metis Galliard Banetender.
Biography[]
Kooasca-ki ("Rat-Born") was born with the shame of being a metis. His mother disappeared shortly after his birth, and he was raised by various members of the sept - it was a chore to be passed around. However, as Kooasca-ki grew, his relationship with the Dreamtime blossomed. In particular, he found a strong talent for understanding creatures not of the physical earth: Banes, faeries and spirits of all kinds. After cornering a Bane and fighting a vicious battle (in which Kooasca-ki harnessed the spirit's power for himself), he realized that he was born to be a Banetender. Within six turnings of the moon, Kooasca-ki took on the role of Banetender under Nullarbor Plain.
The Nullarbor Plain particularly suits Kooasca-ki. He no longer has to face contempt of the sept, and his tender skin is protected from the blazing Australian sun. Additionally, he believes he can learn much from the sleeping Bane in his charge, and he has begun to attempt entering into the spirit's foul dreams. Recently, he has also suspected that Imberombera, the Rainbow Serpent, may lie dreaming beneath UIuru. He is eager to discover more of this and will use any agent he can to do so. He cannot leave the caverns for long; doing so would risk the Bane's awakening.
Kooasca-ki bitterly resents the prying of the Earth Guide, Rite Master Elspeth Nametaker. Worried she will force him to leave his place of learning, Kooasca-ki has not told the sept that he is now sure Black Spiral Dancers are active somewhere in the southernmost parts of the caverns. Instead, he has made only vague references to the possibility (so as not to appear ignorant if they should be discovered). His fear of Elspeth has grown so great that Kooasca-ki has even thought of consorting with certain lesser Banes in order to rid himself of her, but has resisted the whisperings of his own mind... so far.
Appearance[]
A hairless, pale-skinned dingo with dark stripes along his hindquarters. The jaws are oversized, and the eyes are too small for his large head. In Homid form, he is a hairless aborigine with blotched skin and an exceptionally large nose that looks to have been broken several times. Ritual scars in the form of wards cover most of Kooasca-ki's body in both forms. He is in his late twenties.
Stats[]
Position: Banetender
Breed: Metis
Auspice: Galliard
Tribe: Uktena (Banetender)
Nature/Demeanor: Autist/Deviant
Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 3, Charisma 2, Manipulation 4, Appearance 1, Perception 5, Intelligence 4, Wits 4
Abilities: Alertness 2, Brawl 1, Dodge 3, Performance 1, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Enigmas 5, Medicine 2, Occult 4, Rituals 3, Wyrm Lore (Banes) 3, Geography 2
Backgrounds: Past Life 4
Gifts: Mindspeak, Sense Magic, Sense Wyrm, Burrow, Call of the Wyrm, Dreamspeak, Grovel, Eyes of the Cat, Invisibility, Mental Speech
Rank: 3
Rites: Rite of Contrition, Rite of the Questing Stone, Rite of Binding, Rite of Spirit Awakening, Rite of Becoming, Rite of Summoning, Rite of the Fetish
Fetishes: Baneskin, Dreamtime Feather (Level 3, Gnosis 7; this strange purple feather was found by Kooasca-ki in the caverns of Nullarbor Plain. It comes from the Dreamtime Bird and allows the bearer to see with opened eyes all things normally invisible to humans, including spirits and Dreamtime Paths.)
Rage 4, Gnosis 9, Willpower 6
References[]
- WTA: Caerns: Places of Power, p. 133-134