Nyangoma is a Wayward.
Overview[]
There are times when even the most compassionate and forgiving of hunters is endangered by the other side. Not all monsters appreciate attempts to bring them back into humanity. Despite their willingness to fight, aggressive hunters can also find themselves in the same position; they just get in over their heads and don't understand exactly what they face. Despite these dangers, few imbued really know much about combat or military tactics.
In recent months, a woman calling herself Nyangoma has contacted a few hunter groups in southern Europe and even on the fringes of Asia. She apparently offers aid and training. In return, members must follow her orders without question for the duration of whatever crisis they face. Hunters who refuse never hear from her again. Hunters who accept sometimes wish they had never heard from her.
Nyangoma, a soft-spoken woman whose accent hints at origins in the Congo, perhaps, puts hunters through a vicious and demanding training program over a period of a few weeks, teaching them basic firearms, explosive and martial skills. She then leads the groups in efforts to smoke out and take down the creatures that have made the hunters their prey.
As soon as a threat is dealt with, Nyangoma moves on. No appeal convinces her to stay - not that many of her "clients" have ever felt like asking her to do so. Individuals who've discussed her on hunter-net and elsewhere talk (evidently with bad memories) of her utter commitment to destroying the group's foe, even if it costs the imbued or people around them their lives. Still, such chosen concede that none of them would be around to discuss Nyangoma had she not interceded.
Nyangoma is a striking woman in her mid-20s. Scars on her arms and legs hint at a violent past, but she never speaks of her own experiences. She remains focused on the job at hand and refuses to deal with other hunters on anything but a professional level.
References[]
- HTR: Hunter Book: Wayward, p. 104