I N G W E 'S . H I S T O R Y

Ingwe was born to a leaf tribe under a shadow; his mother never did say who got her pregnant. At least, she never told anyone in the tribe. He saw how this hurt his mother, all the whispers and rumors and lies... so he resolved from a young age to never do that... He would tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth!
He grew up rather wild, always getting into trouble and enjoying every bit of it! Except for when other's got hurt.. he hated when that happened.
About once a month for three days, his mother would take him with her to go and gather herbs and ingredients. While out there Gibeli would join them, showing up at he edge of the tribe's territory and escorts them back at the end. Ingwe was told that this man was his father.. but he never learned that the man was married. All he knew was that the man cannot be with them for some reason (he's married and lives in a nearby tribe). When asked who the man is, Ingwe will answer honestly; "My father who can't live with us... he won't tell me why though."
He really wishes his father would live with him and his mother... or that they'd move to live with him. Being separate like this is awkward and he dislikes them.
Ingwe's honesty and rather happy nature helped to defuse most of the anger his rowdy acts caused... except for the last one.
Dared by his friends to try and ride a Gani, Ingwe attempted to do so, failing epicly. Instead of riding one, he managed to startle the entire herd into stampeding... directly through the grove that his tribe lived in. Luckily for Ingwe's peace of mind no one was badly wounded... just quite a bit of damage to gardens, structures and the like. Distressed at the havoc he'd caused, Ingwe (after helping out where he could) decided it was time for him to leave home and learn a bit of responsibility... and to you know, avoid the glares of the tribe.
Future: He'll run off to his father's tribe and cause all sorts of issues there! He'll e very disgusted by his father due to the lie he is living. And I'd like to eventually have his father divorce his current wife (they are very unhappy) and acknowledge Ingwe as his son and marry Nandi... which will be weird after the fight they have. (which is what triggers Gibeli to divorce and remarry)
Timeline:
Age 13: Ingwe runs away form home.
Age 15: Talin seduces him and he finds himself part of a bandit group.
Age 17: Rescues obans from a burning inn and gets himself badly wounded in the process.