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1. Where do Purewalkers come from?

Purewalkers find their way to this land from the depths of the underworld due to Oyohusa and his hatred for others because he had been exiled from his village for his wrong behavior. He felt betrayed and was filled with a rage and hatred, the emotions fueled his actions and he took revenge but it wasn't enough. Oyohusa was not satisfied with his revenge on his village, and once he saw the Kawani tribe and their joy, he had to destroy it. The same malevolent spirit who he had bargained with returned to him for what it wanted in return for what it had granted Oyohusa to get revenge on his village. What it wanted was a portal to the underworld so that the pure skinwalkers could be released in all of their evil glory. Oyohusa corrupted a burial ground on the Kawani tribe land between the Eastern Swamp and the forest; he used the energy there from the graves to open the portal on an ancient tree that had grown at its center.

2. Is a Purewalker ever allowed to make a close bond or fall in love with another? If so, what are the exceptions to the rules? If not, what keeps them from such a thing?

A purewalker is incapable of love; they are violent and aggressive towards everyone and anyone in their path. The only time that a purewalker might not be aggressive is when they are having self-control to plot and plan on how to take down the victim. Purewalkers enjoy the thrill of the hunt and the taste of blood. A purewalker is the very meaning of evil itself, they love to hunt and kill just for the blood and the thrill that the hunt brings. If a being thinks that a skinwalker loves them, it has to be a deception and part of their hunting method. To lower the walls of the victim, get the victim to trust and when they least suspect it, bloodshed occurs. There is no such emotion of love for the purewalker, period. They are both raving mad and constantly stalking for prey or carefully calculating their moves to take down/terrorize another.


Name: Otaktay
Temper: Merciless
Personality: Otaktay is one that really loves to play with his food; he loves to torture and tease the victims until he can’t take the thrill of it anymore. Once he has had his fill of the excitement and becomes bored or he feels like the excitement has reached its peak, he will end the suffering of what is going on with the victim. He enjoys bloodshed, the messier it is, the better off he is and the mood he will be in. First, he starts off slow then he goes in for the kill and feeds until there is nothing left. He feeds off the energy of the fear and adrenaline while hunting, the meat alone isn’t enough to satisfy the hunger. There always has to be violence and he shows no mercy for no one or nothing that is his prey or gets in his path.
Brief History: Otaktay was in the underworld fighting another purewalker just because he was bored and was tired of having no prey to go after that was equal to his status. He didn’t have any prey that could give him a challenge. Otaktay was yearning and had been yearning for a challenge for quite some time until the big white and red purewalker happened to cross his path. The bright purple and blue swirling mist that formed in front of them startled him at first but then it seemed to call to him. With one fierce strike of his paw he scarred the red and white purewalker with claw marks across his face. Otaktay confident with himself and his downed victim, he left the purewalker there for him to either get back up if he was still alive or be eaten by others. Otaktay traveled through the strange mist and appeared on the other side to be greeted by the Kawani lands and the inhabitants. His heart began to race with excitement; this land was going to fulfill his needs more than his other world ever did.
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? Otaktay is running around on the Kawani lands terrorizing and ravaging for food. He enjoys terrorizing and killing things just for the thrill of it and of course for nutrients. He loves to see the pain in the eyes of the victim most of all but he also enjoys the thrill of possible witnesses watching the action occur.

1. Where do Cursed Skinwalkers Come from and is there any way to stop the Curse or redeem them afterwards? A once kind shaman, twisted by darkness, made a deal with an evil spirt in order to exact revenge for what he considered to be wrongs committed against him. The spirit taught him how to create corpse powder which is the source of the curse. It's a one way ticket, there is no going back, no redemption, and no desire even if it were possible. Once cursed, all the was good or decent would be burned away, leaving behind only evil.

2. Where do skinwalkers get their pelts and can they take them off? A freshly cursed Soq will kill the first creature it comes in contact with and wear its skin, melding with it and taking on that animal's form. The skin, like the curse, cannot be removed.


Name: Promece Shirnay
Temper: Vengeful
Personality: Vain and petty, it doesn’t take much for her to feel she’s been insulted. Once, her wrath would have passed quickly without much damage, but since the curse any hint of forgiveness was burned out. Now, like Snow White’s evil stepmother, Promece can’t stand for anyone to be praised above her and she holds a grudge until the end of time. And that’s for SMALL slights.
Brief History: She had a sister, once. A clumsy, energetic younger sister that was adored by all, except for Promece. As they grew up, jealousy began to cloud every moment she spent with her younger sister. It wasn’t so much that the sister was prettier than her, it was the fact that she managed to draw attention wherever she went. Attention that Promece felt belonged to her. Promece started to pull pranks on the younger sister, which gradually escalated to more dangerous stunts until finally she accidently scarred her younger sister permanently. Horrified at what she’d done, at what she’d allowed her jealousy to drive her to, she fled her herd…
How Were They Cursed? Promece was always a somewhat shallow creature. She didn’t handle negative emotions well, and so when jealousy drove her to harm her sister, the guilt of it was more than she could handle. She sought some way, any way, to rid herself of the self loathing and remorse she felt, until she came across a shaman that promised she would never feel such ugly emotions again. She would never feel bad about her actions. Both shallow, and not too bright, Promece didn’t look too deeply at the shaman or the offer. He kept his promise… she never felt guilty for what she did. She didn’t regret the hideous scarring or damage she caused to her sister when she returned home. Instead, she reveled in it.
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? Preening, mostly. Occasionally, when she’s bored, she’ll search for someone to praise her, or to destroy for not properly appreciating her beauty.





1. Does a cursed skinwalker ever feel regret or remorse about their 'new' life after they change? Not at all. They live for the bloodshed, as if nothing else had ever mattered to them.

2. If a cursed skinwalker is reunited with his old family or loved ones, what sort of reaction would we expect to see from the skinwalker? That would depend entirely on the skinwalker. If the skinwalker is of the manipulative variety, then he might turn the family against each other, causing emotional scarring before killing them. If he’s more of the “kill, maim, destroy!” mindset, then it might be nothing more than a bloodbath. Regardless, it wouldn’t end well for the family friends. Once cursed, all caring emotions would be wiped from the skinwalker.


Name: Dunamis Lazaro
Temper: Manipulative
Personality: On the surface, he wouldn’t seem like a skinwalker. Always with an easy smile and a light hearted tone, Dunamis would come off as a flirt, if one ignored the pelt that covered him and the vicious gleam to his gaze. Anyone foolish enough to mistake his seemingly friendly attitude for harmlessness deserved whatever devious plan he had in store for them. Dunamis loves games, loves manipulating others to play his games and eventually self destruct, destroying themselves completely.
Brief History: Before the curse, he was a bit of a stud. He flitted from filly to filly like a butterfly in a garden, flirting and laughing with anyone he found. He loved puzzles and games, even before the curse, of course then he had turned his brilliant mind toward figuring out a heart’s desire and what made people tick, not because he wanted to rip them down but rather because he couldn’t find a more complicated puzzle than the mind of a stranger. Of course, his attention always waned once he understood his current partner.
How Were They Cursed? He strove to understand the wrong soq, foolish in his youth and thinking he was immortal. He thought he could escape before he was caught, wiser than he had been.
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? He would likely be looking for playthings. The sweeter, more pure the toy, the longer he’ll play with it, but in the end he always wins.

1. Where do Cursed Skinwalkers Come from and is there any way to stop the Curse or redeem them afterwards? As part of Ohyousa's deal of revenge, he then created corpse powder which would curse normal soquili into monstorous beings without remorse or compassion.

Once cursed, they can never be cured

2. Where do skinwalkers get their pelts and can they take them off?

They are compelled to kill the first familiar they can and wear the pelt. It then binds to them, and they are forever unable to remove it.


Name: Libitina
Temper: Ritualistic
Personality: Quiet and thoughtful, she is prone to not speaking. She will only tolerate being around walkers that are bigger and more powerful than her. She will act slightly submissive and at the first chance strike when she's lulled them into thinking she won't or get away from the area as fast as possible.

When her prey meets her, she is often thought to be mute.

Brief History: She remembers nothing of the time before she was cursed. Her quiet, rather reserved (for a skinwalker nature) seems deceiving. She leaves a trail of bodies in her wake that is staggering.

The only remnant of her old characteristics before cursing is her urge to do things just so, it is this reason that she's so careful with the preparation of her food.

Each soquili or human is hunted down without emotion. When she can, she incapacitates the prey rather than kills it. She has found that in the aging method she prefers that it's better if her food is buried alive.

She then leaves the bodies for the perfect timing of one week, and then returns to reclaim her snack which is aged just perfectly for her palette.

How Were They Cursed? Libitina has no recollection of how or what happened. It is as if her life began the moment she was cursed.

What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? (Does not have to be long. Mostly curious about what they might be up to these days.)

Basically supplying her need for food. It takes awhile so she's constantly doing it. She also has a certain taste for teenage humans, which are more difficult to get.

However, amongst her other interests is graveyards--which she likes to dig up for obvious reasons. Like all skinwalkers, she does cause chaos and havoc just because--but her joy is the sadistic preserving of her food.

Lately, she's been experimenting with more ways to condition the meat including keeping the victim alive as long as possible while eating only sections.

1. Does a cursed skinwalker ever feel regret or remorse about their 'new' life after they change?

While it is possible for a cursed skinwalker to experience conflicted feelings about their new-found brutality, they are in the minority. Even skinwalkers that do sometimes have moments of clarity will still always be pulled back into the murderous and evil ways of their breed.

2. If a cursed skinwalker is reunited with his old family or loved ones, what sort of reaction would we expect to see from the skinwalker?

If they are a new skinwalker they might hesitate and experience some confusion, but they will retain none of the love they used to feel for their family. Memories they have of their family might even be contorted and warped after their cursing.They would be very likely to attack and attempt to kill their family, especially if their memories were destroyed by the skinwalker curse.


Name: Cassaryl
Temper: Twisted
Personality:
Cassaryl is as intelligent as he is warped. He thirsts for knowledge, as he always did before the skinwalker curse fell upon him. Now, however, his longing for knowledge has a decidedly brutal twist. He likes to cut creatures open while they still draw breath, marveling at the inner workings of their bodies as they grow hoarse from screams of agony. Before he was cursed he studied herbs of healing. Now he studies poison. His cunning mind is never still, as restless as he is on nights when the moon is full. His intellect is his pride. Losing his intellect is his greatest fear.

More and more often Cass is pulled suddenly into a vortex of hatred and destruction. He loses all coherency in these moments and becomes nothing but a whirling beast of chaos and destruction. His heart is full of the blackest evil even when not gripped in these moods, but he fears his own fury all the same. He fears that he is losing his mind and that soon he will be nothing more than a slavering animal. This terror drives him in an urgent goal. He wishes to stop the destruction of his mind, whatever the cost.
Brief History:
Once Cassaryl was a great scholar. He was highly respected in his herd and delighted in both the acquisition of ancient knowledge and new. He could never settle on just one specialty. He loved to learn about everything from healing to astronomy. He even attempted to learn the arcane art of predicting the future but in the end decided it was probably all a sham. He even sometimes would go among the humans and watch them as they told their stories and worked their crafts. Even if he couldn't understand them, he was fascinated by them all the same. He was a little too shy to have a mate, but he loved his family and was entirely content with the world. Unfortunately for Cass, this all changed when he was cursed into a skinwalker.

How Were They Cursed? Cass had gone away from his herd on an errand that day. He meant to be back well before nightfall, but encountered an injured bobcat on the way back. It was a deserted location in a part of the forest that most soquili avoided, but Cass was determined to stay for as long as the bobcat needed him. He tended to the hurt bobcat past nightfall and the stars were bright overhead by the time the bobcat was finally resting in peaceful sleep. That was when Oyohusa found him.

The poor bobcat who Cass had spent those long hours healing was his first prey. It barely had time to even wake before he was tearing into it. It wasn't long before he was wearing its fresh and bloody pelt on his back. It was the dead of night by then, hours and hours past when he said he would return to his herd.

He returned then, of course. They would be missing him... but not for long.

What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? He will be searching desperately for a cure to his madness. He doesn't seek to lift the skinwalker curse, he only tries to stop the relentless march from ingenuity to madness. He goes from herd to herd, seeking out the wisest soquili. He looks for shamans, scholars, sages, and elders. He asks each one he finds if they might know how to help him save his sanity. None of them have ever furnished him with a cure, and none ever will. He kills them when he's finished, and a little bit more of his mind and memory slip away each time he does.

He fears that he will some day lose himself entirely to the rampaging beast within, and most likely, he is right...

1. Does a cursed skinwalker ever feel regret or remorse about their 'new' life after they change?

My intial reaction was no they cannot. However, the guide states that a cursed walker can feel "tormented" by the evil that has taken them over but they would be powerless to resist it and would wind up succumbing to it anyways.

2. If a cursed skinwalker is reunited with his old family or loved ones, what sort of reaction would we expect to see from the skinwalker?

Depending on the skinwalker, he or she may not recognize them as family or their hate may be so much for them that they reserve particularly bloody deaths. Family or friends would be treated the same if not worse than their other victims.


Name: Adramalech
[(Samarian) devil. Commander of Hell. Wierius' chancellor of infernal regions. In Assyria where he was worshipped, children were supposedly burned at his alters.]
Temper: Sacrificial
Personality: Adramalech was born cruel and twisted. All of his life, he was cruel to his family and his sister who loved him despite it. He was disappointed that she would not share in his "fun".

He did not love her, but despised that she was "broken" and unlike him. Completely selfish, he's always had an urge to control and manipulate fire. Something in it draws him in.
Brief History: Born wicked, Adramalech decided to become cursed. He coaxed his twin sister along with him though she was not evil. Tricking her, he got her cursed along with him. Both of them made their first kill of bobcats.

Andramalech had not anticipated that he would have no connection to his sister anymore--he had thought that they would reek havoc as a team, that she would finally be fun. However, his sister did not remember him at all and any connection he once had with her was severed by the curse.

They parted ways as strangers--he with the intention of killing her if he found her again in anger for his failed experiment.

With a penchant for fire, Adramalech likes to set fires as burnt offerings to himself. He feels that the fire draws out the evil in himself so that he can hunt down those trying to escape his sacrifice.
How Were They Cursed?

Adramalech approached the shaman Ohyousa and asked to be cursed along with his sister. His sister had been tricked into coming and did not realize what was happening.

He saw being cursed as a fufillment of his evil destiny and as a way to "fix" his sister.
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? (Does not have to be long. Mostly curious about what they might be up to these days.)

The usual stuff. Setting fires as burnt offerings to himself, hunting down all those who flee his fires. Snacking on anything that suits him. And searching for the sister he once had in order to kill her--his transformation has transformed is displeasure of her into rage. He must kill her if it's the last thing he does.

1. Where do Purewalkers come from?
Purewalkers come from an ancient tree that acts as a gate between the underworld and the Kawani lands. Oyohusa and the 'dark spirit' created this gate from an ancient burial ground.

2. Is a Purewalker ever allowed to make a close bond or fall in love with another? If so, what are the exceptions to the rules? If not, what keeps them from such a thing?
No. Skinwalkers do not feel love and they cannot life mate. Occasionally they can gather in small groups to complete a specific task but it does not happen often and only for short periods of time.


Name: Keres (Meaning- Greek myth name of female "death-spirits," daughters of Nyx, who are the sources of evil. Ker is the singular form and the name of a goddess of violent death.)[she reminded me of a ghost]
Temper: Spine-Chilling
Personality: Keres thinks of herself in the highest regard. Most would consider her Arrogant and Conceited, yet she knows that their opinions do not matter, only their servitude and their fear. Other than being completely self-centered, she is domineering and Callous as any pure walker should be. If she deems a creature is unworthy of living, she kills them. If they can prove that they deserve their breath, she might just let them live if it suits her well enough. Life is a game for the mare and she is the winner while all others are her pawns. The creatures of the Kawani lands live only to serve her or die.

Keres’ favorite game is playing the poltergeist. She enjoys scaring her victims to within an inch of their lives before finishing them off. Sometimes she may take days to scare them or even weeks, other times only a matter of hours. Fear is the best spice and she knows how to cook with it.
Brief History: Keres came to the Kawani lands as a foal with her sister. She had never known her mother or her father and she had never cared to. As far as she was concerned, family was for the weak and they would only hold her back and steal her prey. It was this view and her lust for blood that drove her to kill her own sister. The filly had been a weakling, not strong enough to be worthy of living. Nor was Keres willing to share these lands or her prey with the mare. Leaving her sister’s body as a warning to all who might see, Keres wandered the land until she found a secluded glade in the middle of the forest. Far enough from civilization that she would not be bothered and yet close enough that she could strike terror into the hearts of the innocent and the weak.
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? Recently Keres attacked a village not too far from her home. The villagers and their soquili were upset by the attack and tried to hunt her down. However, the mare eluded their attacks and has taken on the role as the village poltergeist. She lurks around in the shadows only showing glimpses of herself to warn the others. Occasionally she’ll haul off a victim just to keep up the level of fear.

1. Where do Purewalkers come from?
Purewalkers come from the underworld though a gate that is an ancient tree in a burial ground that was created by Oyohusa.

2. Is a Purewalker ever allowed to make a close bond or fall in love with another? If so, what are the exceptions to the rules? If not, what keeps them from such a thing?
Purewalkers never fall in love or create any sort of attachment to another. They are vicious and cruel creatures of pure evil.



Name: Zyanya ("Forever, Always")
Temper: Malicious
Personality: Like her name Zyanya believes herself to be ever lasting. She tolerates no weakness from her own body and strives to keep herself perfect. This also includes her mind. She is cold and calculating and does not tolerate others in what she considers to be HER territory. She has done in males of her own type out of spite for thinking her weak because she's female.

She has never allowed herself to be used by any male and often goes out of her way to mask the scent of her times to avoid what she considers such weak behavior.

Brief History: Zyanya can't remember when she arrived in the Kawani lands and for this reason she believes herself to be an eternal force to be reckoned with. She has spent most of her time alone and the few times she has ventured out with packs of others like her she has soon left declaring them all fools and braggarts.

She believes in destruction not on a large scale but on a small personal one, and has on more than one occasion targeted solitary families and destroyed them slowly and painfully. She wants the survivor's (for there is always one) pain to be as long lasting as she is.


What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? Hunting for her next family. There is nothing more satisfying to her than the hunt, the chase and the kill.

1. Where do Purewalkers come from?
They come from Oyohusa, who was originally a kind shaman. Though the darkness turned his once kind heart evil and he was chased from his village. He made a deal with a nasty spirit to gain power and became the first Skinwalker. He shortly took his revenge out on his old village and upon discovering the Kawani Village the spirit that turned him into a Skinwalker returned and instructed the old Shaman to open up a portal for which the original 'purewalkers' could come out of the underworld and into the real world. He currupted a burial ground, the Cursed Graveyard, and set loose these terrible monsters onto an unsuspecting world.

2. Is a Purewalker ever allowed to make a close bond or fall in love with another? If so, what are the exceptions to the rules? If not, what keeps them from such a thing?
Purewalkers never make any close bonds or form relationships. Purewalkers are absolutely vicious, it's dangerous for them to be in groups and they can rarely take orders from other purewalkers. Messing with a purewalker will always lead to a fight and breeding with a purewalker isn't exactly the best time in the world either. They are born vicious and have no room in their hearts for love.


Name: Vani
Temper: Vindictive
Personality: Vani is evil and vindictive creature she cares only for her will being. anyone that crosses her path is likely to end up hurt or bleeding. She only kills when she is bored or hungry she likes to lay in wait and stalk her pray night after night to add terror to them to they either are totally afraid of the dark or they surrcome to it. She doesn't care for others of there kind and more and likely will fight with them and other evil soquili because she is nuts and believes that he blood is better then there .
What is this character currently doing in the Kawani? Vani likes the area by the lake she stalks her pray there. She does however travel to areas around the village only because there are easy pray there and it makes her happy that she stalk and scary some of them. She is always on the hunt and aware of everything around her. She likes to wait for the perfectible victim that the bravest of them all to play with.