Ubantu

This is a restructuring of material from wiki.rpg.net which hasn't seen an edit since 2008 This serves as the hub for material regarding the noncanonical Yrth continent Ubantu

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History

Historical Overview, The Swallowing, The Rescue, The Golden Age of Siyathemba, The Witchking and Mjimfu, The Dark Ages, The Rise of Milikyunjovu, The Empire Today

Culture

• Imperial Society, Languages, Government (Ubantu), Clans, Societies, Land Ownership, Recreational Drugs

Trade

• Currencies, The Economy, Trade Routes

Technology

• Magic and Technology, Medicine, Communications, Maritime, Martial, Transportation, Agriculture, Building and Architechture, Consumer

Religion

• Overview of Kidini, Origins, Cosmology and Mythology, Masafu ya Kidini, The Kanisa, Utawa, Uguzi, The Ancestors, God of Many Names, The Saints, The Legends, The Spirits, The Law, Hero Societies, Cult Societies (Nyamazimu - SpiritAnimals), Trade Societies, Witches and Njama

Regional Variations

• Confederacy, Wakayesa, Wangumbi, Wakomoga

Nonhumans in the Empire

• Wajovu - Elephants, Wazimwi - Ogres, Wakonyingo - Heavenpeople, !Tsharg - the People who Sit on their Hands, Spirit Animals, Integrating Yrth Races

Kingdoms of Ubantu

Milikyunjovu

• Welcome to Milikyunjovu, the Empire of the Elephant
• The Governing of the Empire
• Ameru, Transmontane Colonies, Cities, King
• Kaagwe, Ukayesa, Cities
• Mbolu, Utsima, Cities
• Newara, Ngumoga, Cities
• Serawe, Transmontane Colonies and the War, Cities
• The Confederacy, City1, City2, City3, City4, Kabakaswa, Mshabeleswa, Other islands, Port Colonies

The South

• Wasakara Kingdoms

The North

• The Umugombe Kingdom, Othamaki, The Oregi League

The East

• USimbrimu

Places and Geography

Geographical Overview, MAP

The East

• Nyasa Sea, Bay of Chomba, Katigongo Range, Mountains of Heaven

The West

• Ugenji, Ipori, Borderlands

The North

• Gwanyija Jungles, Ulangwa Savannah

The South

• Khoinama Steppes, Xang/a Desert, //Tane Swamp

Magic

Magic Intro, MaUtawa - Priests, Uganga - Sorcery, Uguzi - Channeling, Uchawi - Witchcraft, Unga - Necromancy, Beads,

Peoples

Overview of the Peoples (Ubantu)

Waokoka

• The Wadiningwayo - tropical slash and burn horticulturalists, The Walangwa - semiarid temperate mixed agarian/pastoralists, The Wachomba - sailors and fishers, The Wakoka - modern pseudofeudalists, The Watsima - lake dwellers and rivermen, The Wamugombe - tropical savannah agarians, The Wakayeso - tropical silvaculturalists, The Wakomoga - tropical agarians, The Wangumbi - tropical sedentary pastoralists, The Wasakara - savannah nomadic pastoralists
• Heavenpeople: the Wakonyingo
• Pygmies and Others: The Massai - warrior pastoralists, The Twafwe - jungle hunter-gatherers, The Tsan - desert hunter-gatherers, the Khoinama - semiarid pastoralists, The Wagumba - burrowing agarians in the Empire
• Amazimu: Wazimwi - Ogres, Churimu - Leopardweres, Simbrimu - Lionpeople, Fisrimu - Hyeanaweres, Chiwandrimu - twofaced Cannibals, Watabele - Halfmen
• Sentient Animals: The !Tsharg - baboonlike slaves, The Wajovu - psychic elephants, Spiritanimals - Nyamazimu
• Variant Births: Albinos, Twins, Breachbirths

Bestiary

Domesticated Animals

• Overview of Species, Cows, Other Ruminants, Walangwa Domesticates, Oryx, Quagga, Fowls, Dogs, Cheetahs, Apiculture, Rodent Control, Parrots, Monkeys, Rainbowsnakes,Totempets

Wild Animals

• New Animals, Inanimals, Heavenfigs

Characters

Advantages Old and New, Disadvantages Old and New, Skills Old and New, Character Types