Umboro

Beliefs
The hunt is the way of the faith and of the Immakandi

Hunt with prowess and true to the creed

The glory of the hunt will bring glory to the tribe and clans

The tougher the prey the more glory earned

Hunters reserve the right to spare prey if they see fit

Myths/Stories.
Oral tradition is the way the faith is passed down and taught

Tales come from the ancestors and the tribal shamans known as Rakora

Sacred Texts.
Oral tradition only

Ethics and Morality.

There is only hunt and the glory it brings

Good and evil are irrelevant, the hunt is all that the hunter need think of

Follow the code or live and die in disgrace

Never hunt the ill, disabled, or them expecting children nor children themselves

Only hunt those which can hunt or kill them back

Hunt with one tool and discard said tool if the prey is unarmed and willingly seeks combat

If a hunter in a party falls to a prey, the prey if able is entitled to a trophy of the fallen hunter uncontested or five days without being tracked

Disgraced hunters or those that break the creed are not worthy of the name Immakandi and are exiled or killed. Not even worthy of being hunted

Rituals.
Th’Wei or “Blood” is the name of the 4 main rituals to become a Full Blooded Immakandi hunter

Omuga’th’wei: Hunt of a local predator or animal

Sanaka’ th’wei: Hunt of a foreign beast or being in a land neighboring the tribe’s

Kencala’th’wei: Hunt of a beast or being in a land foreign to one’s own or that of a neighboring land

Ameda’th’wei: Hunt or combat of a clan member to show total devotion to the creed

Venso’la: Marriage ritual

Fema’lo: Death ritual where the body is mourned over and then left to the elements after its decomposed the skull is retrieved and given a place of honor in the clan it belonged to

Abarla’th’wei: Ritual for war before a battle

Symbols.
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Social Structures.
No shrines or temples the trophy walls of the hunters themselves

Shamans divine the will of the ancestors to decide what tribe should do as well as issue hunt challenges to the hunters

Religious Experience.
The hunters and lay clan members slay deep devotion to the hunting ways of the faith and their ancestors

Tribal gatherings are assembled before and after great hunts and feasting is done and stories swapped

Hunters carry out the hunts with complete and unwavering devotion

Once the first 4 bloods are completed a hunter is able to go out and hunt who or whatever they wish as long as they are worthy in the eyes of the Rakora and the creed

(Written by Ricortix)