User:Raan'dul

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|colspan=2 style="background: #333333; color: #008080; font-size: 110%; text-align: center"|'''Raan'dul'''
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|style="text-align: left; width: 12em; vertical-align:top; border-top:solid 1px #008080; border-right:solid 1px #008080"| '''Profile:'''
|style="padding-left: 1ex; border-top:solid 1px #008080"|[http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=22010 Raan'dul].
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|style="padding-left: 1ex; border-top:solid 1px #008080"|The Warrior Kingdom of Dalpok, Dalpok Liberation Front, and Tribe of the Tarak.
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A native warrior with a fire of hate in his eyes. On his right forearm is a branding of a star and crescent moon. He is wearing traditional Dalpoki Warrior armor. He has two swords he uses for hunting. On his belt is a large hunting knife he uses to skin the animals he hunts. He has a leather strap made from tiger hide on his back to hold his swords. He has a machete across the small of his back used for clearing out the jungle. On his belt is a skull given to him by the mighty Dalpoki warrior named ClickClick to symbolize his duty to Dalpok. Many heads of pirates he has killed in the past hang from his belt, the most recognizable face is that of Blackbeard. On his belt are a few gourds of water to keep him hydrated, and a pouch full of healing herbs to heal any wounds he may face.

Raan'dul was a slave for al-Mukhtar of the Prosperous City of Durham, Dani al-Ghazali. He was branded with the crescent moon and star symbolizing the city of Durham. Dani al-Ghazali tricked Raan'dul into becoming addicted to a drug created from yeastweed. The drug made him unable to remember his name so he was usually called a different name by Dani al-Ghazali. Raan'dul eventually escaped, with the help of the great king Anthor, and returned to Dalpok. His return to Dalpok was anything but warm and comforting. The village had been abandoned and any who resided within were slaughtered by the villainous pirates.

The pirate named Gorry Louis forced Raan'dul's hand back into combat. Between the pirates and the man eating 800 pound gorilla, Raan'dul has fought for the freedom of Dalpok. Word quickly spreads of Raan'dul hoping to gain the freedom of Dalpok from the pirates and the citizens of Durham.

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Close quarter combat
:Advanced close quarter combat
::Balanced Stance
::Headhunting

Body building
:Stamina

Exploration
:Trekking

Basic tracking
:Advanced tracking
::Expert tracking

Clan leadership

Tribe of the Tarak

2011-05-28T21:09:47Z

Raan'dul: /* Turtle Totem */

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clan_name=Tribe of the Tarak|
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clan_image=[[Image:Swamp-1680.png]]|
clan_leaders=[http://www.shartak.com/profile.cgi?id=14768 Rachel Stone ]|
clan_membership=Open to all natives|
clan_goals=Rekindling Old Native Ways|
clan_recruit=Any native wishing to return to the old ways|
clan_contact=[http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,3241.0.html Here]
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'''The Tribe will Remember the Past, Embrace it, and Use it to Redeem the Natives'''

=Beginnings=

The fetid swamp air hung like a lazy blanket over the land of Tarak's Spit. Alligators slept on logs, still alert, merely waiting for their next meal. The next meal may be soon.

A female figure strode through the swamp. The preceding months had taken their toll on her. Betrayed by her own townsfolk, she was left to die in the caverns of Shartak, but Rachel Stone wasn't the type to take things laying down, no, she fought her own way back out, tooth and nail. She had emerged from a nearby cave dirty, covered in spider venom, fungi slime and rat blood. Her first glimpse of the sun in months practically blinded her. And the smell of the swamp was welcomed from the dry dead smell of the caverns.

Filthly, covered in various blood and smell, even the alligators were put off. None of them moved as she walked by. Maybe it was the spider venom, maybe it was the joy of being freed from the caves, but Rachel Stone walked farther into the swamp, away from the welcoming sea and relative safety of the nearby grasslands, and deeper into the the Tarak.

She saw alligators that looked meaner, hungrier for human flesh. Even these parted before her, and in the center of the swamp, a giant white alligator rested on a stump. The air around it sparkled, and Rachel knew this was no ordinary beast.

This was her spirit totem.

In this flash of insight, she remembered stories from the lips of villagers when she was a child. About Ancients, about totems, about life itself, and how culture is more important than actions. Then the outsider came, with his guns, and his boxes, and his sharp curved steel, and changed their culture. Ever so slightly, but still, the culture changed. Rachel felt saddened by this, and curled up next to the white alligator, and feel asleep.

But, like the other alligators in the swamp, she wasn't truly asleep, and as one of these hungrier, meaner alligators came over to kill her, she struck quickly, her sharp blades cutting the alligator's head off. Grabbing the severed head, she walked out of the swamp, the other alligators stayed out of her way. Some would snap at her passing, and she would strike back with the blade, and they would steer clear.

''Days Later''

Cleaned off by the lake water, new clothes bought from a traveling native trader, and the alligator head strung to her back, a headdress to go along with her teachings, Rachel set up camp in front of Tarak's Spit.

She is here to spread a simple message, Natives, Remember Yourselves and Your History. Remember Your Culture.

=Membership=

This clan is open to any natives, from any town and any walk of life. The goal of the clan is to embrace ancient native ways, recover old native learnings, and use this knowledge to retake the island as theirs. For this reason any native is welcome, be they a warrior, diplomat or shaman. Every native has a place in the Tribe, and every native is welcome.

=Tarak's Spit=

Much of the meetings of the Tribe will occur at Tarak's Spit. This place is a swamp located to the east of Wiksik, and north of Derby, and south of Rakmogak. This place is crawling with alligators, so it is vital that members bring along healing herbs to protect themselves.

[[Image:Tarak's Spit ubermap.JPG]]

Image off the ubermap of the swamp.

=Animal Totems=
Much of the forgotten lore deals with animal totems. Here is the list of totems discovered so far and by whom.
==Alligator Totem==
*'''''Location Found''''' - Tarak's Spit
*'''''Discovered By''''' - Rachel Stone
*'''''Item Bequeathed''''' - Alligator Ceremonial Headdress
*'''''Represents''''' - Patience, Wisdom, Foresight

==Bear Totem==
*'''''Location Found''''' - Mountain Top
*'''''Discovered By''''' - Sofaking
*'''''Represents''''' - Caution, Healing, Leadership

==Turtle Totem==
*'''''Location Found''''' - Wicksick Island
*'''''Discovered By''''' - Rachel Stone
*'''''Item Bequeathed''''' - Shell Blade (heavy sword)
*'''''Represents''''' - Protecting, Slow and Steady, Innocence

==Spider Totem==
*'''''Location Found''''' - Beneath the mountain in the caverns
*'''''Discovered By''''' - Death Becomes You
*'''''Item Bequeathed''''' - Spider leg rune sticks and Venom Laced Drink
*'''''Represents''''' - Balance, Lore, Intelligence

=Official Forum Thread=
http://forum.shartak.com/index.php/topic,3241.0.html

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