Thread: Brides of the Jungle Characters

Deep in a jungle, beneath a twisting canopy of leaves and vines stalked by both predator and pray, a mighty tribe has carved out a place for life. With wild beasts that would as soon eat human as animals their society has been ruled by the strong and fierce hunters who can build and protect a home in the treetops. In this tribe, as a boy comes of age, he leaves his home to venture into the forest. If he survives a year in the wilds he may return and take a wife. Called the hearth wife she is his strong partner and equal and will help him build a home. Once a home is complete he may, in time, take on other wives each with a title and task to fit the families needs and each with a rank within the family. Sometimes, to better secure survival, a few men will join together to build a home, sharing the dangers, labors, and wives between them. The Alanqwa clan is a family chosen by their tribe for the honor of receiving a Bed Wife. A symbol of the family's strength and prosperity the young woman sent to them is meant to serve as a comfort and luxury to all it's members. However only one clan might receive that honor in a year and in a world ruled by survival of the fittest the Alanqwa clan will find the honor to be a double edge sword as not only the jungle now wishes to take something from them. Name Age Position in family husbandtitle of wife Function in family Picture Personality History Further Notes Click to expand... Husbands3 openings with the dominance sorted out among themselves - TAKEN - - Hearth Wife First and highest ranking wife, equal authority to the husbands, enforces order among other wives - Mother Wife In charge of raising the kids normally second wife - TAKEN Spear Wife Helps with the hunting, carries weapons and able to venture outside as she wishes - Taken open Bow Wife Protects the home, carries weapons but expected to stay at home - Herb Wife Healer and herbalist, able to venture outside when accompanied. - Forge Wife Weapon crafting, sometimes chosen to forge an alliance. Sometimes escorted to other homesteds to trade. - Loom Wife Crafting and fixing, stays in the homested. - Broom Wife Cleaning and housekeeping. Stays at home. Very low ranked and submissive. - TAKEN Bed Wife Sign of prosperity for a family, serves no purpose than to service her husbands and wives. Lowest ranked but highly favored. - taken Further notes on the wives Sometime between the age of ten and thirteen girls normally begin training to become a type of wife based on their personality and talents. Some training can be used for multiple paths a girl trained as a bow wife might become a spear wife. Sometimes girls end up in a path they didn't train for a Bed wife isn't given training but is chosen from the girls of other paths, a girl who fails enough at training might be made a broom wife, or a girl training to be a spear wife who takes a bad enough injury might join a less active path just as some examples. While a girl'a inclinations are taken into consideration a girl who hates fighting won't be forced to fight for example ultimately their path is chosen for them. Similarly while a girl's feelings are taken into consideration when it comes to a husband the choice isn't always theirs. Generally the higher in a hierarchy a wife is the more say she had in the marriage arrangements.