Yena Eshmalla

In the city of Fariniah, a new bandit-leader known only as Zawdgohla, "The Darkness," has appeared among the poor. Rumors of this bandit are conflicting. No one is sure whether The Darkness is a man or a woman, a human or a genie. Some say The Darkness is a secret society, and not a single individual. Whatever the truth, the bandit leaves no track other than his or her victims: money-lenders with broken hands and torn throats; cruel captains found on the shore like flotsam, their lungs filled with the sea; and city guards who have been stripped of their armor and weapons and dumped unceremoniously into the Jairdoh River. The chief vizier, Amah Nohbar, has yet to discover the identity of The Darkness. That failure creates another, more troubling possibility: The Darkness, perhaps, is in possession of a powerful technological or thaumaturgial artifact. 
In truth, the murderous rogue known is a young (14-year-old) thief named Yena Eshmalla, who is in reality a weretiger. Her lycanthropy remained hidden until recently, when her elder sister Wehlin was taken for the Sultan's harem. Her weretiger form expresses all her hatred which, as Yena, she dares not reveal. The Darkness has a number of followers already, and many are secret supporters of its actions. Yena is not among these supporters, as she is unaware of her own lycanthropy and she fears that the Darkness will bring greater danger to the poor.
Category:Inhabitants
Category:Inhabitants of Fariniah
Category:Inhabitants of Fahdal
Category:Inhabitants of the Kaspari Empire
Category:Women
Category:Born in 1542
Category:Lycanthropes
Category:Thieves
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