Darfari

In the southern kingdom of Darfar, many worship a dark god called Yog. He imparts spiritual power to his subjects, so that their journey in the afterlife will be good if they serve him well. In return, he demands ritual human sacrifice in the form of cannibalism.

To this end, the Darfari cultists file their teeth to needle points. While many are taken as slaves, they look only to the next life. Suffering the depredations of this world is but the price one pays for a better station after death. Yog demands the dead and offers the souls to the Darfari. The more souls they absorb by eating the mortal remains, the more spiritual power they accrue.

So long as they have their flesh, the cannibals work hard as slaves. If deprived, they revolt, and become an even more terrible menace than their slavers can easily imagine. The priests of Yog, upon initiation, learn a secret the followers do not know. It is said that Yog is also Yog-Sothoth, a god of the dream realms. If the cultists follow him and serve him admirably, they will have power and eternal life in savage after-lives. They will live long after this world is swallowed again by the sweep of barbarism.

The Darfari are a deeply dark-skinned, tall, and lithely muscled people with equally dark hair, often molded into symbolic shapes with twigs and dried mud, sometimes over a wooden base. The Darfari love to dance and chant, having ritual dances and chants for almost any activity.

Medicine among the Darfari consists of a combination of sympathetic magic, fetishes, and herbalism. While this can be effective, the Darfari do not think they are treating the body but expelling foul spirits that have taken residence within the body. The more severe the illness, the more powerful the spirit and multiple symptoms means multi- ple spirits inhabit the body. The Darfari, while somewhat comfortable with their own clan shamans, who merely contact the ancestors and can communicate with spirits, actively fear and hunt sorcerers and witches who command such beings. They believe witches can cause evil spirits to enter the body through cuts and/or use their blood to create powerful magic, so a Darfari rarely allows anyone but a trusted friend near when bleeding.

A Darfari shaman often uses white chalk paint to cover their body. Darfari shamans and clever folk do not cast spells directly at people, for that would be witchcraft, usurping the power of the spirits. Instead, they merely ask the spirits to do their jobs in favor of the shaman or the shaman’s clan. However, some choose to ignore this and look further into darkness.

## Necromancy

There is a much darker path some Darfari shaman explore, Necromancy.

Necromancers bring the cursed and the dead back from beyond the mortal realm to do their bidding. The true power of the Necromancer is two-fold. With mastery of necromantic magic, they animate the dead and corrupt the living. It us unknown how they discovered such power - some say it was a gift from Yog?

This forbidden art is guarded fiercely by the Darfari shaman and it has been known for them to influence their people to protect its secrets. However, it maybe to late.

## **Stereotype Summary**

Darfari are extreme savages who hunt for human flesh in service of Yog. They do not process secret of steel (but can still learn) that many other cultures know and typically live in basic structures such caves and ruins in the Desert or the Swamp.

They are considered a high level conflict character played in groups/clans.

## **Based On**

The "Darfari Cannibal" is based on Howard original work of the Black Kingdom and adapted with many changes to fit around FunCom Conan Exiles. The Darfari are based on Southern African tribes from an outdated racist period in history.

## **Game Mechanics**

* Perks**:** Eating the Moon and Soul Sight
* Disadvantage: Cannot disguise or pretend to be someone else, due to there nature. Can only build in their biome.
* Natural Biome: Desert and Swamp
* Prefered God: Yog
* Restricted Gods: Crom, Mitra, Ymir

## Further Information Resource

https://www.modiphius.net/products/conan-the-brigand

https://www.modiphius.net/products/conan-the-adventurer-pdf