Kimbia

City of the Chase

**Kimbia**, (pronounced /kɪmbiːɑː/) the *"City of the Chase",* has a long history of worship to Rapax just like it's twin city Subiri. They have a history of following the speed and ferocity of the deity. The people there have mastered active hunting of their prey. They have developed this due to the hardy and fast creatures that live in the water of the River Ndege. And the Mwepesi Deer that live in the Bahari Forest around Kimbia are notoriously swift and strong, requiring an exceptional ferocity to take down. The city is led by half of the group called the Kifalme-Kuwinda, but the head of their presence in Kimbia is Yahya Atieno. He is known as quite a ruthless and aggressive man, who's apparently difficult to deal with over mundane affairs but is invaluable when large action needs to be taken.

## Description

### Geography

Most of the city lies on the banks of the final branches of the River Ndege, amongst the trees of the Bahari Forest, the buildings are all built on stone struts to prevent problems with the rising river. The city gets clear skies throughout most of the year but has a monsoon season that is exceptionally violent.

### Architecture

The cities buildings are made of a mix of cobblestone and wood, usually oak from the Bahari Forest, the houses all have slanted slated roofs, to allow efficient weather resistance, for monsoon season. The city has many impressive reinforcements to the rivers edge to protect the homes when the river floods. All of these are made from cut stone and in places have designs of their deities carved into the stonework, mostly depictions of Rapax. The new industry has been capitalised upon by the city of Kimbia by the creation of the Gurudumu Lanes, all along the river edges there are large wooden waterwheels powering different processing factory, for food and textiles mostly. They are under strict conditions to limit pollution as much as possible however. The Mtakatifu Jengo, is the large collection of religious buildings in Kimbia. These grand temples hold shrines to all the deities within their pantheon, with a main focus on their largest temple the Cathedral of Rapax. Notably there is no shrine present for Callidus.

## Society

### Demographics

The city welcomes people of all backgrounds. The most respected people in the city are skilled hunters, people who are physically capable, dextrous or strong enough to defeat the hardy creatures of their area consistently especially in Kimbia. The lowest in public opinion are *Red Deus* smugglers or users, this has led to some distaste for travellers from further north. There is usually no remorse from the public when someone holding *Red Deus* is executed and it is not rare for a crowd to be gathered to watch a blood letting execution. The regular people usually work in and around the Gurudumu Lanes and almost all citizens of the city will consistently visit the Mtakatifu Jengo.

## History

### Rejection of Red Deus

The politics around the elixir become very complicated as neither party seem to be willing to make official statements on the reasoning of their decisions. When Conamar had finally decided to open negotiations with Ukuaji around *Red Deus* they had officially changed focus within the Sanatio Church from Medeora to worshipping the elxir itself. This was unpopular as it was happening alongside the general movement of Conamar also influencing the rest of the continent of Kellner to abandon their worship of the pantheon and worship *Red Deus* instead. With Ukuaji still maintaining their association with these deities, as it is present in the foundation of their major cities. The details of the negotiations are unclear but it appears that they were unsuccessful as soon after the Kifalme-Kuwinda declared *Red Deus* and criminalised it. Some theorise that this movement to calling it an abomination was because Conamar had rejected their offers for a supply of the elixir and in embarassment of this political failure wanted to sway public opinion in their favor instead. However others theorise because of Conamar's silence on many examples of large scale *Red Deus* smuggling into Ukuaji beleive that they want to "infect" the country with the elixir but were rejected because of the religious views of the Kifalme-Kuwinda and have since decided to move the elixir into the country in shadier ways. Alongside this some beleive that this illegal activity would occur naturally and Conamar is happy for that to run its course.

### The Beast Scourge

The presence of these creatures have an interesting interpretation by the people of Ukuaji and Kimbia. As the people who worship Rapax often revere the Beasts as the apex predators present. However due to Yahya Atieno aggressive nature a hunt for these Beasts is usually coordinated quickly and the creature is killed soon. However due to sometimes lacking information their prey members of the hunting party die. They are usually hunted by some of the expert hunters present in the city.

Obviously there is no Hunters of Conamar present within Ukuaji due to their heavy reliance on *Red Deus*. Due to this the people of Ukuaji deal with the creatures and the mortality rate of these hunts of Beasts is much higher.