Gin Carram

Gin Carram is the leader and Architect of Sol in Huitca. He is a proud Huitcan, and follows Lux in her battle with Tenerbris. He is a former member of the town and nation Libertalia. He has proven himself in battle, earning the Solisian Golden Sun fighting demons. He grew up with the nomadic tribe Umani and learnt everything there is to know about the desert.

## Early Life

Gin was born to Firi and Alim in the Solima Oasis. It is in the desert wastes of Ummarnu. He was born into the Uman a tribe of nomadic people moving from Oasis to Oasis in the southwestern areas of Ummarnu just north of present Kahiru. Gin spent his childhood learning horseback riding, foraging, and other key skills to learn in the desert. He was taught by a Gia (elder/teacher) Fin, along with several other children he was taught the skills prized by the tribe. When he reached the age of 10, he was given a pony pure black to reflect the sun’s rays, he named her Irin meaning nibble, as she would always nibble him affectionately. Umani prize horses above almost all else (except water perhaps) as they are a mode of transport and survival in the desert. (It is thought that horses will lead you to water in the desert) Afterwards he would be taught how to fight with the Singvat (short fast sword like a rapier) and sinan (bow). The tribe was warlike so they would always be at war with any other tribe in the desert Gin would always watch and he would ride with other children as scouts harassing the enemy from afar.

Afterwards he would be taught how to fight with the Singvat (short fast sword like a rapier) and sinan (bow). The tribe was warlike so they would always be at war with any other tribe in the desert Gin would always watch and he would ride with other children as scouts harassing the enemy from afar.

The religion he was taught had no name except regarding the Sun as an entity and something to be worshiped. The sun is life and death in their faith. It is something to be feared, while you can use it to find water with its position in the sky. It is thought by the elders in the Umani that their faith is almost a breakaway from Lux. The Umani do not sacrifice people, animals or artefacts. Instead in every Oasis in their region they would leave as if they were never there, restoring the natural beauty of the land and sometimes leaving war loot and what delicacies they had inside the Oasis. To them all places of water in the desert are holy, they give life to the weak, they also have them as a birthing ground for new babes. So, in their eyes the Oasis brings life and creates it.

Gin also learned many more things: the tribal drink coffee is a treasure. It was as if you had to love coffee or be shunned by the tribe. :) Betting. Betting was considered the tribe's game; they all loved the exhilaration of it, they would almost bet anything they own as the Umani had no real form of currency, always trading with other tribes or Solisians, Huitcans or others that came into what they considered their lands. Gin would never bet for the fun of it as he soon found that if you bet stupid you could lose everything. So, he would only bet when he was sure he had a good chance of winning.

In the eyes of Huitca the land they said was theirs was owned by the Tlatoani in his city of far off Tlhatl. They saw the Umani as another barbaric tribe in the desert, soon to bend the knee to Huitca. Any surveyors coming into the area would be treated with care by the tribe as they saw that others were eradicated for less. They would be friendly and would sometimes even trade with them. Any Solisians in the area were regarded as followers of the same faith since many in the tribe were also Luxite.

When he was 13 he was tasked with riding with the scouts against the rival tribe Serman they were trying to claim other Oasis's as their own so they had set their sights on the small Umani he had fought harassing the enemy until they sent a few of their own after the children. Riding towards them on huge horses Gin lost a few arrows but were blocked by the men one off shot a boy on his pony killing him instantly. There were more boys, but these men were battle hardened and trained well. They all charged as one shooting a volley of arrows killing 3 men and sending the few left running. From afar the remaining boys watched the 2 lines of Horses ride against each other both chaotic masses of men and animal. The Serman had more men but the Umani better equipped and experienced. The umani soon won sending the Serman running.

## Slavery

At this time there were only 5 main tribes left in the desert, the Umani, Quangli, Serman, Silim and Carr based around the southwestern area of Huitca the Huitcan government had established towns around the area with varying results the biggest Konton in the grassy slopes near the border of the Huitcan named region of Adaen. In Adaen the tribes of Serman and Silim traveled, in Xipitl the Carr, the Quangli were also rumored to be slavers and went where the most people were, hoping to snatch some. Then the Umani in the most southern region of Embassy. There were rumours about the Quangli stealing children, but this was passed as rumours as they had a pact not to enslave the other tribes just the foreigners comming to their land.

Then one night at the Solima Oasis Gin's birthplace they heard war cries coming from the east of the camp. The Umani were not ready as the Quangli snatch women, children wounding men who fought and taking them too, Gin was one of the boys who fought but the Quangli soon had them overwhelmed. They scattered the Umani's horses and rode off into the night carrying many new "merchandises" with them. Gin was unconscious for most of the ride, but they soon found themselves in a camp in the middle of the desert where he was sold to pale men with heavy cloths of wool. Wherever that is. They sailed across a vast ocean saw things that he had never seen before, they passed great Ports with towering buildings and cities. It had all made him feel very small. The foreigners spoke a harsh language so Gin and the other Umani who were sold with him. All of them children his age or younger. During the voyage he turned 15.

They soon arrived at a large port with funny looking men and woman dressed in heavy clothes some wore armour that glinted in the sunlight others wore silk with heavy gold chains that looked silly and impractical. He was taken to a dark alleyway then he thought sold. He and one other boy were taken to a ship in the port now he learnt it was called Carvay. The ship sailed for many a night, through storm and gale until finally they reached a great Island city, or it was an archipelago connected to form a city. He had picked up a few phrases here and there of the tongue. spoken on board the ship. The city was called VIodoxa city.