Kamataa

> You may think your powers a curse, or have been informed as such, but nothing could be more to the contrary, my child. Who could be more fortunate than you, to hold the power of Luck? My name is Kamataa. And I offer you an opportunity to learn. From a fellow Eclipseborn.
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> —Kamataa to Sen, The Bleeding Stone

**Kamataa** is an elderly Eclipseborn who offers her knowledge to Sen for currently unknown reasons. She has also posed as an Acrarian named **Red** with the use of an Illusion pendant obtained by unknown means.

## Appearance

When disguised as an Acrarian, Kamataa sports a youthful appearance with bright red hair, often tied back in order to combat the hot and humid conditions of the City and the southern shores of the Land. She typically dresses in Acrarian military attire, with a shirt and overcoat shaded in blue, a flintlock pistol holstered to her thigh, and a rifle readied at her side.

Her true appearance is that of an elderly woman, "aged beyond anything else," with long, stark-white hair and a skin complexion matching that of a Tribesperson.

## Personality

Kamataa's disposition borders on manipulative and sociopathic. When she receives Brin after Aritz's return from the north, she kicks and shoves him along without care for his well-being, urging him to look around the prosperity of the City, knowing full well that Brin had no knowledge of the Acrarian tongue. When she delivers him to the City's slave camp, she deliberately leaves his ankle brace unfastened, permitting him to easily escape. This is all a ploy, however, to recruit Sen, a fellow Eclipseborn, into her clutches, even going so far as to offer Sen her knowledge immediately after murdering her brother.

## Background

Little is known about Kamataa's past at this time, only that she is an Eclipseborn who was born long before the Acrarian Invasion. At some point, she obtained an Illusion pendant and disguised herself amongst the Acrarians.

## History

### *The Bleeding Stone*

Kamataa, disguised as Red, is standing guard at the City gates when Aritz a Mata and his men return from the north with Brin and another Stone Tribesman in tow. She volunteers to take Brin to the City's slave camp, promising him that he has the opportunity to be part of a great civilization, but will have to "work for it a bit." She regales him of the technological advances from the Acrarian Homeland that the Acrarians are excitedly bringing along, but confesses that she is merely along for the ride - all this knowing full well that Brin does not speak the Acrarian tongue. When she brings him to the camp, she fastens a chain to his ankle, but subtly leaves the brace unfastened before whispering in Brin's ear the phrase, "*Uaa'c-sunic*." She departs before noting whether he recognizes the Tribal word she spoke to him, running into Aritz along the way, who urges her to carry on as she was.

While Sen and Narva are rescuing Brin from the camp, Kamataa is watching them escape the City with several of her Acrarian peers. She offers the escapees a head start before directing a soldier to accompany her alongside two others. Together, they successful gun down Sen, Narva, and Brin, killing Narva and capturing Sen and Brin in the process. Kamataa pays extra attention to Sen as she secures her to one of the horses and drags her back to the City along with Brin.

Upon returning to the City, Kamataa parades Sen and Brin around the slave camp, urging the enslaved, while fluently speaking their tongue, to listen for the impending sounds as a deterrent against further escape attempts. She takes Sen and Brin to an alleyway for execution alongside three other Acrarian soldiers. As part of a firing squad, Kamataa takes part in executing Brin, but upon witnessing the power of Sen's Luck preventing her from being killed, she personally shoots and kills two of the Acrarian guards before walking up to Sen and dispelling her Illusion, not only revealing herself as a member of the Tribes, but also confessing her birth as an Eclipseborn. With Brin dead beside her, Kamataa offers Sen a chance to learn from her.

## References

1. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Seventeen
2. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Thirteen
3. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Seventeen
4. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Thirteen
5. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Seventeen
6. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Thirteen
7. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Fifteen
8. ↑ *The Bleeding Stone*, Chapter Seventeen