Subiri

City of Patience

**Subiri**, (pronounced /suːbɪriː/) the *"City of Patience"* has a long history of worship to Rapax just like it's twin city Kimbia. They have a history of following the patience and cunning of the deity. The people have mastered trapping technology, being able to catch ample food from the Lake Mengi, with little effort nowadays. They have now introduced strict laws on the amount of trapping on the lake for sustainability. The city is led by half of the group called the Kifalme-Kuwinda, but the head of their presence in Subiri is Ujaama Kinjia. She very much has embodied the patience the city has come to represent. Often collecting all the information on a situation before acting. This is not always wise.

## Description

### Geography

The city lies on the banks of the Lake Mengi, an immense lake that contains a plethora of unique aquatic life. Not all of which are edible, much to the chagrin of foolish travellers. The waters are calm and often reflects the clear night sky of the country, being a popular view for vacationers. The homes of the city lie across the flats around the lake, around this both on and off the water is the Kisu Market, a collection of stalls and small shops that sell the fresh fish they've caught and a piece of the unique culture of the country.

### Architecture

Most of the residential buildings of the city are short round buildings with tiled domed roofs. Almost all of them have a small outbuilding to smoke fish for preservation and spice racks in homes. The buildings in the Mgeni Wards are a bit taller, with balconies, allowing views of the lake, these buildings usually hold tourists to the city. The Mtego Courts are the largest buildings in the city and are the traditional gathering points of the hunters of this city and Kimbia, this means that they are buildings with huge courtyards in the centre of them. The other largest buiilding is the Nyara Hall, a place of worship to Rapax and home to some of the greatest trophies of hunts carried out by the people of Ukuaji.

## Society

### Demographics

The city welcomes people of all backgrounds especially if they bring gold. Tourists are welcomed but can often be rude, which often is swiftly punished with the locals marking out these problematic tourists to know to charge them more or give them useless info. The most respected people in the city are skilled hunters, people who can create effective traps especially in Subiri. 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.

## History

### The 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 Subiri. As the people who worship Rapax often revere the Beasts as the apex predators present. Especially with Ujaama Kinjia's attitude to action, some of the past attacks by these monstrosities aren't dealt with as urgently as some would suggest. Leading to perhaps some unnecessary deaths. They are usually hunted by some of the expert hunters present in the city, sometimes calling upon hunters from Kimbia when necessary.

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.