The Bura

**The Bura** are a large beast-like species with considerable racial diversity as indicated by skin and hair colour. The Bura live largely remote and cut off from much of Gyris. Inspired by North Western Australia and Papua New Guinean geography we find dense forest, high mountains, deep cuts and valleys. Thunderous rivers but also endless branches of creek forks cutting lines in the mountainside. Families carve paths into the earthen clay and form walkways from their hut to the waterways to wash and bath and fish.

By day the Bura children play in the rock slides and rope swings. When they are old enough, they will spend their day looking for their Tua Tree. By night the Bura seek refuge in the citadels of the forest as the power of the Tua Tree wards off the creatures of the Dark (The Ochichurri). Though they vary in size, the smallest adult Bura would reach 5 feet and the largest 8 feet. Each region have their own ceremonial dress commonly worn by their classes and style of war paint for their warriors along with their social and cultural practices.

## Buraman Classes

### Bu-Raa-Oo (Warrior)

Forged when they can wield a Tua that makes itself known to them. Commonly seen in battle drenched in blood and war paint.

### Bu-Raa-Eh (Healer)

Tend to have a greater affinity for other creatures and the ways of the forest. They say they can speak to the Mara while others see them like fairies, discounted as more myth or symbol of the power of Gumurri. They are apt at finding the herbs necessary to heal the sick and to those more powerful, that connect to The Seed. They wield the Tua Staff.

### Bu-Raa-Murri (Hunter)

‘Murri’ refers to the endless cycle of life. Bu-Raa-Murri tend to have a greater affinity for the many races of beast and the ways of the forest. They are expert hunters. They wield the Tua Spear.

### Bu-Raa-See (Makers)

The makers are adept at building all sorts of contraptions using natural materials. The most proficient makers tend to be from the Northlands where many Bura have Red rusty fur. They are engineers, builders, inventors of the natural form. They wield the Tua Hammer.

### Garun (The Forest Lost)

The Garun are mysterious Bura. When a Bura goes missing in the day they are thought to be dead or lost in the forest. If lucky enough to have found a Tua Tree, large enough to keep them safe from the Ochichurri, they stay in that tree making it their home. In these treehouses the Garun are known to grow quite insane and Bura children told to avoid them if ever they come across one. Some Garun however have managed to make small strongholds deep into the mountains through the happenstance of two finding themselves close enough to offer greater protection. The Forest Lost have their own language independently formed from hearing the whispers of the wild. The Garun commonly have messy or patchy hair like mangey animals and are talked about in stories as having green hair like moss.

### Master Chiefs (Moi-ol Naya) and Chiefs (Naya)

The Bura most often governed by a council of Chiefs (containing a Buraman and Burameri representative of each class) each of the major strongholds also names a Master Chief. They hold the deciding vote if one is necessary. They are not chosen from any particular class rather for their ability to lead.