Umank

Perhaps five centuries before Spellmonger, Umank was a Karshak Stonesinger who worked with project director for the Perwyn Bay Reclamation Project and discovered the falsification of stone surveys that brought about the Fall of Perwyn.

## Personality and Characteristics

Umank was typical of Karshak Alon in stature. A Stonesinger, he was proud of his skills with stone and engineering. He sustained several severe injuries, especially to his hands, while first fighting for his life, then saving the human Charles Avital. (See below.) His prognosis was good for recovery, although Umank was very worried about his hands. The doctor--Dr. Lilastien, an Alka Alon--assured him he would heal and live to sing the stones again.

Umank was a bit unusual in his positive regard for humani. He was more open-minded than most Alon and had even befriended some the humani. Working closely with them, Umank held a surprising admiration for the engineering of the newly arrived colonists.

## Relationships

Umank was friends with Charles Avital.

During his hospitalization, he had romantic inclinations towards a humani nurse, Cindy England.

Umank was a host inflicted on Minalan during Minalan's interrogation by Szal the Yith. As such, Umank's life experience and memories are now one of nine held by Minalan. Minalan's other hosts include Tuaa Folauga, Saram, Michael Anthony Palgrave, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Fitzgerald Andrews, Mel Thenreyal, Prince Maralathus, Raer Rinthon, and Aza'methet.

## Summary

### Footwizard

Umank was one of a contingent of Alon that were assigned to study the recently arrived humani. During his nineteen-month association with them, he came to respect, and even admire their engineering skills. Umank worked closely with the lead humani engineer, Director Charles Avital. The stonesinger discovered that Emariel, the Versaroti spellsinger and Senior Alka Alon Council emissary assigned to the humani project, had falsified stone density figures for the Perwyn Bay Reclamation Project, dooming it to catastrophic failure.

> “But if that project is activated, the limestone under the island will collapse,” the stonesinger insisted.  “The density of the rock is low, and its structural integrity is weak. Far weaker than Emariel reported.  There are gaps, cavities . . . if the humani persist in their plan to recover the bay,” he explained, “they could well collapse the rock that supports their colony!”
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Umank reported this deception to the project director and his friend, Charles Avital, who had an arising rajira. Together, Umank and Avital confirmed the treachery by together singing the stone of the island--something only ever done between Karshak. They confronted Emariel. The Alkan arrogantly confessed that he had sabotaged the humani relationship with the Alka, and even the Vundel. Emariel admitted to being Enshadowed before he tried to kill Umank and Avital. In the ensuing fight, Avital somehow conjured fire. Emariel escaped but locked the Karshak and Human in the room with the flame. Avital fell unconscious from the smoke and his injuries, but Umank beat down the steel door and saved the director.

## References

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Footwizard: Book 13 of The Spellmonger Series. Ch. 42. Kindle edition.