The sister of Amir and Bhamut, slain by their fight over her hand in marriage.
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Bhamut
Bhamut is one of the twin sons of Umirra and his consort Marida. His mother died in childbirth and his father committed suicide. His maternal grandfather, a spirit of the sea, gave him and his brother into the care of a tribe of men of Southrun. The infants were traded again and again as slaves until they came into the care of a Barasin noble.
As he grew into adulthood, he began a conquest of neighboring tribes and peoples. Ultimately, he contested with his brother Amir for the love and hand of their sister Sekhat. While he was unsuccessful, his enmity with his brother eventually enveloped all of Southrun, except Barasa, into war.
For his part Bhamut took strange creatures to wife and produced many offspring by each them. All of these offspring were immortal and extremely powerful -- gifted with many of the powers of their sire, but also given to all the bestial habits of their mothers.
Bhamut eventually withdrew, though some say that he was slain by a weapon of the dark elves. Either way he has left the temporal world in the hands of his volatile children. The sheer number of his offspring means that every tribe and family has its own preferred god or goddess, with most of the rest being benignly neglected.
Amir
Amir is one of the twin sons of Umirra the Pretender and his consort Marida -- the daughter of a water genie. Amir's mother died in childbirth and his father committed suicide as a result. His maternal grandfather, the genie gave him and his brother into the care of a tribe of men of Southrun. The infants were traded again and again as slaves until they came into the possession of a Barasin nobleman.
As he grew into adulthood, he began a conquest of neighboring tribes and peoples. Ultimately, he contested with his brother Bhamut for the love and hand of their sister Sekhat. While he was unsuccessful, his enmity with his brother eventually enveloped all of Southrun, except Barasa, into war.
For his part Amir took mortal women and produced many offspring by each them. All of these offspring were immortal and extremely powerful -- gifted with many of the powers of their sire, but also given to all the failings and passions of their mothers.
Amir eventually withdrew, though some say that he was slain by a weapon of the dark elves. Either way he has left the temporal world in the hands of his volatile children. The sheer number of his offspring means that every tribe and family has its own preferred god or goddess, with most of the rest being benignly neglected.
The Princes of Erenes VI: The Sons and Daughter of Umirra
Umirra, Prince of Erenes, was a great physician. He came to Southrun cleansing people of their diseases and healing them of their infirmities, but he was hemmed in on all sides by throngs of seekers and did not know rest. So he went out onto the sea to seek respite and there he discovered Marida, a princess of the deep who was sunning herself upon a ring of coral.
Marida was beautiful beyond words. She had skin the hue of the ocean and hair the color of dried salt. She wore clothing that was woven from seaweed and inlaid with pearls. When Umirra saw her, he spoke to her with kind words and flattered her with poetry and bewitched her with his tongue. So Marida took Umirra beneath a whirlpool to the khedivate of her father and there to seek his hand in marriage.
Marida was beautiful beyond words. She had skin the hue of the ocean and hair the color of dried salt. She wore clothing that was woven from seaweed and inlaid with pearls. When Umirra saw her, he spoke to her with kind words and flattered her with poetry and bewitched her with his tongue. So Marida took Umirra beneath a whirlpool to the khedivate of her father and there to seek his hand in marriage.
But the khedive was wroth with his daughter and lashed out in his anger, grievously wounding her. So Umirra healed her. Then the anger of the khedive cooled upon seeing what Umirra did and he consented to their marriage.
So Umirra and Marida were wed and soon produced triplets -- sons Amir and Bhamut; and daughter Sekhat. But Marida died in childbirth and in his grief, Umirra followed -- a victim of his own hand. So the khedive cast the infant brothers out of his presence and handed them to the rulers of dry land to raise them, saying, "These are children of the land." But the daughter he allowed to remain for she resembled her mother and the khedive could not bear to part with her.
So Umirra and Marida were wed and soon produced triplets -- sons Amir and Bhamut; and daughter Sekhat. But Marida died in childbirth and in his grief, Umirra followed -- a victim of his own hand. So the khedive cast the infant brothers out of his presence and handed them to the rulers of dry land to raise them, saying, "These are children of the land." But the daughter he allowed to remain for she resembled her mother and the khedive could not bear to part with her.
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