Umbaru
The umbaru race is a jungle-living people, made up by many different clans in the Teganze region of the huge Torajan Jungles, south west of Kurast.
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Known Tribes
Three clans are known from Abd al-Hazir's thirteenth entry of his Writings:
In the Tribe of the Five Hills, which he visited, fearsome Witch Doctors lead and fought for the tribe. They conduct ritual warfare against their two neighbours, but it's not known if the Witch Doctors are unique to the Tribe of the Five Hills, or if they are common among the umbaru.
Five additional tribes were used by the mage clan known as Vizjerei, and transformed as beasts of war for the Mage Clan War. They sold their souls to the demon Zagraal to get feral power and to defeat their Vizjerei oppressors, but in the end they lost the last of their humanity, now called "Khazra", roughly translating to "demon". The new names of the tribes are believed to be:
- Moon Clan
- Night Clan
- Blood Clan
- Death Clan
- Hell Clan
The umbaru Witch Doctors have spent much energy to more or less eradicate the "goatmen".
Trivia
The D3 Team might have taken inspiration from the Indian town Umbar Pada Nandade, the Star Wars race Umbaran or the aboriginal elder Umbarra of the Djirringanj/Yuin people of the Bermagui area on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Resources
- Witch Doctor
- Tribe of the Five Hills
- Clan of the Seven Stones
- Tribe of the Clouded Valley
- Torajan Jungles
- Teganze
References
- Witch Doctor
- Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0008 - Goatmen
- Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Entry no. 0013 - Witch Doctor
