THE SEALS OF
ASHYRAE
TABAXI
BLAZE IN THE EYES (BLAZE)
APEX OF THE PRIDE
Description
Tabaxi were taller than most humans at six to seven feet. Their bodies were slender and covered in spotted and sometimes striped fur. Like most felines, Tabaxi had long tails and retractable claws. Tabaxi fur color ranged from light yellow to brownish red. Tabaxi eyes were slit-pupilled and usually green or yellow.
Tabaxi were competent swimmers and climbers as well as speedy runners. They had a good sense of balance and an acute sense of smell.
Personality
Tabaxi were a reclusive people who often avoided interaction with other intelligent races. However, as each tabaxi possessed a specific feline trait, some had an innate curiosity that compelled them to travel and seek out stories, artifacts, new experiences and knowledge, never remaining in the same place or obsessing over the same piece of lore for too long.
In general, tabaxi did not care for wealth, but they had an almost obsessive interest in ancient artifacts, relics and magic items, but not for the items themselves, as much as the stories and secrets they held. Once an item had been thoroughly examined and studied, and its secrets revealed, it would lose its allure and the tabaxi would quickly lose interest and pass it on.
Not all tabaxi were motivated by curiosity to leave their homeland, however. Some found safer ways to satisfy their fleeting obsessions by becoming traveling minstrels and tinkers, often accepting interesting objects and stories as payment for their services.
Tabaxi society was built around clans. Clans were split evenly between males and females with 3 to 12 young. Each clan had several Hunts each made up of two to eight individuals. The Hunts patrolled the area around the clan's lair.
Although tabaxi lairs were sometimes just temporary, they were more often small villages of ramadas. Each ramada was built from wooden poles with grass roofs.
Clans were led by elders. About half of the time, leaders were aided by shamans. Clans tended to avoid each other and did not engage in trade. Tabaxi considered trade to be demeaning but in rare instances would use third party agents to trade for them.
However, life in Ashyrae has effected the Pridelands. The idea of merchant enterprise has been introduced. Still foreign to the 5 clans, they still have a fascination with new items from foriegn lands. So, they produce goods for trade to get new shiny things. Also introduced into the clans is greed and thievery.
Word is that there is an extensive theives guild working throughout the prideland today!
Fur of Swirling Storm (Stormy)
Apex of the Merchants Guild
The Clan Council
Current Head: The PRIDE
Blaze in the Eyes (Blaze): The Pride Apex
(Legend says he has Rakshasa blood)
Currently there a seven Pride Predators leading the hunt
(The Apex’ lioness’)
The Lost Clans
The Merchant Class is mostly made up of Lost Tabaxi clans;
leftovers from the Dark War
They have no clan, so they made their own.
Since most of the other tribes saw trade as nonsense,
it was up to the outcast to slowly educate them
in the positive of trading with other species and kingdoms.
Apex: Fur of Swirling Storm (Stormy)
The Twisted Crag Clan
(Mountain Lion)
Territorial, roaming male hunters
Females protect the young
The Young leave the nest at a given age
or face the challenge of the father
Apex: Jumper of Peaks (Jumper)
The Whispering Leaves Clan
(Black Panther)
Silent, deadly
Stealthy as heel and Temperamental
Strongest Climbers
Apex: Ghost of the Whispering Leaves (Ghost)
The Lightning Blizzard Clan
(Snow Leopard)
Shy, elusive
Most active at dawn and dusk
Most don’t believe they even exist due to never seeing one
NINJA
APEX: Wisp of the Shadow (Wisp)
The Sudden Fate Clan
(Cheetah)
Celebrate speed; It’s all in the chase
Love a good adventure; it’s all about getting there
They relish that they are the fastest Tabaxi and gloat endlessly about
Cannot pass up a challenge to race
Apex: The Exuberant Chase (Chase)
