Massaquoit BarkeaterThis is a featured page

Strength: 16in a longhouse
Dex: 13
Con: 9
Int: 9
Wis: 15
Cha: 8.5
Caste: 12
Class: lvl 5 Druid.

Personal History:
The Barkeater line of the Wolf Clan was known for its radical adherence to the traditions of the Occopannac and a rejection of practices and traditions from other cultures. The name "Barkeater" came from their refusal to eat bread and other foods that they saw as threatening the cultural purity of their People. They were largely tolerated because they maintained many of the traditional manufacturing, hunting and gathering skills that had been lost by the more integrated clans of the tribe. Not known for their mental stability, things reached a peak with Massaquoit's grandfather, who walked into the Longhouse, announced he had decided to become a Bear and vanished, leaving his wife and daughter, Saskala, to fend for themselves. Many were unsure of whether he intended to become an actual bear or a member of the vanished Bear Clan, who the Barkeaters had claimed kinship with over the years.

When it was discovered that Saskala, Massaquoit's mother, was pregnant, the tribal elders condemned her moral impurity and demanded to know who the father was. She insisted to her dying day that the father was a wolf spirit who had seduced her in the woods. To disprove those who questioned her story, she promptly moved herself and her child to a cave, which was also the winter home of a wolf pack. Although several young men later claimed possible paternity of the child, the wolves seemed perfectly content with Saskala living among them, and showed a protectiveness of her that unnerved many.

Massaquoit, which means Wolf's Child, grew up between his grandmother's house, who supported herself doing odd jobs around the town, and the wolf's cave. The tribal elders initially refused to allow the child to be educated with the other children, until the increasing severity of wolf attacks on their livestock and horses became too much to bear. Often ill, due to the poor conditions in the cave, Massaquoit nonetheless developed a reputation as tough fighter with a profound connection to animals. His fame as a veterinarian and animal trainer brought him a measure of regional respect, all though his tendency to vanish into the backwoods for weeks at a time often infuriated his clients. All the money that he earned went to support his Grandmother. Although not the tribe's official shaman, many in the tribe have sought out his isolated teepee for advice on a range of matters, although some still shun him as an outcast.

Although few people remember the story, when Massaquoit's grandfather left the tribe, he claimed to be seeking the Great Peacemaker. Some of the village elder's also claimed that he had said that Iowaffa would return to reunify all the Occapanac tribes.


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Lharna great background 0 Feb 25 2007, 2:31 PM EST by Lharna
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Great backstory! I copied these stats into the Yahoo Groups database.
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