[Losttilde] ★★★★★★
Doing these for Upa, too ~!
- Upa is the first female descendant of the previous matriarch of her tribe. Her grandmother, Vohm Zuvhe, had only four sons. The first three left home, leaving Vohm'sae to remain and act as chieftain in place of a matriarch. The other brothers have daughters, but two of them are now desceased, and Vohm'to hasn’t been seen in a few decades. Thus, the inheriting of the position falls to Upa.
- Because of Vohm'sae committing tabboo by bedding a Seeker woman, the small council of elders tasked themselves to naming and raising Upa after Vohm'sae had banished A'quislu. She still lived and spent ample amounts of time with her father, but the elder women of the tribe made sure she was raised to be fit enough to take her roll as their matriarch when the time came.
- It is not uncommon for Upa’s male tribemates to stay with the tribe well into their adulthood. She had many of them pining for her heart growing up, Rhaj'ir being one of the more persistent. Imagine Gaston as a male Miqo'te – he even has the stallion tail. She never returned his feelings (or any of the other males, truly), be he is still not-so-secretly convinced she will return home and be with him.
- Upa’s tribe had many ceremonies to celebrate different events, most of which featured a sacred dance as either entertainment or was simply part of the ritual. Upa was taught from a very young age, these dances, and when she reached her twelfth summer, she finally partook in them. She does not speak of this openly, as these dances are serious and not something to make light of. She is actually incredibly good at them, too.
- Despite her Seeker heritage and the sin of her father looming over her head, Upa was treated exceptionally well by her people. Her title as matriarch surely protected her from public ridicule and the cruelty of the other children, but whisperings in the shadows of the trees were not uncommon.
- Upa has two pets, currently. Niah, the extremely overweight puk hatchling, and Rhela, her gryphon hatchling. She found Niah while on an errand to Coerthas a few moons ago, buried beneath a large snow drift with only the tip of her tail sticking out of it. Rhela was a gift from Lynn’wo and her company’s stablekeep, Z’koa.
