Wawandeji Wa Popou

Wawandeji wa Popou
An organisation believed to be thousands of years old, it connects the Faranese tribes trough one cause: preserving he natural order. The warriors are chosen young, mostly prodigies in some forms of magic or combat, and abandon their tribe to be taught the Wawandeji way. The masters of Wawandeji, called the Great Shamans, appear rarely to the public and work from the shadows of the jungle. Each warrior is trained in honing a certain skill, be it dealing with abberations, celestials, fiends, dragons, or destroying undead and constructs. When a wawandeji warrior swears an oath, he promises his or her eyes to the wawandeji, and in turn gets the eyes of others before him. In death, the eyes go to the Great Shaman, who ties them to his walking stick, which is said to contain all ancestral knowledge. In times of need, a Wawandeji can tap into their ancestor's wisdom and see trough their eyes when searching for aid. Being a wawandeji is a great honour, but sadly some do go rogue and end up getting hunted by others.

Wawandeji teachings
In the beginning there was nothing. Then, the Gods created life to fill the nothingness. As life grew, the willingness to live withered.Soon, life grew stagnant and the gardens were full. Thus, the races pleaded their Gods for help, and the Gods answered by creating death.The Great Council of Races began: it was to be decided when the time to die was to happen. The only restriction was that no immortal can live on the material plane.The elves and the like, who were very fond of meditation and their gardens argued for prolonged lives, while humans, fueled by determination and wanderlust hated their gardens and waiting were the first race to break off, and thus, the lifespan of humans is shortest. One by one, the races broke off and soon the elves had no one to argue with. Thus, they live the longest.With both Life and Death, new aspects came to be.

With the Flow of Water came the Stubbornes of Dragons.

With the Hearths of Earth came the distant and alien Abberations.

With the freedom of Air came Order and the Celestials.

With the light of the Fire came the darkness and the Fiends.

One cannot exist without the other, as the balance would quickly be tarnished. To cheat destiny's end, and to defile nature are the greatest sins to the Wawandeji. That is why they detest constructs and undead.