Bwa Tanizu
Bwa Tanizu
Religion
Traditions
+15% Infantry Combat Ability
-25% Liberty Desire from Subject Development
Fortress CitiesThe village as a concept is sacred to the Tanizu, and there are thousands of them. Villages are orbited by small herding communities and homesteader families living on their own land. Even into the modern age this system has persisted, and the villages are in turn organised in communities around their shared "Imuji". Imuji are designed not quite to be a place to live, but more of a defensive holdout that can take in anyone living in the vicinity when invaders come.\n\nThe Imuji is mostly used for two things - firstly, if there is ever a threat of an invasion, the leopard-footed runners warn the nearby villages, and they gather their belongings to move into the fortress-city temporarily. The fortress itself is kept well-supplied with the help of a regular grain tax. Secondly, it is used as a form of cross-village socialisation during market day and rituals, as every village understands the need for new minds, for new habits, and for new thoughts.
-15% Fort Maintenance
The Shifter LodgesThe Shifter Lodges are the warrior institutions of the Tanizu, each associating themselves with a patron spirit. There are dozens of them and they all serve different purposes in war. They must all be courted in order to declare war, or the Mitingo might find themselves alone on the battlefield. The lodges come in many kinds; anything from hunters, to messengers, to spies, to personal guards for the chief - the latter a most respectable position. After the proclamation of a single, unified Tanizu tribe, the lodges were rapidly restructured and unified. No more would every chief have absolute control of their own lodges, but instead, they all answered first to the Mitingo.
-10% Infantry Cost
+100% Vassal Force Limit Contribution
Stories of BattleOne of the oldest Tanizu traditions is the telling of stories, and every Tanizu warrior has grown up hearing about the accomplishments of their ancestors, as well as the stories of the heroic beasts. These stories are bound to spread, as all stories do, and no enemy can fight the Tanizu without remembering the tale spun about a half-mongoose, tearing into flesh with claws instead of hands, or a half-elephant, bowling over entire regiments.\nReality is often more frightening than a story could ever portray - even a bullet has a hard time piercing the hide of an elephant, and the claws of a leopard shifter can match the ones of a Harimari. All of this first truly dawns on the enemies of the Tanizu on the battlefield; the stories are real.
+15% Morale Damage
The Kugero River\"Just as the river flows, so do the stories.\" - Tanizu saying\n\nAs the Tanizu unified, it became evident that the rivers of Tanizuland were the greatest highways for any type of travel; merchants, visitors, and any and all wanderers would rather take a riverboat, either aided by a tow-animal on the side or not, instead of braving the dense jungle. The Kugero river, meaning Reach in Tanizu, is the first example of this one comes across. Spanning most of Tanizuland, the Kugero is the most common path to travel for any visitors to the court, or for traders bringing their goods to a Tanizu city. The Kugero is not merely a thoroughfare for people, however.\n\nNewcomers to Bwa Tanizu tend to discover that they were expected, their route and arrival time precisely anticipated - and they quickly find that any knowledge they may have let slip during their travels has already made its way into the ever-curious ear of the Mitingo.
+25% Institution Spread
+10% Trade Efficiency
Far reaching wordsThe Cyazizeta Lizardfolk and the Tanizu have lived in peace for many generations, and they complement each other in many ways. One such way is in the concept of a diplomat - One who leaves their tribe, and travels the wild lands of the jungles. This is, after all, almost the equivalent of going into exile to the Tanizu. \nAfter the stories of Oriska Dreamchaser, the greatest diplomat the Tanizu had seen, the Cyazizeta took to the dilapidated roads and the long rivers running through Sarhal, and quickly they were seen as the emissaries of the Tanizu. Experienced travellers famous for their brewing of ‘Igitandzi’, a sweet banana wine, the Cyaziteza gladly travel to friends and enemies alike - bringing either gifts of precious wine, or thinly veiled threats.
+2 Diplomatic Reputation
+1 Diplomats
Land of the People\"Utaka ba i banta\" - The final words spoken in a Tanizu ritual of vassalage. Tanizuland has always been at a crossroads of several cultures: the Mengi, the Lizardfolk, the Baashidi, and of course the Tanizu themselves. This has made it a norm to simply live and let live, even if your neighbour is profoundly different from you. As Cannorian colonies started to form in Ardimya in an attempt to monopolise the Raheni trade, many visitors to the Tanizu were shocked at how well they were welcomed, and at how much they were trusted. After their unification, and the codification of Tanizu traditions and laws, this led to a rapid population boom in Tanizuland, with villages becoming commonplace in previously untouched lands.
-10% Development Cost
+2 Max Promoted Cultures
Ritual PrivilegeThe rituals performed by the Tanizu are intricate, specific, and enthralling. They’re often held through stories told around late night fires, and taught in depth to the tribal leaders. The village chief usually performs them, as the honoured leader of the tribe, but one ritual stands out among the rest - the ritual of ascension, when a new chief is elected leader. The ascension is always performed by our Mitingo to remind the people about our blessed rule.\nThis has the fortunate side effect of our subjects being led by loyalists - they know that without appeasing the Mitingo, there is no path to leadership.
+2 Tolerance of the True Faith
+25% Income from Vassals
Ambition
-20% Diplomatic Annexation Cost
History
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Strategy
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