Taisa, the zivar benti

Benti-Zai, Benti Zivar Taisa

"And in that morning", said the mother, "the morning that everyone thought you wouldn't see, it rained. You showed us how strong you were, and you kept growing and getting stronger everyday, and so I decided to name you Taisa (grass). The grass is cut and eaten and burned along the year, and seems to disappear forever. But when it finally rains, the grass comes back, bringing life to Engoru again.

Benti-Zai

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Short and skinny, appearing to be weaker than most people of her age. The truth however, is that she was agile and strong, surpassing many in matter of speed, skill and even endurance.

Body Features

Light brown/olive skin

Apparel & Accessories

Vegetal fabric vest and pants, wooden mask, red silk sash and short spears.

Specialized Equipment

Benti mounting, spear throw and combat.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Taisa was born in a small village in Engoru Savanna. Her tribe, the zivar, had a pact with the benti, ostrich-like sentient beings, more specifically with the gasami tribe. The gasami were loosing the war to the sawari, and in exchange for more land and knowledge about the savanna, the humans would use weapons and mount some of the gasami in their combats.
Because of her mother's illness, the slow fever, Taisa enrolled for the gasami army with her benti friend, Gawa. Her objective was to help in the conquer of a specific place, the Sky Nest, where the Flower-of-Eyes, used in the treatment of slow fever, use to grow.
After many unsuccessful tries, she finally was able to join the benti and being a relevant piece in the history of both benti and human history.

Education

Taisa received most of her education from her mother and her brother. She tried to join the fight school of her village, but was most times underestimated and learned almost everything of fight with Gawa, her benti companion, and her mother.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Taisa, while in the army, stopped the Kasai rebellion, when revolutionary gasami tried to break the pact between zivar and their tribe. Their objective was to "free" the benti from the humans, claiming that the pact would only make the benti weaker.
While in the army, she was the planner of many successful strategies, and that brought her the title of Benti Zivar, meaning that the gasami considered her as one of them.
Taisa was also responsible for bringing peace the gasami and the sawari, ending a war that endured for several decades.
After the peace, she had access to the Sky Nest and saved her mother from the slow fever.

Failures & Embarrassments

Taisa failed two times when trying to joint the gasami army trough the benti races. Although apparently failing in the third test, she proved her value along the challenge, and was allowed to become a Benti-Zai.

Current Location

Engoru Savanna

Species

Human

Ethnicity

Zivar

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Plains raider, Tribe's pride, Benti Zivar (human benti)

Circumstances of Birth

Taisa was born before the expected time, and thus was weaker than the usual.

Birthplace

A small unnamed village in Engoru Savanna

Gender

Female

Eyes

Greeny-brown

Hair

Dark brown

Height

1.65 m

Weight

65 kg (while in the benti army)

Known Languages

Zivar and the benti language, specifically the gasami dialect.