Magani History Overview
Overview
When Aläïwä was created by Ymiden, she began to build a miniature city for her people. To do so, she wandered the forest close to the Ojọgbọn searching for the perfect place to build the safe haven for her people. During her journey, she discovered the severely decayed body of a Snäytu Kanna. It had been an adolescent creature, small enough to fit between the densely packed trees of the Makubwa Lori. The reason for its death would never be known to the Tunäwä, but myths suggest that the great beast laid down to die in this specific place so that Magani could be built upon it. Had Aläïwä not sacrificed herself for her race, the true history might have been known to her descendants.
Like many Snäytu Kanna, this adolescent was its own walking forest. The largest trees, which were believed to be on the center of its back, make up the center of Magani. Like a pyramid, the outskirts of Magani are shorter and build up to the great trees in the center where older Tunäwä and the Kufuato make their homes. Various trees make up the majority of the city, from stunted elms and droopy willows to strong fruit trees and gnarled, dead trees. A swamp meanders through the roots of these trees, large and deep enough that the Tunäwä require boats to exit the city. This swamp extended around the city like a protective moat, preventing forest mammals from entering the city. People are kept out by the thick, overgrown, and thorny brush that encircle the swamp. There are no true fortifications or walls to prevent people from destroying Magani, so the Tunäwä rely heavily on secrecy.
Unlike their larger cousins, the Tunäwä have no difficulty making their way through the brush. Within the wall, make-shift stalls contain rabbits, squirrels, and other small mammals that the Tunäwä claim for their land mounts. They have created several entrances into the city through this natural wall that lead to various docks. Fortified leaf boats await to carry them into the city, where they climb to the houses via stick stairs, animal hair ladders, or various weighted elevator systems. Most houses are built directly into the trunks of the trees, although some Tunäwä build their houses like miniature tree houses between the branches. To get from tree to tree, bridges crisscross back and fourth to different levels. It is not uncommon to see birds, butterflies, and other winged mounts flitting from tree to tree when distances crossing the entire city.
Aläïwä built this city for her people, and ultimately gave her own life to fill it with the people she dreamed of. In her honor, her people leveled the top of the center tree and carved an effigy of Aläïwä into the heartwood that was left behind.
Credit
Credit to Nymph.