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ARMIES
AND ENEMIES OF AFRIBORIA.
The Afriborian Campaign is situated in
an imaginary world that resembles our own planet and it's history (roughly 1874-1914),
but events that took place in our world might be set at different dates or in
different places in the Afriborian world, thus making any resemblance between
Afriboria and real history, -people, -events and -places purely a matter of
imagination.
THE MASKED WARRIORS OF THE CONGO.
The
vast
jungles of Afriboria, known as "the Congo" (Bangale, Irundi
& Uranga) are without any
doubt amongst the most dangerous regions of the continent. Apart from
wild animals, one of the main reasons few explorers ever returned from
their visits to that area are the "Masked Warriors of the Congo"....
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Not
a nation (like e.g. the Zulus), but rather a confederation of tribes with
a common culture and religion, the roots of the Masked Warriors are shrowded
in myth and legend. The story goes that, many thousands of years ago,
the
Congo region was ruled by a mighty race of highly advanced fair-skinned
people, regarded by the black natives as true gods. These "white
masters" enslaved the locals and
ruled the land from their mighty city-states where many thousands of them
lived in luxury, provided for by their black servants. These vast towns
consisted entirely of wooden structures, with the exception of the main
buildings in each city: a stone temple (see picture below) and
the royal palace.
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All
went well untill a mysterious disease infected the white people, decimating
their numbers. Strangely enough, the black natives proved to be immune
to this silent killer, so in order to safeguard their interests, the white
rulers started to stiffen their armies with legions of native warriors,
fanatically faithful to the state religion and wearing fearsome masks
in battle. Eventually, the entire white population was wiped out by the
disease, but their Masked Legions continued to fulfill their duties, guarding
the cities and defending the land, awaiting the return of their masters.
In the end, the wooden cities were claimed back by the jungle and only
the stone palaces and temples remained, untouched by time. The number
of Masked Warriors also declined and - in order to defend their holy places
- they became semi-nomadic, living in tentlike dwellings (not unlike North-American
teepees). Their camps are located near the ancient structures.
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As
stated above, all this was proclaimed myth and legend, untill - recently
- the famous archeologist professor R. Norton ("Rick" to his
friends, "Dicky" to the ladies), an authority on small-scale
artifacts (28mm and smaller), succeeded in locating one of the Masked
Warriors' temples and made it back to the civilised world to tell the
tale. He had only been able to observe the structure from a distance,
so he could not confirm if there is any truth in the tales that these
temples (and palaces - still to be located) contain vast treasures of
gold, diamonds and artifacts. No doubt this new discovery will attract
many adventurers... |