Atlantean Trilogy Archive
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Land of the Basilisks

Place, Desert

A small coastal desert in Okalo where many basilisks roam freely, home to the Namaba, a nocturnal, naked basilisk cult who eat outsiders and their own dead and fight with slings, rocks, shaman magic and bare hands.

Also called Namaba (people)

From the book

A small desert strip on the Okalan coast where many basilisks roam free, so most people shun it. The Namaba, a small basilisk cult, live there: tall, long-limbed, ebony-skinned and mostly nocturnal, they wear no clothes and make nothing but slings, sharpened sticks and crude pottery. They eat outsiders and dispose of their own dead the same way, and fight with slings, thrown rocks, shaman magic and savage bare-handed attacks.

At a glance

Region
Okalo coast
Inhabitants
Namaba (na-MA-ba), basilisk cult; basilisks