Seated beside Arthur, the Doctor patiently waited as Arthur took quiet sips of a blue liquid.
According to the Doctor, it was made with a unique berry that replenishes a person's energy.
And replenish it did. In a few sips, Arthur felt his body thrumming with energy as he felt a semblance of his normal self return.
"Feels good, huh, "smiled the Doctor.
"Uhuh," blushed Arthur in embarrassment as he continued to enjoy the juice.
"Well, I suppose introductions are first. Hello there young man, I am Ayfia, the Doctor in charge of this infirmary. I believe you've already met my son. He's the one who brought you here."
Hearing Ayfia's words, Arthur's mind immediately dashed to the youth he'd met when he first arrived on Pandora. 'It really was kinda small tho…'
Returning, Ayfia's pleasant smile, Arthur smiled as he introduced himself. "Pleasure to meet you, Doctor. I am Arthur."
Hearing Arthur's polite introduction, Ayfia giggled a bit as she poured more juice for Arthur. "Excellent manner's, I see. Well, Arthur, allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Asante Tribe. Akwaba (Akan for Welcome)."
"Thank you."
Following the quick introduction, Ayfia quickly filled Arthur in on his current location after already surmising that he was new to the area.
The continent that Arthur is on is called Mare Nostrum. It was circular continent housing various races, with humans making up the majority. Whereas races like Dwarves, Elves, and Orcs made up the minority.
Currently, the Asante Tribe was located on the southwestern part of the continent, part of the continent's least populated region. As for Mare Nostrum's regions, there was the Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western, and Central. Within each region exists multiple biomes, with each biome housing a respective main city that existed along with the continent's birth.
Mare Nostrum was a relatively young continent with a population of a few billion or so, compared to nearby continents with hundreds of billions of inhabitants. And due to its youth, Mare Nostrum could still be considered a frontier of sorts, with many of its areas remaining unexplored.
As for how a continent could be young or old? Key indicators include the relative strength of the continent's inhabitants, population, technology, resistance, and overall stability. As for the terms that aren't self-explanatory, technology denotes the quality of life of the populous and warfare complexity. Resistance refers to the continent's ability to, well ya know, 'resist' external threats, which can range from disease to invasion. Whereas stability simply referred to the political stability and peace of the continent.
As for the Asante Tribe, they were located at the edge of the forest close to the mountains Arthur had observed, as he well, ya know, fell.
According to Ayfia, they had been here for countless generations, living relatively peaceful lives. Mainly due to them holding quite a lot of power in the region.
However, they were currently having a bit of trouble, courtesy of a man named Kante. At the beginning of Ver (spring), Kante began o push into the southwestern region with his army. For what? His twentieth attempt to conquer the region. And as per usual, the Asante Tribe gathered their army to take care of him. But there was something different about this attempt, or more accurately, there was something different about Kante.
Nevertheless, because of this, the Asante Tribe had to continuously consume large amounts of resources, and the effects of that were beginning to take their toll. After all, the Asante Tribe was the only major power resisting Kante.
There would be more powers, but with the plains making up the majority of the Southwest Region of Mare Nostrum, the region is primarily used as a pilgrimage location for a plethora of nomadic tribes. Many of them arrived early Aestas (Latin: Summer) or late Ver (Latin: Spring).
"We allow this because the nomadic tribes help keep the beast population of the plains under control, which benefits us because we save on manpower while getting shares of their spoils. On top of them also dealing with raiders and bandits. It's a mutualistic relationship, we secure the region for the majority of the year, and they secure it from a fourth to a third of it."
Having Ayfia explain this point, Arthur couldn't help but ask, "but why bother, though? Securing this region, I mean. It seems that the tribe has been doing it for as long it's existed, without much to gain."
"Actuall-"
BANG!
Suddenly, the infirmary door was slammed open as a heavily breathing dark-skinned youth stood in the doorway. "Nana Ayfia, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!"
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[Tidbit: Mare Nostrum is Latin for 'Our Sea.' It's what the Romans called the Mediterranean Sea.]
[Tidbit 2: Pandora has Four Seasons, each translated from Latin. Ver: Spring. Aestas: Summer. Autumnus: Fall/Autumn. Hiems: Winter.]
[Historical Tidbit 1: Asante, also spelled Ashanti, are people of south-central Ghana and adjacent areas of Togo and Côte d'Ivoire. Oddly enough, the name actually means "Thank You."]
[Tidbit 3: Interesting fact of the day, Ayfia's name is a rendition of one of Ghana's Day Names. Basically, depending on what day you were born, you get a name matching that day, dependent on your sex. In Ashanti homes,
Sunday-born Kwasi or Kwesi (male), and Akosua (female) - (meaning 'associated with the universe');
Monday-born are Kwadwo or Kojo (male), Adjoa or Adwoa (female) - (meaning 'associated with peace');
Tuesday-born are Kwabena or Kobi (male), Abena (female) - (meaning 'associated with the ocean');
Wednesday-born Kwaku or Kweku (male), Akua (female) - (meaning 'associated with spider/Ananse') ;
Thursday-born Yaw (male), Yaa (female) - ( meaning 'associated with the earth');
Friday-born Kofi (male), Afia or Afua(female) - (meaning 'associated with fertility');
Saturday-born Kwame (male), Ama (female) - (meaning 'associated with God').
The more you know ¯\_( ͡▀ ͜ʖ ▀ )_/¯]