THE WITH: BOOK ONE
The Oriaoriya Village, located near the edges of Africa. The Village was not discovered until, 1444. The discovery was made by Julian Heath Holland.
Julian Holland was born in Westminister, United Kingdom on 8/9/1304. He found the Village of Oriaoriya in Africa and called the people Sangcheves and renamed the village Telabi. When Julian came upon the village. He noticed the people were very dark in their skin, the shade of coal and most did not have ears.
The chief of the village, Anaya Josho, corrected him. They were The Tiori. The Tiori was a small village holding 400 people. Julian stayed for 80 days with his journalist Dany Allard, who wrote the events of his journey.
On Day 20, Julian and Dany were introduced to the culture. The Tiori did not fish despite being close to the water. Their homes were made of stone and mud. They often made hats from a large tree called Majele Cancer. The tree was only poisonous when one used the leaves as tea. Julian learned that the Tiori were very intelligent, they relied on the village alchemist Mmanu Ehi. He took the Castor Bean, Aloe vera, and the Tobacco plant. By wearing the leaves on the head, it protected them from the sun.
Day 22, Julian learns Tiori People prefer eating the bones of animals on the land rather than in the water. They prefer to split the bones and suck out the marrow. In the culture, it called, Ni Ola.
Day 27, Julian, and Dany learn that Anaya is 121 years old. He has gotten cancer twice, suffered a stroke and died when he was 77. Dany Allard protested this. When Anaya boasted about his immortality, he also mentioned that he has killed his seven sons and brought them back. When asked why he murdered his children, he replied: I wanted to win a bet against Mmanu.
Day 34, Dany discovers that Mmanu and Anaya are brothers. He conversates with Mmanu who displays pure hatred for his brother. The two bonded over negative emotions. He asked Mmanu when the subjected of being disowned was asked. Mmanu said that he believed the life should be preserved. Death was not the end. His father was Ọlọrun Otitọ, who believed Azrael was God in the form of an angel. He identified himself as an Angeloist. Olorun said that God, who dubbed as Sìgá. Mmanu was disowned for the resurrection of his mother Uyanuka. His father said: Let her rest. But he did not. Upon reviving his mother, who's brains were not right, he convinced her to marry him. Olorun spoke to the diviner of the village, Ihe Manjano, who told him the spirits were upset. Mmanu possesses several scars across his face, back, and chest from being stoned and whipped by the village. He was sentenced to ten years in the ground.
Day 36, Julian is enjoying his time in the village. He goes hunting with some of the hunters and sucks on bone marrow. Julian used to have four fingers on his left hand. Anaya questions how, Julian cut off his own pinky when he was younger. He was born with poor vision and wore glasses. The marrow clears his vision in a couple of days. In his excitement, he ends up dancing around the whole village.
Day 41, Dany joins Mmanu to the Hut of Changany. Changany is the supposed home of a vampire. Inside the home, Dany sees a book, 'Teeth'. He asks Mmanu if he knows anything about it. He tells him clear as day, they were in the home of a vampire. The Obayifo, Mmanu explains the first vampire in Africa traveled from India, Camaṛī Pairāṁ, he married an African Woman and Arab, Gezi and Amrat. Mmanu says Camari ate the African woman for running away. Amrat was to frighten. Mmanu stated that Vampires can die but a little magic is needed. He shows where Camari sleeps.
Day 42, Mmanu insist on Dany tagging along. He wants his help and bring Camari awake. Dany believes in letting the dead rest. He plans to leave Julian hear. Mmanu wants Dany to kill Julian so they can offer the blood and bone.
Day 44, Dany is struggling to get away and attempts to stay out of Mmanu's sight. Ihe Manjano speaks to him, she tells him that Mmanu was supposed to die years ago, and he has strayed from tradition. He's using a forbidden magic. His body is empty, he's just a husk. Dany takes the time to spy on Mmanu. He learns through his spying that Mmanu speaks to a spirit named Dat 'an 'Akun, but the spirit corrects him saying his name is Majnun, a jinn. He was an Arabic man who set a Mosque on fire. He offers Mmanu a deal, he wants the body of Camari: 'A jinn like that is rare' but Mmanu wants to use the body. Majnun reminds him that he can only walk because he allows it.
Day 46, After hiding and separation. Dany commits to the act of murder. He builds a ditch in the woods. Using the roof of broken home in the village and mud with spikes sticking out of it. He plans to push Mmanu down the hole. Meanwhile Julian and Anaya speak, he's enjoying his stay and states he's planning to leave soon. Julian tries to convince him to stay.
Day 50, Mmanu catches Dany in his plans, he kills him with his own device and goes after Ihe Manjano who has ran away from the village
Day 55, Ihe comes across a fortress with giant dogs
Day 56, she enters the fortress of Changany. The wolves have not seen their master in years. They introduce themselves as the Yakshas who serve under Changany. The oldest is Bōḻā, who has a curious appearance.
Day 60, Julian has decided to stay through Anaya's master convincing. He has a wife and twins back home
Day 70, Julian's wife, Poppy Elodie Holland stays in Westminister with her twin girls, Sapphire and Scarlet. Before Julian went to Africa, he used to work at a bakery. She's short on money and an old friend helps. Poppy has known Sami Burke since she married Julian in 1439. He was a friend, after the two married Sami sent anonymous letters acting as Poppy's secret admire
Day 71, Poppy is teaching the girls at home, the twins are happy and play pirate around the house. One day, Scarlet is playing in the barn around the home. She spokes the horse, Brownmill and gets kicked in the face, knocking her unconscious. Her sister Sapphire doesn't tell but rather burns the body and hides in the hay.
Day 74, Back in the village Mmanu cannot find Ihe but the sppirt dicrects him, 'Forget about the old woman' he claries that Ihe is 16. Dany is kept hostage in Changany's hut after feeding him bone marrow from a couple of villagers whom he kidnapped, Dany cannot walk but is aware. At some point he believes the body of Changany is staring at him.
Day 74, Poppy mourns her daughter and beats Sapphire for questions. Sapphire says she didn't do it but rather Sami did. He was in the barn with the horse and slapped the horses rear to make him buck. The horse kicked scarlet to think who standing behind him.
Day 75, Sami is arrested and sentenced to death for killing a child. But he didn't do it and blames Poppy for lying.
Day 75, Ihe hurdles with the werewolves who are looking for Changany. Bōḻā thinks he in love when one of the wolves suffers a snake bite and she saves him. Bola has half his jaw missing from another wolf biting him.
Day 76, Julian is poisoned and drained of his blood and bone.
Day 77, Dany is in the coffin with Changany who starts speaking an Indian tongue. He tells Dany he's stupid over and over, the reason being he's in his coffin so he can be eaten. Dany explains that a mad man in the village of Oriaoriya. Changany explains that Oriaoriya is not a name. It's Nymba ya Mtu, House of Man Eaters.
Day 78, Ihe shows the wolves her village. She wants to get rid of Mmanu
Day 78, Mmanu eats Julian but at the feast is stabbed in the neck by Anaya. He revives and bites his brother
Day 79, Dany fears death and doesn't want to die. Changany: Stupid white man. Changany is awake and upon Mmanu coming back to the hut. He tries to get out the coffin. His whole goal was eating another vampire
Day 79, Back in Westminister, Sami starves himself enough to slip through the bars and heads to the Holland residents where he rapes Poppy and her daughter. The two are scared and later die, cause of death stabbed to death. Sami runs into a well and drowns himself
Day 80, The wolves get closer to the village, but Bola refuses to let Ihe walk home. They know the village is a village of vampires that play human, they rub themselves in coal and black ink made from berries. Bola asks if she is a vampire. She replies yes but does not follow the tradition of cannibalism
Changany eats Mmanu and decides to use dany as a servant if he refuses, he'll fed to the dogs.
Ihe finds that Anaya is dying and quicky asks the dogs to collect bones to heal him. Bola starts questioning how she's alive. The dogs do as ask, and she cleans the bones to save Anaya. After while she tells Bola, she's 16 and has no stomach. Mmanu used to feed off her and technically she's controlled by her mother Uyanuka.
The year is 1416 by the death of Mmanu. The spirit left him for his weakness.
In 1415, the search for the cannibal vampire launched. Mmanu escaped the village and took over the fortress. Changany vs Mmanu. 'I bet I'll come back in one piece vs. I'll be so strong I can hold God's body.'
Mmanu made a bet with Changany that he could rebuild a body with the soul of a God while Changany made a bet he wouldn't have to look for parts but get a whole body.