Meridia: the Aracaya

A faction from my upcoming user-made content project for the Battle for Wesnoth www.wesnoth.org , which will be called the Battle for Meridia.

The Aracaya, which literally means 'plains people', have lived in the plains of Meridia, which they call the Araca, since time immemorial. They are a primitive orcish people, hunting and gathering with great effectiveness across the wide green-brown seas of savannah. Most Aracaya spend their lives engaged in simple survival. But when roused, they are all capable warriors. There are also some dedicated fighting Aracaya, who are instrumental in inter-tribal conflicts. The leaders of the Aracaya are the shamans, wise magicians who use their powers to commune with the spirits of the dead. The Aracaya have many legends about the old times, including one which speaks of a time when the trees were young and the mountains small, when a whole tribe of the best warriors of the plains were claimed by a powerful spirit, transported out of sight, and never heard from again.

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The content will eventually be released under the GPL, and does contain some small portions of material based on artwork from mainline Wesnoth, as permitted by the license. This is a preview for my dA audience, to show off before I release. The pink, for those not au fait with Wesnoth, is dynamically recolourable by the game, depending on team.