Chimper #2623
The paint on their face speaks of bloodshed, but the staff they carry was plucked from an apple tree. "Ask ten chimps here about Hekina, you’ll get ten different answers," an old warrior told a trainee, their breath misting in the cold air by the training grounds. "Some say they are a master in hiding. Others, a spirit of the lake." They gestured toward Hekina, who stood motionless. "The truth is simpler, and sadder. They don't fight. They announce the fight." The old warrior explained that Hekina only applies the stark paint when a duel of true consequence is declared. Their quiet, intense presence is the formal beginning. They are the herald of a battle that will change things. The apple stick is their own reminder of the peace that is about to be broken.
