Where the Sun Guides
Welcome to our carrd for Where the Sun Guides, a community of writers, artists and roleplayers interested in open-world RP in the region of Shaaloani! We hold a weekly Pop-Up Event every Sunday at the Hhusatahwi Saloon on Mateus in Instance One. Stop by and say howdy sometime.We have also recently begun to host frequent open-world hunts, bounties and jobs in Shaaloani through our Discord server. Interested in learning how to run an event or looking for an audience for your open story? Come by and stay a while.Feel free to send a /tell to Yuha Landsfang on Balmung for an invitation to join our CWLS, check out our listing on the Fellowship Finder, and feel free join us by heading over our Discord server below.Safe trails out there, partner.
A Shaaloani Lore Compendium
Where the Sun Guides
Forename: Yuha
Hhetso: Esuuyan
Age: Late Thirties
Height: Five Fulms
Weight: Ninety Ponze
Origin: Western Xak Tural
Trade: Viper & Beastmaster
Skills: Hunting, Tracking & Wrangling
Character Hooks
Yuha travels widely across both Xak and Yok Tural to hunt, and has ventured beyond to the high seas and Eorzea once before in her turns. Below are potential hooks for initial scenes, and I love to collaborate or improvise, too. Always feel free to walk up and shoot first—it’s always welcome, and there’s no time like the present.
A Viper of Shaaloani
As one of the vipers of the Dawn Hunt that aims to protect the people of Shaaloani from the tural vidraal, Yuha has built a reputation for quiet, steadfast reliability. She’s known foremost for her riding skill: running down, harrying and baiting marks astride her loyal steed, Haakwal.
↠ A fellow viper? Seeking protection from a tural vidraal? Revenge? Traveling through one of Shaaloani’s settlements? Yuha can often be found in Sheshenewezi Springs and Hhusatawi, conferring with other hunters.
The Beastmaster
Yuha earns her keep by both hunting and slaying—but also capturing and training—wild beasts and monsters. She’s known to charge very little for these services, and her expertise lies in the wrangling and taming of the Lunyucaua’pya, a monster known in the east as the Tyrannosaur.
↠ In search of a hunting partner? Wrangler? Supplier? Tracker? In Shaaloani and beyond, she’s keen to help, and not solely for the coin.
Friend of the Rroneek
The Hhetsarro of the rroneek hhetso who travel through Mehwahhetsoan call Yuha a friend, and she’s often seen in their camp, or sharing their catches at Lake Toari. With that closeness and tacit trust comes an eagerness to help anyone working with them or any member of their tribe.
↠ Work that would benefit other Hhetsarro nomads—especially followers of the rroneek hhetso—draw Yuha in without fail. She’ll never hesitate to lend a hand or call on them.
Player Information
Server: Balmung
Data Center: Crystal
Time Zone: US Pacific
Availability: WeekdaysI tend to roleplay in-game and prefer to write and arrange scenes there. Please send me a tell or mail a letter to Yuha Esuuyan on Balmung if you'd like to set out on an adventure together.I maintain a list of known translations for Xak Turali languages—the words of the Shetona, Tonawawta and Hhetsarro given to us by the lore. If you’d like to collaborate on this ongoing language project, please drop me a line in-game.
Hold on, pardner!
The Rules of Lunyucaua'pya Riding
Step right up!
Think you can tame ol' Haakwal, the Dawn Hunt’s Lunyucaua’pya of Shaaloani? Fancy yourself a real scalekin wrangler? During the Shaaloani Rodeo we’ll be holding a contest for the rider who can stay on Haakwal’s back the longest!Win the grand prize of 1,000,000 gil!
The Rules of the Game
Climb up on the hill near the Tyrannosaur mount to take your place—then post holding on for dear life! Haakwal the Lunyucaua'pya will attempt to throw you nine times, bucking around at high speeds to test you!To win the first round, roll a /random and beat 100, then the second round, over 200, then the third round, over 300... see a pattern? Continue rolling to see if you can get reach over 900 on the final round!If more than one participant manages to make it nine rounds, a sudden death round occurs—one final roll will determine the winning rider of the grand prize!
Yuha Esuuyan
Drifter of the Open Plains
Xak Turali
A Glossary of In-Game Words
I've compiled a list of known words from the canon languages of Xak Tural here, as well as a section for the language spoken by Yuha’s tribe.
Shetona
The Shetona of Shaaloani and Yyasulani perhaps originally inhabited these regions of Xak Tural, as their language features the most prominently in location names and monster names. The Shetona language appears to be inspired at least in part by the Navajo language—notably the use of the word shaa for the sun.
Shaaloani
Where the Sun GuidesYyasulani
Where the Clouds DryTesh’pyani
Where the Stones HowlYehehetoaua’pyo
Extinct Blue WingsYeheheceyaa
PterodactylLunyuhiyshahe
TriceratopsLunyacaua’pya
TyrannosaurCauahealoa
WerewolfCauahepya
WolfYyenisheyni
BatElene’shpya
MallardHeshaula
Child of Thunder
Tonawawta
The Tonawawta of Xak Tural encountered in the story appear not to be a cultural monolith, and Tonawawta seem to make up at least part of the Whalaqee people of northwestern Xak Tural. Therefore, linguistically they may eventually prove more linguistically diverse than we currently realize. For now, the below words are known to be of Tonawawtan origin.
Sansheya
The ReincarnatedKeheniheyamewi
Mouth that Breathes Poison
Hhetsarro
The Hhetsarro of Xak Tural appear to live nomadically, and therefore their language may not prove consistent between every tribe. Listed below are the known translations of Hhetsarro words seen in and around the Shaaloani region.
An
LandToari
EveningMehwa
GrazeHhetso
Leader of SoulsTtokrrone
Serpentlord
Esuuyan
The Kumeyaay language of Baja California inspired the basis of Yuha’s regional language. Listed below are the names of the various hhetso from the far western lands of her youth, including her own tribe’s hhetso, the esuuyan.