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| Name: Mumbua Ugoskane Branch: Cape Town - the Imani Age: 52 Sex: Female Birthdate: August 3rd, 1979 Birthplace: Mombasa, Kenya Height: 6'2" Body type: rail-thin and bony Skin tone: very dark brown Eye color: ice blue Hair color: black Hair style: long, all the way down her back, and almost invariably left loose Nationality/Ethnicity: Kenyan Physical Markings: none ~~~ Special Power(s): has control over the earth, both in harming it and healing it. This can be used to move earth for attack or defense, or harness tremors in the earth. She is typically better with soil-based earth than rock-based earth. Special Equipment: A carved wooden staff with which she performs her spells, but it is just that: a carved wooden staff. Rank: group leader Previous Experience/Job: Diplomat for Council of Inter-African Affairs after her second husband died. Languages Spoken: Swahili, English and token Arabic ~~~ Father: Kamau Mother: Kipendo Other familial tidbits: Big extended family with a lot of siblings (Kani, Nyimbo, Sikia, Zahir, Funga, Shuruku, and Kirimi). She is the second child, but the first girl. She had an adopted sister, Midwa, who runs away. Mumbua is fairly close to her grandmother Mwanadongo, who has her same talents. As far as marriage goes, she has had two husbands: Badrani, who divorced her, and Isilahi, who she really loved, but who died a few years prior. She has always wanted children, but is barren. Likes: children, her second husband, animals, peace, nuturing, stories and gardening Dislikes: people who don't try to understand other people, her first husband, oppression, injustice, using her powers, Lucifer Hawks Clothing Choices: sleeveless full-length wraparound dress with African patterns, bare feet Accessories: none ~~~ Catch Phrases: "Listen!" Personality Quirks: Mumbua embodies feminine leadership. She has a flair for diplomacy and is a calm haven in times of frenzied emotion. Since she has always wanted children, she tends to treat the members of the Imani as the children she never had. This annoys some of them at some times, but everyone still values her experience and advice, and they look upon her as a mentor and mother figure. She has never had anyone to advise her, though, and she often feels lonely. Her default emotion is sadness rather than anger; even when she is happy there are undercurrents of sadness. Mumbua sees no point in getting angry or indulging in hatred, because she understands that it only produces destruction. Hence she often avoids using her own powers, and if she does, it is only reluctantly and out of a sense of duty. At the back of her mind, she still sees her powers as borderline evil. |
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