General Physical Condition

Nopa was strong and athletic from years of battling the rough ocean waters and the fierce river currents in search of fish.

Personal History

Nopa grew up as their cousins' child in the Ngute family in Tiyo. Their biological parents already had another child that they were still raising, and Kaloran children grow up without siblings.

One day during the Raron Dry Age, Nopa went ice fishing on the Gheh̨u River, which had been stalled by a supernatural force that prevented the river from feeding into Lake Raro. Fish struggled to survive in the cold still waters, so other fishermen had been using simple nets in order to catch floating fish bodies, clean them up, and eat them. But, while Nopa fished, they felt the ice start to crack underneath them. They carefully made their way to shore, but on the other side they unwittingly absorbed the zibeke , or spirit, of the river inside them.

With the power of the river, Nopa performed a miracle: any movement of the water ceased, and all the dead fish, choked on endless muk, sprung back to life.

Thus, they became the first Veinlord.

Since Nopa's original miracle, the zibeke taught them how to perform smaller miracles while channeling the river's power. They never wrote down the lessons they learned because this was before the idea of a line of succession came to be. Nopa had to discover the limits of their powers on their own, and they eventually communicate this to their successor when that became known, but it wasn't until their death that the next Veinlord decided to actually write down the limitations.

They wrote the Ghu to record the nature of being a Veinlord and best practices for others in their situation.

Gender Identity

Nopa traditionally enjoyed participating as any of the many genders that Kaloran people have. Their genders are expressed through ceremony and traditional rituals and very little in daily life. This suited Nopa just fine.